Concertmaster
Nurit Bar-Josef
The 2024–2025 season marks the National Symphony Orchestra's 94th, and Gianandrea Noseda's seventh as its music director. The Italian conductor serves as the Orchestra's seventh music director, joining the NSO's legacy of such distinguished leaders as Christoph Eschenbach, Leonard Slatkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Antal Dorati, Howard Mitchell, and Hans Kindler. The Orchestra's artistic leadership also includes Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke.
Concertmaster
Nurit Bar-Josef
Associate Concertmaster, the Jeanne Weaver Ruesch chair
Ying Fu
Assistant Concertmaster
Ricardo Cyncynates
Second Assistant Concertmaster
Xiaoxuan Shi
Principal, The Hans Kindler Chair, The Strong Family and the Hattie M. Strong Foundation Chair
David Hardy
Assistant Principal
Raymond Tsai
Principal, The Volunteer Council Chair
Nicholas Stovall
Assistant Principal
Jamie Roberts
English Horn
Kathryn Meany Wilson
Principal, The National Trustees' Chair
Abel Pereira
Acting Associate Principal
James Nickel
Principal - On leave
Geoffrey Pilkington
Principal, The Howard Mitchell Chair, The Strong Family and the Hattie M. Strong Foundation
William Gerlach
Assistant Principal
Michael Harper