World-Class Orchestra
The eighty musicians of the Peninsula Festival Orchestra represent leading symphonic and operatic institutions from around the world, including Toronto, Calgary, Houston, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Omaha, Milwaukee, The Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Martha & Philip Cherry Endowed Chair
Dennis Kim, Concertmaster
George Kress
Endowed Chair
Irvine, CA
Amy Sims
Assistant Concertmaster
Marcia and Charles
Larsen Endowed Chair
Boston MA
Dmitri Pogorelov
Assistant Concertmaster
Gail and Emil Fischer
Endowed Chair
Littleton, CO
Paul Zafer
Marilyn McDonald
Endowed Chair
Wilmette, IL
Alexander Ayers
Milwaukee, WI
Ekaterina Gorkhover
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Paul Hauer
Milwaukee, WI
Grace Kim
Grand Rapids, MI
Ji-Yeon Lee
Milwaukee, WI
Jerry Loughney
Wauwatosa, WI
Yoomin Seo
Costa Mesa, CA
Amy Thiaville
New Orleans, LA
Aleksandr Zhuk
Sunny Isles, FL
Kirstin Greenlaw, Principal
Virginia Terhune
Endowed Chair
Cincinnati, OH
Betty Lewis
Sharon Holmes
Endowed Chair
Chicago, IL
Christine Annin
Milwaukee, WI
Yoorhi Choi
Sunnyvale, CA
Lisa Fako
Chicago, IL
Dorothy Han
Cincinnati, OH
Annaliese Kowert
Nashville, TN
Carmen Llop-Kassinger
Chicago, IL
Sarah Page
Nashville, TN
Zachary Ragent
Denver, CO
David Rubin
Boston, MA
Elizabeth Warne
Milwaukee, WI
Joan DerHovsepian, Principal
Ken Byler
Endowed Chair
Houston, TX
Judith Ablon
New York, NY
Jonas Benson
Sarasota, FL
Thomas Kluge
Omaha, NE
Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff
Chicago, IL
Suzanne LeFevre
Houston, TX
Ellen Olson
Jacksonville, Florida
Georgi Dimitrov
Milwaukee, WI
Alejandro Duque
Milwaukee, WI
Erin Pipal
Mequon, WI
Wendy Richman
Los Angeles, CA
Paul Ledwon, Principal
Elizabeth Chittendon
Cruden Endowed Chair
Omaha, NE
Amy Johnson Wensink
Holliston, MA
Victor Huls
St. Petersburg, FL
Andrew Laven
Grand Rapids MI
Linda Minke
Neptune Beach, FL
Freya Samuels
Pittsburgh, PA
Jeffrey Lastrapes
Lubbock, TX
John Pellegrino, Principal
June & Jerome Maeder
Endowed Chair
Columbus, OH
Erik Gronfor
Houston, TX
Katherine Munagian
June & Jerome Maeder
Endowed Chair
Nashville, TN
Christopher Roberts
Cincinnati, OH
Steve Benne
Knoxville, TN
Susanna Self, Principal
Virginia L. Kress
Endowed Chair
Lubbock, TX
Helen Blackburn
Dallas, TX
Alexandria Hoffman
Chicago, IL
Janice MacDonald
Chicago, IL
Alexandria Hoffman
Chicago, IL
Eric Olson, Principal
Sue and Tim Stone
Endowed Chair
Jacksonville, FL
Leanna Renfro
Little Rock, AR
Sarah Peterson
Grand Rapids, MI
Ricardo Casta.eda
Oak Park, IL
Leanna Renfro
Ralph Skiano, Principal
Endowed Chair
Detroit, MI
Campbell MacDonald, Principal
Robert Marcellus
Endowed Chair
Indianapolis, IN
Alisha Zamore
Houston, TX
Alisha Zamore
Houston, TX
Leslie Grimm
Streeterville, MI
Michael Kroth, Principal
Cindy Sargen
Endowed Chair
Okemos, MI
Galina Kiep
Chicago, IL
Andrew Genemans
Grand Rapids, MI
Beth Giacobassi
Milwaukee, WI
Daniel Graser
Grand Rapids, MI
Richard Britsch, Principal
Tatman Family
Endowed Chair
Rockford, MI
Erich Peterson
Grand Rapids, MI
Leslie Norton
Nashville TN
Corbin Wagner
East Lansing, MI
David Renfro
Little Rock, AR
Dietrich Hemann
Milwaukee, WI
Matthew Oliphant
Chicago, IL
Dana Sherman
Milwaukee, WI
Mark Hughes, Principal
Houston, TX
Bruce Briney
Macomb, IL
Dan Grantham
Cincinnati, OH
Jesse Cook
Sandford, FL
Kevin Hartman
Brookfield, W
Paul Bellino. Principal
New York, NY
Bradley Ward
East Windsor, NJ
Joseph Aumann
Indianapolis, IN
Terry Leahy
Chicago IL
Charles Schuchat
Chicago, Illinois
Eric Schweikert, Principal
Seattle, WA
Paul Ristau
Sister Bay, WI
Christopher Norton, Principal
Nashville, TN
Alison Chorn
Fort Wayne, IN
Paul Ristau
Sister Bay, WI
Timothy Feeney
Northridge, CA
Justin Gingrich
Pittsburgh, PA
Grace Roepke, Principal
Doris Heise Miller
Endowed Chair
Louisville, KY
Christi Zuniga
Omaha, NE