Ravinia 2019, Issue 4, Week 8

VIOLINS Robert Chen Concertmaster The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Stephanie Jeong Associate Concertmaster The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair David Taylor Yuan-Qing Yu Assistant Concertmasters * So Young Bae § Cornelius Chiu Alison Dalton Gina DiBello Kozue Funakoshi Russell Hershow Qing Hou Blair Milton Paul Phillips Jr. † Sando Shia Susan Synnestvedt Rong-Yan Tang Baird Dodge Principal Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Assistant Principal Lei Hou Ni Mei Fox Fehling Hermine Gagné Rachel Goldstein Mihaela Ionescu Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir † Matous Michal Simon Michal Aiko Noda Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz VIOLAS Li-Kuo Chang Acting Principal The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor John Bartholomew Catherine Brubaker Youming Chen Sunghee Choi Wei-Ting Kuo Danny Lai Diane Mues Lawrence Neuman Max Raimi Weijing Wang CELLOS John Sharp Principal The Eloise W. Martin Chair Kenneth Olsen Assistant Principal The Adele Gidwitz Chair Karen Basrak Loren Brown Richard Hirschl Daniel Katz Katinka Kleijn David Sanders Gary Stucka Brant Taylor BASSES Alexander Hanna Principal The David and Mary Winton Green Principal Bass Chair Daniel Armstrong Joseph DiBello Michael Hovnanian Robert Kassinger Mark Kraemer Stephen Lester Bradley Opland HARPS Sarah Bullen Principal Lynne Turner FLUTES Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Principal The Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair Richard Graef § Assistant Principal Emma Gerstein Jennifer Gunn PICCOLO Jennifer Gunn OBOES William Welter Principal The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Michael Henoch Assistant Principal The Gilchrist Foundation Chair Lora Schaefer Scott Hostetler ENGLISH HORN Scott Hostetler CLARINETS Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith J. Lawrie Bloom E-FLAT CLARINET John Bruce Yeh BASS CLARINET J. Lawrie Bloom BASSOONS Keith Buncke Principal William Buchman Assistant Principal Dennis Michel † Miles Maner CONTRABASSOON Miles Maner HORNS David Cooper Principal Daniel Gingrich Associate Principal James Smelser David Griffin Oto Carrillo Susanna Gaunt TRUMPETS Mark Ridenour Acting Principal The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor John Hagstrom Tage Larsen TROMBONES Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon BASS TROMBONE Charles Vernon TUBA Gene Pokorny Principal The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld TIMPANI David Herbert Principal The Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos Assistant Principal PERCUSSION Cynthia Yeh Principal Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross LIBRARIANS Peter Conover Principal Carole Keller Mark Swanson ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel STAGE TECHNICIANS Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Dave Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick Joe Tucker * Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. † On sabbatical § On leave The Louise H. Benton Wagner Chair is currently unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. Its music director since 2010 is Riccardo Muti, one of the preeminent conductors of our time. The orchestra was founded in 1891 by its first music director, Theodore Thomas, and its other illustrious music directors include Frederick Stock, Désiré Defauw, Artur Rodziński, Rafael Kubelík, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, Sir Georg Solti, and Daniel Barenboim. The renowned musicians of the CSO command a vast repertoire and annually perform more than 150 concerts— most at Symphony Center in Chicago and, since 1936, at Ravinia during the summer. The CSO also tours nationally and internationally. Since its first tour to Canada in 1892, the orchestra has performed in 29 countries on five continents during 61 international tours. Since 1916, recording has been significant in establishing the orchestra’s international reputation, with recordings by the CSO earning a total of 62 Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Its independent label, CSO Resound, was launched in 2007. The 2010 release of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem , with the CSO and Chicago Symphony Chorus conducted by Muti, was recognized with two Grammy Awards. Listeners around the world can hear the CSO in weekly airings of the CSO Radio Broadcast Series, which is syndicated on the WFMT Radio Network and online at CSO.org/Radio. Thousands of patrons, volunteers, and donors support the CSO Association each year. The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Negaunee Foundation provides generous support in perpetuity for the work of the Negaunee Music Institute. www.cso.org www.csosoundsandstories.org CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — RICCARDO MUTI, Zell Music Director DUAIN WOLFE, Chorus Director and Conductor MISSY MAZZOLI , Mead Composer-in-Residence RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 22 – JULY 28, 2019 120