The Beethoven for The Rohingya Orchestra is comprised of artists from the following ensembles and institutions, who have generously donated their services:
New York Philharmonic
MET Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic
World Orchestra for Peace
Minnesota Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of St. Luke's
The Montclair Orchestra
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
American Symphony Orchestra
American Composers Orchestra
American Ballet Theatre Orchestra
New York City Ballet Orchestra
Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Miami Symphony Orchestra
Westchester Philharmonic
Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
The Florida Orchestra
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Riverside Symphony Orchestra
Mid-Coast Symphony Orchestra (Maine)
Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río
Symphony in C
Symphoria
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Pacific Music Festival Orchestra
Marlboro Music Festival
Verbier Festival Orchestra
Aspen Festival Orchestra
Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Washington Heights Camerata
Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of New York
Guarneri Quartet
The Knights
Sphinx Virtuosi
Radio City Spectaculars
American Brass Quintet
Stiletto brass Quintet
Windscape
New York Woodwind Quintet
Zéphyros Winds
Shattered Glass Ensemble
Youth Orchestra of the Americas
National Youth Orchestra of Canada
New York String Orchestra
The Curtis Institute
The Juilliard School
Manhattan School of Music
Mannes School of Music
The Colburn School
Yale School of Music
John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University
Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University
Peabody Conservatory
New England Conservatory
Sydney Conservatorium
New York University
Royal Academy of Music, London
THE BEETHOVEN FOR THE ROHINGYA ORCHESTRA
First Violin
*Elmira Darvarova, Former Concertmaster, MET Orchestra
Daniel Andai, Concertmaster, Miami Symphony Orchestra; Dean, New World School of the Arts
Eva Gruesser, Concertmaster, American Composers Orchestra
John Guarino, Pacific Music Festival Orchestra
Lin He, Associate Concertmaster, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
Ji Min Lee, Principal Second Violin, Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Julia Meynert, Former Substitute, Vienna Philharmonic
Kelly Hall Tompkins, International Soloist and Chamber Artist, Founder Music Kitchen
Deborah Greitzer, Buffalo Philharmonic
Dasol Jeong, New York Philharmonic
Mayuki Fukuhara, Principal Violin, Orchestra of St. Luke's
Saki Kaneko, Fellow in Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Ahra Cho, Fellow in Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Marina Aikawa, Fellow in Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Ling Ling Huang, Substitute Violin, New York Philharmonic
Second Violin
*Mary Ann Mumm, Former Violin, MET Orchestra; Adjunct Faculty, Montclair State University John J. Cali School of Music
Benita Beneitez Vega, Concert Artist and Educator, former member, Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Luis Casal, Concertmaster, Washington Heights Camerata
Funda Cizmecioglu, Principal Second Violin, Albany Symphony Orchestra
Anastasia Dolak, The Juilliard School
Karl Kawahara, Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Rohan Smith, Music Director, Mid-Coast Symphony Orchestra (ME)
Denise Rood, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Laura Jean Goldberg, Arts Ahimsa, Founding Member, Cassatt String Quartet
Mitsuko Suzuki, Associate Principal Second, Albany Symphony Orchestra
Sooyeon Kim, Albany Symphony Orchestra
Adrienne Harmon, Nashville Symphony
Tiffany Tieu, Assistant Concertmaster, Orquesta Sinfonica de Santiago, Chile
Viola
*Shmuel Katz, Principal Viola, Mostly Mozart Orchestra, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra; Viola, MET Orchestra
Enrique Marquez, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Mexico
Yumi Oshima, Assistant Principal, Symphony in C
Ronald Carbone, Former Principal Viola, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra
Michael Davis, Shattered Glass Ensemble
Nardo Poy, Principal Viola, American Symphony Orchestra, MET Orchestra
Louise Schulman, Principal Viola, Orchestra of St. Luke's
Elzbieta Weyman, Assistant Principal Viola, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Celia Hatton, Substitute, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Jessica Troy, Philharmona Baroque Orchestra
Violoncello
*Peter Wiley, Guarneri Quartet, Former Principal Cello, Cincinnati Symphony
Roberta Cooper, American Symphony Orchestra
Noémie Golubovic, Graduate Fellow in Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Maureen Hynes, American Symphony Orchestra
Kye Young Sarah Kwon, Substitute, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Magali Toy, Former Principal Cello, National Youth Orchestra of Canada
Sarah Carter, Principal Cello, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra; Stamford Symphony Orchestra
Double Bass
*Timothy Cobb, Principal Bass, New York Philharmonic; Principal Bass, World Orchestra for Peace
Peter Lloyd, Former Bass, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Former Principal Bass, Minnesota Orchestra
Andrew Behrens, Aspen Festival Orchestra
Gabriel Harris, Orchestral Performance Program, Manhattan School of Music
William Morris, Substitute, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Trombley, Principal Bass, New Haven Symphony; Principal Bass, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Victoria Morris, Principal Bass, Chamber Orchestra of New York
Thomas Forletti, Graduate Fellow in Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Brendan Kane, MET Orchestra
Andrew Sommer, Substitute Bass, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Flute
*Robert Langevin, Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic
Seo Hee Choi, Principal Flute, Michigan Opera Theater
Jessica Jade Han, Guest Principal Flute, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Chun Sum Chris Wong, New York String Orchestra 2018
Oboe
*Nathan Hughes, Principal Oboe, MET Orchestra
Robert Botti, New York Philharmonic
Mitchell Kuhn, The Juilliard School
Lillian Copeland, Principal Oboe, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
English Horn
Lillian Copeland, Principal Oboe, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Clarinet
*Charles Neidich, New York Woodwind Quintet, distinguished professor at the Juilliard and Aaron Copland School of Music
Sunho Song, Winner, 2017 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition
Tyler Hsieh, Graduate Fellow in Orchestra Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Ayako Oshima, Saito Kinen Orchestra; Contrasts Quartet
Bass Clarinet
Marianne Gythfeldt, Zéphyros Winds, Talea Ensemble
Bassoon
*Frank Morelli, Principal Bassoon, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Leonard Hindell, Retired, New York Philharmonic
Glenn Einschlag, Principal Bassoon, Buffalo Philharmonic
Alexander Davis, Former African American Bassoon Fellow, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Contrabassoon
Harry Searing, Principal Bassoon, The Montclair Orchestra; Guest Contrabassoon and Heckelphone, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, and others
French Horn
*Leelanee Sterrett, Acting Associate Principal Horn, New York Philharmonic
Michael P. Atkinson, Founding Principal Horn, The Knights
Chad Yarbrough, Acting Assistant/Utility Horn, NY Philharmonic; Principal Horn, Riverside Symphony,
Theodore Primis, Substitute Horn, New York Philharmonic
Howard Wall, New York Philharmonic
Trumpet
*Kenneth DeCarlo, American Ballet Theater Orchestra, Head of Brass, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
*R. John Sheppard, American Symphony Orchestra
Baldvin Oddson, Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Trombone
*Brian Santero, Principal Trombone, New York City Ballet Orchestra
Nicole Abissi, Stiletto Brass Quintet; Principal Trombone, The Montclair Orchestra
Bass Trombone
John Rojak, Bass Trombone, American Brass Quintet, Orchestra of St. Luke's
Tuba
Kyle Turner, Principal Tuba, Orchestra of St. Luke’s and American Symphony Orchestra; Former Interim Principal Tuba, New York Philharmonic
Timpani
Barry Centanni, Principal Percussion, Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Percussion
Taylor Goodson, Principal Timpani, The Montclair Orchestra
Minhye Ju, Adjunct Professor of Percussion, Montclair State University
Thomas Mulvaney, Substitute Percussion, MET Orchestra
Harp
Stacey Shames, Orpheus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Librarians
*Paul Beck, Associate Librarian, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
*Principal
HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA
Alan Stepansky, Former Associate Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic