Past members of the EUYO


Click here for a list off all the musicians who have played with EUYO since 1978!

Recent appointments of EUYO players are:

Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay (violin/German) has been appointed Joint Concert Master of the Philharmonic Orchestra, London

Catarina Zeh (bassoon/German) - Solo Bassoon of Sonderjyllands Symfonieorkester

Blaise Dejardin (cello/French) - Cello, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Erika Ohman (percussion/Swedish) - Percussion, Halle Orchestra

Andreea Soldan (viola/German)- Viola, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pieter Nuytten (bassoon/Belgian) - Principal Bassoon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Rachel Helleur (cello/British) -Solo Cellist, Deutsche Oper Berlin

Giovani Pasini (viola/Italian) - Principal Viola, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Cecile Rongen (clarinet/Dutch) - Clarinet, Radio Filharmonic Orchestra, Holland

Aisling Casey (oboe/Irish) - Co-prinicpal oboe, Dutch Radio Kamer Filharmonie

Ed Jones (trombone/British) - Principal trombone, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Patrick King (percussion/British) - Principal timpani, Welsh National Opera

Katie Bedford (flute/British) - Co-principal, English National Opera

Christoph Ess (horn/German) - Principal horn, Bamberg Sympony Orchestra

Anna Krim (viola/German) - Co-principal viola, Beethoven Orcester, Bonn

Other appointments/awards:

Paul Watkins (Nash Ensemble and former principal cello of the BBC Philharmonic) has been appointed Associate Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra, January 2008

EUYO marriages and children!

Adan Delgado (trumpet/Spanish) and Ivi Ots (violin/Estonian) met in EUYO 3 years ago and are now engaged.

Lea Katherine Pfister was born to Astrid Schinker (double bass/German) and Daniel Pfister (cello/German) in 2001

Wilmar de Visser (double bass/Dutch) and Aisling Casey (oboe/Irish) got married in 2002 and have a daughter called Sinead.

Anouk Terriez (violin/French) and Olivier Theurillat (trumpet/French) met in EUYO and are now married.

Catherine Beynon (harp/British) and Kasper Thiesson (percussion/Danish) were married in August 2006. Their Maid of Honour, Emily Beynon (flute/British) and Best Man Wiland Welzel (percussion/German) are also former EUYO members!

If you used to play in the EUYO, we would love to hear from you. Please email Anne with your latest details (job, contact address, telephone) so that we can update our administrative records and ensure that the information we will provide on this page is as accurate as possible.

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