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New York Philharmonic
Opening Night Gala |
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New York Philharmonic President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta, Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg, and Chairman Gary W. Parr.
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The New York Philharmonic opened its 169th season with an Opening Night Gala and concert on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall. There were 860 guests and the black-tie affair raised over $2,630,000.
Judith M. and Russell L. Carson and Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr. served as this year’s Gala Chairmen. The Gala’s Executive Vice Chairmen were Paul Calello and Jane DeBevoise, Agnes and Gerald L. Hassell, and Mark A. Hayek. The Opening Night Gala was presented by Breguet and was generously underwritten by BNY Mellon, Judith M. and Russell L. Carson, and Credit Suisse.
Guests included Alec Baldwin, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, Desiree Rogers, Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, Henry and Marie-Josée Kravis, Barry and Fran Weissler, Borough President Scott Stringer and Elyse Buxbaum, Dennis Paul and Coralie Charriol Paul, Lawrence and Ronnie Ackman, Robert and Helen Appel, Adrienne Arsht, Tony Bechara, John and Gaily Beinecke, Joshua Bell, Roland and Lois Betts, Charles and Myra Biblowit, Harvey and Arlene Blau, The Honorable Donald M. Blinken and Vera Blinken, Doug and Bebe Broadwater, Charles and Bonnie Bronfman, Kenneth and Noreen Buckfire, James E. and Nancy Buckman, Calvin and Jane Cafritz, Yoko Nagae Ceschina, John and Jill Chalsty, Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault, Peter and Brooke Cohen, Rodgin and Barbara Cohen, Alan D. and Betsy Cohn, Barry and Bobbi Coller, Joyce Cowin, George and Carol Crapple, Mary Sharp Cronson, Toos and Hira Daruvala, Nathaniel and Lucy Day, Elizabeth de Cuevas, Robert Del Tufo, Richard and Jennie DeScherer, Liz Diller, Joe and Diana DiMenna, Ed Duffy, Renaud and Christine Dutreil, Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer, Meyer and Barbara Feldberg, Christy Ferer, Pamela Fiori, Jay and Randy Fishman, J. Christopher Flowers, William and Daria Foster, Robert M. and Dale Frehse, Jr., Marina K. French, Michael Fuchs, Annabelle Garrett, Cosby and Timothy M. George, Gladys George, Alan and Sandra Gerry, Alan and Kajsa Gilbert , George, Spera and Jane Ginsburg, Peter and Jamee Gregory, Günther and Renata Greiner, Bud and Jennifer Gruenberg, Paul and Diane Guenther, Patty Hambrecht, Charles Hamlen, Sung E. Han-Andersen and Chris Andersen, Gurnee and Marjorie Hart, Robert and Mary Jane Hekemian, Robert Hekemian, Jr. and Colleen Hekemian, C. Robert and Mary Henrikson, Roger and Susan Hertog, George and Joan Hornig, Howard and Ellen Katz, Mrs. William T. Knight, III, Eugene and Barbara Kohn, Bruce and Suzie Kovner, H. Frederick Krimendahl, II and Emilia A. Saint-Amand, Honey M. Kurtz, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder, Laurence and Dalia Leeds, Richard and Karen LeFrak, John and Betty Levin, Magnus Lindberg, Linda and Samuel H. Lindenbaum, Robert V. Lindsay, Robert and Margot Linton, Bob and Martha Lipp, Albert and Carol Lowenthal, Alan and Christina MacDonald, James and Ellen Marcus, Nancy Marks, Branford and Nicole Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Peter and Leni May, Crystal McCrary, Thomas and Diahn McGrath, Thomas and Heidi McWilliams, Mervon Mehta, Gene Mercy, Slade and Phyllis Mills, Philip and Cheryl Milstein, Vivian Milstein, Sylvester and Gillian Miniter, The Honorable Michael Mukasey and Mrs. Mukasey (Susan), The Honorable Frank N. Newman and Mrs. Newman (Lizabeth), Charles and Anne Niemeth, Morris and Nancy Offit, Stuart Orsher and Gladys George, Norman and Liliane Peck, Donald A. Pels and Wendy Keys, Itzhak and Toby Perlman, Charles and Elaine Petschek, Joel I. and Joan Picket, Heather Randall, Behzad Ranjbaran, Elina Ranjbaran, Thomas and Elizabeth Renyi, Liz Robbins, Dr. Leon and Paula Root, Jonathan and Diana Rose, Sandra Priest Rose, Dr. Elihu Rose and Susan Rose, Benjamin M. and Donna Rosen, Robert L. Rosen and Dr. Dale Atkins Rosen, Charles and Carol Schaefer, David and Lisa Schiff, Bernard and Irene Schwartz, Marvin and Donna Schwartz, Ric Scofidio and Liz Diller, Martin and Edith Segal, Shirley Bacot Shamel and Charles D. Shamel, Fred and Irene Shen, Joel and Joan Smilow, Maurice Sonnenberg, Paul and Daisy Soros, Oscar and Argie Tang, Douglas and Duhanne Tansill, Donald and Barbara Tober, Ronald J. and Christie Ulrich, Thomas and Ann Unterberg, John and Lauren Veronis, Stephen and Diane Volk, Herbert and Svetlana Wachtell, Mary J. Wallach, Stanford and Sandra Warshawsky, Sue Ann Weinberg, The Honorable James D. Wolfensohn and Elaine Wolfensohn, Ermenegildo and Elena Zegna and Edoardo Zegna and Angelo Zegna.
Music Director Alan Gilbert conducted the New York Philharmonic in the U.S. Premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Symphony No. 3, Swing Symphony, a New York Philharmonic Co-Commission, performed jointly by the Philharmonic and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The Orchestra also performed R. Strauss’s Don Juan and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.
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Gala Vice Chairmen Agnes Hassell and Gerald Hassell with their daughter Alyssa.
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Music Director Alan Gilbert and his wife, Kajsa William-Olsson.
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Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg.
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Alec Baldwin.
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Michael Nelson of Breguet, Josh Groban, and Rodolphe De Pierri of Breguet.
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Philharmonic Board Member Karen LeFrak and Richard LeFrak.
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Sanford Warshawsky and Board Member Sandra F. Warshawsky.
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Philharmonic Board Member Lizabeth A. Newman and Frank Newman.
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Philharmonic Board Member Alan MacDonald and Christina MacDonald.
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Board Member H. Frederick Krimendahl II and Emilia Saint-Amand.
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Philharmonic Board Member SungEun Han-Anderson.
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Gillian Miniter and Sylvester Miniter.
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The Honorable Donald Blinken and his wife, Vera Blinken.
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| Photos: Linsley Lindekens |
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