Orchestra Members

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Vasily Petrenko Principal Conductor
Libor Pešek KBE Conductor Laureate
Vernon Handley CBE Conductor Emeritus
Kenneth Hesketh Composer in the House
Vladimir Ashkenazy Artist Laureate 2008
Sir Simon Rattle Artist Laureate 2008
Ian Tracey Chorusmaster

               Strings  l  Woodwind  l  Brass  l  Percussion

 

                   Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

            Enlarged version of the Orchestra Photograph

Strings

First Violin

James Clark and Thelma Handy, Joint Leaders
Vacancy, Assistant Leader
Vacancy (Sitting No. 2)
Lesley Gwyther †
Martin Richardson
Clifford Bibby †
Alexander Marks
Donald Turnbull †
Robert John Hebbron †
David Whitehead
Stephan Mayer
Concettina Del Vecchio
Ruth Longmaid
Vacancy

Second Violin

Kate Evans, Section Leader
Jennifer Stokes
Vacancy, Principal
Kate Marsden
Martin Anthony Burrage †
Patrick James Hutton †
Gerald Adamson † 
James Justin Evans
Sally Anne Thomson
Nicola Gleed
Vacancy
Vacancy

Viola

Vacancy, Section Leader
Heather Wallington
John Robert Shepley
David Ruby
Richard Wallace †
Fiona Stunden
Joanna Wesling
Rebecca Walters
Rachel Jones
Sarah Hill
Vacancy

Cello

Jonathan Aasgaard, Section Leader
Hilary Browning
Ian Bracken
Gethyn Jones
Alan Johnson †
Stephen Mann
Ruth Owens
Alexander Holladay

Double Bass

Vacancy, Section Leader
Marcel Becker
Ashley Frampton
Nigel Dufty
Daniel Hammerton †
Genna Spinks

Woodwind

Flute

Cormac Henry, Section Leader
Vacancy

Piccolo

Myra Bennett †

Oboe

Jonathan Small, Section Leader
Catrin Ruth Davies

Cor Anglais

Rachael Pankhurst

Clarinet

Nicholas Cox, Section Leader
Amanda Burvill

Bass Clarinet

Katherine Lacy

Bassoon

Alan Pendlebury, Section Leader
Sarah Whibley

Contrabassoon

Bill Boddington

Brass

Horn

Jonathan Barrett, Section Leader
Simon Griffiths
David Pigott †
Timothy Nicholson
Christopher Morley

Trumpet

Rhys Owens, Section Leader
Paul Marsden
Brendan Ball

Tenor Trombone

Simon Cowen, Section Leader
James Blyth Lindsay

Bass Trombone

Simon Chappell

Tuba

Robin Haggart

Timpani

Vacancy 

Percussion

Graham Johns, Section Leader
Neil Hitt
Josephine Large

† denotes Honorary Life Member of the Society