The Music Director

Israel Getzov

American conductor Israel Getzov begins his nineteenth season as Music Director of the Conway Symphony Orchestra.  He also serves as Music Director of the Little Rock Winds, and Artistic Advisor to the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He previously held the positions of Associate Conductor of the Arkansas Symphony and Principal Conductor of the Tianjin Philharmonic, the resident orchestra of the Tianjin Grand Theater.

Mr. Getzov has conducted orchestras throughout the United States and abroad, including Abilene Philharmonic, Asheville, Symphony, Cleveland Pops, Monroe Symphony, Skokie Valley Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, Shanghai Philharmonic, Symphony of the Mountains, Tianjin Symphony, Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, Bolivia Classica, University of Taipei Symphony, and the Encuentro Jovenes Musicos Festival in La Paz.  As an opera conductor, he led the world premiere of The Scarlett Letter by American composer Lori Laitman, conducted works of Giancarlo Menotti at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center and the Cleveland Institute of Music, and worked as Staff Conductor for Tianjin Grand Opera in productions of La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Bluebeard’s Castle, and Oedipus Rex. 

Mr. Getzov was selected by Leonard Slatkin to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and was chosen by David Zinman for the American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival.

Mr. Getzov started the violin at age 3, and later studied viola, piano and percussion.  He has performed as an orchestral violinist with many renowned conductors including Barenboim, Boulez, Solti, Mehta and Rostropovich. He was a founding member of the Rockefeller String Quartet, a professional quartet with whom he gave over 200 concerts. Mr. Getzov holds a tenured professorship at the University of Central Arkansas and has given clinics at many conservatories and music schools in the U.S., Asia, and South America. An experienced public speaker, he hosted his own weekly radio program on Arkansas KLRE 90.5FM called “Izzy Investigates” and has performed live as a chamber musician on WFMT and WBEZ in Chicago.

The Orchestra

Violin

Linda Hsu
    The Edward Jones Investment
    Concertmaster Chair
Charlotte Crosmer
    Principal Second Violin
Levana Xu
Abraham Martinez
Albert Garcia Delgadillo
    Associate Principals
Linnaea Brophy
George Fu
Beth Gould
Laura Gu
Ava Godfrey
Feliz Guzman
Yulin Huang
Matthew Humphrey
Karen Jarboe
Lisa Kennedy
Brrandon King
Siara Lopez
Sandra McDonald
Thomas McDonald
Geronimo Oyenard
Camila Pacheco
Lisa Pavilionis
Oksana Pavilionis
Ida Pearson
Magdalena Ryszowski
Algis Staskevicius
Qinqing Yang

Usher and Setup Personnel
The Men of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America — Kappa Iota Chapter