The New York
Philharmonic
hosted a special
dinner for members
of the Leonard
Bernstein Circle
on Monday,
June 8, 2009
at the St. Regis
Hotel, (Two East 55th
Street).
With 156 guests in
attendance, the
black-tie event
began with
cocktails, followed
by a special
performance by
Philharmonic
musicians, and
dinner.
This year’s dinner,
which recognized and
honored the
Philharmonic’s major
donors, was held in
celebration of Lorin
Maazel’s final
season as Music
Director.
Guests included
Maestro and Mrs.
Lorin Maazel, Music
Director; Mr. and
Mrs. Zarin Mehta,
President and
Executive Director;
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B.
Guenther, Chairman;
Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Thomas, Senior Vice
President; Mr. and
Mrs. Matias
Tarnopolsky, Vice
President, Artistic
Planning; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert S.
Abrams; Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence D.
Ackman; Dr. and
Mrs. Joshua A.
Becker; Mr.
Alexander
Bernstein; The
Honorable Donald
Blinken and Mrs.
Blinken; Mrs.
Philippe G. Bouriez;
Mr. and Mrs. Russell
L. Carson; Mr. and
Mrs. Peter D.
Cummings; Mr. and
Mrs. Toos N.
Daruvala; Ms.
Florence A. Davis;
Ms. Irene Duell and
Colonel Jon Mendes;
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Fields; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Forman;
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
S. Gruenberg; Ms.
SungEun Han-Andersen
and Mr. G. Chris
Andersen; Mr. and
Mrs. Gurnee F.
Hart; Mr. Robert S.
Hekemian, Jr. ; Mr.
and Mrs. Roger
Hertog; Mr. and
Mrs. Basem L.
Hishmeh; Mr. Peter
Jungen and Katharina
Jungen; Ms.
Michelle Kim,
Assistant
Concertmaster, and
Mr. Brian Seung Choi ;
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
D. Kingsley; Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Kohn;
Mr. H. Frederick
Krimendahl, II and
Ms. Emilia A. Saint-Amand;
Ms. Honey M. Kurtz;
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
L. Lennard; Mr. and
Mrs. Alan S.
MacDonald; Mr. and
Mrs. Greg Manning;
Mr. and Mrs. Peter
W. May; Mr. and Mrs.
William J.
McDonough; Mr. and
Mrs. James McGarry;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
J. McGrath; Mr. and
Mrs. David E.
McKinney; Mr.
Robert B. Menschel
and Ms. Janet
Wallach; Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Mercy,
Jr.; Mr. and Mrs.
A. Slade Mills,
Jr.; Ms. Lizabeth
Newman ; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles F.
Niemeth; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles I.
Petschek; Mr. and
Mrs. Joel I.
Picket; Mrs. Jenny
Chen-Ralske; Mr.
William D. Robbins
and Mildred Caplow;
Dr. and Mrs. Leon
Root; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Rubin; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles V.
Schaefer, III; Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar S.
Schafer; Mrs.
Arthur E. Shapiro
and Ms. Rita Delli
Carpini; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Shen; Ms.
Nina Bernstein
Simmons; Miss Laura
J. Sloate; Mr. and
Mrs. Joel E. Smilow;
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Soros; Mrs. Joanne
E. Spohler; Ms.
Sheryl Staples,
Principal Associate
Concertmaster; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard B.
Swank; Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald J. Ulrich;
Mr. Paul Underwood
and Michele Fron;
Ms. Mary J. Wallach
and Mr. Tony Bechara;
Mrs. Sandra
Warshawsky; Mrs.
Rhoda Weiskopf Cohen
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