Violin II – Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Hyorim Han

Violinist Hyorim Han joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2022. Prior to joining the DSO, she regularly performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and took part in their domestic and international tours.

Lydia Umlauf

Lydia Umlauf, a native of Indiana, joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2014. Lydia received her bachelor’s degree at Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music studying with Alexander Kerr. She is an alumnus of the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy program for gifted pre-college musicians where she studied with Desiree Ruhstrat and prior to her studies in Chicago, Lydia took violin lessons from Tamara Ringas in Indiana.

Aleksandr Snytkin

Lithuanian-American violinist Aleksandr Snytkin has been praised by critics as “an emerging virtuoso with delicate touch and a sense of intimacy, technical and artistic maturity.”

Nora Scheller

A native of Minnesota, violinist Nora Scheller began her orchestral career in high school, substituting in professional orchestras from the age of 15.

Shu Lee

Shu Lee began playing with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1995. Lee, a native of Taiwan, began his musical studies at the age of six, and moved to the US in 1990 to attend the New England Conservatory.

Lilit Danielyan

Born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1975, violinist Lilit Danielyan began music lessons at a young age. Her father, Eduard Danielyan, a historian and head of The Institute of Foreign Languages, recognized young Lilit’s talent for music and taught her to play the piano.

Mariana Cottier-Bucco

Mariana Cottier-Bucco is originally from Venezuela and came to the United States at six years old. It was then that she started to the play the violin, under the instruction of Irina Schuck.

Bruce Patti

Bruce Patti has been a violinist in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 1982. He has violin performance degrees from Indiana and Yale Universities, while studying with Josef Gingold, Jaimie Laredo and Broadus Erle.

Bing Wang

Bing Wang joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1997. Born in Shanghai, China, he began his violin studies with his father, Professor De-Wen Wang, and Professor Guimin Xing, at age 4. Hi is the recipient of the 1991 Davidorff Young Musician of the Year Award (Germany).

Sho Me-Pelletier_Associate Principal Violin II_Dallas Symphony

Sho-Mei Pelletier

Sho-Mei Pelletier, Associate Principal violin, follows a legacy of musicians and artists; families from China, Canada, and Mexico; and religious influences from Buddhism to Judaism. Her musical affiliations include serving as Associate Principal violin with the Santa Fe Opera for 25 years as well as solo performances with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Voices of Change, the Dallas Bach Society, the Walden series, the Kodaly Ensemble, the Arensky Trio, the YES String Quintet and the Young Strings Piano Trio.