Musicians
Meet the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — principals, section musicians, and named chairs for the current season.
Conductors
- Manfred Honeck Music Director
- Jacob Joyce Associate Conductor
First Violin
- Dylan Naroff Assistant Concertmaster
- Irene Cheng Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Chair
- Sarah Clendenning Lois R. Brozenick Memorial Chair
- Susanne Park Dr. Alan & Marsha Bramowitz Chair
- Tommy Dougherty 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Kenneth Johnston 2026-2027 Season Musician
Second Violin
- Dennis O’Boyle Acting Associate Principal
- Andrew Fuller On Leave
- Lorien Benet Hart Arlyn Gilboa Chair
- Louis Lev The Morrison Family Chair
- Claudia Mahave Alice Victoria Gelormino Chair
- Ross Snyder 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Koko Watanabe 2026-2027 Season Musician
Viola
- Marylène Gingras-Roy Acting Associate Principal
- Laura Fuller On Leave
- Sean Juhl On Leave
- Erina Laraby-Goldwasser On Leave
- Andrew Wickesberg Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Chair
- Philippe Chao 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Ben Martz 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Lynn Sue-A-Quan 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Rimbo Wong 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Si Yu 2026-2027 Season Musician
Cello
- Mikhail Istomin Susan Candace Hunt Chair
- Bronwyn Banerdt Sissons & Snapp Family Chair
- Michael DeBruyn Jane & Rae Burton Chair
- Alexandra Lee William Block Memorial Chair
- Charlie Powers HaleyFesq Cello Chair
Bass
- Nicholas Myers Principal
- Brandon McLean Associate Principal
- Michael Banks Assistant Principal
- Micah Howard Stephen & Kimberly Keen Chair
- Christian Harvey Paul J. Ross Fellow
Harp
Flute
- Jennifer Steele Hilda M. Willis Foundation Chair
- Yevgeny Faniuk Acting Associate Principal 2026-2027 Season Musician
Piccolo
- Rhian Kenny Principal
Oboe
- Jaren Atherholt Acting Associate Principal 2026-2027 Season Musician
- Benjamin Goodly Paul J. Ross Fellow
English Horn
- Tim Daniels Principal
Clarinet
- Victoria Luperi Associate Principal
- Ron Samuels Sidney Stark, Jr. Memorial Chair
E♭ Clarinet
- Victoria Luperi Principal
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
- David Sogg Co-Principal
- Francisco Joubert 2026-2027 Season Musician
Contrabassoon
- James Rodgers Principal
Horn
- Zachary Smith Assistant Principal
- Michelle Hembree Cynthia Nixon Mastro and Joseph M. Mastro Chair
Trumpet
- Conrad Jones Associate Principal
- Chad Winkler Susan S. Greer Memorial Chair
- Raul Orellana Paul J. Ross Fellow
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Trombone
- Douglas F. Rosenthal Associate Principal
- James Nova Ann McGuinn Trombone Chair
- Jacob Ogbu Paul J. Ross Fellow
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
- Christopher Allen Acting Principal
Percussion
- Jeremy Branson Associate Principal
- Daniel Zawodniak 2026-2027 Season Musician
