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FEATURED ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES

John Adams
Composer
Joshua Bell
Violin
Andrés Cárdenes
Concertmaster
Sarah Chang
Violin
Time for Three
String Trio
Leila Josefowicz
Violinist
Leonard Slatkin
Principal Guest Conductor
Nikolaj Znaider
Violin

PSO BIOGRAPHIES             A - C  |  D - F  |  G - I  |  J - L  |  M - O  |  P - R  |  S - V  |  W - Z

A - C
Timothy K. Adams, Jr.
Principal Timpanist
Christopher Allen
Percussion
Marin Alsop
Conductor
Emanuel Ax
Piano
Scott Bell
Oboe
Neal Berntsen
Trumpet
Jonathan Biss
Piano
Jeremy Black
First Violin
Sarah Brough Blomquist
Second Violin
Jeremy Branson
Associate Principal
Alfred Brendel
Piano
Penny Anderson Brill
Viola
Yefim Bronfman
Piano
Betsy Burleigh
Music Director, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Damian Bursill-Hall
Co-Principal Flute
Cynthia Busch
Viola
Nicole Cabell
Soprano
William Cabellero
Principal Horn
Ronald Cantelm
Bass
Tatjana Mead Chamis
Associate Principal Viola
Ellen Chen-Livingston
First Violin
Rebecca Cherian
Co-Principal Trombone
Sarah Clendenning
First Violin
Jennifer Conner
Flute
John Corigliano
2007-2008 Composer of the Year
Murray Crewe
Principal Bass Trombone
Gail Czajkowski
Cello

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D - F
Sir Andrew Davis
Artistic Advisor
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida
Principal Oboe
Michael Dean
Bass
Stéphane Denève
Conductor
Charles Dutoit
Conductor
Linda Eder
Vocalist
Carolyn Edwards
Second Violin
Donald H. Evans, Jr.
Associate Principal Bass
Linda Fischer
Second Violin
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Conductor
Alison Peters Fujito
First Violin

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G - I
David Gillis
First Violin
Marylène Gingras-Roy
Viola
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Percussion
Nancy Goeres
Principal Bassoonist
James Gorton
Co-Principal Oboist
Debbie Gravitte
Vocalist
Jeffrey Grubbs
Bass
Peter Guild
Bass
Horacio Gutierrez
Piano
Marvin Hamlisch
Principal Pops Conductor
Emma Hancock
First Violin
Rosemary Harris
First Violin
Lorien Benet Hart
Second Violin
Betsy Heston
Assistant Principal Bass
Benjamin Hochman
Piano
Manfred Honeck
Music Director
Micah B. Howard
Bass
Mark Huggins
Associate Concertmaster
Mikhail Istomin
Cello

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J - L
Marek Janowski
Otto Klemperer Guest Conductor Chair
Mariss Jansons
Conductor
Hong-Guang Jia
Assistant Concertmaster
Huei-Sheng Kao
Assistant Concertmaster
Holly D. Katz
First Violin
Irvin Kauffman
Principal Fretted Instruments/Assistant Principal Cello Laureate
Leonidas Kavakos
Violin
Randolph Kelly
Principal Viola
Rhian Kenny
Principal Piccolo
Sylvia Kim
Craig Knox
Principal Tuba
Stephen Kostyniak
Associate Principal Horn
Lang Lang
Piano
Louis Langrée
Conductor
Erina Laraby-Goldwasser
Viola
Margaret Lattimore
Mezzo-soprano
Robert Lauver
Horn
Louis Lev
Associate Principal Second Violin
Chia-Chi Lin
First Violin
Michael Lipman
Cello
Charles Lirette
Co-Principal Trumpet
Adam Liu
Assistant Principal Cello
Lawrence Loh
Resident Conductor
Louis Lowenstein
Cello
Nikolaï Lugansky
Piano

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M - O
Lorin Maazel
Conductor
Claudia Mahave
Second Violin
Hampton Mallory
Cello
Lauren Scott Mallory
Cello
Gary Mauer
Tenor
Lucas Meachem
Baritone
Daniel Meyer
Resident Conductor
Joanna Mongiardo
Soprano
John Moore
Bass
Laura Motchalov
Second Violin
Andris Nelsons
Conductor
Gianandrea Noseda
Conductor
Dennis O'Boyle
Second Violin
Garrick Ohlsson
Piano
Jennifer Orchard
Assistant Principal Second Violin

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P - R
Richard Page
Principal Bass Clarinetist
Philip Pandolfi
Bassoon
Susanne Park
First Violin
Itzhak Perlman
Violin
David Premo
Associate Principal Cello
André Previn
Conductor
Andrew Reamer
Associate Principal Percussion
James Rodgers
Principal Contrabassoonist
Charlotta Klein Ross
Cello
Jennifer Ross
Principal Second Violin
Joseph Rounds
Horn
Michael Rusinek
Principal Clarinet

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S - V
Akiko Sakonju
First Violin
Ron Samuels
Clarinet
Ronald Schneider
Horn
Gil Shaham
Violin
Paul Silver
Viola
Zachary Smith
Assistant Principal Horn
Harold Smoliar
Principal English Horn
Peter Snitkovsky
Second Violin
David Sogg
Co-Principal Bassoon
Roy Sonne
First Violin
John Soroka
Principal Percussion/Associate Principal Timpani
Peter Sullivan
Principal Trombone
Lawrence J. Tamburri
President and CEO
Albert Tan
Second Violin
Thomas Thompson
Co-Principal Clarinet
Alexander Toradze
Piano
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor
Stephanie Tretick
Viola
Jeffrey Turner
Principal Bass
Yuko Uchiyama
Second Violin
Dawn Upshaw
Soprano
Juraj Valcuha
Conductor
Gretchen Van Hoesen
Principal Harp
Joen Vasquez
Assistant Principal Violist
Lars Vogt
Piano
George Vosburgh
Principal Trumpet

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W - Z
Julian Wachner
Conductor
Rui-Tong Wang
Second Violin
Meng Wang
Viola
Daniel Weeks
Tenor
Alisa Weilerstein
Cello
Andrew Wickesberg
Anne Martindale Williams
Principal Cellist
Chad Winkler
Trumpet
Christopher Wu
First Violin
Kristina Yoder
Chee Yun
Violin
Isaias Zelkowicz
Viola
Pinchas Zukerman
Conductor

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