Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala
The Philadelphia Orchestra
After 572 days without in-person performances, Carnegie Hall was thrilled to welcome audiences back at our Opening Night Gala on October 6, 2021. While the live stream of the concert has expired, we hope you enjoy this special film that was shown at the celebratory gala dinner.
Performers
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano
Program
VALERIE COLEMAN Seven O'Clock Shout
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
IMAN HABIBI Jeder Baum spricht
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately 70 minutes with no intermission.
Gala Details
Gala Lead Chairmen
Mercedes T. Bass
Hope and Robert F. Smith
Gala Chairmen Committee
Len and Emily Blavatnik
Annette de la Renta
Maral and Sarkis Jebejian
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Beatrice Santo Domingo
David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita
S. Donald Sussman
Joan and Sanford I. Weill
Corporate Chairmen
Dennis M. Nally, Retired Chairman, PwC
Roy Weathers, Vice Chairman, PwC
Brad Silver, New York Office Managing Partner, PwC
Co-Chairmen
Veronica Atkins
Evercore
Larry Gagosian
Bruce and Suzie Kovner
Terry and Tina Lundgren
Marvin S. Rosen, Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig
Richard A. Rosenbaum, Executive Chairman of Greenberg Traurig
Elizabeth Segerstrom
Tracy Chutorian Semler and Eric Semler
Ian and Margaret Smith
Vice-Chairmen
Marcelo Claure, CEO SoftBank Group International, and Jordan Claure
Steven J. Kimble, Deloitte
Tom and Leslie Maheras
The Marc Haas Foundation
Beth and Joshua Nash
Xiaoshan Ren
Phyllis Rosenthal
Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman
David S. Winter
Judy Francis Zankel
Benefactors
Linda and Earle Altman
Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari
Richard and Barbara Debs
Michael and Linda Donovan
Mame Huntsman and Evan Morgan
IAC Foundation
J.P. Morgan
McKinsey & Company
Whitney and Clarke Murphy
Judith Resnick
Linda J. Wachner
Patrons
AECOM Tishman
Aryeh and Elana Bourkoff
Judy and Tony Evnin
Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP
KPMG LLP
Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Jean and Melanie Salata
Steinway & Sons
TF Cornerstone
Igor Tulchinsky
Supporters
Marco Argenti
Lana and Michael Beaury
Olivier and Desiree Berggruen
The Bialkin Family Foundation
Naomi and Stephen Breman
Noreen and Ken Buckfire
Cartier
Ien and Jennifer Cheng
Kam Chuhan
Angela Chun and Jennifer Chun
Michael Comins
Tomoko Hamada Dougan
Dr. Esuna Dugarova
Whitney Frances Falk
Alan Fleischmann and Dafna Tapiero
Dr. Ana M. Franceschi
Alexander Goldberg
Jean Golden
Charlotte Gollubier
Eric Grubman and Elizabeth Compton
Anne and John Hall
Hermione Foundation, Laura J. Sloate Trustee
Adriana Herrera
Judith M. Hoffman
Tom and Maren Hood
Mary I. and John E. Hull
Merit E. Janow and Peter Young
Stella and Robert Jones
Sophie and Nathan Kahn
Lena Kaplan
Mary and Howard Kelberg
Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon
Mary E. Klein
Felicitas Kort
Christopher Leake
Frank Lee
The Leonard Bernstein Office
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
Patrick and Svetlana McDonough, Anna Kahn
Peg Alston Fine Arts
Cynthia Perl
Maria C. Quinn
Emily K. Rafferty
James Roe
Dr. Thomas W Roush and Mrs. LaVon Kellner Roush
Stephen Rutenberg
Suki Sandler
Sapphire Hill Global Partners
Mrs. Gerald Schoenfeld
Cynthia and Thomas Sculco
Gil Shiva
Lee Shlifer
The Shubert Organization, Inc.
Kathryn Steinberg
Robert A. M. Stern
Shining Sung
Betty and David Tananbaum
Diana and Rafael Viñoly
Caio Zapata
Anonymous (3)
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