13 NEWYORKPHILHARMONIC 2014 FACTBOOK NEWYORKPHILHARMONIC 13 CONTENTS 2014 FACTBOOK 2 SEASON IN NUMBERS 4 TAKE NOTE Orchestra Roster nyphil.org Conductors, Soloists, and Ensembles Farewell, Glenn Dicterow Artist-in-Residence Yefim Bronfman: The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. The Beethoven Piano Concertos Composer-in-Residence Alan Gilbert, Music Director Christopher Rouse Gary W. Parr, Chairman Matthew VanBesien, Executive Director CONTACT! NY PHIL BIENNIAL Avery Fisher Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza The Music of Film and Stage New York, NY 10023-6970 On the Road and Abroad Main Phone: (212) 875-5900 Communications 16 PHILHARMONIC AS RESOURCE Phone: (212) 875-5700 Education Fax: (212) 875-5717 Free Concerts in the Community E-mail: [email protected] Photographs are available to the media Digital Options from Communications at nyphil.org/newsroom. The Archives: In-House and Online Ticket Information Online: nyphil.org 23 ABOUT US By phone: (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Our History Monday through Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday The Leadership In person: Avery Fisher Hall Box Office Alan Gilbert, Gary W. Parr, and Group sales: (212) 875-5672 Matthew VanBesien Accessibility Information: (212) 875-5380 Philharmonic Donors and Volunteers Avery Fisher Hall Box Office Hours Milestones Opens 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, noon on Sunday. On performance evenings the Box Office closes one half-hour past Premieres and Commissions performance time; on other evenings it closes at 6:00 p.m., except GlobalSundays, Sponsor when it closes at 5:00 p.m. Global Sponsor Credit Suisse became the exclusive Global Sponsor of the New York Philharmonic in 2007, establishing a groundbreaking partnership that has fostered visionary programming — weaving together repertoire from the Baroque to the present day — and has already led to ten tours with acclaimed performances across three continents. In the 2013–14 season the New York Philhar- monic–Credit Suisse collaboration infuses more than 150 concerts, including appearances on the ASIA / WINTER 2014 tour. For more information about Credit Suisse, please visit www.creditsuisse.com. 2013/14SEASON IN NUMBERS Avery Fisher Hall Home of the New York Philharmonic. 193 Orchestra Performances 165 concerts, including 117 Subscription (including 5 NY PHIL BIENNIAL, 4 Young People’s Concerts) 48 Non-subscription 18 Specials (4 THE ART OF THE SCORE, 1 Opening Gala, 1 Anne-Sophie Mutter, 2 A Broadway Christmas with Brian Stokes Mitchell, 1 New Year’s Eve, 1 Chinese New Year, 5 Sweeney Todd, 3 Pixar in Concert) 10 ASIA / WINTER 2014 tour 6 Residency at Bravo! Vail 5 Summertime Classics 6 Concerts in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer 3 Regional 28 Open Rehearsals 36 Presentations 16 NY PHIL BIENNIAL (3 CONTACT!, 2 chamber/solo, 11 other presentations, in addition to Philharmonic orchestral events) 2 CONTACT! (in addition to events that are part of the NY PHIL BIENNIAL) 6 Philharmonic Ensembles at Merkin Concert Hall 9 Very Young People’s Concerts at Merkin Concert Hall 1 Artist-in-Residence Yefim Bronfman Chamber Music Recital 1 A Farewell to Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow Chamber Music Recital 1 Holiday Brass 24 Conductors 1 Music Director 2 Assistant Conductors 21 Guests (including 4 debuts and 3 subscription debuts) 64 Spotlighted Artists 47 Soloists (including 11 debuts and 7 subscription debuts) 11 Ensembles (including 4 debuts) 4 Hosts 2 Theatrical 106 M usicians in the Orchestra 53 Men 44 Women 9 Vacancies 52 -Week contract 2 | New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic | 3 TAKENOTE: TAKENOTE: THE 2013/14 SEASON ORCHESTRA ROSTER CONDUCTORS, SOLOISTS, AND ENSEMBLES ALAN GILBERT, Music Director Conductors Janine Jansen, violin Hosts Case Scaglione, Assistant Conductor Andrey Boreyko Leila Josefowicz, violin•• Alec Baldwin Joshua Weilerstein, Assistant Conductor Semyon Bychkov Jeffrey Kahane, piano Marc Neikrug Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor, 1943–1990 Sir Andrew Davis Leonidas Kavakos, violin Esa-Pekka Salonen Kurt Masur, Music Director Emeritus Christoph von Dohnányi Judith LeClair, bassoon‡ Sam Waterston Gustavo Dudamel Paul Lewis, piano• VIOLINS Kenneth Mirkin CLARINETS PERCUSSION Yo-Yo Ma, cello Glenn Dicterow Judith Nelson Stephen Williamson Christopher S. Lamb Charles Dutoit Theatrical Concertmaster Rémi Pelletier Principal Principal Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Midori, violin The Charles E. Culpeper Chair Robert Rinehart The Edna and W. Van Alan The Constance R. Hoguet Lonny Price, director and The Mr. and Mrs. G. Chris Clark Chair Friends of the Philharmonic Alan Gilbert‡ Daniel Müller-Schott, cello Sheryl Staples co-producer Principal Associate Concertmaster Andersen Chair Mark Nuccio* Chair Bernard Haitink Tamara Mumford, The Elizabeth G. Beinecke Chair The Honey M. Kurtz Family Chair Daniel Druckman* Matt Cowart, co-producer Michelle Kim CELLOS Pascual Martínez Forteza The Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Pablo Heras-Casado• mezzo-soprano•• Assistant Concertmaster Carter Brey Amy Zoloto++ Ulrich Chair Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin The William Petschek Family Chair Principal Kyle Zerna Manfred Honeck Carol Webb The Fan Fox and Leslie R. E-FLAT CLARINET Vladimir Jurowski• Philip Myers, horn‡ Yoko Takebe Samuels Chair Pascual Martínez HARP Eileen Moon* Forteza Nancy Allen Jeffrey Kahane Kelley O’Connor, Quan Ge The Paul and Diane Principal Constantine Kitsopoulos• mezzo-soprano The Gary W. Parr Chair Guenther Chair BASS CLARINET The Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hae-Young Ham Eric Bartlett Amy Zoloto++ Knight III Chair Bernard Labadie Miah Persson, soprano Maria Kitsopoulos The Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. • Matthew Rose, bass• George Chair BASSOONS KEYBOARD Andrew Manze Lisa GiHae Kim Elizabeth Dyson Judith LeClair In Memory of Paul Jacobs David Newman Kate Royal, soprano• Kuan Cheng Lu The Mr. and Mrs. James E. Principal Peter Serkin, piano Newton Mansfield Buckman Chair The Pels Family Chair HARPSICHORD Jayce Ogren•• The Edward and Priscilla Alexei YupanquiGonzales Kim Laskowski* Paolo Bordignon Matthias Pintscher•• Shenyang, bass Pilcher Chair Patrick Jee Roger Nye Kerry McDermott Sumire Kudo The Rosalind Miranda Chair in PIANO Esa-Pekka Salonen Philip Smith, trumpet‡ Anna Rabinova Qiang Tu memory of Shirley and Bill Cohen Eric Huebner Case Scaglione‡ Arabella Steinbacher, violin• Charles Rex Nathan Vickery Arlen Fast The Shirley Bacot Shamel Chair Ru-Pei Yeh ORGAN Ted Sperling Brian Stokes Mitchell, vocalist• Fiona Simon The Credit Suisse Chair in honor CONTRABASSOON Kent Tritle Russell Thomas, tenor•• Sharon Yamada of Paul Calello Arlen Fast Joshua Weilerstein••‡ Elizabeth Zeltser Wei Yu LIBRARIANS David Zinman Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone The William and Elfriede HORNS Lawrence Tarlow Jian Wang, cello• Ulrich Chair BASSES Philip Myers Principal Yulia Ziskel Fora Baltacigil Principal Sandra Pearson** Liang Wang, oboe‡ Principal The Ruth F. and Alan J. Sara Griffin** Soloists Yuja Wang, piano Marc Ginsberg The Redfield D. Beckwith Chair Broder Chair Paul Appleby, tenor Principal Satoshi Okamoto* Leelanee Sterrett** ORCHESTRA Alisa Weilerstein, cello Lisa Kim* Acting Associate Principal R. Allen Spanjer PERSONNEL MANAGER Frédéric Antoun, tenor• In Memory of Laura Mitchell The Herbert M. Citrin Chair The Rosalind Miranda Chair Carl R. Schiebler Stephen Williamson, clarinet•‡ Soohyun Kwon Orin O’Brien Howard Wall Lisa Batiashvili, violin The Joan and Joel I. Picket Chair Michael Gast++ STAGE Stephanie Blythe, Duoming Ba William Blossom Acting Associate Principal REPRESENTATIVE The Ludmila S. and Carl B. Audrey Flores++ Joseph Faretta mezzo-soprano Ensembles Marilyn Dubow Hess Chair Carter Brey, cello‡ Bang on a Can All-Stars• The Sue and Eugene Randall Butler TRUMPETS AUDIO DIRECTOR Mercy, Jr. Chair David J. Grossman Philip Smith Lawrence Rock Yefim Bronfman, piano Brooklyn Youth Chorus; Martin Eshelman Blake Hinson Principal Dianne Berkun, director Judith Ginsberg Max Zeugner The Paula Levin Chair * Associate Principal Gautier Capuçon, cello• Hyunju Lee Rex Surany++ Matthew Muckey* ** Assistant Principal Allan Clayton, tenor Catch Electric Guitar Quartet• Joo Young Oh Ethan Bensdorf + On Leave Igudesman & Joo• Daniel Reed FLUTES Thomas V. Smith ++ Replacement/Extra Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano•• Mark Schmoockler Robert Langevin Glenn Dicterow, violin‡ Lee Musiker Jazz Trio Na Sun Principal TROMBONES The New York Philharmonic Vladimir Tsypin The Lila Acheson Wallace Chair Joseph Alessi uses the revolving seating Rinde Eckert, baritone• Manhattan School of Music Shanshan Yao Sandra Church* Principal method for section string Symphonic Chorus; Yoobin Son The Gurnee F. and Marjorie L. players who are listed Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano• VIOLAS Mindy Kaufman Hart Chair alphabetically in the roster. Andrew Foster-Williams, bass Kent Tritle, director Cynthia Phelps David Finlayson Musica Sacra•; Principal PICCOLO The Donna and Benjamin M. HONORARY MEMBERS Kirill Gerstein, piano•• The Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Mindy Kaufman Rosen Chair OF THE SOCIETY Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano•• Kent Tritle, director Rose Chair Emanuel Ax New York Choral Artists; Rebecca Young* OBOES BASS TROMBONE Pierre Boulez Richard Goode, piano The Joan and Joel Smilow Chair Liang Wang George Curran Stanley Drucker Marc-André Hamelin, piano•• Joseph Flummerfelt, director Irene Breslaw** Principal The Daria L. and William C. Lorin Maazel The Norma and Lloyd The Alice Tully Chair Foster Chair Zubin Mehta Joélle Harvey, soprano New York Philharmonic Chazen Chair Sherry Sylar* Jacques