PMF 2009 ARTISTS

Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director 1990-2000 Christoph Eschenbach, Artistic Director 1991/1993-1998 Xian Zhang, Guest Conductor Peter Schmidl, PMF Artistic Chairman Luis Biava, Conductor/Senior Artistic Administrator Lera Auerbach, Composer-in-Residence Tadaaki Otaka, Conductor Ken Takaseki, Conductor Kentaro Kawase, Assistant Conductor

Soloists Erik Schumann, violin Kirsten Blaise, soprano Petra Lang, mezzo soprano André Watts, piano PMF Pianists Eliko Akahori Ryoko Sawaki Orchestra PMF Orchestra PMF Anniversary Orchestra ( Roster ) Sapporo Symphony Orchestra (Host City Orchestra) Chorus Isao Osanai, Chorus Master PMF Chorus

PMF Faculty-in-Residence

PMF VIENNA Principal players of the Vienna Philharmonic

Werner Hink, violin Hans Peter Ochsenhofer, viola/conductor Michael Bladerer, double bass Martin Gabriel, oboe Stepan Turnovsky, bassoon Gotthard Eder, trumpet Roland Altmann, percussion

Hubert Kroisamer, violin Fritz Dolezal, cello Wolfgang Schulz, flute Peter Schmidl, clarinet Ronald Janezic, horn Johann Ströcker, trombone Xavier de Maistre, harp

PMF BERLIN Principal players / members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Zoltán Almási, violin (Berliner Philharmoniker) Ulrich Knörzer, viola (Berliner Philharmoniker) Martin Heinze, double bass (Berliner Philharmoniker) Dominik Wollenweber, oboe (Berliner Philharmoniker) Mor Biron, bassoon (Berliner Philharmoniker) Falk Maertens, trumpet (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) Rainer Seegers, timpani (Berliner Philharmoniker)

Andreas Neufeld, violin (Berliner Philharmoniker) Martin Menking, cello (Berliner Philharmoniker) Andreas Blau, flute (Berliner Philharmoniker) Manfred Preis, clarinet (Berliner Philharmoniker) Stefan de Leval Jezierski, horn (Berliner Philharmoniker) Stefan Schulz, trombone (Berliner Philharmoniker)

PMF IP (International Principals) Principal players of major orchestras in U. S. and Japan

David Kim, violin (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Daniel Foster, viola (National Symphony Orchestra) Harold Robinson, double bass (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Eugene Izotov, oboe (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon (The Philadelphia Orchestra) -Head of Chamber Music Program David Bilger, trumpet (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Cynthia Yeh, percussion (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Stephen Rose, violin (The Cleveland Orchestra) Rafael Figueroa, cello (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) Jeffrey Khaner, flute (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Ricardo Morales, clarinet (The Philadelphia Orchestra) William Caballero, horn (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchstra) Nitzan Haroz, trombone (The Philadelphia Orchestra) Risako Hayakawa, harp (NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo)

Tokyo String Quartet String Quartet Course Faculty

Martin Beaver, 1st violin Kikuei Ikeda, 2nd violin Kazuhide Isomura, viola Clive Greensmith, cello

Artists are subject to change.

as of May 27, 2009