HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, Music Director
Dvořák & Firebird
Friday, June 5, 2026 / 8 PM
Saturday, June 6, 2026 / 8 PM
Sunday, June 7, 2026 / 3 PM
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Carolyn Kuan, conductor
Curtis Stewart, violin & composer
2025-2026 Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence*
Richard Strauss | Tod und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”), Op. 24 | |
Antonín Dvořák Curtis Stewart
| Slavonic Dances/Selections from The Famous People for Violin and Orchestra A Recomposition of Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46, No. 1 I. D. Walker | |
Pablo de Sarasate | Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 20 Curtis Stewart, violin | |
| -INTERMISSION- | ||
| Antonín Dvořák | Carnival Overture, Op. 92 | |
| Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) | Suite from The Firebird (1919 Version) | |
The post of Music Director is endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.
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The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts
which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
The 2025-26 Masterworks Series is presented by The 2025-26 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by |
The 2025-2026 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and
Harriette M. Landon Foundation
The Joyce C. Artist in Residence* is made possible by J. Bissel Foundation and Henry Luce Foundation.
Concert Sponsor:
The Saunders Fund for Innovative Programming
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Carolyn Kuan
FIRST VIOLIN
Leonid Sigal
Gary Capozziello
Lisa Rautenberg
Michael Eby
Perry Elliot
Emma Carleton
Linda Beers
Lu Sun Friedman
Romina Kostare
Deborah Tyler
Marcia Lehninger
Gavin Fallow
Katalin Viragh
Cody Bigenho
SECOND VIOLIN
Michael Duffet
Jaroslaw Lis
Martha Kayser
Candace Lammers
Yuri Kharenko
Krzysztof Gadawski
Alicia Rattin
Nathan Lowman
Gregory Tompkins
Simon Bilyk
Selah Kwak
Millie Piekos
Mary Ellen Briga
Janet Jacobson
VIOLA
Ramón Carrero-Martínez
Michael Wheeler
Mikel Rollet
Andrew Knebel
Arthur Masi
Kyle Davis
Patricia Daly Vance
Devon Duarte
Nickolas Kaynor
Nick Borghoff
Gretchen Frazier
Nicholas Citro
CELLO
Amy Ward Butler
Jia Cao
Peter Zay
Esther Benjamin
Jennifer Combs
Yoonhee Ko
Adam Willson
Cara Cheung
Zachary Sears
Kathy Schiano
Amy Wensink
DOUBLE BASS
Edward R. Rozie Jr.
Alexander Svensen
Anthony Connaway
Samantha Donato
Josue Alfaro Mora
Mark Zechel
Joseph Messina
Kevin Huhn
Joseph Russo
FLUTE
Elizabeth McCormack
Barbara Hopkins
PICCOLO
Jeanne Wilson
OBOE
Stephen Wade
Marilyn Krentzman
ENGLISH HORN
Abby Hope-Hull
CLARINET
Sangwon Lee
Blood Curt
BASS CLARINET
Paul Wonjin Cho
Noel Marcano
BASSOON
Wayne Hileman
Luke Ashworth
CONTRABASSOON
April Verser
FRENCH HORN
Nicholas Rubenstein
John Michael Flavetta
Joshua Michal
David Heim
Meredith Moore
TRUMPET
Dovas Lietuvninkas
Gino Villarreal
Richard Shaw
Alison Marseglia
TROMBONE
Brian Diehl
Robert Hoveland
BASS TROMBONE
Reid Harman
TUBA
Jarrod Briley
TIMPANI
Robert McEwan
PERCUSSION
Evan Glickman
Douglas Perry
Jack Barry
HARP
Susan Knapp Thomas
Amanda Carabase
KEYBOARD
Yujin Lee
