Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Musicians

Creative Leadership

Music Director

Carolyn Kuan
Endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Assistant Conductor

Adam Kerry Boyles

Joyce C. Willis Artist In Residence

Curtis Stewart
Sponsored by the J. Walton Bissell Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation

Orchestra

First Violin

Leonid Sigal, concertmaster
Sponsored by David and Linda Roth

Gary Capozziello, assistant concertmaster
Sponsored by Wes & Chloe Horton

Lisa Rautenberg,
associate concertmaster

Jamie Andrusyak

Linda Beers

Michael Eby

 

Perry Elliot

 

Lu Sun Friedman

Jihye Joelle Maree

Romina Kostare

Sarah Ng,
HSO Musician Fellow

Millie Piekos

Deborah Tyler*

 

Katalin Viragh

Second Violin

Michael Duffett
principal

Jaroslaw Lis,
assistant principal
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matt Schreck

Simon Bilyk

Diane Frederickson

Krzysztof Gadawski

Martha Kayser

 

Yuri Kharenko-Golduber

Virginia Kramer

Yukiko Kuhara 

Selah Kwak

Candace M. Lammers

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

The Claire & Millard Pryor Orchestra Committee Chair

Mikel Rollet

Cello

Amy Ward Butler,
principal

Jia Cao,
assistant principal

Esther Benjamin,
HSO musician fellow

Ethan Brown

Cara Cheung

Jennifer Combs

Tom Hudson

Yoonhee Ko

Weiting Sun

Adam Willson

Peter Zay

Bass

Edward R. Rozie,
principal
Sponsored by Brook & Charlotte Jason

Robert Groff,
assistant principal

Josue Alfaro,
HSO musician fellow

Tony Connaway

Samantha Donato,
HSO musician fellow

Joseph Messina

Alexander Svensen

Mark Zechel

Woodwinds

Barbara A. Hopkins,
assistant principal
flute

Jeanne Wilson
piccolo
Sponsored by Gary & Diane Whitney

Erik Andrusyak,
principal
oboe

Stephen Wade,
assistant principal
oboe

Marilyn Krentzman

English horn

Sangwon Lee,
principal
clarinet

Curt Blood,
assistant principal
clarinet

 

Paul Wonjin Cho
bass clarinet

Yeh-Chi Wang,
principal
bassoon

Jensen Bocco,
assistant principal
bassoon

 

Tyler Wilkins,
bassoon

 

Brass

Barbara Hill,
principal
horn

John Michael Flavetta,
assistant principal
horn

Justin Ruleman
horn

 

Nick Rubenstein
horn

 

Joshua Michal
horn

Dovas Lietuvninkas,
principal
trumpet

John Charles Thomas,
assistant principal, trumpet

Alison Marseglia
trumpet

Brian L. Diehl,
principal
trombone

Robert Hoveland,
assistant principal
trombone

Reid Harman,
bass trombone

Jarrod Briley,
principal
tuba

Percussion

Eugene Bozzi,
principal 
timpani
Sponsored by Carlotta & Bob Garthwait, Jr.

Robert McEwan,
principal

Evan Glickman

Harp

Susan Knapp Thomas, principal harp
Sponsored by Beth & Rick Costello

Piano

Yujin Lee
Piano
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matt Schreck

Production Staff

Jaroslaw Lis
personnel manager

Nathan Lowman
librarian

Jeremy Philbin, I.A.T.S.E.
stage manager

*On leave for the 2025-2026 season

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.).