New York Philharmonic Roster
2020–2021 SEASON
JAAP van ZWEDEN, Music Director
Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor, 1943 – 1990
Kurt Masur, Music Director Emeritus, 1991 – 2015
VIOLINS
Frank Huang
Concertmaster
The Charles E. Culpeper Chair
Sheryl Staples
Principal Associate Concertmaster
The Elizabeth G. Beinecke Chair
Michelle Kim
Assistant Concertmaster
The William Petschek Family Chair
Quan Ge
Hae-Young Ham
The Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. George Chair
Lisa GiHae Kim
Kuan Cheng Lu
Kerry McDermott
Su Hyun Park
Anna Rabinova
Fiona Simon
The Shirley Bacot Shamel Chair
Sharon Yamada
Elizabeth Zeltser
The William and Elfriede Ulrich Chair
Yulia Ziskel
The Friends and Patrons Chair
Qianqian Li
Principal
Lisa Kim†
In Memory of Laura Mitchell
Soohyun Kwon
The Joan and Joel I. Picket Chair
Duoming Ba
Hannah Choi
Marilyn Dubow
The Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Chair
Dasol Jeong
Hyunju Lee
Kyung Ji Min
Joo Young Oh
Marié Rossano
Na Sun
The Gary W. Parr Chair
Jin Suk Yu
Andi Zhang
VIOLAS
Cynthia Phelps
Principal
The Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Chair
Rebecca Young†
The Joan and Joel Smilow Chair
Cong Wu††
The Norma and Lloyd Chazen Chair
Dorian Rence
Leah Ferguson
Katherine Greene
The Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDonough Chair
Vivek Kamath
Peter Kenote
Kenneth Mirkin
Robert Rinehart
The Mr. and Mrs. G. Chris Andersen Chair
CELLOS
Carter Brey
Principal
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Chair
Eileen Moon-Myers†
The Paul and Diane Guenther Chair
Patrick Jee
Elizabeth Dyson
The Mr. and Mrs. James E. Buckman Chair
Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales
Maria Kitsopoulos
The Secular Society Chair
Sumire Kudo
Qiang Tu
Nathan Vickery
Ru-Pei Yeh
The Credit Suisse Chair in honor of Paul Calello
BASSES
Timothy Cobb
Principal
Max Zeugner†
The Herbert M. Citrin Chair
Blake Hinson††
Satoshi Okamoto
Randall Butler
The Ludmila S. and Carl B. Hess Chair
David J. Grossman
Orin O’Brien
The Secular Society Chair
Isaac Trapkus
Rion Wentworth
FLUTES
Robert Langevin
Principal
The Lila Acheson Wallace Chair
Alison Fierst†
Yoobin Son
Mindy Kaufman
The Edward and Priscilla Pilcher Chair
PICCOLO
Mindy Kaufman
OBOES
Liang Wang
Principal
The Alice Tully Chair
Sherry Sylar†
Robert Botti
The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Chair
Ryan Roberts
ENGLISH HORN
Ryan Roberts
CLARINETS
Anthony McGill
Principal
The Edna and W. Van Alan Clark Chair
Pascual Martínez Forteza†††
The Honey M. Kurtz Family Chair
Amy Zoloto
E-FLAT CLARINET
Pascual Martínez Forteza
BASS CLARINET
Amy Zoloto
BASSOONS
Judith LeClair
Principal
The Pels Family Chair
Kim Laskowski†
Roger Nye
The Rosalind Miranda Chair in memory of Shirley and Bill Cohen
CONTRABASSOON
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HORNS
Richard Deane
Acting Principal
Leelanee Sterrett†††
R. Allen Spanjer
The Rosalind Miranda Chair
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The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair
TRUMPETS
Christopher Martin
Principal
The Paula Levin Chair
Matthew Muckey†
Ethan Bensdorf
Thomas Smith
TROMBONES
Joseph Alessi
Principal
The Gurnee F. and Marjorie L. Hart Chair
Colin Williams†
David Finlayson
The Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Chair
BASS TROMBONE
George Curran
The Daria L. and William C. Foster Chair
TUBA
Alan Baer
Principal
TIMPANI
Markus Rhoten
Principal
The Carlos Moseley Chair
Kyle Zerna††
PERCUSSION
Christopher S. Lamb
Principal
The Constance R. Hoguet Friends of the Philharmonic Chair
Daniel Druckman†
The Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich Chair
Kyle Zerna
HARP
Nancy Allen
Principal
KEYBOARD
In Memory of Paul Jacobs
HARPSICHORD
Paolo Bordignon
PIANO
Eric Huebner
The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Piano Chair
ORGAN
Kent Tritle
LIBRARIANS
Lawrence Tarlow
Principal
Sara Griffin††
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
DeAnne Eisch
Orchestra Personnel Manager
STAGE REPRESENTATIVE
Joseph Faretta
AUDIO DIRECTOR
Lawrence Rock
†Associate Principal
††Assistant Principal
†††Acting Associate Principal
The New York Philharmonic uses the revolving seating method for section string players who are listed alphabetically in the roster.
HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
Emanuel Ax
Stanley Drucker
Zubin Mehta
Instruments made possible, in part, by The Richard S. and Karen LeFrak Endowment Fund.