Each year the Lakes Area Music Festival draws over 200 artists from the nation's best orchestras and opera companies. Get to know our 2023 artists!

Christian Reif
Conductor
Music Director

Anastasia Agapova
Violin
Atlanta Symphony

Sabrina Bradford
Violin
Minnesota Orchestra

Justin Bruns
Violin
Atlanta Symphony

Cynthia Burton
Violin
Louisville Orchestra

Jessie Chen
Violin
St. Louis Symphony

Autumn Chodorowski
Violin
Kansas City Symphony

Maya Cohon
Violin
San Francisco Opera

Andrea Daigle
Violin
Louisville Orchestra

Melissa Deal
Violin
Indianapolis Symphony

Jeffrey Dyrda
Violin
Winnipeg Symphony

Alexandra Early
Violin
Minnesota Orchestra

Adelaide Federici
Violin
Johns Creek Symphony

Chloe Fedor
Violin
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

Ann Fink
Violin
St. Louis Symphony

Sarah Grimes
Violin
Minnesota Orchestra

Mary Alice Hutton
Violin
Duluth Superior Symphony

Jennise Hwang
Violin
Pacific Symphony

Eunice Kim
Violin
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Miran Kim
Violin
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Jina Lee
Violin
Florida Orchestra

Ji-Yeon Lee
Violin
Milwaukee Symphony

Hannah Linz
Violin
Utah Symphony

Ravenna Lipchik
Violin
Shattered Glass

Allison Lovera
Violin
Milwaukee Symphony

Sarah Silver Manzke
Violin
San Antonio Philharmonic

Kayla Moffett
Violin
Washington National Opera

Kurt Munstedt
Violin
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Ben Odhner
Violin
Minnesota Orchestra

Kina Ono
Violin
Colorado Spring Philharmonic

Rachel Ostler
Violin
Atlanta Symphony

Hugh Palmer
Violin
Utah Symphony

Gabriela Peña-Kim
Violin
Los Angeles Philharmonic

Sarah Peters
Violin
Kansas City Symphony

Kumiko Sakamoto
VIolin
Thalea String Quartet

Qianwen Shen
Violin
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Alexandra Switala
Violin
Milwaukee Symphony

Suliman Tekalli
Violin
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Heather Thomas
Violin
Louisville Orchestra

Wyatt Underhill
Violin
San Francisco Symphony

Chase Ward
Violin

Christopher Whitley
Violin
Thalea String Quartet

Natalie Yu
Violin
The Florida Orchestra

Maia Zander
Violin
Malibu String Academy

Steven Zander
Violin
Los Angeles Freelance

Chen Zhao
Violin
San Francisco Symphony

David Auerbach
Viola
Minnesota Orchestra

Olivia Chew
Viola
Seattle Symphony

Alejandro Duque
Viola
Milwaukee Symphony

Kelsey Farr
Viola
South Dakota Symphony

Andrew Francois
Viola
St. Louis Symphony

Lydia Grimes
Viola
Minnesota Orchestra

Benjamin Magruder
Viola
Rochester Philharmonic

Zoë Martin-Doike
Viola
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Linda Numagami
Viola
Fort Worth Symphony

Emily Owsinski
Viola
St. Louis Symphony

Alexander Peña
Viola
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

Deanna Petre
Viola
The Fearless Artist Mastermind

Samantha Rodriguez
Viola
Milwaukee Symphony

Jacob Shack
Viola
Baltimore Symphony

Lauren Spaulding
Viola
Thalea String Quartet

Xiaohan Sun
Viola
Dallas Symphony

Jarrett Threadgill
Viola
Los Angeles Philharmonic

Kurt Tseng
Viola
North Carolina Symphony

Grace An
Cello
Winnipeg Symphony

Titilayo Ayangade
Cello
New York City Freelance

Mark Bridges
Cello
Madison Symphony

Keiran Campbell
Cello
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Jennifer Choi
Cello
Dallas Symphony

Austin Fisher
Cello
Tesla Quartet

Madeleine Kabat
Cello
Milwaukee Symphony

Lachezar Kostov
Cello
Baltimore Symphony

Kevin Kunkel
Cello
Oregon Symphony

Scott Lykins
Cello
South Dakota Symphony

Sonia Mantell
Cello
Minnesota Orchestra

Meredith McCook
Cello
Kansas City Symphony

Peter Thomas
Cello
Milwaukee Symphony

Erik Wheeler
Cello
Minnesota Orchestra

Susie Yang
Cello
Kansas City Symphony

Nils Aardahl
Bass
Kansas City Symphony

Matthew Abramo
Bass
Nashville Symphony

David Connor
Bass
Houston Symphony

Brittany Conrad
Bass
Milwaukee Symphony

Brendan Fitzgerald
Bass
St. Louis Symphony

Andrew Keller
Bass
Utah Symphony

Paul Macres
Bass
Louisiana Philharmonic

Jason McNeel
Bass
Charlotte Symphony

Caleb Quillen
Bass
Kansas City Symphony

Kyle Sanborn
Bass
Minnesota Orchestra

Jennifer Bouton Schaub
Flute
Milwaukee Symphony

Kayla Burggraf
Flute
Kansas City Symphony

William Cedeño
Flute
South Dakota Symphony

Roma Duncan
Flute
Minnesota Orchestra

Brook Ferguson
Flute
Colorado Symphony

Greg Milliren
Flute
Minnesota Orchestra

Ebonee Thomas
Flute/Piccolo
Dallas Opera Orchestra

Kelly Zimba
Flute
Toronto Symphony

Max Blair
Oboe
Pittsburgh Symphony

Jennifer Christen
Oboe
Indianapolis Symphony

Lindsay Flowers
Oboe
Madison Symphony

Kevin Pearl
Oboe
Milwaukee Symphony

Joseph Peters
Oboe/English Horn
North Carolina Symphony

Henry Ward
Oboe
Buffalo Philharmonic

Sam Almaguer
Clarinet
North Carolina Symphony

Anna Brumbaugh
Clarinet
Florida Grand Opera Orchestra

Gabriel Campos Zamora
Clarinet
Minnesota Orchestra

Daniel Giacobbe
Clarinet
Atlantic Classical Orchestra

Tzuying Huang
Clarinet
St. Louis Symphony

Gleb Kanasevich
Clarinet
Ensemble Cantata Profana

JJ Koh
Clarinet
Madison Symphony

Simon Plum
Bass Clarinet
Metropolitan Symphony

Raymond Santos
Clarinet
Kansas City Symphony

Jacob Lemons
Saxophone
Central Iowa Wind Ensemble

Aaron Apaza
Bassoon
North Carolina Symphony

Joshua Elmore
Bassoon
Fort Worth Symphony

Matthew McDonald
Bassoon
Rochester Philharmonic

Emma Plehal
Contrabassoon
South Dakota Symphony

Kai Rocke
Bassoon
Oregon Symphony

Adam Trussell
Contrabassoon
Houston Symphony

Fei Xie
Bassoon
Minnesota Orchestra

Darcy Hamlin
Horn
Milwaukee Symphony

Daniel Hawkins
Horn
San Francisco Symphony

Brett Hodge
Horn
Omaha Symphony

Joshua Horne
Horn
Sarasota Orchestra

Ryan Little
Horn
Atlanta Symphony

Adedeji Ogunfolu
Horn
Pacific Symphony

David Raschella
Horn
Indianapolis Freelance

Dominic Rotella
Horn
Richmond Symphony

Jessica Valeri
Horn
San Francisco Symphony

Sam Dusinberre
Trumpet
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Michael Harper
Trumpet
National Symphony Orchestra

Martin Hodel
Trumpet
St. Olaf College

Anthony Limoncelli
Trumpet
Atlanta Symphony

Amy McCabe
Trumpet
President's Own

Ansel Norris
Trumpet
The Florida Orchestra

Graham Taylor
Trumpet
La Crosse Symphony

Nicholas Platoff
Trombone
San Francisco Symphony

Austin Richardson
Trombone
Louisiana Philharmonic

Samuel Schlosser
Trombone
San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Evan Williams
Trombone
Richmond Symphony

Andrew Chappell
Bass Trombone
Minnesota Orchestra

Ilan Morgenstern
Bass Trombone
Vancouver Symphony

Robyn Black
Tuba
Milwaukee Symphony

Joel Alexander
Percussion
Twin Cities Freelance

Nicholas Bonaccio
Percussion
Madison Symphony

Josh Carlson
Percussion
Twin Cities Freelance

Alison Chorn
Percussion
Fort Wayne Philharmonic

Stephen Kehner
Percussion
Oregon Symphony

Bradley Loudis
Percussion
President's Own

Maddi Shake
Percussion
Arkansas Symphony

Wesley Sumpter
Percussion
Lineage Percussion

Leo Taylor
Percussion
South Dakota Symphony

Kevin Watkins
Percussion
Minnesota Orchestra

Jason Haaheim
Timpani
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Erich Rieppel
Timpani
Minnesota Orchestra

Min Kim
Harp
Minnesota Opera

Emily Melendes
Harp

Momčilo "Moma" Aleksandrić
Classical Guitar

Tanya Gabrielian
Piano
Boston University Faculty

Mary Jo Gothmann
Piano
Minneapolis Freelance

Will Kjeer
Piano
The Juilliard School

Henry Kramer
Piano
Avery Fisher Career Grant

Robert P. Banks
Tenor

Vanessa Becerra

Julia Bullock
Classical Singer

Thomas Cilluffo
Tenor

Thore Dosdall
Tenor

Kristina Dudley
Mezzo-soprano

Marcus King
Baritone

Ori Marcu
Mezzo-soprano

Felicia Moore
Soprano

Meagan L. Seubert
Soprano

Wayne Tigges
Bass-Baritone

John Taylor Ward
Baritone

Chloe Treat
Opera Director

Ian Silverman
Director

Bretton Brown
Répétiteur & Vocal Coach

Stefano Flavoni
Assistant Conductor
San Francisco Symphony

Jennifer Fok
Lighting Designer

James Rotondo
Set Designer

Beth Goldenberg
Costume Designer

Jeff Andrews
Teaching Artist

Paul Hopper
Artistic Advisor
Los Angeles Opera

Loki Karuna
Artistic Advisor