The Orchestra

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Carolyn Kuan

Endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Adam Kerry Boyles

FIRST VIOLIN
Leonid Sigal, concertmaster 
   Sponsored by David and Linda Roth 2025-2028  
Lisa Rautenberg, associate concertmaster
Gary Capozziello, assistant concertmaster 
   Sponsored by Wes and Chloe Horton 2025-2028 
Jamie Andrusyak 
Linda Beers 
Michael Eby 
Perry Elliot 
Lu Sun Friedman 
Jihye Joelle Maree
Romina Kostare
Sarah Ng, HSO Musician FellowMillie Piekos 
Deborah Tyler*
Katalin Viragh 

SECOND VIOLIN
Michael Duffett, principal
Jaroslaw Lis, assistant principal 
   Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matthew Schreck 2025-2027
Martha Kayser
Candace M. Lammers
   The Claire & Millard Pryor Orchestra Committee Chair Endowed
Simon Bilyk
Diane Frederickson
Krzysztof Gadawski
Yuri Kharenko-Golduber
Virginia Kramer
Yukiko Kuhara
Selah Kwak
Nathan Lowman
Alicia Rattin
Gregory Tompkins 

VIOLA  
Ramón Carrero-Martínez, principal
Michael Wheeler, assistant principal 
Nick Borghoff
Robert Bruce
Patricia Daly Vance
Kyle Davis
Devon Duarte
Gretchen Frazier
Nickolas Kaynor
Andrew Knebel
Arthur Masi
   Sponsored by Bob Bausmith and Jill Peters-Gee 2025-2028
Mikel Rollet  

CELLO
Amy Ward Butler, principal
Jia Cao, assistant principal
Cara Cheung
Jennifer Combs
Tom Hudson
Yoonhee Ko
Weiting Sun
Adam Willson
Peter Zay

BASS
Edward R. Rozie, Jr., principal
   Sponsored by Brook & Charlotte Jason 2025-2028
Robert Groff, assistant principal 
Tony Connaway
Joseph Messina
Alexander Svensen
   Sponsored by Bob and Frankie Goldfarb 2025-2028
Andrew Vinther
Mark Zechel 

FLUTE
Elizabeth McCormack, principal  
Barbara A. Hopkins, assistant principal 

PICCOLO
Jeanne Wilson 
Sponsored by Gary & Diane Whitney 2025-2028 

OBOE
Erik Andrusyak, principal 
Stephen Wade, assistant principal 

ENGLISH HORN
Marilyn Krentzman 

CLARINET
Sangwon Lee, principal
   Principal Clarinet Chair Sponsored by MaryEllen M. & Pierre H. Guertin 2026-2030  
Curt Blood, assistant principal 

BASS CLARINET
Paul Wonjin Cho 

BASSOON
Yeh-Chi Wang, principal  
Jensen Bocco, assistant principal
   Sponsored by Jack and Diane McKinney 2025-2028

CONTRABASSOON
Tyler Wilkins  

HORN
Barbara Hill, principal 
John Michael Flavetta, assistant principal  
Justin Ruleman
Nick Rubenstein
Joshua Michal 

TRUMPET
Dovas Lietuvninkas, principal
John Charles Thomas, assistant principal
Alison Marseglia

TROMBONE
Brian L. Diehl, principal  
Robert Hoveland, assistant principal    

BASS TROMBONE  
Reid Harman 

TUBA
Jarrod Briley, principal 

TIMPANI
Eugene Bozzi, principal 
   Sponsored by Carlotta & Bob Garthwait, Jr. 2025-2027  

PERCUSSION
Robert McEwan, principal
Evan Glickman 

HARP
Susan Knapp Thomas, Sponsored by Beth & Rick Costello 2025-2028 

PIANO
Yujin Lee
   Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matthew Schrek 2025-2027

LIBRARIAN
Nathan Lowman 

PERSONNEL MANAGER
Jaroslaw Lis 

STAGE MANAGER
Jeremy Philbin, I.A.T.S.E. 

*On leave for 2026/2027

After the first two desks of violins and cellos, and the first desk of violas and basses, the remaining string musicians participate in rotational seating and are listed in alphabetical order.

AFM Local 400

The musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

Stagehands Local 84

The Stagehands of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.).