ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

RUNE BERGMANN
Music Director
Ted + Lola Rozsa Endowed Chair

JULIANE GALLANT
Resident Conductor
Mary Rozsa de Coquet Endowed Chair

MARK BARTEL
Chorus Director
Ellen + Allen Borak Endowed Chair 

CRIS DERKSEN
Artistic Advisor

ALUMNI

ROBERTO MINCZUK
Music Director Laureate

HANS GRAF
Music Director Laureate

MARIO BERNARDI
Conductor Laureate

CENEK VRBA
Concertmaster Emeritus

FIRST VIOLINS

DIANA COHEN
Concertmaster
John + Ethelene Gareau Endowed Chair

JOHN LOWRY
Associate Concertmaster
Peter + Jeanne Lougheed Endowed Chair  

DONOVAN SEIDLE
Assistant Concertmaster

OLGA KOTOVA
H.D. Klebanoff Endowed Chair

POSITION TO BE FILLED
POSITION TO BE FILLED

SECOND VIOLINS

LORNA TSAI
Esther Violet Hall (nee Young) Endowed Chair
STEPHANIE SOLTICE-JOHNSON
Debbie Lynne Hall Endowed Chair
CRAIG HUTCHENREUTHER
Dennis Sharp + Hélène Côté-Sharp Endowed Chair 
MINNIE MIN KYUNG KWON
Dalgleish Endowment of Chair 66 
LAURENT GRILLET-KIM
Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Endowed Chair

CELLOS

ARNOLD CHOI
Naomi Lacey Cello Chair in honour of Philip Hansen
DAVID MORRISSEY
John + Jean Partridge Endowed Chair  
SARA HAHN-SCINOCCO
Margaret + Paul Boëda in Memory of Jennifer Boëda-Dahl Endowed Chair 
GWEN KLASSEN
Bill + Irene Bell Endowed Chair  
HEATHER WOOTTON
Judith + William Kilbourne Named Chair

POSITION TO BE FILLED

TRUMPETS

ADAM ZINATELLI
Frank + Carol Gray Endowed Chair
POSITION TO BE FILLED
Frank + Carol Gray Endowed Chair
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THE CALGARY PHILHARMONIC IS PROUD TO PERFORM LIVE SYMPHONIC MUSIC FOR THE ALBERTA BALLET, CALGARY OPERA, AND HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION.

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra musicians are members of The Calgary Musicians Association, Local 547 of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. Repertoire often requires extra musicians including: Eric Auerbach, violin; Rolf Bertsch, keyboard; Jeremy Brown, saxophone; Sean Buckley, percussion; Stan Climie, clarinet; Aidan Dugan, oboe; John Feldberg, bassoon; Sheila Garrett, bass; Mathew James, horn; Gareth Jones, trumpet; Janet Kuschak, cello; Lidia Hae ju Lee, violin; Malcolm Lim, percussion; Sarah (Gieck) MacDonald, flute; Emily Phernambucq, flute; Aura Pon, oboe; Richard Scholz, trumpet; Eva Sztrain, violin; Doug Umana, horn.