The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
opens its 45th Anniversary Season
with All-Haydn

Conductor’s Podium to be dedicated in memory of
Dr. Hubert J.P. Schoemaker

Concert pair generously sponsored by Centocor

Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducts;
cellist Wendy Warner is featured soloist

Said Maestro Solzhenitsyn of the upcoming concerts: “We open our season together with the marvelous Wendy Warner, in a celebration of Josef Haydn that ranges across the inexhaustible panoply of his mercurial moods.”

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is honored to announce the dedication of the Dr. Hubert J.P Schoemaker Memorial Conductor’s Podium during its season-opening concert. Dr. Schoemaker, a friend and supporter of Maestro Solzhenitsyn and the orchestra, was a leading biotechnology scientist and entrepreneur.

Dr. Schoemaker co-founded Centocor, one of the world’s first biotechnology companies, as well as Neuronyx, a development stage stem cell therapy company. Dr. Schoemaker’s energy and inspiration catalyzed the region’s biotechnology and venture capital industries. Beyond his commitment to science, he was also a devoted patron of the arts. In appreciation of his extraordinarily accomplished life, the orchestra is proud to name the Conductor’s Podium in his memory.

“Speaking, I know, for the Board, staff and all the musicians of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, we are so honored to have the opportunity to express our gratitude for the exceptionally generous support of Dr. Hubert J. P. Schoemaker by naming our Conductor’s Podium after him,” said William H. Roberts, President of the Chamber Orchestra. “Dr. Schoemaker has made a lasting impact through his generosity and enthusiasm for music, and particularly for the work of the Chamber Orchestra, and this dedication is an appropriate way to preserve the memory of his care for musical excellence and his ardent efforts to help the Chamber Orchestra achieve it.”