John Rudolph is firmly established as one of Canada’s leading percussionists. Principal Percussion of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Rudolph has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. He has also been featured as soloist with the CBC Radio Orchestra, Pacific Wind Ensemble, the University of British Columbia Wind Ensemble, the University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble, and the US Air Force Band. In June of 2010, Mr. Rudolph was one of the soloists in Bartok’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Oundjian and featuring internationally renowned pianists Emanuel Ax and Yoko Nozaki

As a chamber musician, John Rudolph has performed with Canada’s premiere percussion ensemble NEXUS, Amici Chamber Ensemble, Soundstreams, Masterpiece Music, Vancouver New Music and the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival. He frequently performs as a member of the Rudolph Family Players with his wife, flutist Kathleen Rudolph and daughter, violist Theresa Rudolph Koczo. By invitation, he has performed with the percussion sections of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Kirov Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and Washington DC’s National Symphony Orchestra.

A devoted teacher, John is on the faculty of the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of Toronto and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. He has been a featured clinician for the Ontario Percussive Arts Society and given masterclasses at Lakehead University, Laurentian University and Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in Michigan. Previously, John was Adjunct Professor of Percussion at the University of British Columbia and a faculty member of the Vancouver Academy of Music. His students have gone on to successful careers, many of them as principal percussion, in the orchestras of Vancouver, Victoria, Chicago, Seoul, Auckland, and Bergen.

John Rudolph was appointed Principal Percussion of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1997. He was formerly principal percussionist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra and percussionist with the US Air Force Band in Washington, DC.

A native of Philadelphia, John studied privately with Alan Abel and Charles Owen of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where he studied with Russell Hartenberger, Tony Ames and Morris Lang.

He enjoys reading history and following the Philadelphia sports teams. John is an avid runner and has completed 22 marathons including four Boston Marathons.