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Venue
Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe St, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5
Website: www.tso.ca
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About
The TSO is recognized internationally as one of the world’s great orchestras. More than 300,000 patrons hear the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto each year, and an additional five million Canadians tune in to frequent concert broadcasts on CBC Radio. International tours have taken the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to such hallowed destinations as the Musikverein in Vienna, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and other prestigious venues throughout the USA, Japan, Australia, Europe, and the Canadian North.
Founded in 1922, The New Symphony Orchestra, as it was then called, gave its first performance in April 1923 at Massey Hall. Since then, artistic leadership has included Sir Ernest MacMillan (1931-1956); Seiji Ozawa (1965-1970); Sir Andrew Davis, now Conductor Laureate (1975-1988); Günther Herbig (1988-1994) and Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1994-2001), Peter Oundjian (2004-2018). Gustavo Gimeno will become Music Director as of 2010/21.
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Events
For a calendar view of TSO events this season, see HERE.
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The Folks Behind It All
Gustavo Gimeno Incoming Music Director (as of 2020/21)
Peter Oundjian (2004–2018), Conductor Emeritus (2018–present)
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor Laureate
Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor
Earl Lee, RBC Resident Conductor and TSYO Artistic Director & Conductor
Gary Kulesha, Composer Advisor
Jordan Pal, RBC Affiliate Composer
STRINGS
VIOLINS
Jonathan Crow
CONCERTMASTER
Tom Beck Concertmaster Chair
Mark Skazinetsky
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Marc-André Savoie
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Etsuko Kimura
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Paul Meyer
PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Wendy Rose
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Eri Kosaka+
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Atis Bankas
Sydney Chun
Carol Lynn Fujino
Amanda Goodburn
Terry Holowach
Bridget Hunt
Amalia Joanou-Canzoneri
Mi Hyon Kim
Shane Kim
Leslie Dawn Knowles
Douglas Kwon
Sergei Nikonov
Hyung-Sun Paik
Young Dae Park
Semyon Pertsovsky
Clare Semes
Peter Seminovs
Jennifer Thompson*
Angelique Toews
James Wallenberg
Virginia Chen Wells
Arkady Yanivker
VIOLAS
Teng Li
PRINCIPAL
Principal Viola funded by David and Renette Berman
Theresa Rudolph+
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Daniel Blackman
Ivan Ivanovich
Gary Labovitz
Diane Leung
Charmain Louis
Mary Carol Nugent
Christopher Redfield
Kent Teeple
CELLOS
Joseph Johnson
PRINCIPAL
Principal Cello Chair funded by Dr. Armand Hammer
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Winona Zelenka
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Alastair Eng
Igor Gefter
Marie Gélinas
Roberta Janzen
Britton Riley
Kirk Worthington
DOUBLE BASSES
Jeffrey Beecher, PRINCIPAL, Principal Double Bass Chair annually funded by the Saunderson Family
Michael Chiarello, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Theodore Chan
Timothy Dawson
Chas Elliott
David Longenecker
Paul Rogers
WOODWINDS
FLUTES
Kelly Zimba, PRINCIPAL, Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee Principal Flute Chair
Julie Ranti, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Leonie Wall
Camille Watts
PICCOLO
Camille Watts
OBOES
Sarah Jeffrey, PRINCIPAL, Principal Oboe funded by Pam and Chris Hodgson
Keith Atkinson
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Cary Ebli
Sarah Lewis
ENGLISH HORN
Cary Ebli
CLARINETS
Joaquin Valdepeñas, PRINCIPAL, Sheryl L. & David W. Kerr Principal Clarinet Chair
Miles Jaques
Joseph Orlowski
BASS CLARINET
Miles Jaques
BASSOONS
Michael Sweeney, PRINCIPAL
Samuel Banks
Fraser Jackson
CONTRABASSOON
Fraser Jackson
HORNS
Neil Deland, PRINCIPAL, Dr. Michael Braudo Principal Horn Chair
Christopher Gongos
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Audrey Good
Nicholas Hartman
Gabriel Radford
TRUMPETS
Andrew McCandless, PRINCIPAL, Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee Principal Trumpet Chair
Steven Woomert
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
James Gardiner
James Spragg
TROMBONES
Gordon Wolfe, PRINCIPAL
Vanessa Fralick
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
BASS TROMBONE
Jeffrey Hall
TUBA
Mark Tetreault, PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
TIMPANI
David Kent, PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
Charles Settle, PRINCIPAL
John Rudolph
HARP
Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, PRINCIPAL, Principal Harp funded by Richard Rooney and Laura Dinner
