Strings

First Violins

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List of First Violins

List of First Violins

Roman Simovic (Leader)
Playing a Stradivarius violin kindly loaned by Jonathan Moulds
Carmine Lauri (Co-Leader) º
Chair endowed in loving memory of the conductor Yuri Ahronovitch by his wife Tami
Clare Duckworth (Sub-Principal) *
Chair endowed by LSO Friends
Ginette Decuyper 
Laura Dixon
Gerald Gregory
Maxine Kwok-Adams
William Melvin
Claire Parfitt
Elizabeth Pigram
Laurent Quénelle
Harriet Rayfield *
Colin Renwick
Sylvain Vasseur
Rhys Watkins

Second Violins

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List of Second Violins

List of Second Violins

David Alberman (Principal) *
Chair endowed by Linklaters LLP
Tom Norris (Co-Principal)
Sarah Quinn (Sub-Principal)
Miya Väisänen
David Ballesteros
Matthew Gardner *
Julián Gil Rodríguez
Naoko Keatley
Alix Lagasse
Belinda McFarlane
Iwona Muszynska
Csilla Pogany
Andrew Pollock
Paul Robson
Louise Shackelton

Violas

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List of Violas

List of Violas

Edward Vanderspar (Principal)
Gillianne Haddow (Co-Principal)
Malcolm Johnston (Sub-Principal)
Anna Bastow
German Clavijo ^ *
Steve Doman
Lander Echevarria
Carol Ella
Julia O'Riordan
Robert Turner

Cellos

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List of Cellos

List of Cellos

Rebecca Gilliver (Principal) ^
Chair endowed by LSO Patrons
Tim Hugh (Principal)
Minat Lyons (Co-Principal)
Alastair Blayden (Sub-Principal) +
Jennifer Brown
Noel Bradshaw
Eve-Marie Caravassilis
Daniel Gardner
Hilary Jones
Laure Le Dantec
Amanda Truelove +

Double Basses

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List of Double Basses

List of Double Basses

Colin Paris (Co-Principal) ^
Patrick Laurence
Matthew Gibson
Tom Goodman %
Joe Melvin
José Moreira
Jani Pensola

Principal Emeritus
Rinat Ibragimov

Key

* LSO Board Member and Orchestra Committee Member
& Prince Consort Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music
+ Professor at the Royal College of Music
% Professor at the Royal Academy of Music
^ Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
º Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music

Woodwind

Flutes and Piccolo

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List of Flutes and Piccolo

List of Flutes and Piccolo

Flutes
Gareth Davies (Principal) ^
Chair endowed in memory of Manja Leigh
Adam Walker (Principal)

Piccolo
Sharon Williams (Principal)

Oboes

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List of Oboes and Cor Anglais

List of Oboes and Cor Anglais

Oboes
Olivier Stankiewicz (Principal) +
Chair endowed by LSO Patrons
Juliana Koch (Principal)
Rosie Jenkins

Cor Anglais
Christine Pendrill (Principal) %
Chair endowed in memory of Alan Benjamin

Clarinets

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List of Clarinets

List of Clarinets

Clarinets
Chris Richards (Principal)
Chi-Yu Mo %

E flat Clarinet
Chi-Yu Mo (Principal) %

Bass Clarinet
vacant

Bassoons

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List of Bassoons

List of Bassoons

Bassoons
Rachel Gough (Principal)
Chair endowed by Brian & Susan Dickie
Daniel Jemison (Principal)
Joost Bosdijk + 

Contra Bassoon
Dominic Morgan (Principal)

Key

* LSO Board Member and Orchestra Committee Member
& Prince Consort Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music
+ Professor at the Royal College of Music
% Professor at the Royal Academy of Music
^ Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
º Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music

Brass

Horns

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List of Horns

List of Horns

Timothy Jones (Principal)
Chair endowed by Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust
Angela Barnes *
Chair endowed by LSO Friends
Alexander Edmundson (Co-Principal)

Trumpets

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List of Trumpets

List of Trumpets

Philip Cobb (Principal)
Chair endowed by Mishcon de Reya
David Elton (Principal)
Niall Keatley *

Trombones

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List of Trombones

List of Trombones

Trombones
Peter Moore (Co-Principal)
James Maynard %

Bass Trombone
Paul Milner (Principal)

Tuba

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List of Tubas

List of Tubas

Ben Thomson (Principal)

Key

* LSO Board Member and Orchestra Committee Member
& Prince Consort Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music
+ Professor at the Royal College of Music
% Professor at the Royal Academy of Music
^ Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
º Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music

Percussion and Harp

Timpani

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List of Timpani

List of Timpani

Timpani
Nigel Thomas (Principal)

Percussion

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List of Percussion

List of Percussion

Percussion
Neil Percy (Principal) %
David Jackson *
Sam Walton (Co-Principal) +

Harp

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Harp List

Harp List

Harp
Bryn Lewis (Principal) ^
Chair endowed in memory of Kathleen Mary Dowsing

Key

* LSO Board Member and Orchestra Committee Member
& Prince Consort Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music
+ Professor at the Royal College of Music
% Professor at the Royal Academy of Music
^ Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
º Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music

Honorary Members

Honorary Membership of the London Symphony Orchestra is the highest honour that the Orchestra’s Board of Directors can bestow on someone who is not a playing member of the Orchestra.

It is a mark of distinction awarded by the members of the LSO to recognise distinguished service to the Orchestra over an extended period of time.

Alfonso Aijon OBE
Alderman Nick Anstee
Sir Clive Gillinson CBE
Dvora Lewis
Jane Moss
Jonathan Moulds CBE
Alderman Sir Andrew Parmley
Sir Ian Stoutzker CBE

Players Emeritus

Listed below are former players who served with the LSO as Full Members for 20 years or more

Principals Emeritus

30+ years
Lennox MacKenzie Sub-Leader (38)***
Warwick Hill Second Violin (38)
Robert Bourton Bassoon (37)*
Kurt-Hans Goedicke Timpani (36)**
Andrew Marriner Clarinet (34)*
Osian Ellis Harp (33)
Frank Mathison Bass Trombone (30)
Denis Wick Trombone (30)

20+ years
Patrick Harrild Tuba (29)
Paul Silverthorne Viola (25)
Francis Nolan Piccolo (24)
John Alley Keyboard (21)
Paul Edmund-Davies Flute (20)

 

 

 

 

 

 


Key

*Served on the LSO Board of Directors
** Served as Vice Chairman of the LSO Board
*** Served as Chairman of the LSO Board

  

Members Emeritus

40+ years
Ray Northcott Percussion (41)

30+ years
Nigel Broadbent First Violin (38)*
Gerald Newson Double Bass (38)**
Neil Watson Co-Principal Second Violin (38)
Francis Saunders Cello (37)*
Ray Adams Sub-Principal Cello (36)*
Sir Clive Gillinson Cello & Managing Director (35)*
Richard Holttum Viola (35)
Peter Norriss Sub-Principal Viola (33)*
Robert Retallick Violin (33)
Jonathan Welch Viola (33)
Jonathan Lipton Horn (32)*
John Lawley Oboe (31)***

20+ years
Brian Clarke Viola (29)
Michael Humphrey Violin (29)
Stephen Rowlinson Violin (28)
Karen Vaughan Co-Principal Harp (28)
Nicholas Worters Sub-Principal Double Bass (28)
William Brown Violin (27)*
Eric Crees Co-Principal Trombone (27)*
Thomas Swift Violin (27)
Ian Rhodes Violin (25)
Keith Glossop Cello (23)
Mary Bergin Cello (22)
Robert Clark Violin (22)
Dennis Gaines Violin (22)*
Ian McDonough Sub-Principal Second Violin (22)
Martin Parry Flute (22)
Joyce Nixon Violin (22)*
Duff Burns Viola (21)
Nicholas Gethin Cello (21)
Gerald Ruddock Trumpet (21)
Rod McGrath Co-Principal Cello (20)*