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. 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.
