
Politicians:
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor 
The Rev. AL SHARPTON
************************* Actors:
B. D. WONG 
TAMARA TUNIE 
JOHN VENTIMIGLIA 
JOAN COPELAND
FRANK MESSINA 
ISAIAH SHEFFER

ADIRA AMRAM

JON BURKLUND
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Composers who have performed at the Festival:
DAVID AMRAM
(Composer-in-Residence of the New York Chamber Music Festival)

photo: Chris Felver
NED ROREM
Photo: Christian Steiner
JOAN TOWER
Photo: Bernie Mindich
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Photo: Katryn Conlin
JOSÉ SEREBRIER
TANIA LEÓN
photo: Michael Provost
DAVID DEL TREDICI 
photo: Paula Court
JOSEPH TURRIN 
LAURA KAMINSKY 
VASSILY LOBANOV

ARTURO O' FARRILL 
photo: John Abbott
DAVID LEISNER 
photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
SEAN HICKEY 
photo: Karen Wise
JON DEAK

photo: Chris Lee
NOEL ZAHLER

PAUL MORAVEC 
PETER BREINER
Photo: Gulnara Samoilova
KONSTANTIN SOUKHOVETSKI 
ZHEN CHEN

CHRISTOS PAPAGEORGIOU 
Photo: Katerina Kaloudis
THOMAS WEAVER

Lecture on the Weather by
JOHN CAGE
was performed at Symphony Space on September 5, 2012
(the exact day of John Cage's 100th birthday!) by 12 great contemporary composers 
From r. to l.: composers Ned Rorem, David Amram, Sean Hickey, Noel Zahler, Laura Kaminsky, David Del Tredici, David Leisner, Tania León, Joan Tower, José Serebrier, Arturo O'Farrill,Jon Deak
(photos: New York Chamber Music Festival)
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From l. to r.: Arturo O'Farrill, Laura Kaminsky, David Leisner, Joan Tower, Tania León, Jon Deak, Sean Hickey, Ned Rorem, David Del Tredici, José Serebrier, Noel Zahler, David Amram
(photo: New York Chamber Music Festival)
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Conductors:
MAESTRO DERRICK INOUYE
Metropolitan Opera

MAESTRO SCOTT DUNN
Associate Conductor, Hollywood Bowl,
Los Angeles Philharmonic

Photo: Steve J. Sherman
JON DEAK
Creative Education Associate,
New York Philharmonic 
Photo by Michael DiVito
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Singers:
CAROLE FARLEY
Legendary MET Opera Soprano 
MORRIS ROBINSON
Bass-Baritone, MET

KAREN BEARDSLEY
Soprano
New York City Opera

HYUNAH YU, Soprano 
LEONARDA PRIORE
Mezzo-Soprano

DAMIEN TOP, Tenor 
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Instrumentalists:
ELISHA ABAS, Piano 
JOSEPH ALESSI
Principal Trombone,
New York Philharmonic 
Photo: Chris Lee
AMERIGO TRIO:
Glenn Dicterow Karen Dreyfus Inbal Segev
Photo: Chris Lee
DAVID AMRAM
Multi-instrumentalist
DAVID AMRAM QUARTET
DAVID AMRAM, Piano/ Flute/ Horn
RENE HART, Double Bass
KEVIN TWIGG, Drums
ADAM AMRAM, Congas
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AMRAM ENSEMBLE:
ELMIRA DARVAROVA, Violin
KENNETH RADNOFSKY, Sax
THOMAS WEAVER, Piano
DAVID AMRAM, Multi- instrumentalist
Guests: Howard Wall, Horn
Ronald Carbone, Viola

ALAN BAER
Principal Tuba,
New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
DAVID BALAKRISHNAN, Violin
Turtle Island Quartet 
ADAM BANDA, Violin
(New York Recital Debut)

Photo: Kata Schiller
CHARLES BARBOUR
Percussion, MET Opera

LYNN BERNHARDT
Percussion, MET Opera
DENIS BOURIAKOV
Principal Flute,
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Former Principal Flute, MET Opera

OCTAVIO BRUNETTI, Piano
(1975 - 2014) 
Photo: Sergio Reyes
ZHEN CHEN, Piano

LAURA CONVESSER
Principal Flute,
American Symphony Orchestra

RONALD CARBONE
Principal Viola, ABT

Photo: Richard Blinkoff
ELMIRA DARVAROVA
Former Concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera

Photo: David Finlayson
JON FADDIS, Trumpet 
Photo: John Abbott
BART FELLER
Principal Flute
New Jersey Symphony

RAFAEL FIGUEROA
Principal Cello, MET Opera

Photo: Richard Blinkoff
PASCUAL MARTINEZ FORTEZA
Clarinet, New York Phiharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
MÉLANIE GENIN, Harp

photo: Brian Hatton
DAVID GROSSMAN
Double Bass, New York Philharmonic
Principal, Los Angeles Chamber Orch.

Photo: Henry Grossman
MATTHEW HAGLE, Piano

LINDA HALL, Piano
MET Opera Assistant Conductor

DAVID HAZELTINE, Piano

Photo: John Abbott
SARAH HILLER, Piano
(New York Recital Debut)

JEFFREY IRVING, Percussion

HULDA JÓNSDOTTIR, Violin
Photo: Iceland Academy of the Arts
CHING CHEN JUHL, Viola

DAREDJAN KAKOUBERI, Piano

TOMOKO KANAMARU, Piano

Photo: Richard Blinkoff
GARY KARR
Double Bass Virtuoso

Photo: Elmira Darvarova
AMAAN ALI BANGASH, Sarod

AYAAN ALI BANGASH, Sarod 
MARON KHOURY
Flute, Metropolitan Opera

MARIA KITSOPOULOS, Cello
New York Philharmonic
Photo: Chris Lee
JEREMY KITTEL, Viola

Photo: Peter Serling
ROB KNOPPER
Percussion, MET Opera
JOHN LAUGHTON, Clarinet
Dean, The College of New Jersey

DEAN LeBLANC, Clarinet
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

JUDUTH LeCLAIR
Principal Bassoon
New York Philharmonic 
EVAN LESLIE, Cello
GARY LEVINSON
Co-Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony

HSIN-CHIAO LIAO, Piano

VASSILY LOBANOV
Piano

RALPH LOCKWOOD, Harpsichord Professor Emeritus,
Arizona State University

ANTONIO LYSY, Cello
(New York Recital Debut)

Photo: Clara Lysy
SAMUEL MAGILL, Cello
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Photo: Richard Blinkoff
JAMES MARKEY
Bass Trombone, Boston Symphony

Photo: Chris Lee
OR MATIAS, Piano

ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT, Piano

ANTHONY McGILL
Principal Clarinet, NY Philharmonic
Former Principal, MET Opera

BLAIR McMILLEN, Piano

EILEEN MOON
Associate Principal Cellist, New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
MATTHEW MUCKEY
Associate Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
SIMON MULLIGAN, Piano

CRAIG MUMM
Associate Principal Violist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Photo: Richard Bernstein
MARY ANN MUMM, Violin
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Photo: Paula Tole
PHILIP MYERS
Former Principal Horn, New York Philharmonic 
Photo: Chris Lee
New York Philharmonic
Principal Brass Quintet 
Photo: David Finlayson
NEW YORK PIANO QUARTET

Photo: Yui Kitamura
LUIGI NICOLARDI, piano

JUDITH OLSON, Piano

DUNCAN PATTON
Former Principal Timpani, MET

CLARENCE PENN, Drums

Photo: Courtesy of Katharina Lohmann
PHILHARMONIC BRASS TRIO

Photo: Chris Lee
QUINTETO DEL FUEGO

RACHEL BARTON PINE, Violin
(New York Recital Debut)

Photo: Andrew Eccles
KENNETH RADNOFSKY
Saxophone

photo: Liz Linder
LUCIAN RINANDO, Flute

Photo: Richard Blinkoff
ROBERT RINEHART, Viola
New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
AMI ROGÉ, Piano

Photo: Nick Granito
PASCAL ROGÉ, Piano

Photo: Nick Granito
SASSMANNSHAUS PIANO TRIO
(New York Recital Debut)

Photo: Bridget Wang
DOV SCHEINDLIN, Viola
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

CHIHIRO SHIBAYAMA, Drums 
Photo: Aleksandra Dubov
INBAL SEGEV, Cello 
Photo: ME Reps
LUKAS SIEBER, Cello
(New York Recital Debut)

PHILIP SMITH
Former Principal Trumpet
New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
THOMAS V. SMITH, Trumpet
New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
KONSTANTIN SOUKHOVETSKI
Piano

PATRICIA SPENCER, Flute

Photo: Peter Schaaf
JANOS STARKER
Cello
(1924 - 2013) 
EMMA STEELE, Violin

ALAN STEPANSKY
Former Associate Principal Cello,
New York Philharmonic
LEELANEE STERRETT, Horn
New York Philharmonic

SCOTT STEVENS
Percussion & Timpani, MET Opera

MARK SUMMER, Cello
Turtle Island Quartet

WENDY SUTTER, Cello

Photo: Bill Bernstein
JACOPO TADDEI, saxophone
Photo: Pablo Massa
ADAM TENDLER, Piano

MADS TOLLING, Violin

Photo: Peter Serling
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET

Photo: Peter Serling
GEORGE VASSILEV, Guitar

Photo: Claude Dussez
DONALD VEGA, Piano

BRYAN WAGORN, Piano
Assistant Conductor, MET Opera

Photo: Matthu Placek
CHRISTINE WALEVSKA, Cello
Photo: Anthony Jalandoni
HOWARD WALL, Horn
New York Philharmonic
Photo: David Finlayson
THOMAS WEAVER, piano
CAROL WINCENC, Flute

SHAI WOSNER, Piano

Photo: Marco Borggreve
WINONA ZELENKA, Cello
Assistant Principal, Toronto Symphony

Photo: Elaine Ling
AMY ZOLOTO, Clarinet
New York Philharmonic

Photo: Chris Lee
GREGORY ZUBER
Principal Percussion, MET Opera

PATRICIA ZUBER, Flute
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
