Carmen

VIOLIN
Concertmaster
Sulki Yu
Chair supported by Lady Southey AC
Deputy Concertmaster
Yi Wang
Chair supported by Susan & Leith Campbell
Section Principal First Violin
Tony Zhai
Section Principal Second Violin
Monica Naselow
Chair supported by Peter Griffin AM & Terry Swann
Associate Principal First Violin
Tomomi Brennan
Erica Kennedy
Associate Principal Second Violin
Sofija Kirsanova
Tutti
Binny Baik
Chair supported by The Fielding Foundation
Alyssa Conrau
Chair supported by Leanne Menegazzo
Rachel Gamer
Matt Hassall
Chair supported by Mr Russell and Dr Jenni Jenkins
Rachael Hunt
Philip Nixon
John Noble §
Rebecca Shirley
Chair supported by Mr Andrew Fairley AM
Lucy Warren
Phoebe Fan +
2025 Richard Bonynge Fellow
Edwina Kayser +
Oksana Thompson +

VIOLA
Section Principal
Paul McMillan §
Chair supported by Ms Linda Herd
Acting Section Principal
Thomas Higham
Associate Principal
Matthew Laing +
Tutti
Jason Bunn
Chair supported by Natalie Delbridge
Nadine Delbridge
Andrew Crothers +
Haram Kim +
Heather Lloyd +
Edmund Mantelli +
2025 Richard Bonynge Fellow
Cora Teeuwen +

CELLO
Section Principal
Melissa Chominsky
Associate Principal
Diane Froomes
Tutti
Philippa Gardner §
Chair supported by Angela Kayser
Tania Hardy-Smith
Chair supported by Dr Gareth and Mrs Shoreh Phillips
James Churchill +
Amy Sunyoung Lee +
Anna Pokorny +
Oliver Russell +
2025 Richard Bonynge Fellow
Zoe Wallace +

DOUBLE BASS
Acting Section Principal
Kylie Davies
Associate Principal
TBC
Tutti
Matthew Thorne
Samuel Nock +
Vivian Qu +
Benjamin Saffir +

FLUTE
Section Principal
Lisa-Maree Amos
Chair supported by Peter Griffin AM & Terry Swann
Associate Principal
Jessie Gu
Principal Piccolo
Rebecca Johnson +

OBOE
Acting Section Principal
Joshua de Graaf
Associate Principal
Noah Rudd +
Principal Cor Anglais
Dafydd Camp

CLARINET
Section Principal
Paul Champion
Associate Principal
Justin Beere
Principal Bass Clarinet
Georgia White +
Tutti
Robin Henry +

BASSOON
Section Principal
Tasman Compton +
Associate Principal
Laura Brown +
Principal Contrabassoon
Colin Batt Abrams +

SAXOPHONE
Principal
Sara Beale +
Shannon Ebeling +
Niels Bijl +
Justin Kenealy +
Michael Lichnovsky +

HORN
Section Principal
Andrew Young
Associate Principal
Roman Ponomariov +
Principal Third Horn
Linda Hewett §
Tutti
Ben Messenger +

TRUMPET
Section Principal
Mark Fitzpatrick
Associate Principal
Timothy Francis
Tutti
Sophie Spencer +

TROMBONE
Acting Section Principal
Kieran Conrau
Associate Principal
Cian Malikides +
Principal Bass Trombone
Ben Anderson

TUBA
Principal
Karina Filipi +
Nelson Woods +

TIMPANI
Section Principal
Guy du Blêt
Chair supported by Mr Jim Cousins AO and Mrs Libby Cousins AM and Mr Igor Zambelli
Associate Principal
Scott Weatherson +

PERCUSSION
Section Principal
Mathew Levy
Associate Principal
Matthew Brennan +
Tutti
Robert Allan +
Hugh Tidy +

PIANO
Section Principal
Andrew Dunlop +
Tamami Iino +

KEY
Guest Artist +
On Leave §