LIVE IN CON CERT
Friday, August 29, 2025, at 7 PM
Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 7 PM
Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 7 PM
LIVE IN CONCERT
Friday, August 29, 2025, at 7 PM
Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 7 PM
Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 7 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Blossom Festival Chorus
Voice Cast
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Matthew Broderick
James Earl Jones
Jeremy Irons Moira Kelly
Niketa Calame
Ernie Sabella
Nathan Lane
Robert Guillaume
Rowan Atkinson
Madge Sinclair
Whoopi Goldberg
Cheech Marin
Jim Cummings
Zoe Leader
Directed by Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff
MPAA G Rating
© 1994 The Walt Disney Company. All Rights Reserved
Produced by Don Hahn
Screenplay by Irene Mecchi
Jonathan Roberts Linda Woolverton
Songs by Tim Rice Elton John
Original Score
Composed and Arranged by Hans Zimmer
“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”
Performed by Elton John
Produced by Chris Thomas
Original Soundtrack from available at disneymusicemporium.com
Total approximate running time: 1 hours 45 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission.
Thank you for silencing your electronic devices.
The performance is a presentation of the feature film The Lion King with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All rights reserved
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SARAH HICKS
conductor
Sarah Hicks’s versatile and vibrant musicianship has secured her place as an in-demand conductor across an array of genres, and as an educator, arranger, producer, writer, and speaker committed to creating connections through music. Her career has seen collaborations with diverse artists, from Hilary Hahn and Olga Kern to Smokey Robinson, Dessa , and Sting.
A highly sought-after guest conductor, Hicks has worked extensively with orchestras in the US and abroad, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, and Tokyo Philharmonic, among others. She currently serves as principal conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Live at Orchestra Hall series.
A specialist in film music and the film-in-concert genre, her live concert recordings of Coco and The Lion King: 30th Anniversary can be seen on Disney+ and her work on The Little Mermaid Live was broadcast on ABC. Since 2019, Hicks has acted as an advisor for Disney Music Group and is a consultant and frequent collaborator with Disney Concerts.
Hicks was born in Tokyo and raised in Honolulu. Trained on both the piano and the viola, she received her bachelor’s in composition from Harvard University and an artist’s degree in conducting from the Curtis Institute of Music. In her spare time, Hicks enjoys running, hiking, her Papillon, cooking (and eating) with her husband, traveling, and blogging.
Sunday evening’s concert is dedicated to Mark and Shelly Saltzman in recognition of their generous support of music.
Photo: courtesty of Sarah Hicks
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HANS ZIMMER
composer
Hans Zimmer has scored more than 500 projects across all mediums, which have grossed more than $28 billion combined at the worldwide box office. Zimmer has been honored with two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, four Grammys, an American Music Award, and a Tony Award. His work highlights include Dune: Part One, Top Gun: Maverick, No Time to Die, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, As Good as It Gets, Rain Man, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Thelma and Louise, The Last Samurai, 12 Years a Slave, Blade Runner 2049 (co-scored with Benjamin Wallfisch) and Dunkirk, as well as multiple seasons of David Attenborough ’s Prehistoric Planet, and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, the follow-up to his Academy Award–winning score for Dune: Part One.
Beyond his award-winning compositions, Zimmer is a remarkably successful touring artist, having concluded his second Hans Zimmer Live European tour and performing in the Middle East at Dubai’s renowned Coca-Cola Arena for two consecutive nights as well as Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix. His World of Hans Zimmer tour, which he curated and directed, commenced a second world tour in January 2025.
Photo: Lee Kirby
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Franz Welser-Möst Music Director
KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR
FIRST VIOLINS
Joel Link
CONCERTMASTER
Blossom-Lee Chair
Liyuan Xie
FIRST ASSOCIATE
CONCERTMASTER
Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Chair
Jung-Min Amy Lee
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair
Stephen Tavani
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Dr. Ronald H. Krasney Chair
Wei-Fang Gu
Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair
Kim Gomez
Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair
Chul-In Park
Harriet T. and David L. Simon Chair
Miho Hashizume
Theodore Rautenberg Chair
Jeanne Preucil Rose
Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair
Alicia Koelz
Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair
Yu Yuan
Patty and John Collinson Chair
Isabel Trautwein
Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair
Katherine Bormann
Analise Handke
Gladys B. Goetz Chair
Zhan Shu
Youngji Kim
Paul and Lucille Jones Chair
Genevieve Smelser
SECOND VIOLINS
Stephen Rose*
Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair
Eli Matthews 1
Patricia M. Kozerefski
and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair
Jason Yu2
James and Donna Reid Chair
Sonja Braaten Molloy
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Elayna Duitman
Ioana Missits
Jeffrey Zehngut^
Sae Shiragami
Kathleen Collins
Beth Woodside
Emma Shook
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair
Yun-Ting Lee
Jiah Chung Chapdelaine
Gawon Kim
VIOLAS
Wesley Collins*
Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair
Stanley Konopka 2
Mark Jackobs
Jean Wall Bennett Chair
Lisa Boyko
Richard and Nancy Sneed Chair
Richard Waugh
Lembi Veskimets
The Morgan Sisters Chair
Eliesha Nelson^
Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair
Joanna Patterson Zakany
William Bender
Thomas Lauria and Christopher Lauria Chair
Gareth Zehngut^
CELLOS
Mark Kosower*
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Richard Weiss 1
The GAR Foundation Chair
Charles Bernard2
Helen Weil Ross Chair
Bryan Dumm
Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair
Tanya Ell
Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair
Ralph Curry
Brian Thornton
William P. Blair III Chair
David Alan Harrell
Martha Baldwin
Dane Johansen
Paul Kushious
BASSES
Maximilian Dimoff *
Clarence T. Reinberger Chair
Charles Paul1
Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair
Derek Zadinsky2
Mark Atherton
Thomas Sperl
Henry Peyrebrune
Charles Barr Memorial Chair
Charles Carleton
Scott Dixon
Brandon Mason
HARP
Trina Struble*
Alice Chalifoux Chair
FLUTES
Joshua Smith*
Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair
Saeran St. Christopher
Jessica Sindell2^
Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair
Mary Kay Fink
PICCOLO
Mary Kay Fink
Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair
OBOES
Frank Rosenwein*
Edith S. Taplin Chair
Corbin Stair
Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair
Jeffrey Rathbun 2
Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair
Robert Walters
ENGLISH HORN
Robert Walters
Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair
CLARINETS
Afendi Yusuf *
Robert Marcellus Chair
Robert Woolfrey
Victoire G. and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Chair
Daniel McKelway2
Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair
Amy Zoloto
E-FLAT CLARINET
Daniel McKelway
Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair
BASS CLARINET
Amy Zoloto
Myrna and James Spira Chair
BASSOONS
John Clouser*
Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair
Gareth Thomas
Jonathan Sherwin
CONTRABASSOON
Jonathan Sherwin
HORNS
Nathaniel Silberschlag*
George Szell Memorial Chair
Michael Mayhew §
Knight Foundation Chair
Jesse McCormick
Robert B. Benyo Chair
Hans Clebsch
Richard King
Meghan Guegold Hege^
TRUMPETS
Michael Sachs*
Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair
Jack Sutte
Lyle Steelman 2^
James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair
Michael Miller
CORNETS
Michael Sachs*
Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair
Michael Miller
TROMBONES
Brian Wendel*
Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair
Richard Stout
Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair
Shachar Israel2
BASS TROMBONE
Luke Sieve
EUPHONIUM & BASS TRUMPET
Richard Stout
TUBA
Yasuhito Sugiyama*
Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair
TIMPANI
Zubin Hathi*
Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair
Peter Nichols2
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair
PERCUSSION
Marc Damoulakis*
Margaret Allen Ireland Chair
Thomas Sherwood
Tanner Tanyeri
Peter Nichols
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair
LIBRARIAN
Michael Ferraguto*
Joe and Marlene Toot Chair
ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED
Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair
Sandra L. Haslinger Chair
Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair
Sunshine Chair
Rudolf Serkin Chair
CONDUCTORS
Christoph von Dohnányi MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE
Taichi Fukumura
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
James Feddeck
PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR & MUSICAL ADVISOR OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair
Lisa Wong
DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES
Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair
* Principal
§ Associate Principal
1 First Assistant Principal
2 Assistant Principal
^ Alum of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
This roster lists full-time members of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed. Seating within the string sections rotates on a periodic basis.
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CHORUS
Lisa Wong Director of Choruses
FRANCES P. AND CHESTER C. BOLTON CHAIR
SOPRANOS
Liana Alexandra
Amanda Baker
Jesse Bobbitt
Emily Carlson
Signe Carlson
Caris Carmean*
Ligaya Coolbear*
Dana Delaney
Emma Downing
Elisha Evanko
Maggie Clark Fairfield
Emily Flood
Sarah Gaither
Brianna Gibson
Jennifer Gilles
Rebecca S. Hall
Rachel Imhoff
Shannon R. Jakubczak
Kiersten Johnson
Katie Kitchen
Heidi Lang
Narayah Lyles
Morgan Malone
Victoria Peacock
Grace Prentice
Mandi Rice
Nadia M. Robinson
Nicole Rounick
Emma Russell
Maren Scott*
Creek Smith*
Ellie Smith
Morgan Smock
Julie White
LoRee Wilkinson
Kadence Young*
Kathryn Zorman
ALTOS
Shruti Aring
Laurel Babcock
Debbie Bates
Kristina Bodnar
Addison Borders*
Carla Cashman
Colleen Endrizzi
Hope Ezell
Mary Kate Hever*
Rebecca King
Haven Kinsley*
Emily Longenecker
Jennifer MacLure
Victoria Marquard-Schultz
Karla McMullen
Bri Mosley
Adelyn Nicholson*
Shanely Niemi
Peggy Norman
Sophie Polter*
Michelle Wagner-Skinner
Haley Wheeler
Maggie Fairman Williams
Sophia Williams*
TENORS
Sujith Aring*
Rong Chen
Daniel DiFilippo
David Erlandson
Jeff Guritza
Richard Hall
Michael Heid
Christian Maric
Greg L. Orloff
Shaan Rao*
Ted Rodenborn
Chris Slavin
Andrew Stamp
BASSES
Simon Beck
Carlos Castells
Eric Coffelt
Christopher Dewald
James Johnston
Kevin Kutz
Jacob LaMantia*
Nicholas Langer
Kyle Lewis
Michael N. Lutkus
Logan Orloff
John Philipps
Brandon Randall
Paul Sabharwal
Daniel J. Singer
Alan Slankard*
Martin Young
* Member of The Cleveland Orchestra
Youth Chorus
Daniel J. Singer
Assistant Director
Daniel Overly
Collaborative Pianist
Jill Harbaugh Director of Choral Operations
Victoria Peacock
Chorus Coordinator
YOUR VISIT
LATE SEATING
Guests with Pavilion seats who arrive after the start of the concert may be asked to wait outside the Pavilion until the first convenient pause in the music, after which our ushers will help you to your seats.
LAWN SEATING
Guests on the Lawn may bring their own chairs, but guests with high-backed chairs that obstruct others’ views may be asked to relocate to the rear of the Lawn. Rental chairs are available for a fee of $10 per evening. Tents, flags, balloons, or other structures that might obstruct views or present a hazard are prohibited. Open flames are also prohibited.
PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY & RECORDING
Audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Blossom. Photographs and videos can only be taken when the performance is not in progress. As a courtesy to others, please silence all electronic devices prior to the start of the concert.
SMOKING
All Blossom Music Festival events are presented in a smoke-free environment. Smoking or vaping are not allowed anywhere on the grounds or in buildings once you have entered through the ticket gates. A smoking area is available outside the gates in a designated area of Parking Lot A.
WEATHER INFORMATION
In the event of severe weather, a coordinated alert will be issued. Guests will be directed to safety by our staff and loudspeaker system. Visit clevelandorchestra.com/weather for weather updates and more information.
FREE TRAM & ADA VAN SERVICE
Free tram service between the parking lots and Smith Plaza and the Pavilion is available on a continuous basis before and after each concert. The ADA Van Service can pick up at the Main Gate with service to the Tram Circle.
QUESTIONS?
Visit our Information Center, hosted by the Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra, inside the Main Gate on Smith Plaza.
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