LOUIS LANGRÉE, Music Director
Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Cincinnati Pops Conductor
Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
Matthias Pintscher, CSO Creative Partner
Damon Gupton, Pops Principal Guest Conductor
Samuel Lee, Assistant Conductor
Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair
Daniel Wiley, Assistant Conductor
Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair
Stefani Matsuo
Concertmaster
Anna Sinton Taft Chair
Felicity James
Associate Concertmaster
Tom & Dee Stegman Chair
Philip Marten
First Assistant Concertmaster
James M. Ewell Chair++
Eric Bates
Second Assistant Concertmaster
Serge Shababian Chair
Kathryn Woolley
Nicholas Tsimaras–Peter G. Courlas Chair++
Anna Reider
Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair
Mauricio Aguiar§
Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair
Minyoung Baik
James Braid
Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke
Michelle Edgar Dugan
Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair
Rebecca Kruger Fryxell
Clifford J. Goosmann & Andrea M. Wilson Chair
Gerald Itzkoff
Jean Ten Have Chair
Sylvia Mitchell
Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair
Charles Morey†
Luo-Jia Wu
Gabriel Pegis
Principal
Al Levinson Chair
Yang Liu*
Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair
Scott Mozlin**
Henry Meyer Chair
Kun Dong
Cheryl Benedict
Evin Blomberg§
Rachel Charbel
Ida Ringling North Chair
Chika Kinderman
Hyesun Park
Paul Patterson
Charles Gausmann Chair++
Stacey Woolley
Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++
Christian Colberg
Principal
Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair
Christopher Fischer
Acting Associate Principal
Grace M. Allen Chair
Julian Wilkison**
Rebecca Barnes§
Emilio Carlo†
Stephen Fryxell
Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair
Caterina Longhi
Gabriel Napoli
Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera
Dan Wang
Joanne Wojtowicz
Ilya Finkelshteyn
Principal
Irene & John J. Emery Chair
Daniel Culnan*
Ona Hixson Dater Chair
Norman Johns**
Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair
Daniel Kaler§
The Marvin Kolodzik and Linda S. Gallaher Chair for Cello
Isabel Kwon†
Hiro Matsuo
Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++
Theodore Nelson
Peter G. Courlas–Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++
Alan Rafferty
Ruth F. Rosevear Chair
Owen Lee
Principal
Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++
James Lambert*
Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair
Stephen Jones**
Trish & Rick Bryan Chair
Boris Astafiev§
Luis Arturo Celis Avila
Rick Vizachero
Gillian Benet Sella
Principal
Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair
Randolph Bowman
Principal
Charles Frederic Goss Chair
Henrik Heide*†
Haley Bangs
Jane & David Ellis Chair
Rebecca Tutunick
Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair
Dwight Parry
Principal
Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair
Lon Bussell*
Stephen P. McKean Chair
Emily Beare
Christopher Philpotts
Principal
Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair++
Christopher Pell
Principal
Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair
Joseph Morris*
Associate Principal and E-flat Clarinet
Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++
Ixi Chen
Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in Honor of William A. Friedlander
Ronald Aufmann
Christopher Sales
Principal
Emalee Schavel Chair++
Martin Garcia*
Hugh Michie
Jennifer Monroe
Elizabeth Freimuth
Principal
Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair
[OPEN]*
Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair
Molly Norcross**
Acting Associate Principal
Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney
Lisa Conway
Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair
Duane Dugger
Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair
Charles Bell
Robert Sullivan
Principal
Rawson Chair
Douglas Lindsay*
Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair
Steven Pride
Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++
Christopher Kiradjieff
Cristian Ganicenco
Principal
Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair
Joseph Rodriguez**
Second/Assistant Principal Trombone
Peter Norton
Christopher Olka
Principal
Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair
Patrick Schleker
Principal
Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair
Joseph Bricker*
Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair
David Fishlock
Principal
Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair
Michael Culligan*
Joseph Bricker*
Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair
Marc Wolfley+
Michael Chertock
James P. Thornton Chair
Julie Spangler+
James P. Thornton Chair
Mwakudua waNgure, violin
Tyler McKisson, viola
Luis Parra, cello
Samantha Powell, cello
Christina Eaton
Principal Librarian
Lois Klein Jolson Chair
Elizabeth Dunning
Acting Associate Principal Librarian
[Open]
Interim Assistant Librarian
Brian P. Schott
Phillip T. Sheridan
Daniel Schultz
Andrew Sheridan
§ Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section.
* Associate Principal
** Assistant Principal
† One-year appointment
+ Cincinnati Pops rhythm section
++ CSO endowment only
~ Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation