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The concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister), first chair [1] (U.S.) or leader [2] (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the conductor , the concertmaster is the most significant leader in an orchestra , symphonic band or other musical ensemble .
S. Nikolai Sachenko; Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio; Shunsuke Sato; Heinrich Schachtebeck; Gustav Schmahl; Alexander Schneider; Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violinist) Werner Scholz (violinist)
In the subsequent year, 1974, he performed in Puerto Rico as a member of the Casals Festival Orchestra. [5] In 1975, he was appointed as the concertmaster of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until 1976. In the subsequent year, he took on the position of concertmaster with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, a role he held until 1983.
The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (or Việt Nam National Symphony Orchestra; abbreviated VNSO, Vietnamese: Dàn nhạc giao hưởng Việt Nam) is the foremost symphony orchestra in Vietnam. It is based in Hanoi, the nation's capital. The orchestra's origins date back to 1959, although it was divided by the Vietnam War. It was ...
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As a guest concertmaster, Greenberg has performed with the Houston, St. Louis, San Diego, and Oregon Symphonies, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway. He was the first American to serve as concertmaster for the Japan Virtuoso Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble of top players from Japan and ...
The first is a Baroque orchestra (i.e., J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), which generally had a smaller number of performers, and in which one or more chord-playing instruments, the basso continuo group (e.g., harpsichord or pipe organ and assorted bass instruments to perform the bassline), played an important role; the second is a typical classical ...
Orchestras which choose not to have principal conductors, such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, are omitted from this list. Likewise, principal conductors for opera companies are omitted, unless the orchestra of that opera company performs orchestral concerts under ...