First Violins
Principals
Emil Yakovlev
Tatiana Kuznetsova

Assistant Principals
Elena Strukova
Tatiana Martyugina

Nikita Pletnev
Irina Sizova
Marina Ordinartseva
Danila Gladun
Yekaterina Ovchinnikova
Yevgenia Khlyustova
Maria Kinsht
Elena Romanova
Christina Kirpa
Elena Khatagova

Second Violins
Principals
Pavel Batyan
Elizaveta Markovich
Andrei Volkov

Assistant Principals
Yana Tsizman
Yuliy Kalman

Vladimir Kurokhtin
Natalia Chernyshova
Natalia Balabasova
Milyausha Mirgalimova
Ekaterina Pervomaiskaya
Marta Turova
Violas
Principal
Valentina Severina
Miroslava Nimirya

Assistant Principal
Daria Borovskaya

Nina Pustovaya
Pavel Medyanik
Ilya Safonov
Alexander Melikyan
Semyon Kondratiev
Daria Serebryakova
Cellos
Principals
Elizaveta Sushchenko
Ziinel Zaitov
Valery Farulev

Assistant Principals
Ivan Ansov
Yekaterina Chernova

Konstantin Mashitsky
Olga Selskova
Filipp Tkachenko
Dina Kisileva
Anzhelika Serysheva

Double-basses
Principals
Yaroslav Kopylkov
Nikolay Shamshuro
Victor Kononenko

Assistant Principals
Renat Mensitov
Yevgeny Bystrov
Vitaly Kalinin

Flutes
Principals
Orest Severin
Alexander Piyaltsev

Elena Korolyova
Lyudmila Kochmaryova
Viktoria Ilnitskaya
Ekaterina Bulatova
Oboes
Principal
Pyotr Bulatov

Assistant Principals
Sergei Golovin
Matvey Urazov

Natalia Malashkova
Nikita Chebotarev

Clarinets
Principal
Dmitry Lupachev

Assistant Principal
Valentin Frolov

Mark Mariyasov
Anthony Alex Mzilangwe 
Andrey Klimovich

Bassoons
Principal
Nikita Valyukevich

Timur Musaev
Alexey Lyapustin
Timofei Kurganov
Horns
Principal
Maxim Semyonov

Assistant Principal
Egor Prisyazhniuk

Bronislav Krasovsky
Roman Bazanov
Alexey Kulbeda
Pavel Taryanik
Ksenia Nesmeyanova
Dmitry Konev

Trumpets
Principals
Yevgeny Ilnitsky
Marcel Sharafutdinov

Roman Kashin
Vadim Fadin
Anastasia Marnova
Weiyu Lai
Trombones
Principal
Alexei Zhurba

Assistant Principal
Andrey Andresyuk

Viktor Cheremisin
Danil Lykov
Daria Pilikina

Tubas
Alexander Bogdanov
Ilya Odegov

Timpani
Principal
Boris Arkhangelsky
Percussion
Denis Shishenin
Dmitry Nechaev
Yulia Nelyubina
Dmitry Pechkin
Mikhail Makarov

Harps
Gulnara Gaibova
Tereza Charyeva
Maria Porvatkina

Piano, organ
Yevgeny Solovyov
Piano tuner
Sergei Korchenko
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