LOUIS LANGRÉE, CSO Music Director
- Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Pops Conductor
- Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
Matthias Pintscher, CSO Creative Partner
Damon Gupton, Pops Principal Guest Conductor
François López-Ferrer, CSO Associate Conductor
- Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair for Associate Conductor
Wilbur Lin, Pops Assistant Conductor
- Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair for Assistant Conductor
FIRST VIOLINS
Stefani Matsuo
Concertmaster
—Anna Sinton Taft Chair
Charles Morey
Acting Associate Concertmaster
—Tom & Dee Stegman Chair
Philip Marten
First Assistant Concertmaster
—James M. Ewell Chair++
Eric Bates
Second Assistant Concertmaster
—Serge Shababian Chair
Kathryn Woolley
—Nicholas Tsimaras–Peter G. Courlas Chair++
Anna Reider
—Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair
Mauricio Aguiar§
Minyoung Baik
James Braid
—Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke
Michelle Edgar Dugan
Rebecca Kruger Fryxell
Clifford J. Goosmann and Andrea M. Wilson Chair
Gerald Itzkoff
—Jean Ten Have Chair
Lois Reid Johnson
—Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair++
Sylvia Mitchell
—Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair
Luo-Jia Wu
SECOND VIOLINS
Gabriel Pegis
Principal
—Al Levinson Chair
Yang Liu*
—Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair
Scott Mozlin**
—Henry Meyer Chair
Kun Dong
Cheryl Benedict
Evin Blomberg§
Rachel Charbel
—Ida Ringling North Chair
Elizabeth Furuta†
Chika Kinderman
Hyesun Park
Paul Patterson
—Charles Gausmann Chair++
Stacey Woolley
—Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++
VIOLAS
Christian Colberg
Principal
—Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair
Paul Frankenfeld*
—Grace M. Allen Chair
Julian Wilkison**
Rebecca Barnes§
Christopher Fischer
Stephen Fryxell
—Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair
Caterina Longhi
Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera
Joanne Wojtowicz
CELLOS
Ilya Finkelshteyn
Principal
—Irene & John J. Emery Chair
Daniel Culnan*
—Ona Hixson Dater Chair
Norman Johns**
—Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair
Matthew Lad§
—Marvin Kolodzik Chair
Susan Marshall-Petersen
—Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++
Hiro Matsuo
Theodore Nelson
—Peter G. Courlas–Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++
Alan Rafferty
—Ruth F. Rosevear Chair
BASSES
Owen Lee
Principal
—Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++
James Lambert*
—Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair
Matthew Zory, Jr.**+
—Trish & Rick Bryan Chair
Boris Astafiev§
Ronald Bozicevich
—Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair
Rick Vizachero
HARP
Gillian Benet Sella
Principal
—Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair
FLUTES
Randolph Bowman
Principal
—Charles Frederic Goss Chair
Henrik Heide*†
Haley Bangs
—Jane & David Ellis Chair
PICCOLO
[OPEN]
—Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair
OBOES
Dwight Parry
Principal
—Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair
Lon Bussell*
—Stephen P. McKean Chair
Emily Beare
ENGLISH HORN
Christopher Philpotts
Principal
—Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair+
CLARINETS
Christopher Pell
Principal
—Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair
Joseph Morris*
Associate Principal and Eb Clarinet
—Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++
Ixi Chen
Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in Honor of William A. Friedlander
BASS CLARINET
Ronald Aufmann
BASSOONS
Christopher Sales
Principal
—Emalee Schavel Chair++
Martin Garcia*
Hugh Michie
CONTRABASSOON
Jennifer Monroe
FRENCH HORNS
Elizabeth Freimuth
Principal
—Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair
[OPEN]*
—Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair
Molly Norcross**
Acting Associate Principal
—Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney
Lisa Conway
—Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair
Duane Dugger
—Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair
Charles Bell
TRUMPETS
Robert Sullivan
Principal
—Rawson Chair
Douglas Lindsay*
—Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair
Steven Pride
—Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++
Christopher Kiradjieff
TROMBONES
Cristian Ganicenco
Principal
—Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair
Joseph Rodriguez**
Second/Assistant Principal Trombone
BASS TROMBONE
Peter Norton
TUBA
Christopher Olka
Principal
—Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair
TIMPANI
Patrick Schleker
Principal
—Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair
Michael Culligan
Acting Associate Principal
[OPEN]*
—Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair
PERCUSSION
David Fishlock
Principal
—Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair
Michael Culligan*
[OPEN]*
—Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair
Marc Wolfley+
KEYBOARDS
Michael Chertock
—James P. Thornton Chair
Julie Spangler+
—James P. Thornton Chair
CSO/CCM DIVERSITY FELLOWS
Maalik Glover, violin
Mwakudua waNgure, violin
Tyler McKisson, viola
Javier Otalora, viola
Max Oppeltz-Carroz, cello
Luis Parra, cello
Samantha Powell, cello
Luis Celis Avila, bass
Amy Nickler, bass
LIBRARIANS
Christina Eaton
Principal Librarian
—Lois Klein Jolson Chair
Elizabeth Dunning
Acting Associate Principal Librarian
Adam Paxson
Interim Assistant Librarian
STAGE MANAGERS
Brian P. Schott
Phillip T. Sheridan
Daniel Schultz
Andrew Sheridan
§ Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section.
* Associate Principal
** Assistant Principal
† One-year appointment
‡ Leave of absence
+ Cincinnati Pops rhythm section
++ CSO endowment only
~ Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
