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Chang Woo Lee

Chang Woo Lee last appeared as a cello
soloist with the BSO in March 2014,
playing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto
No. 3, Jonathan Carney, leader and
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 with
Lisa Steltenpohl, leader.

Andrew Balio

Wisconsin native
Andrew Balio was
appointed principal
trumpet at the BSO
in 2001 by Yuri Temirkanov. Last season,
he served as principal trumpet of the Oslo
Philharmonic concurrently with his BSO
duties. Before his arrival in Baltimore, he
was principal trumpet at the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta since 1994
and the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de
Mexico since 1990, as well as the Boston
Philharmonic. As a soloist, Mr. Balio has
appeared in Europe, South America, Japan
and the United States under such conductors such as Mehta, Temirkanov, Rozdestvensky, Herbig, Venzago and Lintu.
Mr. Balio and his wife Laura
launched The Future Symphony Institute, an online think tank that examines
the complexities of making symphony
orchestras financially viable while
preserving their artistic missions. The
website is www.futuresymphony.org.

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Andrew Balio last appeared as a trumpet
soloist with the BSO in the Shostokovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in October 2014,
with Hannu Lintu, conductor.

CH R IS TIAN CO LB ERG

Chang Woo Lee was
raised in South Korea,
where her oldest
brother worked in a
violin shop. It was his idea that she should
learn to play the cello. A naturally gifted
musician, she won first prize in the nation’s
most prestigious music competition, while
still in high school. Soon after, she played
for the legendary cellist János Starker,
who was in Seoul on a concert tour. He
promptly offered her a full scholarship to
Indiana University to study with him. After graduating, she played with orchestras
in Mexico and Canada before joining the
BSO in 1978 as Associate Principal Cellist. Her crossover CD of popular songs,
“Invitation to Romance,” is available at the
Symphony Associates gift shop.

René
Hernandez

A native of San
Diego CA, assistant
principal trumpet
René Hernandez has performed with
the Boston