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1 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 4 6 From the Chairman From the Executive Board of Trustees of the Board and Artistic Director

8 34 36 2015–2016 Weill Music Institute Concert Season Digital Initiatives

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90 91 92 Treasurer’s Review Consolidated Balance Sheet Administrative Staff and Music Ambassadors

COVER PHOTO Isabel Leonard and Michael Feinstein An Evening with Pablo Heras-Casado and the with : Orchestra of St. Luke's May 5 December 14 Cover photo by Chris Lee. Chris Lee 2 3 2015 | 2016 FROM THE CHAIRMAN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD

The past 18 months have witnessed significant change in the leadership of FROM THE CHAIRMAN Carnegie Hall. We pay special tribute to our beloved Trustee Klaus Jacobs, who, for nearly four decades, played a fundamental role in shaping the history and preserving the legacy of Carnegie Hall. Klaus was elected to the Board OF THE BOARD of Trustees in 1978, became a Vice Chairman in 1999, and served as Interim Acting Executive Director on two occasions. A pillar of strength and towering figure in the leadership of Carnegie Hall, Klaus earned the respect and profound admiration of his colleagues on the Board and the entire Carnegie Hall staff for his passionate commitment to, and deep love of, our Hall. Dear Friends, With a heavy heart, we also mourn the passing of our dear friends, Trustee Gilbert Kaplan; former Trustees Eugene Becker, Alvin H. Einbender, I am tremendously honored to have stepped into the role of Chairman in Henry E. Kates, and John L. Tishman; and Honorary Trustees Ralph M. Baruch, June 2016, having served as a Trustee of Carnegie Hall since 2013. My deep Amber Snow , and . We extend our deep sympathies to appreciation goes to the Board of Trustees for its belief in me, and to each the Rohatyn family on the passing of Elizabeth F. Rohatyn, dear wife of of you for your dedicated support of our great institution. I want to offer my Honorary Trustee Felix G. Rohatyn. We also remember with great warmth special thanks to Mercedes T. Bass for stepping up on behalf of Carnegie Hall and affection our friend and champion Vera Stern, who worked alongside in an hour of need and serving as Acting Chairman with extraordinary grace Isaac to save Carnegie Hall from the wrecking ball in 1960 and nurture its and diplomacy. ROBERT F. SMITH growth as a newly formed non-profit institution; and Stewart J. Warkow, Chairman of the Board who rose through the ranks to become Carnegie Hall’s Executive Director It is my pleasure to present you with Carnegie Hall’s 2015–2016 Annual from 1978 to 1982. Report, which chronicles our remarkable 125th anniversary season. The highlights captured in the pages of this publication—the legendary Last season, we were pleased to welcome new Trustees Jolyon Stern and performances, voices of young students and musicians in pursuit of their Darren Walker, as well as Advisory Directors Alan Fleischmann, Emily K. passions, faces of beloved friends and champions—are indelible proof of Rafferty, Dafna Tapiero, and Simon D. Yates. We thank longtime Trustees an institution that continues to be the premier destination for the world’s Sallie L. Krawcheck, Peter W. May, Frank N. Newman, Ronald O. Perelman, greatest artists; an innovative force in music education and community Dr. Judith Rodin, William D. Rondina, and Susan W. Rose for their years engagement; and a global leader in using music to build bridges between of distinguished service, and we congratulate Suzy on her election as an cultures, deepen understanding between people, and transform lives. Honorary Trustee. Our 125th anniversary provided opportunities to celebrate an important Finally, I would like to give my deepest thanks to our Executive and Artistic milestone in Carnegie Hall’s history and look forward to what is to come. Director Clive Gillinson and Board of Trustees and staff, whose remarkable Looking ahead, alongside expansive artistic programming, Carnegie Hall is work and vision have helped Carnegie Hall to sustain its place as one of the embarking on new digital initiatives that will further expand music lovers’ world’s great music institutions and laid the groundwork for a bright future. access to world-class artists, enrich audiences’ musical experiences, and We have an aspirational journey ahead of us as we develop new ways to support our growing commitment to innovation in music education, allowing ensure that people of all ages and backgrounds can experience the power us to not only stay on tempo, but as leaders, ahead of the game. of music. We look forward to sharing continued successes and great musical experiences with you. We have so much to celebrate and anticipate here at Carnegie Hall, and we are in this fortunate position because of your dedication and generous support. Sincerely, As a valued supporter, you make it possible for Carnegie Hall to pursue its mission every day, and we sincerely thank you. It is with tremendous gratitude that we salute Len Blavatnik for the Blavatnik Family Foundation’s lead gift to our 125th Anniversary Campaign, and we thank Nicola Bulgari, Beatrice Santo Domingo, and Bruce and Suzie Kovner and The Kovner Foundation for their most generous support of the campaign as well. We also thank , our season sponsor for 11 consecutive years and sponsor of the Robert F. Smith 125th Anniversary Gala, and express gratitude to Anne M. Finucane for her Chairman of the Board stewardship of this partnership. We gratefully acknowledge Breguet as our Exclusive Timepiece and Mastercard as the Preferred Card of Carnegie Hall, and extend an enormous thank you to as our official airline since 1997. We express heartfelt gratitude to our generous Gala leadership throughout the season, as well as the countless supporters of these special celebratory nights that raised essential funds toward Carnegie Hall’s artistic and education programs. 4 5 2015 | 2016 FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND ANNUAL REPORT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WMI, and the City Department of Education, these talented young FROM THE EXECUTIVE professional musicians took on a full schedule as Ensemble ACJW while engaging in intensive professional development activities and dedicating hundreds of hours to work in public schools. AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR As this program enters its 10th year in 2016–2017, these fellows join more than 100 alumni, active around the world, who have dedicated themselves to developing multi-faceted careers that combine performance at the highest level with a focus on education, community engagement, and entrepreneurship.

Our 2015–2016 season culminated with a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary season provided an opportunity to concert on May 5, 2016, marking 125 years to the exact day since Carnegie celebrate the Hall’s impressive legacy of historic performances representing Hall was born. We send our thanks and great appreciation to our Artist every musical genre. Even more so, it was a chance to look ahead, as we Trustees Martina Arroyo, Emanuel Ax, Renée Fleming, , build for the future, seeking to uphold the Hall’s traditions of excellence and , Isabel Leonard, Yo-Yo Ma, and , and special guests

Chris Lee aspiration. As we anticipate new collaborations with the world’s finest artists, Pablo Heras-Casado, Michael Feinstein, Richard Gere, and , exciting premieres of commissioned works yet to be heard, the opening of who took to the stage that night to celebrate the Hall’s special anniversary, new doors through our innovative music education programs that now reach along with all those who supported us that evening and throughout this hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, and the possibilities introduced notable season. On that night, it was easy to feel a direct connection to the by technology to share what we do with music lovers everywhere, it is thrilling CLIVE GILLINSON generations of artists and community members who have advocated for this to imagine that the best of Carnegie Hall is yet to come. Executive and Artistic Director magical place, ensuring that the Hall remains a vital, thriving destination for all those who love music, serving people for many more years to come. Continuing Carnegie Hall’s tradition of presenting performances by internationally acclaimed musicians, the 2015–2016 season was anchored As we reflect on the past season, it is a privilege to work toward a future by three exciting Perspectives series of artist-curated programs with Sir for Carnegie Hall that is as exciting as its illustrious past. We salute leading a complete Beethoven symphony cycle with the Berliner the dedication of the entire extended Carnegie Hall family—artists, Philharmoniker; a six-concert series featuring pianist , marking audience members, trustees, supporters, volunteers, and staff. The many the 25th anniversary of his Carnegie Hall debut; and a fascinating collection accomplishments detailed in this report are a result of your energy and of performances curated by -songwriter Rosanne Cash, exploring collective hard work. Thank you so much for your support. Here’s to the American roots music. Each series delighted Carnegie Hall’s concertgoers, next 125 years of Carnegie Hall! allowing us to gain new insights into the artistic vision of each of these master musicians. With all best wishes, Alongside our terrific lineup of more than 170 concerts throughout the year, we also set sail on our major commissioning project in honor of the 125th. The 125 Commissions Project will result in the premieres of at least 125 new works spanning the Hall’s 2015–2016 to 2019–2020 seasons, including new music written specifically for young artists through a collaboration with the , holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair throughout Clive Gillinson this anniversary season. We are sure that the results of our commissioning Executive and Artistic Director initiative will intrigue audiences, reinforcing Carnegie Hall as a place where history continues to be made.

Education also lies at the core of our commitment to the future of music as we seek to engage more and more people through the Hall’s growing education and social impact programs. Looking beyond the walls of our concert hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) mounted The Somewhere Project, a sprawling citywide exploration of West Side Story, engaging thousands of students and community members with events in all five boroughs as part of the 125th anniversary and culminating in an extraordinary production of the iconic musical in a restored factory in Queens. The project was the centerpiece of an ambitious array of WMI programs this season—most offered to participants for free or at low cost—serving a half-million people in New York City, across the US, and around the globe.

Joining in this strong commitment to serving people through music, 18 members of Ensemble ACJW (recently renamed Ensemble Connect) completed their two-year fellowships in June 2016. As part of this acclaimed program, created by Carnegie Hall in partnership with The , 6 7 2015 | 2016 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

OFFICERS Nicola Bulgari Susan W. Rose Kathryn Steinberg BOARD OF TRUSTEES Robert F. Smith, Chairman Richard A. Debs Charles M. Rosenthal Dafna Tapiero Elected June 2, 2016 Joyce DiDonato Ruch Simon D. Yates Mercedes T. Bass, Gregory T. Durant Sana H. Sabbagh Acting Chairman Judith W. Evnin Suki Sandler HONORARY October 8, 2015 to June 2, 2016 Anne M. Finucane Beatrice Santo Domingo TRUSTEES* Vice Chairman Renée Fleming Thomas P. Sculco, M.D. July 1 to October 8, 2015, and Ralph M. Baruch Edward C. Forst Stanley S. Shuman June 2 to 30, 2016 (in memoriam) Marina Kellen French David M. Siegel Ronald O. Perelman, Chairman Pierre Boulez July 1 to October 8, 2015 Clive Gillinson A. J. C. Smith (in memoriam) Robert F. Smith Sanford I. Weill, President Marilyn Horne Roberta Peters Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Clarissa Alcock Bronfman, Stephen R. Howe Jr. The Honorable Felix G. Vice Chairman Klaus Jacobs Sir Martin Sorrell Rohatyn Klaus Jacobs, Vice Chairman Robert W. Jones Jolyon Stern George T. Wein Peter W. May, Vice Chairman Gilbert Kaplan (in Sir Howard Stringer Burton P. Resnick, Vice memoriam) Kurt G. Strovink EX OFFICIO Chairman Suzie Kovner S. Donald Sussman TRUSTEES* Kenneth J. Bialkin, Secretary Robert K. Kraft James Taylor Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the Edward C. Forst, Treasurer Lang Lang Linda Wachner City of New York Clive Gillinson, Executive Isabel Leonard Darren Walker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Artistic Director Robert I. Lipp Sanford I. Weill Speaker, New York City Terry J. Lundgren Sir James D. Wolfensohn Council CHAIRMEN EMERITI Yo-Yo Ma Judy Francis Zankel Scott M. Stringer, Richard A. Debs Thomas G. Maheras Comptroller of the City James D. Wolfensohn Peter W. May TRUSTEE FELLOW* of New York Audra McDonald Robert F. Arning Gale A. Brewer, TRUSTEES Harold McGraw III Borough President Earle S. Altman Lester S. Morse Jr. ADVISORY Tom Finkelpearl, Martina Arroyo Dennis M. Nally DIRECTORS* Commissioner, New York City Department of Emanuel Ax Joshua Nash Giancarla Berti Cultural Affairs Mercedes T. Bass Frank N. Newman Alan Fleischmann Norton Belknap Mary E. Klein Kenneth J. Bialkin William G. Parrett Firoz Ladak

Len Blavatnik Laura H. Pomerantz Sherry Liu

Steve J. Sherman Don M. Randel Tracy Long Ronald E. Blaylock As of June 30, 2016 Clarissa Alcock Bronfman Burton P. Resnick Emily K. Rafferty *Non-Voting

Carnegie Hall is owned by the City of New York, and its operation is made possible, in part, by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

ROW 1: ROW 2: ROW 3: ROW 4: ROW 5: ROW 6: MISSING FROM BOARD OF TRUSTEES PHOTO (LEFT): Robert K. Kraft Norton Belknap Firoz Ladak, Robert I. Lipp Richard Burns, Ronald E. Blaylock Trustees Emanuel Ax, Martina Arroyo, Len Blavatnik, Clarissa Alcock Bronfman, Richard A. Debs, Joyce DiDonato, Gregory T. Durant, Comptroller’s Office Sanford I. Weill Advisory Director Beatrice Santo David M. Siegel Designee Stanley S. Shuman Judith W. Evnin, Renée Fleming, Marina Kellen French, Marilyn Horne, Stephen R. Howe Jr., Klaus Jacobs, Suzie Kovner, Domingo Kathryn Steinberg, Robert F. Smith Edward C. Forst H. Dale Hemmerdinger, Lang Lang, Isabel Leonard, Terry J. Lundgen, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter W. May, Audra McDonald, Harold McGraw III, Frank N. Newman, Jessye Norman, Advisory Director Dennis M. Nally Judy Francis Zankel Mayor’s Representative Mercedes T. Bass Thomas G. Maheras Don M. Randel, Susan W. Rose, Joshua Ruch, Sana H. Sabbagh, Thomas P. Sculco, M.D., A. J. C. Smith, Sir Martin Sorrell, Sir Howard Stringer, Earle S. Altman Charles M. Rosenthal Laura H. Pomerantz William G. Parrett Clive Gillinson Darren Walker S. Donald Sussman, James Taylor, Sir James D. Wolfensohn; Trustee Fellow Robert F. Arning; Advisory Directors Giancarla Berti, Alan Fleischmann, Anne M. Finucane Kurt G. Strovink Kenneth J. Bialkin Nicola Bulgari Burton P. Resnick Mary E. Klein, Sherry Liu, Tracy Long, Emily K. Rafferty, Dafna Tapiero, Simon D. Yates; Honorary Trustees Roberta Peters, The Honorable Lester S. Morse, Jr. Joshua Nash Sarah Billinghurst Suki Sandler Felix G. Rohatyn, George T. Wein; Ex-Officio Trustees Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York City Solomon Jolyon Stern Robert W. Jones Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl Linda Wachner 8 9 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

During the 2015–2016 season, Carnegie Hall honored its unparalleled heritage of legendary performances while LEFT continuing to build for the future with Evgeny Kissin with Alan Gilbert and forward-looking programming and the daring initiatives. October 7

Artistic luminaries performed a tremendous range of music on of Hans Abrahamsen’s let me tell you, a work written for and Carnegie Hall’s stages throughout its historic 125th anniversary performed by soprano Barbara Hannigan. Later in the season, season—from Renaissance song to American Southern roots the orchestra performed an all-Mozart program with Mitsuko music, from inventive new works to exotic treasures from every Uchida two concertos from the keyboard. The point on the compass, and much more. Three superstars—Sir centenary of the birth of the great choral conductor Robert Simon Rattle, Evgeny Kissin, and Rosanne Cash—put their Shaw was marked by directing the Atlanta own remarkable stamp on the season by curating individual Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Perspectives series. The Kronos Quartet, which held the Zohar, a Carnegie Hall co-commission, and Brahms’s Ein Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair, launched a five-year deutsches . The MET Orchestra closed the season with legacy commissioning project titled Fifty for the Future: The three concerts, two of them conducted by , who Kronos Learning Repertoire, and performed new works in an made his final Carnegie Hall appearances as the orchestra’s April concert in Zankel Hall. Most of all, the season celebrated music director. today’s Carnegie Hall, a home for tradition and a visionary platform for music’s future. -in-concert were tremendous successes. In addition to , , conducted by , Pianist Evgeny Kissin opened the season performing continued its critically acclaimed traversal of Handel’s operas Tchaikovsky’s grand Concerto No. 1 with Alan Gilbert and oratorios at Carnegie Hall with , featuring a stellar conducting the New York Philharmonic. The concert cast headlined by Iestyn Davies in the title role. With Yefim opened with the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Bronfman performing the complete Prokofiev piano Vivo, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall—the first of 34 in three concerts, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax playing works launching the Hall’s unprecedented 125 Commissions Beethoven’s complete sonatas, and Renée Fleming Project over the next five years. There were performances performing with Olga Kern, Carnegie Hall continued its by many brilliant international throughout the long-held tradition of presenting renowned recitalists. season, including the Berliner Philharmoniker (playing a complete Beethoven symphony cycle), the Vienna Of course, stars of pop, , gospel, and were all Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestre national present for milestone performances. Dianne Reeves gave us de France, among others. a night of soulful song, and there was uplifting gospel with Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, and Ray Chew; a 90th birthday There were unforgettable performances by American celebration for jazz icon Randy Weston; superstars of world orchestras throughout the season. Andris Nelsons led the music Ana Moura and Buika; popular favorites with The New Boston Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of York Pops; and a gala benefit with Sting as the headliner. ’s Elektra, with soprano Christine Goerke in Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary was celebrated on May 5, the title role. The Orchestra’s music director, Franz the day the Hall opened in 1891, with a gala concert that featured

Chris Lee Welser-Möst, was on the podium for the New York premiere a galaxy of stars representing many musical genres. 10 11 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

OCTOBER PERSPECTIVES: EVGENY KISSIN

Wednesday, October 7 at 7 PM Celebrating 25 years since his Carnegie Hall debut, pianist Stern/Perelman Evgeny Kissin’s six-concert series was a portrait of an artist New York Philharmonic acclaimed for his virtuosity, versatility, and penetrating intellect. Alan Gilbert, Music Director Renowned for his mastery of grand Russian concertos, Kissin and Conductor opened and closed the Hall’s season as soloist in two of the Evgeny Kissin, Piano most acclaimed, collaborating with two world-renowned New York orchestras. He performed Tchaikovsky’s No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert Friday, October 9 at 8 PM at the Opening Night Gala, and was featured in Rachmaninoff’s Stern/Perelman Piano Concerto No. 2 with The MET Orchestra and James The New York Pops Levine in May. Steven Reineke, Music Director A legendary solo artist, Kissin gave a recital in early November and Conductor and—for the first time in his career—repeated the program a Sierra Boggess and Julian Ovenden, week later, becoming the first artist to do so at Carnegie Hall Guest Artists since . In December, he made an eagerly Essential Voices USA awaited foray into , playing Schubert and Judith Clurman, Music Director Tchaikovsky in a power trio with violinist Itzhak Perlman and and Conductor cellist . Also in December, Kissin performed rarely heard piano works by lesser-known Jewish composers and Sunday, October 11 at 3 PM recited Yiddish poetry. The performance was exemplary. As

Stern/Perelman an encore, with the house lights dimmed and standing in the Steve J. Sherman spotlight, Kissin recited one of his own Yiddish poems, inviting , Piano the audience to share a powerful and personal moment. ■

Tuesday, October 13 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman The Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 PM Saturday, October 17 at 11 AM Tuesday, October 20 at 8 PM and Conductor Weill Sunday, October 18 at 11 AM Stern/Perelman , Dame , Soprano Resnick Boston Symphony Orchestra Fall Family Days Andris Nelsons, Music Director Wednesday, October 14 at 6 PM , Lute and Conductor Stern/Perelman Saturday, October 17 at 8:30 PM Lars Vogt, Piano Thursday, October 15 at 7:30 PM Sphinx Virtuosi Zankel Zankel Catalyst Quartet Julian Lage Trio Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30 PM Gabriela Lena Frank, Piano Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano Zankel Presented by The Sphinx Organization Monday, October 19 at 7:30 PM Standard Time with in partnership with Carnegie Hall Friday, October 16 at 8:30 PM Weill Zankel Michael Feinstein Ensemble ACJW Michael Feinstein, Artistic Director Kaushiki Chakraborty’s Sakhi with Special Guest Marilyn Maye LEFT Kaushiki Chakraborty, Vocals Kaushiki Nandini Shankar, Violin Chakraborty’s Debopriya Chatterjee, Sakhi October 16 Bhakti Deshpande, Kathak Dancer ABOVE Savani Talwalkar, Tabla Evgeny Kissin Mahima Upadhyay, Pakhawaj November 3 Nan Melville 12 13 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

Friday, October 23 at 7:30 PM Sunday, October 25 at 7 PM Friday, October 30 at 7:30 PM Weill Zankel Zankel Kelemen Quartet Gil Shaham, Violin Piotr Beczała, David Michalek, Original Martin Katz, Piano Friday, October 23 at 8:30 PM Films Stern/Perelman Friday, October 30 at 8 PM Lang Lang, Piano Wednesday, October 28 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Sir András Schiff, Piano Saturday, October 24 at 9 PM , Violin Zankel Sam Haywood, Piano The Time Jumpers Hosted by Rosanne Cash Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 PM Zankel Sunday, October 25 at 3 PM Stern/Perelman St. Lawrence String Maurizio Pollini, Piano Quartet

Thursday, October 29 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Orchestra of St. Luke’s Pete Checchia Pablo Heras-Casado, Principal Chris Lee Conductor Christian Tetzlaff, Violin

Wednesday, October 21 at 8 PM Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 PM ABOVE LEFT Stern/Perelman Zankel Christine Goerke performing Strauss’s Boston Symphony Orchestra , Piano Elektra with Andris Nelsons, Music Director Andris Nelsons and Conductor and the Boston Thursday, October 22 at 8 PM Symphony Orchestra Christine Goerke, Soprano Stern/Perelman October 21 Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano Boston Symphony Orchestra Jane Henschel, Mezzo-Soprano Andris Nelsons, Music Director ABOVE RIGHT Gerhard Siegel, Tenor and Conductor Gil Shaham James Rutherford, October 25 Nadezhda Serdyuk, Mezzo-Soprano Nadezhda Serdyuk, Mezzo-Soprano Tanglewood Festival Chorus Claudia Huckle, Contralto James Bagwell, Guest Chorus Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano Conductor Sandra López, Soprano RIGHT Rebecca Nash, Soprano Lang Lang Friday, October 23 at 7:30 PM Nadine Secunde, Soprano October 23 Zankel Kevin Langan, Bass Elizabeth Byrne, Soprano American Composers Meredith Hansen, Soprano Orchestra Mark Schowalter, Tenor George Manahan, Music Director Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Conductor James Bagwell, Guest Chorus Conductor Caroline Shaw, Voice Hannah Lash,

Paul Lieber, Projections Jennifer Taylor 14 15 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, November 3 at 8 PM Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 PM Sunday, November 15 at 1 PM Friday, November 6 at 8 PM Zankel Weill Stern/Perelman Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano Discovery Day: Beethoven Evgeny Kissin, Piano , Symphonies Thomas Forrest Kelly, Keynote Friday, November 6 at 7:30 PM Speaker Friday, November 13 at 7:30 PM Zankel Zankel Gregory DeTurck, Piano Tanya Gabrielian, Piano Bach Collegium Yefim Bronfman, Piano Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, Organ, Aaron Krohn, Actor and Harpsichord Paul Niebanck, Actor Joanne Lunn, Soprano Friday, November 13 at 7:30 PM Stephen Rowe, Actor Weill Ulrich Knörzer, Panelist Fergus McWilliam, Panelist Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30 PM Michelangelo Quartet Peter Riegelbauer, Panelist

Zankel Christopher Smith

Jeremy Geffen, Moderator Jack Vartoogian Leila Josefowicz, Violin Friday, November 13 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman John Novacek, Piano The New York Pops Sunday, November 15 at 3 PM Zankel Steven Reineke, Music Director Wednesday, November 11 at 8 PM and Conductor Arcanto Quartet Stern/Perelman Montego Glover, Capathia Jenkins, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano and Sy Smith, Guest Artists Monday, November 16 at 8 PM Thursday, November 19 at 8 PM LEFT ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Sir Simon Rattle Cooder– Takács Quartet Saturday, November 14 at 9 PM , Piano and the Berliner White– November 19 Zankel Berliner Philharmoniker Philharmoniker Skaggs Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director November 21 November 14 Cooder–White–Skaggs Tuesday, November 17 at 8 PM and Conductor Ry Cooder Stern/Perelman Sharon White Berliner Philharmoniker Friday, November 20 at 8 PM Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director Stern/Perelman with and Conductor Berliner Philharmoniker Mark Fain Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 PM and Conductor Cheryl White Weill Buck White Hosted by Rosanne Cash Zoltán Fejérvári, Piano Saturday, November 21 at 8 PM PERSPECTIVES: Kuok-Wai Lio, Piano Stern/Perelman Berliner Philharmoniker SIR SIMON RATTLE Wednesday, November 18 at 8 PM Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor Sir Simon Rattle has been recognized as one of the greatest conductors of all Stern/Perelman time and a renowned master of repertoire spanning the Baroque to the present , Soprano day. The 2015–2016 season marked the first year of Rattle’s two-season Perspectives Berliner Philharmoniker Eva Vogel, Mezzo-Soprano series. For the first year of the series, he focused on one of symphonic music’s Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director Christian Elsner, Tenor and Conductor great pinnacles, the complete symphonies of Beethoven, partnering with the Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass illustrious Berliner Philharmoniker to take audiences on an extraordinary musical Westminster Symphonic Choir journey over five concerts in November. The cycle culminated with an impassioned Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 PM Joe Miller, Conductor performance of the Ninth Symphony with soprano Susanna Phillips, mezzo-soprano Zankel Eva Vogel, tenor Christian Elsner, bass Dimitry Ivashchenko, and the Westminster Takács Quartet Saturday, November 21 at 10 PM Symphonic Choir. ■ Zankel Steve J. Sherman Duncan Sheik 16 17 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

DECEMBER

Tuesday, December 1 at 7:30 PM Friday, December 4 at 8:30 PM Wednesday, December 9 at 8 PM Friday, December 18 at 8 PM Weill Zankel Stern/Perelman Saturday, December 19 at 8 PM Ensemble ACJW Ross Daly, Cretan Lyra Gospel Sing Along with Stern/Perelman and String Instruments Donnie McClurkin and The New York Pops

Thursday, December 3 at 8 PM Kelly Thoma, Cretan Lyra Kim Burrell Steven Reineke, Music Director Richard Termine and Conductor Stern/Perelman Marijia Katsouna, Percussion , Music Director Ray Chew Stephanie J. Block and Brian d’Arcy Evgeny Kissin, Piano James, Guest Artists Itzhak Perlman, Violin Saturday, December 5 at 8:30 PM Thursday, December 10 at 7:30 PM Essential Voices USA Zankel Mischa Maisky, Cello Weill Judith Clurman, Music Director Trio Jory Vinikour, Harpsichord and Conductor Robert Glasper, Piano Friday, December 4 at 7:30 PM Vicente Archer, Bass Sunday, December 20 at 3 PM Weill Sunday, December 13 at 5 PM Damion Reid, Drums Zankel Stern/Perelman Tara Erraught, Mezzo-Soprano The MET Chamber Ensemble Family Holiday Concert: Henning Ruhe, Piano Sunday, December 6 at 2 PM James Levine, Artistic Director The New York Pops Stern/Perelman and Conductor Steven Reineke, Music Director Diana Damrau, Soprano John Moore, Baritone and Conductor Craig Rutenberg, Piano John Bolton, Narrator New York Theatre Ballet Monday, December 14 at 7 PM TOP RIGHT Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Stern/Perelman Stage Diana Damrau Director An Evening with Sting: and Craig Liza Gennaro, Director and Rutenberg Symphonicities Choreographer December 6 Sting Carmina de Dios, Costume Designer Orchestra of St. Luke’s for A Charlie Brown Christmas MIDDLE RIGHT Rob Mathes, Music Director Tristan Raines, Costume Designer Gospel Sing for Holiday Follies Along with and Conductor/Arrangements Jennifer Taylor TADA! Youth Theater Donnie , Guitar McClurkin Ira Coleman, Janine Nina Trevens, Executive and Kim Burrell Joe Bonadio, Percussion and Artistic Director December 9 Jo Lawry, Vocals Essential Voices USA BOTTOM RIGHT Mike Ricchiuti, Keyboards Judith Clurman, Music Director and Conductor Bryan D’Arcy featuring Special Guests James and and Andrea Griminelli Stephanie Thursday, December 24 at 7 PM J. Block with Stern/Perelman Steven Reineke Wednesday, December 16 at 8 PM and The New Stern/Perelman New York String Orchestra York Pops Evgeny Kissin: Jewish Music , Conductor December 18 and Poetry Emanuel Ax, Piano Evgeny Kissin, Piano and Speaker Monday, December 28 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman LEFT New York String Orchestra An Evening with Sting: Jaime Laredo, Conductor Symphonicities Jinjoo Cho, Violin December 14 Richard Termine Chris Lee 18 19 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

Thursday, January 21 at 5:30 PM Wednesday, January 27 at 8 PM FAR LEFT Weill Stern/Perelman St. Paul and The Broken Bones The Song Continues: Denis Matsuev, Piano January 15 Spotlight Recital Clarissa Lyons, Soprano Thursday, January 28 at 8 PM LEFT Stern/Perelman Stephanie Blythe: Miles Mykkanen, Tenor Sing America! Ken Noda, Piano Orchestre National de France January 23 , Music Director and Thursday, January 21 at 7:30 PM Conductor Weill , Violin

Steve J. Sherman The Song Continues: BELOW Pete Checchia Marilyn Horne Master Class Friday, January 29 at 10 PM Franz Welser-Möst Zankel and The Cleveland Angela Vallone, Soprano Orchestra Emily D’Angelo, Mezzo-Soprano Hurray for the Riff Raff January 17 Ian Koziara, Tenor Matthew Swensen, Tenor Saturday, January 30 at 8:30 PM Michał Biel, Piano Zankel Alden Gatt, Piano Saturday, January 16 at 7:30 PM Tuesday, January 19 at 7:30 PM Joan Soriano, Vocals and , Piano Zankel Weill Nathan Harris Steel String Guitar Andrew Sun, Piano JANUARY Europa Galante The Song Continues: Fabio Biondi, Violin and d’Amore Sir Saturday, January 23 at 2 PM Friday, January 8 at 4 PM Master Class Stern/Perelman Saturday, January 16 at 7:30 PM Saturday, January 9 at 4 PM Capucine Daumas, Soprano Stephanie Blythe: Weill Sunday, January 10 at 4 PM Michelle Price, Soprano Sing, America! Resnick Ramón Ortega Quero, Kevin Gino, Tenor Stephanie Blythe, Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato Master Class Hisako Kawamura, Piano Ryan Thorn, Baritone Michał Biel, Piano Alan Louis Smith, Piano Amalia Avilán Castillo, Soprano Alden Gatt, Piano Miya Higashiyama, Mezzo-Soprano Sunday, January 17 at 7 PM Nathan Harris, Piano Tuesday, January 26 at 8 PM Daniel Moody, Stern/Perelman Andrew Sun, Piano Stern/Perelman Anthony Robin Schneider, Bass The The Justina Lee, Piano Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director Wednesday, January 20 at 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music , Piano Adam Nielsen and Conductor Zankel Director and Conductor Barbara Hannigan, Soprano The Song Continues: Thursday, January 14 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Stephanie Blythe Monday, January 18 at 7:30 PM The Philadelphia Orchestra Zankel Master Class , Soprano Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director eighth blackbird Dru Daniels and Conductor Beste Kalender, Mezzo-Soprano Stage Design by Deborah Johnson for Jan Lisiecki, Piano Deanna Pauletto, Mezzo-Soprano CandyStations Benjamin Dickerson, Baritone Michał Biel, Piano Friday, January 15 at 9 PM Tuesday, January 19 at 5:30 PM Alden Gatt, Piano Zankel Weill Nathan Harris, Piano St. Paul and The Song Continues: Andrew Sun, Piano The Broken Bones Spotlight Recital with Special Guest Donnie Fritts Sarah Nelson Craft, Mezzo-Soprano Wednesday, January 20 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Hosted by Rosanne Cash Warren Jones, Piano Marc-André Hamelin, Piano Steve J. Sherman 20 21 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

Thursday, February 11 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman FEBRUARY Sweet Honey In The Rock with Special Guests Friday, February 5 at 7:30 PM , PERSPECTIVES: Weill Regina Carter, Violin John Brancy, Baritone ROSANNE CASH

Friday, February 12 at 9 PM Chris Lee Peter Dugan, Piano Zankel One of our country’s preeminent Sō Percussion singer-songwriters, Rosanne Cash Monday, February 8 at 7:30 PM curated a four-concert Perspectives , Voice Weill Shara Worden series that presented the rich and Glenn Kotche, Percussion disparate elements of American roots Orlando Consort music, expanding on musical genres Sunday, February 14 at 7 PM typically explored at Carnegie Hall. Her Wednesday, February 10 at 7:30 PM Stern/Perelman Perspectives opened in October with a Zankel The Cleveland Orchestra concert that featured The Time Jumpers, Standard Time with an 11-piece band comprising veterans of , Conductor and Piano the Nashville music scene, performing Michael Feinstein William Preucil, Concertmaster Western swing and traditional country Michael Feinstein, Artistic Director and Leader music. Roots music royalty gathered on the Zankel Hall stage in November

with Special Guests Steve J. Sherman Madelyn Baillio Monday, February 15 at 7:30 PM when multi-instrumentalists Ry Cooder Lucas DeBard Weill and Ricky Skaggs were joined by singer Chris Lee Julia Goodwin Ensemble ACJW Sharon White, drummer Joachim Cooder, Nick Ziobro and bassist Mark Fain for an evening of country , gospel, and bluegrass. Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 PM Some starry guest artists were also on Zankel hand, including White’s sister, Cheryl; her Dénes Várjon, Piano father, Nashville legend Buck White; and Cash, who sang “I Still Miss Someone,” Thursday, February 18 at 8 PM Saturday, February 20 at 8 PM Saturday, February 27 at 8 PM which was written by her father, Johnny Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Wednesday, February 17 at 8 PM Cash. The Birmingham, Alabama–based Budapest Festival Orchestra Rosanne Cash Stern/Perelman septet St. Paul and The Broken Bones heated up a cold January night with Iván Fischer, Music Director with Special Guest Jeff Tweedy Orchestra , and Conductor their brand of Muscle Shoals–influenced , Conductor Baritone soul music. Led by their charismatic lead Marc-André Hamelin, Piano Tuesday, February 23 at 8 PM Heidi Melton, Soprano Ivari Ilja, Piano singer, Paul Janeway—who at one point Stern/Perelman left the stage and writhed ecstatically on Friday, February 19 at 7:30 PM Mitsuko Uchida, Piano Sunday, February 28 at 2 PM the steps of Zankel Hall's parquet while Weill Stern/Perelman he sang—the group left the audience Jasper roaring. Cash closed her Perspectives Wednesday, February 24 at 7:30 PM Vienna Philharmonic with a February performance that Zankel Orchestra featured her Grammy Award–winning Friday, February 19 at 9 PM Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Valery Gergiev, Conductor album The River & the Thread and Zankel Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello Southern classics. Supported by a The Pedrito Martinez stellar band that included her husband, Lars Vogt, Piano guitarist ; singer Catherine Group Russell; and a guest turn by Wilco lead Pedrito Martinez, Percussion and Lead Vocals Friday, February 26 at 8 PM LEFT vocalist and guitarist Jeff Tweedy, Cash sang memorable tales that revealed the Edgar Pantoja-Aleman, Keyboard Stern/Perelman Rosanne Cash ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT beguiling soul of the South. ■ and Vocals February 20 Vienna Philharmonic Dmitri Valery Gergiev Álvaro Benavides, Electric Bass Orchestra Hvorostovsky and the Vienna and Vocals Philharmonic Valery Gergiev, Conductor and Ivari Ilja Jhair Sala, Cowbell, Bongos, February 17 Orchestra and Vocals February 27 Stephanie Berger 22 23 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

Thursday, March 3 at 8 PM BELOW RIGHT Stern/Perelman Osmo Vänskä Vicente Amigo MARCH and the March 4 Minnesota Osmo Vänskä, Music Director Orchestra FAR RIGHT March 3 Iestyn Davies Wednesday, March 2 at 8 PM and Conductor , Violin performing Stern/Perelman Handel's Orlando Russian National Orchestra with Harry Bicket Friday, March 4 at 7:30 PM and The English Mikhail Pletnev, Artistic Director Weill Concert and Conductor March 13 Stefan Jackiw, Violin Vilde Frang, Violin Michail Lifits, Piano

Friday, March 4 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Vicente Amigo, Guitar Antonio “Añil” Fernández, Second Guitar Francisco “Paquito” González, Cajón Ewen Vernal, Bass Rafael de Utrera, Vocals with Special Guest Antonio Molina “El Choro,” Dancer Stephanie Berger Julien Jourdes

Friday, March 4 at 8 PM Thursday, March 10 at 8 PM Sunday, March 13 at 2 PM Saturday, March 5 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Sunday, March 6 at 3 PM Orchestra of St. Luke’s The English Concert Knockdown Center Pablo Heras-Casado, Principal Harry Bicket, Artistic Director WEST SIDE STORY Conductor and Conductor Javier Perianes, Piano Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Saturday, March 5 at 10 PM Marina Heredia, Flamenco Singer Erin Morley, Soprano Zankel Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano The Wood Brothers Friday, March 11 at 7:30 PM Carolyn Sampson, Soprano Zankel Kyle Ketelsen, Bass-Baritone

Wednesday, March 9 at 8 PM Quatuor Ebène Stern/Perelman Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 PM Zankel Renée Fleming, Soprano Friday, March 11 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman , Violin Olga Kern, Piano The New York Pops Emanuel Ax, Piano Steven Reineke, Music Director and Conductor Tuesday, March 15 at 8 PM and Betsy Wolfe, Stern/Perelman Guest Artists Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Steve J. Sherman , Music Director and Conductor Maria João Pires, Piano 24 25 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 23 at 8 PM BELOW RIGHT Zankel Stern/Perelman YUNDI Mohammad March 23 Motamedi and Paul Appleby, Tenor YUNDI, Piano Rosario Guerrero Ken Noda, Piano "La Tremendita" March 18 Matthew Aucoin, Piano Wednesday, March 30 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman FAR RIGHT Friday, March 18 at 8:30 PM Dianne Reeves, Vocalist Dianne Reeves March 30 Zankel Peter Martin, Piano Rosario Guerrero Romero Lubambo, Guitar “La Tremendita,” Vocals Reginald Veal, Bass Terreon Gully, Drums and Musical Direction Mohammad Motamedi, Vocals Salvador Gutiérrez, Guitar Sina Jahanabadi, Kamancheh Pablo Martín Jones, Percussion Habib Meftah Boushehri, Percussion José Manuel Ramos “El Oruco,” Palmas Abel Harana, Palmas

Saturday, March 19 at 9 PM Pete Checchia Jennifer Taylor Zankel Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Randy Weston, Piano TK Blue, Alto Saxophone and Cándido Camero, Conga Drums Alex Blake, Bass Neil Clarke, African Percussion

Sunday, March 20 at 5 PM SHARING 125 YEARS OF HISTORY Weill The MET Chamber Ensemble Andrew Carnegie’s vision for a new music hall for New York City and 125 years of brilliant musical history on the stages that James Levine, Artistic Director he founded were celebrated throughout this anniversary year. A special sweepstakes honored Carnegie’s Scottish roots. and Conductor A Visit to the Auld Country offered a lucky winner a free trip to his birthplace in Dunfermline, Scotland. Carnegie Hall also Brandon Cedel, Bass-Baritone commemorated its Scottish heritage by participating in the 2016 Tartan Day Parade. On a rainy April morning, Carnegie Hall staff, volunteers, and friends sported shirts with the motto “Great Scot!” and marched behind a Carnegie Hall banner.

Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 PM Zankel Great Moments at Carnegie Hall, a 43-CD box set from Classical, chronicles eight decades of unforgettable performances at the world’s most famous concert hall. Drawn from Carnegie Hall’s archives, these live recordings—some released for the first Standard Time with time—feature such artists as Vladimir Horowitz, , , Yo-Yo Ma, , and many Michael Feinstein others. A richly illustrated 104-page hardcover book, with fascinating notes by Gino Francesconi, Carnegie Hall’s archivist, Michael Feinstein, Artistic Director complements the historic collection. with Special Guests Liz Callaway Faircount Media Group published Carnegie Hall: 125 Years of an Iconic Music Venue’s Most Remarkable People and Memorable Events. This limited-edition, glossy magazine features in-depth stories, personal reminiscences, and tributes from artists, staff Susan Powell members, and volunteers, along with hundreds of archival photos. ■ Julien Jourdes 26 27 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

Thursday, April 7 at 8 PM Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM Stern/Perelman Weill APRIL Orchestra of St. Luke’s Ensemble ACJW Nicholas McGegan, Conductor Friday, April 1 at 7:30 PM Susan Graham, Mezzo-Soprano Wednesday, April 13 at 8 PM Zankel Stern/Perelman American Composers Friday, April 8 at 7:30 PM Symphony Weill Orchestra , Music George Manahan, Music Director Dover Quartet Director and Conductor and Conductor Inon Barnatan, Piano Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, Vocals and Ud Friday, April 8 at 8 PM Steven LaBrie, Baritone Stern/Perelman Thursday, April 14 at 8 PM Neeraj Jain, Video Artist The New York Pops Stern/Perelman Steven Reineke, Music Director Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 PM and Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Zankel Director and Conductor Kronos Quartet Saturday, April 9 at 7 PM Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano with Special Guests Stern/Perelman Simon O’Neill, Tenor Ritva Koistinen, Kantele Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano Philip White, Electronics Friday, April 15 at 7:30 PM James Ehnes, Violin Weill Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 PM , Viola Christiane Karg, Soprano Zankel Clemens Hagen, Cello , Piano Pete Checchia , Piano Gabriel Kahane, Piano and Vocals

LEFT RIGHT Gabriel Kahane Kronos Quartet and Timo Andres April 2 April 7 125 COMMISSIONS PROJECT / RICHARD AND BARBARA DEBS CREATIVE CHAIR

Carnegie Hall celebrated its 125th anniversary by honoring the present and looking to the future with the launch of an unprecedented commissioning project. Between the 2015–2016 and 2019–2020 seasons, at least 125 new works will be commissioned from leading composers—both established and emerging—and premiered at Carnegie Hall. During the project’s inaugural season, 35 new solo, chamber, and orchestral works received their premieres. Works by , Magnus Lindberg, Olga Neuwirth, Kevin Puts, and others were performed by the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and other renowned ensembles. , , Glenn Kotche, and were among the composers whose chamber works were premiered by such noted ensembles as the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Sō Percussion, and eighth blackbird. In addition, composer-performers that included Brad Mehldau, Timo Andres, and Gabriel Kahane offered personal views of their own compositions.

As part of the 125 Commissions Project, the Kronos Quartet was appointed the Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair. The quartet and the Kronos Performing Arts Association collaborated with Carnegie Hall to launch Fifty for the Future, an initiative in which 50 new works devoted to contemporary approaches to the string quartet—designed expressly for the training of students and emerging professionals—will be commissioned over the next five seasons. ■ Stephanie Berger 28 29 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT

COMPOSER TITLE PERFORMERS MAGNUS Vivo New York LINDBERG (World Premiere, Philharmonic KRONOS QUARTET’S co-commissioned JOHN ADAMS Second Quartet St. Lawrence by Carnegie Hall) Alan Gilbert, (NY Premiere, String Quartet Music Director and FIFTY FOR THE FUTURE co-commissioned Conductor by Carnegie Hall) The following composers were commissioned as part STEVEN MACKEY Before It Is Time Sō Percussion TIMO ANDRES Strong Language Takács Quartet (NY Premiere, of Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire (NY Premiere, co-commissioned project. Kronos Quartet presented the world premiere co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) 125 COMMISSIONS by Carnegie Hall) of a Fifty for the Future commissioned work at its own BRAD MEHLDAU Three Pieces After Brad Mehldau, Zankel Hall performance in April 2016; also that month, TIMO ANDRES Mirror Songs Gabriel Kahane, Bach Piano PROJECT (NY Premiere, Piano and Vocals new works by many of the following composers were co-commissioned (World Premiere, performed as part of a Weill Music Institute workshop by Carnegie Hall) co-commissioned Carnegie Hall celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2015–2016 by by Carnegie Hall) for young string quartets led by Kronos Quartet. MATTHEW AUCOIN Merrill Songs Paul Appleby, Tenor honoring the present and looking to the future with the launch (World Premiere, DAVID Original Films to Gil Shaham, Violin Ken Noda, Piano Accompany Bach’s of an unprecedented commissioning project. Between the 2015 co-commissioned MICHALEK David Michalek, by Carnegie Hall) Complete Solo Violin and 2020 seasons, at least 125 new works will be commissioned Sonatas and Partitas Original Films from leading composers—both established and emerging—and BROTHERS BALLIETT The Seven Ages Ensemble ACJW (NY Premiere, FODÉ LASSANA Sunjata’s Time Kronos Quartet premiered at Carnegie Hall. (World Premiere, at National Sawdust co-commissioned DIABATÉ (arr. Jacob Garchik) by Carnegie Hall) Argus Quartet commissioned by Manhattan (NY Premiere, Carnegie Hall) Friction Quartet OLGA NEUWIRTH Masaot / Clocks Vienna co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) Lead support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. RICHARD ... Of Love and Isabel Leonard, Without Hands Philharmonic Ligeti Quartet Major support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation. DANIELPOUR Longing Mezzo-Soprano (NY Premiere, Orchestra YOTAM HABER break_break_break Kronos Quartet Public support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. (World Premiere, co-commissioned , (World Premiere, Additional funding is provided by members of Carnegie Hall’s Composer Club. co-commissioned Sharon Isbin, Guitar by Carnegie Hall) Valery Gergiev Conductor co-commissioned THE by Carnegie Hall) ANDREW W. by Carnegie Hall) MELLON FOUNDATION KEVIN PUTS The City (film by MICHAEL FEINSTEIN “Carnegie Hall” Michael Feinstein GARTH KNOX Satellites Argus Quartet (World Premiere, James Bartolomeo) Symphony JOHN BUCCHINO, John Bucchino, (NY Premiere, co-commissioned (NY Premiere, Orchestra Friction Quartet Lyricist by Carnegie Hall) Piano co-commissioned co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) Ligeti Quartet by Carnegie Hall) Marin Alsop, TED HEARNE Baby (an Ensemble ACJW Music Director and argument) ALEKSANDRA My Desert, Kronos Quartet Conductor VREBALOV My Rose (World Premiere, commissioned by MEHMET ALI Harabat / The American (World Premiere, Carnegie Hall) SANLIKOL Intoxicated Composers co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) ROBERT HONSTEIN Arctic I: Neighborhood (World Premiere, Orchestra co-commissioned Four Chinese Midnight Sun Concert: Mivos George Manahan, Kronos Quartet by Carnegie Hall) Paintings (commissioned Quartet Music Director and Argus Quartet (arr. Danny Clay) by Carnegie Hall) at Pregones Theater Conductor Friction Quartet (NY Premiere, Bronx Mehmet Ali co-commissioned Ligeti Quartet Sanlikol, Vocals by Carnegie Hall) GABRIEL KAHANE Works on Timo Andres and Ud Paper (NY Premiere, SLEEPING GIANT Hand Eye eighth blackbird The following composers were also commissioned co-commissioned (NY Premiere, by Carnegie Hall) co-commissioned as part of Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning by Carnegie Hall) AARON JAY KERNIS String Quartet Jasper String Repertoire: No. 3, “River” Quartet SŌ PERCUSSION / Timeline Sō Percussion (NY Premiere, SHARA WORDEN (NY Premiere, Shara Worden, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh co-commissioned co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) by Carnegie Hall) Voice Ken Benshoof GLENN KOTCHE Migrations Sō Percussion TAN DUN Passacaglia: Secret of National Youth Rhiannon Giddens (World Premiere, Glenn Kotche, Wind and Birds Orchestra of the Tanya Tagaq commissioned by (World Premiere United States of Carnegie Hall) Percussion at Performing America Merlijn Twaalfhoven Arts Center, Purchase HANNAH LASH Concerto for American , SUNY, with an Charles Dutoit, Harp and Composers additional performance Conductor Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; Orchestra commissioned George Manahan, by Carnegie Hall) (World Premiere, Music Director and co-commissioned Conductor CONRAD Joint Account American by Carnegie Hall WINSLOW for Orchestra Composers with support from Hannah Lash, Harp The Cheswatyr and Video Orchestra Foundation) (World Premiere, George Manahan, commissioned by JONATHAN LESHNOFF Zohar Atlanta Symphony Carnegie Hall) Music Director and (NY Premiere, Orchestra and Conductor Steve J. Sherman co-commissioned Chorus Paul Lieber, by Carnegie Hall) Robert Spano, Projections Music Director and Conductor 30 31 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT Stephanie Berger Steve J. Sherman Stefan Cohen Chris Lee Chris Lee

ABOVE ABOVE RIGHT Friday, April 15 at 8 PM Saturday, April 16 at 8 PM Wednesday, April 20 at 8 PM Yo-Yo Ma and Marin Alsop and Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman Emanuel Ax the Baltimore April 15 Symphony Yo-Yo Ma, Cello Baltimore Symphony Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Emanuel Ax, Piano Orchestra Orchestra LEFT April 16 Marin Alsop, Music Director , Chief Conductor Buika and Conductor April 26 FAR RIGHT Friday, April 15 at 9 PM Jeremy Denk Zankel Tuesday, April 26 at 8 PM April 17 Kronos: Creating a Sunday, April 17 at 2 PM Stern/Perelman Stern/Perelman New Repertoire Ana Moura Jeremy Denk, Piano Argus Quartet Buika Friction Quartet Ligeti Quartet Sunday, April 17 at 3 PM Wednesday, April 27 at 8 PM Zankel Stern/Perelman Emanuel Ax, Piano

Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM Saturday, April 30 at 8 PM Zankel Stern/Perelman Takács Quartet Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , Piano Robert Spano, Music Director and Conductor Tuesday, April 19 at 8 PM Jessica Rivera, Soprano Stern/Perelman Nmon Ford, Baritone Bavarian Radio Symphony Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Norman Mackenzie, Director Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Chief Conductor Jack Vartoogian Leonidas Kavakos, Violin 32 33 2015 | 2016 CONCERT SEASON ANNUAL REPORT Chris Lee Steve J. Sherman Richard Termine Chris Lee

Friday, May 6 at 7:30 PM Thursday, May 19 at 8 PM MAY Zankel Stern/Perelman JUNE/JULY 125TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT Philharmonia Baroque The MET Orchestra Orchestra James Levine, Music Director Emeritus and Conductor Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30 PM On May 5, 2016, 125 years to the day after it opened, Carnegie Hall marked its Nicholas McGegan, Music Director Saturday, June 18 at 7:30 PM Weill anniversary with a star-studded gala concert. Superstars from every musical genre, and Conductor Evgeny Kissin, Piano Zankel Ariel Quartet including beloved Artist Trustees, were present, along with the evening’s host, Richard Suzana Ograjenšek, Soprano Yefim Bronfman, Piano Gere, to celebrate what he called a “125th-birthday party.” The festivities opened with Diana Moore, Mezzo-Soprano Saturday, May 21 at 12 PM Guy Braunstein, Violin a stirring rendition of the national anthem sung by the Oratorio Society of New Clint van der Linde, Countertenor Resnick Thursday, May 5 at 7 PM York with the support of brass players positioned throughout the auditorium. It was Nicholas Phan, Tenor Spring Family Day Stern/Perelman with great pride that a wide range of Carnegie Hall’s programming was gloriously Thursday, July 14 at 8 PM Douglas Williams, Bass-Baritone 125th Anniversary Gala showcased. Guests were also honored by a surprise video appearance by First Lady Stern/Perelman Michelle Obama, who congratulated the Hall on this important occasion and sent her Sunday, May 22 at 3 PM Martina Arroyo National Youth Orchestra best wishes for continued success in the years to come. Emanuel Ax and Lang Lang Saturday, May 7 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Emanuel Ax of the United States of played piano four-hands and were then joined by Yo-Yo Ma, while Renée Fleming sang Stern/Perelman The MET Orchestra Michael Feinstein a Strauss song with violinist Itzhak Perlman and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under Pablo Yefim Bronfman, Piano America Renée Fleming David Robertson, Conductor Heras-Casado. There was also a and Irving Berlin medley with Isabel , Conductor Marilyn Horne Renée Fleming, Soprano Leonard and Michael Feinstein, and James Taylor sang two of his own songs, teaming Emanuel Ax, Piano Lang Lang with Yo-Yo Ma for ’s “Here Comes the Sun.” A rousing finale, in which Wednesday, May 11 at 8 PM Isabel Leonard all the evening’s performers joined forces for a jubilant rendition of “The Joint Is Really Stern/Perelman Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 PM Yo-Yo Ma Jumpin’ in Carnegie Hall,” capped the gala evening. The Philadelphia Orchestra Weill Itzhak Perlman Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director Melody Moore, Soprano ■ and Conductor James Taylor For more information about the Gala, please go to page 75. Robert Mollicone, Piano Orchestra of St. Luke’s Lang Lang, Piano Pablo Heras-Casado, Principal Thursday, May 26 at 8 PM Conductor Saturday, May 14 at 8 PM Stern/Perelman Oratorio Society of New York Stern/Perelman Kent Tritle, Music Director The MET Orchestra ABOVE ABOVE RIGHT FAR RIGHT , Piano Richard Gere, Host James Levine, Music Director Emeritus 125th Yuja Wang James Levine Anniversary May 14 and The MET and Conductor Gala Orchestra Christine Goerke, Soprano May 5 May 19 Stefan Vinke, Tenor 34 35 2015 | 2016 CARNEGIE HALL DIGITAL INITIATIVES ANNUAL REPORT CARNEGIE HALL DIGITAL INITIATIVES

Carnegie Hall strives to bring the gift of music to the greatest The Carnegie Hall concert experience was shared with a number of people and communities through its partner vast global audience via live webcasts and radio broadcasts. programs and technology. During the 2015–2016 season, a The Opening Night Gala, featuring Perspectives artist tremendous range of digital initiatives educated, engaged, Evgeny Kissin and the New York Philharmonic conducted and entertained music lovers outside the walls of the by Alan Gilbert, was broadcast free of charge by Carnegie historic building with content for their computers and Hall partner medici.tv. There were also live streams from mobile devices. the Carnegie Hall stage of Yuja Wang’s May recital, and from ’s historic Concertgebouw featuring In December, music lovers around the globe were able to the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of step onto the Carnegie Hall stage and place themselves at America with pianist Denis Matsuev conducted by the center of a performance by The Philadelphia Orchestra Valery Gergiev. The longstanding partnership between conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin without leaving Carnegie Hall and WQXR continued with another season their homes. The magic was done through an interactive, of the Carnegie Hall Live series. The series opened with a 360-degree video, one of the groundbreaking digital projects broadcast of the Opening Night Gala and continued with 125TH ANNIVERSARY DIGITAL CONTENT with the Cultural Institute, a new Carnegie Hall chamber music played by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, partner. Additionally, there were online exhibitions offering a Beethoven symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker Carnegie Hall celebrated its 125th anniversary by honoring its unsurpassed gigapixel image—composed of one billion pixels—of the ceiling and Sir Simon Rattle, Baroque favorites performed by artistic heritage while also looking to the future with a number of highly creative of Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage; a celebration of Black Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki, tenor Jonas initiatives, many of which unfolded on a digital platform. Carnegie Hall’s YouTube History Month; a Google Street View, which allowed a virtual Kaufmann in a song recital, the Bavarian Radio Symphony channel featured highlights of the 2015–2016 season with videos from Executive tour from anywhere in the world; and more. Orchestra and Mariss Jansons performing Shostakovich’s and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson as well as many featured artists. There were “Leningrad” Symphony, and more. Over a dozen concerts also videos that offered whimsical looks at Carnegie Hall and its history. “How were broadcast, and WQXR and Carnegie Hall hosted live Do You Get to Carnegie Hall” asked people on New York City streets the timeless conversations on with participants who joined in question, and the answers were classic. The “Carnegie Hall Supercut” featured using the hashtag #CHLive. snippets from 21 films, television shows, and cartoons in which Carnegie Hall is mentioned, while 40 New York City second graders were invited to a surprise concert In May, Carnegie Hall became the first venue with delightful results in “Celebrating the Audience of Tomorrow.” “Middle C” to serve as an Apple Music curator. Subscribers to Apple captured the sound of the note heard on a piano, a bell, a car , and in birdsong, as Music were able to sample playlists that reflected Carnegie well as other likely and unlikely settings, tying it all to words beginning with the letter Hall’s concert programming and celebrated renowned “C” that relate to Carnegie Hall. artists—from the past and present—who appeared on the Hall’s three stages. The initial offering featured highlights When you celebrate a 125th anniversary, you have stories to tell, and members of the from Sony Classical’s Great Moments at Carnegie Hall, a Carnegie Hall family shared theirs while inviting audience members and friends to collection of historical recordings spanning eight decades. share their own. The Dear Carnegie Hall app used high-end technology, including There was also a playlist curated by the Kronos Quartet— augmented reality videos, to scan a set of postcards that presented 12 different holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair— personal stories about Carnegie Hall. There were exclusive interviews with mezzo- that featured works performed by the quartet over the soprano Susan Graham and composer , stories about and course of four decades at Carnegie Hall. , a gallery to play videos, material from the Carnegie Hall Archives presented via animation, and an option to record your own story or memory, link it to a photo, and send it as a digital postcard. Carnegie Hall Stories is an ongoing online archive of stories shared by artists, audiences, friends, and staff. There were tales of memorable concerts, unusual experiences, first visits to Carnegie Hall, and much more.

Of course, Carnegie Hall’s history is tied to a remarkable cast of composers, musicians, and philanthropists. These luminaries were celebrated with the launch of the Carnegie Hall Digital Hall of Fame. Twelve inaugural honorees were profiled on Carnegie Hall’s website with biographies, archival photographs, videos, and specially commissioned portraits by digital artist Stanley Chow. 36 37 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT

During the 2015–2016 season, the Weill Music Institute (WMI) offered a vast range of music education and community programs that reached over half a million people in New York City, across the US, and around the world.

In honor of Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary, WMI launched The Somewhere Project, a citywide exploration of West Side Story. Nearly 10,000 people from across the five boroughs engaged with the masterwork’s magnificent music and timeless themes. The project culminated with three March performances of West Side Story at the Knockdown Center, a restored factory in Queens.

In July 2016, the brightest young players from across the nation came together to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America for the fourth consecutive summer. In July, they performed at Carnegie Hall with conductor Christoph Eschenbach and pianist Emanuel Ax, before embarking on an international tour with conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev. The summer of 2016 also saw the launch of NYO2, a program designed for talented young musicians from communities underserved and underrepresented in the classical orchestral field. These were but three of the many WMI projects that enriched lives through the transformative power of music.

LEFT West Side Story at the Knockdown Center Richard Termine March 5 38 39 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT 2,746

audience members March 4–6, 2016 traveled to Maspeth, Knockdown Center | Queens Queens. WEST SIDE STORY Based on a Conception of

Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Lyrics by

Entire Original Production Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS

Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince Fadi Kheir Chris Lee By Arrangement with Roger L. Stevens WEST SIDE with STORY Skylar Astin | Bianca Marroquín | Donald Jones Jr. | Manny Stark PERFORMERS ABOVE and West Side Story Alex Aquilino | Stanley Bahorek | Olutayo Bosede | Ariana Crowder | Karli Dinardo | Zack Everhart | Hannah Florence March 5 200 high school singers from all five boroughs Damon J. Gillespie | Sam Lips | Robin Masella | Raymond Joel Matsamura | Melissa Hunter McCann | Dashi Mitchell | Emilio Ramos Julian Ramos | Alex Ringler | Sherisse Springer | Clay Thomson | James Tolbert | Jessica Walker | Michelle West | Ricardo Zayas 15 high school apprentice cast members HIGHLIGHTS 32 high schools represented in the production Kaitlyn Benzant | Angel Blanco | Kendall Carter | Emanuel Figueroa | Alexis Garcia | Fabian Garcia | Sebastian Garcia | Reyna Guerra 29 professional cast members AND ACCLAIM Anijah Lezama | Alexa Maetta | Hállie Richardson | Sydney Richardson | Jillian Schear | Martina Viadana | Daniella Zunic 40-piece professional orchestra wrote of the featuring performance: “The sound of so many Chuck Cooper | Peter Gerety voices added a layer of emotional plushness to the songs that was and introducing goose-pimple–inducing, and utterly Morgan Hernandez irresistible. So, really, was the entire production, which may have been THE SOMEWHERE conceived in part as a public-spirited educational project, but ultimately Scenic Design General Management Community Activities Production Stage Manager became a simple yet transporting Eugene Lee Mitch Weiss Coordinator Lloyd Davis Jr. PROJECT production of a great musical.” MW Entertainment Group Eduardo Placer Sound Design Musical Project Consultant During the 2015–2016 season, Carnegie Hall led The Somewhere Project, a The Huffington Post said, “If theater is Nevin Steinberg Costume Design Lighting Design Thomas Cabaniss sprawling citywide exploration of West Side Story mounted in celebration of the Hall’s a reflection of our society, The Somewhere Tracy Christensen Edward Pierce 125th anniversary. Nearly 10,000 people from across all five boroughs engaged with this Project’s take on the classic musical West Hair Designer Assistant Director masterwork’s timeless music and themes. From March 4–6, 2016, three extraordinary Side Story this past weekend provides J. Jared Janas Orchestra Contractor Production Manager Brendan Flynn culminating performances of West Side Story were presented at the Knockdown Center, hope that there can be peace if only Seymour “Red” Press David Benken a restored factory in Queens. In dozens of settings across the city, young people, artists, we ask what it means universally to be Casting Assistant Choreographer and community members have affirmed how the themes found in this quintessential human, instead of reinforcing the labels Stewart/Whitley Fight Director Melissa Rae Mahon New York story written 60 years ago—love, conflict, learning to live alongside those that make us different.” Tom Schall who are different in this diverse and complex city—still resonate among us in such a contemporary way.

Musical Supervisor Musical Director and Conductor Leslie Stifelman Marin Alsop WEST SIDE STORY “I still have a lot of room to grow, but this has definitely Jerome Robbins Choreography Re-Created by Production Directed and Conceived by Directed by Amanda Dehnert, this production blurred the boundary between students prepared me for the Julio Monge Amanda Dehnert and professionals. Fifteen high school–aged apprentice performers joined the cast of the future.” production, immersing themselves in the movement and music of this incredible work. Additional Choreography by The production also featured a choir of high school students from across the city, adding a —Emanuel Figueroa, apprentice cast Sean Cheesman new dimension to Leonard Bernstein’s iconic score under the direction of Marin Alsop. member, age 15 40 41 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT

EIGHT SONGWRITING PROJECTS SONGWRITING Belmont Academy Bronx Hope Academy PROJECTS AND Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music DeWitt Clinton High School NEIGHBORHOOD The New York Foundling Make the Road New York and Bushwick Campus CONCERTS Community School Sing Sing Correctional Facility Public school students and community members—including Carnegie Hall Future Music Project court-involved youth, young mothers in foster care, and adults in the correctional system—were given the opportunity to Stephanie Berger express themselves through their own original music inspired FIVE FREE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERTS Jennifer Taylor by West Side Story through Carnegie Hall’s songwriting projects in Musical Connections, the Lullaby Project, and February 5 Future Music Project. Much of this music was performed Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band in five free Neighborhood Concerts, which took place in each of the Arts | Bronx borough of New York City during the weeks leading up to Carnegie Hall’s production of West Side Story. February 19 Slavic Soul Party! ONLINE COMPANION BRIC House | “We are working with expectant and COURSE often young mothers who, more often February 21 than not, feel displaced in some way. The Itty Biddies Carnegie Hall partnered with online music school Soundfly to produce an interactive To dream about ‘a place for us,’ for our Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical online companion course that is available to users around the globe free of charge. Its children, allowed us to speak more Garden | Staten Island 22 videos—viewed by nearly 100,000 users to date—explore the music, dance, social intimately, instill more trust, become issues, and other artistic elements of West Side Story. more vulnerable with one another.” February 24 —Saskia Lane, Lullaby Project artist Sarah Elizabeth Charles soundfly.com/WestSideStory Stage Gatehouse | Manhattan “Before incarceration, we think of home as a single place. Home is only inside February 26 your home and everywhere else is not. Brown Rice Family In here, when we talk about ‘When are LaGuardia Performing Arts Center | Queens PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS you going home?’ we don’t mean a specific place. We mean, ‘anywhere but Working across all artistic disciplines, 12 partner organizations also joined the here. Somewhere that’s free, free from project, exploring its themes in their own programming. hate, free from fear.’” —Kenyatta, inmate at Sing Sing “It’s not about us 12 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS Correctional Facility LEFT anymore. It’s about The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx Neighborhood Concert: Brown having the younger Brooklyn College Community Partnership, Brooklyn Rice Family ones grow up and DreamYard, Bronx at LaGuardia Hudson Guild, Manhattan Performing know what’s going on, Arts Center and understand that LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Queens February 26 somewhere, somehow Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, Bronx there is a place for BridgeUp, Bronx and Manhattan Opportunity Music Project, Manhattan them to fit in.” ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Youth Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Manhattan —Tramaine, participant from LaGuardia The Somewhere The Somewhere Park Avenue Armory, Manhattan Project: Belmont Project at Performing Arts Center, speaking about Renaissance Youth Center, Bronx Final Concert Sing Sing his group’s original theater piece titled January 26 Correctional Unpacking American Identity: Black University Settlement, Manhattan Facility with Lives Matter Joyce DiDonato Nan Melville carnegiehall.org/WestSideStory December 18 42 43 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT

FOR MUSICAL EXPLORERS (GRADES K–2) STUDENTS This inventive program, for which Carnegie Hall partners with teachers at schools throughout New York City, builds basic music skills in the classroom as children learn songs from different cultures, reflect on their own communities, AND TEACHERS and develop and listening skills. During the 2015–2016 season, students explored Greek folk, Malian traditional, Indian classical, jazz, Southeast Asian traditional, and salsa musical styles. They also interacted with the professional musicians featured in the program during culminating concerts each semester at Carnegie Hall.

December 8–11 | Zankel May 10–13 | Zankel Sid Solomon, Host Sid Solomon, Host Chris Lee Chris Lee Magda Giannikou, Vocals Bobby Sanabria, Drums Perlson, Percussion and Vocals Ignacio Hernandez, Guitar Peter Brainin, Flute, Tenor Or Bareket, Bass Saxophone, and Vocals Oreste Abrantes, Congas Yacouba Sissoko, Kora and Vocals During the 2015–2016 season, Link Up was shared with partner Idrissa Kone, Percussion Darwin Noguera, Piano LINK UP orchestras from Alaska to , and around the world. Falguni Shah, Vocalist and Vocals (GRADES 3–5) Gaurav Shah, Harmonium Andy Eulau, Electric Bass 2015–2016 LINK UP PARTNERS Daniel Blume, Guitar and Vocals In this highly participatory program, students learn to sing and Dave Sharma, Drums Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory Brianna Thomas, Vocals play the recorder in the classroom and then perform with a Deep Singh, Tabla of Music (Louisiana) , Trumpet Bruce Harris professional orchestra from their seats at culminating concerts Adrian Symphony Orchestra (Michigan) Conun Pappas, Piano at Carnegie Hall. During the 2015–2016 season, New York City Akron Symphony () Devin Starks, Bass students participated in The Orchestra Rocks, which explores Darrian Douglas, Drums elements of rhythm through a range of orchestral repertoire. Albany Symphony Orchestra (Georgia) Amarillo Symphony (Texas) Jen Shyu, Vocals, Moon Lute, and Saron May 23, 24, and 27 Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (Michigan) Stern/Perelman Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra (Arkansas) Art of Music Foundation (Kenya) The following organizations have adapted Musical The Orchestra Rocks Explorers for use in their own communities, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Artis—Naples (Florida) working with Carnegie Hall to develop versions of Rossen Milanov, Conductor Austin Symphony Orchestra (Texas) the program that feature artists and cultures from Thomas Cabaniss, Host Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (Brazil) their own areas. Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Vocalist Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (New York) Christian Figueroa, Vocalist Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (Canada) Savannah Music Festival (Savannah, Georgia) Shanna Lesniak-Whitney, Vocalist Carnegie Hall–Lewisburg, West Virginia (West Virginia) Omaha Performing Arts (Omaha, Nebraska) Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Violin Carolina Philharmonic (North Carolina) The Broad Stage (Santa Monica, ) Elinha Karokhina, Balalaika Charleston Symphony Orchestra (South Carolina) Bushnell Center (Hartford, Connecticut) Black Fire Percussion, Drumline Colorado Springs Philharmonic (Colorado) Edward R. Murrow High School Chorus Columbus Symphony (Ohio) Fort High School Chorus East Texas Symphony Orchestra (Texas) LEFT Forest Hills High School Chorus Carnegie Kids: Susan Fenichell, Director El Paso Symphony Orchestra (Texas) My City, My Song , Visuals Designer Eugene Symphony (Oregon) with Falu Dan Scully December 12 Mary Louise Geiger, Lighting Designer Townsend Olcott, Production Stage Manager Richard Termine ABOVE RIGHT Link Up May 24 44 45 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT

Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra (Arizona) Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Symphony Nova Scotia (Canada) The Florida Orchestra (Florida) (Florida) Symphony Orchestra Augusta (Georgia) Fort Wayne Philharmonic (Indiana) Oklahoma City Philharmonic Symphoria (New York) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (Texas) (Oklahoma) Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Fresno Philharmonic (California) Omaha Symphony (Nebraska) (Washington) Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra (Oregon) Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra (Mississippi) Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río (Florida) Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra () Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra () Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra (Spain) (Canada)

Hartford Symphony Orchestra Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Tulsa Symphony (Oklahoma) Courtesy of Tocando, a program of the El Paso Symphony (Connecticut) Asturias (Spain) University of Alabama (Alabama) Honeywell Center (Indiana) Pacific Music Festival (Japan) Vermont Youth Orchestra Association Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Regina Symphony Orchestra (Canada) (Vermont) (Indiana) Reno Philharmonic (Nevada) VITA Academy (California) Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Walla Walla Symphony (Washington) (Florida) Music School (Rhode Island) West Michigan Symphony (Michigan) Juneau Symphony (Alaska) Rockford Symphony Orchestra (Illinois) Kansas City Symphony (Missouri) Rogue Valley Symphony (Oregon) Kenai Peninsula Orchestra (Alaska) Sacramento Philharmonic & Kingsville Symphony Orchestra (Texas) (California) Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (Canada) St. Louis Symphony (Missouri) Lansing Symphony Orchestra (Michigan) San Antonio Symphony (Texas) Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Santa Rosa Symphony (California) (Louisiana) Seattle Symphony (Washington) PLAYUSA BEGINS IN THREE Madison Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia Gulf Coast (Florida) PLAY USA NATIONAL SITES () South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (GRADES K–12) Maryland Symphony Orchestra (Arkansas) Three projects working with students in Texas, Ohio, and (Maryland) South Carolina Philharmonic PlayUSA was a new initiative in the 2015–2016 season, Louisiana were selected in the inaugural year of PlayUSA. Meridian Symphony Orchestra (South Carolina) supporting partner organizations across the country that In El Paso, Texas, The Tocando After School Music Program, (Mississippi) Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra offer instrumental music education programs designed to an El Paso Symphony Orchestra initiative, was originally Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (South Carolina) reach low-income and underserved K–12 students. Partner created to engage disconnected youth in elementary schools, (Wisconsin) Spokane Symphony (Washington) organizations received funding, consultation with Carnegie providing them with intensive music instruction, academic Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Hall staff to address challenges and build on best practices, and tutoring, and nutritional meals. PlayUSA supported expansion (Mississippi) training and professional development for teachers and staff, of the Tocando program to a second El Paso location, while both online and in person. Modesto Symphony Orchestra also assisting teaching artists and professional development. (California) In Columbus, Ohio, a long-term partnership between the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Columbus City Music in the Mountains (California) Schools resulted in the Columbus All City Orchestra. PlayUSA North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra gave the CSO an opportunity to expand this sustained, high- (Mississippi) quality music instruction for underserved students through a program providing private lessons with CSO musicians. “It is our hope that by offering private lessons,” says CSO Director of Education Jeani Stahler, “we will be able to increase the number of students auditioning for and ABOVE performing in our youth orchestra, ensuring that the Tocando After ensemble is representative of our entire community.” The School Music final program in the inaugural year of PlayUSA, the Louisiana Program, Philharmonic Orchestra’s (LPO) Music for Life program, El Paso, Texas offered disadvantaged young people an opportunity to study music in private and small group settings with LPO musicians and peers from the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras. PlayUSA also provided instruments for students in the New LEFT Orleans area and offset costs for music stands, books, and artist Link Up mentor engagement fees. In the 2016–2017 season, PlayUSA May 24 expands to serve seven partner organizations. Chris Lee 46 47 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT Richard Termine Richard Termine Jennifer Taylor Stefan Cohen

FUTURE COUNT MUSIC FOR FAMILIES MUSIC ME IN EDUCATORS PROJECT (GRADE 8) WORKSHOP CARNEGIE KIDS (AGES 14–19) Count Me In served New York City (ENSEMBLE (AGES 3–6) middle-school singers, many of whom DIRECTORS) Carnegie Hall offered young people have never studied music before and The intimate Resnick Education Wing hands-on experience in all facets whose schools do not have established hosted 16 free performances for little “This was the most important event of contemporary music-making in choral programs. Students from ones, featuring terrific musicians of my professional career,” said Zenda the inaugural year of its afterschool across the city received afterschool playing a vast range of music from Swearingen, the chorus director and program, the Future Music Project. instruction and training in Carnegie world to folk. These highly participatory fine arts chairman at J. H. Workman In weekly afterschool workshops Hall’s Resnick Education Wing, concerts encourage creativity and bring Middle School in Pensacola, Florida. throughout the school year, ranging preparing them to audition for out the child in everyone. from songwriting and digital music arts high schools. Ms. Swearingen was a participant in creation to concert production, teens the second annual Summer Music Educators Workshop, a four-day learned the skills needed to create, ABOVE LEFT course for school and community perform, and produce their own original Future Music music. Young composer Ana Lucía ensemble directors working with Project: Galarza, a student at The City College middle- or high-school–aged Songwriting of New York, one of the participants ensembles. Educators from across Workshop in the program, spoke of her experience, the nation met in the Resnick February 3 “It’s the perfect space to write Education Wing (REW) and engaged ABOVE RIGHT music—a space where people are doing with guest faculty on a wide range ABOVE LEFT Future Music what they want to do. We all have of topics, including ensemble pedagogy Count Me In and classroom strategies, while Project: Digital similar interests, so everyone’s here October 14 also observing student ensemble Music Production supporting each other and collaborating. Workshop It’s really beneficial—not just for people ABOVE RIGHT demonstration rehearsals. Educators November 19 who want to pursue music, but also for Summer Music exchanged best practices with people who maybe don’t have creative Educators peers and participated in lively programs in their schools. It’s a good Workshop discussions both in the REW space to be in.” July 15 and social media. RIGHT Richard Termine Carnegie Kids: My City, My Song December 12 48 49 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT Richard Termine Stefan Cohen Chris Lee Chris Lee

ABOVE AND ABOVE RIGHT BELOW Family Concert: FAMILY CONCERT LULLABY PROJECT Fall Family The New York Weekend Pops (AGES 5–10) The Lullaby Project, part of Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections October 17 December 20 program, created musical experiences for pregnant women and new mothers in homeless shelters, public hospitals, FAR RIGHT December 20 | Stern/Perelman correctional facilities, and in foster care settings. The project Lullaby Project The New York Pops: Creative Session invited participants to work with professional artists to write December 5 A Charlie Brown Christmas a personal lullaby for their babies, strengthening the bond The New York Pops between parent and child. Steven Reineke, Music Director and Conductor John Bolton, Narrator Extending across the country, the Lullaby Project enables partner New York Theatre Ballet organizations to support families in their own communities. Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Director Liza Gennaro, Director and Choreographer 2015–2016 LULLABY PROJECT PARTNERS Carmina de Dios, Costume Designer for A Charlie Austin Classical Guitar (Texas) Brown Christmas Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Maryland) Tristan Raines, Costume Designer for Holiday Follies TADA! Youth Theater Bay Chamber Concerts (Maine) Janine Nina Trevens, Executive and Artistic Director Central Ohio Symphony (Ohio) Essential Voices USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Illinois) Judith Clurman, Music Director and Conductor Curtis Institute of Music (Pennsylvania) Flint School of Performing Arts (Michigan) Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (Alaska) Leeward Community College Theatre (Hawaii) FAMILY DAYS Old Town School of (Illinois) (AGES 3–10) Palaver Strings (Massachusetts) Seattle Symphony (Washington) Carnegie Hall celebrated families with three educational The Music Settlement (Ohio) and interactive Family Days in the Resnick Education Wing. Vero Beach Museum of Art (Florida) The entire family joined in the fun, with opportunities to sing, Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia) play, and create music, or kick back and hear kid-friendly performances. VocalEssence (Minnesota)

Additionally, Carnegie Hall worked with local agencies that oversee homeless shelters and community service providers to coordinate attendance and access to concerts presented as part of Carnegie Hall’s popular Family Concerts, Neighborhood Concerts, and Carnegie Kids events. Chris Lee 51 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE Jennifer Taylor Jennifer Taylor

FOR THE COMMUNITY

NEIGHBORHOOD MUSICAL CONNECTIONS

CONCERTS This set of community-based projects links people to a variety of musical experiences created in partnership with During the 2015–2016 season, Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood city agencies, ranging from standalone concerts to intensive Concerts celebrated 40 years of partnering with local yearlong creative workshops designed to have a powerful community organizations to bring free concerts to impact on participants’ daily lives. This season, young people neighborhoods in all five boroughs. The series featured a in the justice system expressed themselves through music tremendous range of music, spanning classical art song by creating, producing, and performing original music in and swinging jazz to exotic global sounds and more, while collaboration with Musical Connections roster artists. also tapping into the pulse of diverse communities. “In Additionally, incarcerated men engaged in a yearlong learning Neighborhood Concerts, it always feels like we are bringing experience in Carnegie Hall’s eighth year of partnership with the music back home to our own neighborhoods,” said Latin Sing Sing Correctional Facility. A series of workshops focused jazz trombonist Chris Washburne, a longtime Neighborhood on composition and instrument skills, while several concerts Concert partner. “Music is such a powerful force of for the facility’s general population feature original works and community building, catharsis, transcendence, and healing, performances by participants and professional artists. and performing in Neighborhood Concerts has taught me so much about the value of that power and its potential positive role in our society.” NEON ARTS

LEFT ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT NeON Arts offers young people in seven New York City Neighborhood Chris Washburne NeON Arts communities the chance to explore the arts through a variety Concert: and the Syotos Citywide Asset of creative projects at local community-based probation offices Fatoumata Band along with Mapping Project called Neighborhood Opportunity Networks (NeONs). The Weill Diawara at the Intikana, Clay Reception Music Institute facilitates the program’s grant-making process, Schomburg Ross, and Musical September 28 coordinates citywide NeON Arts events, and works with arts Center for Connections Research in participants at the organizations and NeON stakeholders to ensure that each project, Black Culture Bronx Museum of including planning and implementation, is a collaboration that May 4 the Arts benefits the entire community. In the 2015–2016 season, NeON Stefan Cohen Stephanie Berger February 5 Arts funded 23 creative projects across the city. 52 53 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT

EDUCATIONAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY

MUSICAL EXCHANGE Pete Checchia Stefan Cohen (AGES 13 AND UP)

In this free global online community, young musicians connect with each other, share their musical performances, and participate in groups and projects led by professional artists. 2015–2016 WORKSHOPS AND MASTER CLASSES FOR YOUNG DIGITAL LIBRARY Berliner Philharmoniker MUSICIANS Carnegie Hall’s Digital Library offers a rich collection of In November, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker led five online educational materials, a multimedia library, and master classes for young players on major orchestral excerpts. interactive resources from WMI programs. Designed for use by educators, young artists, and teaching artists, the Joyce DiDonato Digital Library helps make WMI’s programs broadly WORKSHOPS AND In January, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato led three master accessible nationally and internationally through these classes for singers that focused on opera arias and were webcast online resources. The digital library includes the Music on medici.tv. Educators Toolbox, a set of free online resources for music MASTER CLASSES teachers that includes lesson plans and activities, summative and formative assessments, video examples, and documented Artists on the rise are given valuable access to world-class Marilyn Horne with Stephanie Blythe and best practices. performers and composers who have established themselves Sir Thomas Allen: The Song Continues on Carnegie Hall’s stages. Participants for these tuition-free In January, this annual festival of song, created by the great opportunities are selected after responding to an open call for American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, nurtured young auditions. Gathering in the inspirational spaces of the Resnick talent and celebrated the art of the vocal recital. Education Wing, these up-and-coming musicians receive coaching and mentoring to assist them in reaching their artistic and professional goals. Mitsuko Uchida In February, Mitsuko Uchida led a workshop for pianists, coaching the participants in concertos of Mozart—repertoire with which she is closely associated.

Kronos Quartet / Fifty for the Future As part of Carnegie Hall’s 125th Commissions Project, the Kronos Quartet and Kronos Performing Arts Association embarked on Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning ABOVE LEFT Repertoire. For the first year of the five-year initiative, Kronos Kronos: Creating Quartet collaborated with Carnegie Hall and many diverse a New Repertoire partners to commission new works devoted to contemporary Workshop April 12 approaches to the string quartet, designed expressly for the training of students and emerging professionals. As part of Fifty ABOVE RIGHT for the Future, the quartet led a weeklong workshop in April for Mitsuko Uchida young quartets to explore new works and perform them, along

Piano Workshop with selections from one of Kronos’s signature works, Terry Nan Melville February 24 Riley’s Salome Dances for Peace, in a Zankel Hall concert. 54 55 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT

MAP OF WMI PROGRAMS

Each dot on the map represents the site of a WMI program BRONX held during the 2015–2016 season.

 Music Educators Workshop  Creative Learning Project  NeON Arts  Musical Explorers  Count Me In  Lullaby Project  Musical Connections  Link Up

MANHATTAN

QUEENS

BROOKLYN

STATEN ISLAND Programs of the Weill Music Institute reached teachers, students, and community members during the 2015–2016 season in the following states and countries:

Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Brazil, Canada, , France, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, and Spain

Photos: Music Educators Workshop by Jennifer Taylor, Creative Learning Projects by Jennifer Taylor, NeON Arts by Jennifer Taylor, Musical Explorers by Stephanie Berger, Count Me In by Stefan Cohen, Lullaby Project by Jennifer Taylor, Musical Connections by Jennifer Taylor, Link Up by Chris Lee. 56 57 2015 | 2016 NYO-USA AND NYO2 ANNUAL REPORT

In what has become an eagerly awaited summer event, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute brought together 109 superb young musicians from 32 states for the fourth annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). In late June, the musicians arrived at the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York, and spent three weeks studying with principal players from the finest professional orchestras. James Ross, director of orchestral activities at the University of Maryland, led the faculty who worked with NYO-USA in rehearsals, chamber music readings, and other seminars. The residency culminated with a concert at the college conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with pianist Emanuel Ax in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6, a

Jessica Griffin program they repeated the next night at Carnegie Hall. After its New York performances, NYO-USA traveled to for concerts in Amsterdam, Montpellier, Copenhagen, and Prague, where the ensemble performed works by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, and Prokofiev under the direction of Valery Gergiev with pianist Denis Matsuev.

LEFT The summer of 2016 also saw the launch of NYO2, a free Christoph program designed for talented young musicians from Eschenbach and communities underserved and underrepresented in the the National classical orchestral field. The program in conjunction Youth Orchestra of the United with the annual summer residency of NYO-USA at Purchase States of College and offered participants from 27 states and America opportunities to play alongside exceptionally talented peers July 14 and learn from world-class faculty. NYO2 members worked closely with select members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and performed with them in a side-by-side concert in Verizon Hall under the direction of conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.

ABOVE Founder Patrons: Blavatnik Family Foundation; Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; NYO2 cellist Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Rahel Lulseged Family Foundation; Ronald O. Perelman; Robertson Foundation; Beatrice Santo Domingo; Robert F. Smith; Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon; and Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation. and Philadelphia Additional funding has been provided by The Jack Benny Family Foundation; JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation; Orchestra Andrew and Margaret Paul; and Jolyon Stern and Nelle Nugent. member Ohad

THE Bar-David ANDREW W. MELLON July 2 FOUNDATION Leadership support for NYO2 is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Founder Patron: Beatrice Santo Domingo.

“To create music with musicians that came to mean so much to me made every difference in the world,” said Rahel Lulseged, a 17-year-old cellist from Richardson, Texas. “Before I went to NYO2 I told myself to open up and allow myself to grow through peer guidance.” One of NYO2’s young members helped her. “I learned how to let go and enjoy a performance for myself, realizing it’s not important trying to impress someone else if you are not fulfilling your own performance expectations.” Rahel recalled, “In specific places in each work we played there’s a little piece of my colleagues, memories of things Maestro Guerrero said, and the smiles we’d catch from each other when we played sections we all loved.” ■ Chris Lee 58 59 2015 | 2016 NYO-USA AND NYO2 ANNUAL REPORT Jessica Griffin Chris Lee Chris Lee Willl Figg Willl Jessica Griffin

Chris Lee LEFT, ABOVE LEFT CLOCKWISE AND RIGHT FROM TOP LEFT NYO-USA NYO-USA brass members in ensemble Amsterdam performance July 21 at Citizens Bank Park, ABOVE RIGHT Philadelphia NYO-USA A WEEKEND IN NYO-USA July 2 members in Prague NYO2 Side by July 26 PHILADELPHIA 2016 TOUR Side Concert with The Philadelphia NYO2’s inaugural season culminated over the Fourth of July weekend in July 13 Orchestra Philadelphia. On July 1, the young musicians mentored younger students Performing Arts Center, Purchase July 2 from the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth at the Curtis Institute of College, SUNY (Purchase, New York) Music and participated in The Philadelphia Orchestra’s annual Neighborhood Valery Gergiev July 14 Concert at Penn’s Landing. Saturday, July 2 was a busy day, with NYO-USA and NYO-USA Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, and NYO2 members visiting the National Constitution Center and NYO-USA in Prague Carnegie Hall (New York, New York) brass players performing for over 40,000 fans at the Philadelphia Phillies’ July 25 postgame festivities. The evening was a special night for NYO2. In a joint July 21 Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, ) Rehearsal concert, NYO2 performed Respighi’s Pines of Rome side by side with The at the 23rd Philadelphia Orchestra after having the stage to itself for Tchaikovsky’s July 22 Street Armory, Capriccio Italien, all under the direction of conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. Opéra Berlioz (Montpellier, France) Philadelphia On Sunday, the 23rd Street Armory was the setting for a massive side-by-side July 3 July 24 concert featuring an orchestra of over 300 musicians, including NYO2, Tivoli Hall (Copenhagen, Denmark) NYO-USA, members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and local instrumentalists from Philadelphia-area youth orchestras. July 25 Smetana Hall (Prague, Czech Republic) Chris Lee 60 61 2015 | 2016 WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT Jennifer Taylor

The Academy—a At the conclusion of its ninth full season, Ensemble ACJW bid farewell to the 18 gifted fellows who formed the class of 2016. program of 2015–2016 FELLOWS OF During the 2015–2016 season, these remarkable young players made their artistic mark in 14 concerts in venues throughout Carnegie Hall, the city, including Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School’s Paul Hall, the newly opened National Sawdust, and Our Saviour’s The Juilliard ENSEMBLE ACJW Atonement Lutheran Church, as part of the Weill Music Institute’s free Neighborhood Concert series. A cornerstone of ACJW’s School, and programming is a commitment to living composers. In November, the fellows participated in a special professional development the Weill Music session with Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Steve Reich. Together they worked on two Reich pieces, Nagoya Marimbas and Institute in Garrett Arney, Percussion Siwoo Kim, Violin partnership with the Double , which they performed at Paul Hall the following day. February saw ACJW go to Skidmore College for its Andrea Casarrubios, Cello Jean Laurenz, Trumpet the New York biannual residency working with college students, faculty, and the community in master classes, classroom demonstrations, City Department Stanislav Chernyshev, Kobi Malkin, Violin and interactive performances. During the weeklong residency, the fellows worked with composer Ted Hearne on Baby (an of Education Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, Flute Jenny Ney, Horn argument), a work he wrote for ACJW as part of Carnegie Hall’s 125 Commissions Project. ACJW premiered the work in concerts Elizabeth Fayette, Violin James Riggs, Oboe at Skidmore and in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. The fellows also had the opportunity to work with composer Timo Andres Michael Katz, Cello Shir Semmel, Piano and composer-entrepreneur Paola Prestini. Actively engaged in the community, ACJW fellows brought interactive programs Dana Kelley, Viola Michael James Smith, Piano to 20 New York City public schools as well as to venues that reach populations in need, including AHRC, a center for adults with Beomjae Kim, Flute Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello intellectual and developmental disabilities; Rikers Island; and the Children’s Center, a foster care intake center run by New York Danny Kim, Viola Michael Zuber, City’s Administration for Children’s Services. 62 63 2015 | 2016 ENSEMBLE ACJW ANNUAL REPORT

NATIONAL SAWDUST

In March, Ensemble ACJW launched a three-concert series at National Sawdust, a new concert venue in Williamsburg. The debut concert featured the world premiere of Speechless, a work by ACJW cellist Andrea Casarrubios; the New York premiere of Claude Baker’s “R.S.” from Three Phantasy Pieces; and music by Missy Mazzoli, John Cage, and others. In May, 12 ACJW members were joined by conductor David Fulmer in a program called Turning Point, which showcased music by Schoenberg—his Chamber Symphony—and pieces influenced by his revolutionary ideas about sound, structure, and gesture. Ensemble ACJW concluded its National Sawdust residency with Connections, a program that celebrated the 2016 fellows. The program was a celebration of influential composers the

Richard Termine ensemble worked with over their two-year fellowship. There was a world premiere by Ensemble ACJW alumni Brad and Chris Lee Chris Lee Doug Balliett titled The Seven Ages, which was commissioned by Carnegie Hall, and a work by Paola Prestini, as well as music by Timo Andres and .

ENSEMBLE ACJW PARTNER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE ACJW PARTNER SCHOOLS, CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF 2015–2016 SEASON ENSEMBLE ACJW EVENTS As part of their yearly activities, fellows worked closely with partner music teachers in residencies in New York City public Bronx Friday, October 16 Tuesday, March 8 schools in each of the five boroughs. The partnership impacts Fordham High School for the Arts students, teachers, and Ensemble ACJW fellows powerfully. Arthur Zankel Music Center, Paul Hall, The Juilliard School PS 49X The Willis Ave School Oboist James Riggs said of his experience, “The students inspire Helen Filene Ladd Celia Cruz High School of Music Tuesday, March 29 me with their attitudes and eagerness to learn, even when I Concert Hall at Skidmore stretch them beyond their current capabilities … They have so College National Sawdust Brooklyn much initiative and vigor for the process, and I am so proud of Fort Hamilton High School Monday, October 19 Tuesday, April 12 them.” Ensemble ACJW’s remarkable partnership with New Brooklyn High School of the Arts York City schools culminates every two years with a celebratory Weill Recital Hall Weill Recital Hall PS200 The Benson School festival at The Juilliard School’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater. PS/IS226 Alfred de B. Mason Tuesday, November 10 Tuesday, May 3 In June, 500 elementary-, middle-, and high-school students PS112 Lefferts Park from 18 partner schools performed in an all-day concert Paul Hall, The Juilliard School National Sawdust James Madison High School that showcased a wide range of music, including their High School for Public Service Tuesday, December 1 Wednesday, June 1 own compositions. Weill Recital Hall Paul Hall, The Juilliard School Manhattan MS167 Robert F. Wagner Thursday, January 7 Sunday, June 12 ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT City College Academy of the Arts Music at Our Saviour’s Ensemble ACJW Partner School Paul Hall, The Juilliard School at National Performance PS/MS46 Arthur Tappan Atonement Sawdust Festival at The Friday, February 12 March 29 Juilliard School Queens Arthur Zankel Music Center, Thursday, June 16 June 15 PS21 Edward Hart Helen Filene Ladd National Sawdust LEFT Marie Curie Middle School 158Q Concert Hall at Skidmore Students from Grover Cleveland High School College City College JHS 185Q Edward Bleeker Academy of the PS63 Old South Monday, February 15 Arts arriving PS16 The Nancy DeBenedittis School Weill Recital Hall at The Juilliard School June 15 Staten Island IS61 William A. Morris Chris Lee 64 65 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

Thanks to our incredibly generous donors, Carnegie Hall once again realized its mission of bringing artistic excellence and remarkable music to the widest possible audience.

During its 125th anniversary season, Carnegie Hall’s artistic and educational programs were supported with over $29 million in contributions toward our Annual Fund. We especially want to thank Bank of America for its 11th consecutive year of sponsorship, and salute Trustee Anne M. Finucane for her vital role in this treasured partnership.

LEFT 125th Anniversary Gala May 5 Chris Lee 66 67 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

Mrs. Julio Mario Santo Domingo The Heineman Foundation for CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE TOP RIGHT Research, Education, Charitable, and The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund ($15,000 TO $19,999) Hope and ANNUAL Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Shuman Scientific Purposes Robert F. Smith David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita Mr. and Mrs. H. Dale Hemmerdinger Arnow Family Fund Daniel Clay Houghton Ms. Sarah Arison MIDDLE RIGHT Mr. Robert F. Smith Emily and Mr. and Mrs. Klaus Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Ax FUND Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Len Blavatnik Howard Solomon Stella and Robert Jones Mr. Norton Belknap S. Donald Sussman Gilbert and Lena Kaplan Ms. Fabiola Beracasa and Mr. Jason Beckman BELOW RIGHT PLATINUM CIRCLE Justin Turkat Mrs. Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Mr. H. S. Beau Bogan and Richard A. Debs, Estate of Eva Vida The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation Mr. Elliot M. Friedman James D. ($100,000 OR MORE) Wolfensohn, Joan and Sanford I. Weill A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation Ruth and Louis S. Brause Mercedes T. Bass, Linda and Earle S. Altman The Ambrose Monell Foundation Norman Brinker Fund of the Communities Estate of Brooke Astor Foundation of Texas and Mrs. Helen Nash Sanford I. Weill Brooke Astor Fund for New York City ($50,000 TO $99,999) Linda and Stuart Nelson Mr. Yann Coatanlem and Education Mr. James G. Brooks, Jr. Onassis Cultural Center NY Julie Skarratt

Achelis and Bodman Foundations Julie Skarrat Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Estate of Loretta Connolly E. H. A. Foundation The Oni Zazen Collection Luciano and Giancarla Berti Ms. Elizabeth de Cuevas The Enoch Foundation Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Blavatnik Family Foundation Deeds Foundation Estate of Roger Abelson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari Cynthia and Herbert Fields The Jack Benny Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Resnick Carnegie Corporation of New York Seth Frank, in memory of Dr. Robert Mellins Estate of Philip Chaves Richard Roth Foundation Estate of Joy Craft Clive Gillinson Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin Marge Scheuer and Family Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg Jane and Charles Goldman Randy and Jay Fishman Mr. Peter William Schweitzer Susan and Edward C. Forst and Hermione Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Goldman Sachs Gives Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in Mr. Paul J. Sekhri and Mr. Mark Gude Marina Kellen French and the Florence Kaufman The New York Community Trust Jeanne and Herbert Siegel Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Mr. Arthur L. Loeb Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein Fund II Foundation Mrs. Nancy A. Marks Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Lundgren Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith Howard Gilman Foundation Ms. Lynn Nesbit Mai Family Foundation James Thurmond Smithgall Max H. Gluck Foundation Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Nash Family Foundation Jean Stein Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Joseph Neubauer Suki Sandler Mr. Jolyon F. Stern and Mrs. Nelle Nugent JJR Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gregg L. Schenker Mrs. Henry T. Segerstrom Robert L. Turner JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation Robert and Susan Summer The Shubert Foundation Vital Projects Fund, Inc. Joan Harris, The Irving Harris Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Viñoly Mr. and Mrs. A. J. C. Smith Mary Ellen and Karl von der Heyden Mr. Frederick J. Iseman Svetlana and Herbert Wachtell Foundation Mary J. Wallach

Anonymous Julie Skarratt Estate of Joanie Jones Jeanette S. Wagner Julie Skarrat The Weiler Fund Estate of Doris Kass Neil Westreich George and Joyce Wein Foundation Leona Kern Ms. Shannon Wu and Mr. Joseph Kahn GOLDEN CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. David S. Winter The Kovner Foundation ($25,000 TO $49,999) Judy Francis Zankel Bruce and Suzie Kovner Anonymous Martha and Bob Lipp Marilyn and Robert Abrams ARTIST’S CIRCLE Leslie and Tom Maheras Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Benenson ($10,000 TO $14,999) Bialkin Family Foundation Leni and Peter May SILVER CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Burnside E. Anderson III Ronald E. Blaylock The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family ($20,000 TO $24,999) Helen and Robert Appel Foundation Mr. David Bottoms The Barker Welfare Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Ralph M. Cestone Foundation Estate of Elliott C. Carter Mr. Albert Berger and Ms. Carol Auerbach Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr. Mrs. Judith Chasanoff The Fund for Music Mr. Kim D. Bleimann Estate of Benjamin F. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crawford Mrs. Sylvia Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Burch The Joe Plumeri Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Debs Jennifer and Bud Gruenberg Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Dalton Annette de la Renta The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation GWFF USA, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Diker Judith and Burton P. Resnick EGL Charitable Foundation Andrew J. Martin-Weber Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. DiMenna Robertson Foundation Jean-Marie and Elizabeth Eveillard Sylvia and Leonard Marx Jr. Marjorie Doniger Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Seidler Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Phyllis and Charles Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fried Robert B. Silvers Dame Vivien Duffield The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations Edythe Gladstein The Trust for Mutual Understanding First Eagle Investment Management Ms. Sana Sabbagh (Member, Explorers) Rosalind and Eugene J. Glaser The Wallace Foundation Foundation The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Mr. Robert D. Goldfarb The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Charitable Foundation Foundation Estate of Lillian Griffel Anonymous

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David and Tanya Fox Mrs. Robert Allen Michael Gordon TOP RIGHT Mr. L. Jay Grossman Jr. Anne Aronovich and Richard Eger Dr. and Mrs. Victor Grann Judy Francis Jean & Jula Goldwurm Memorial Asian Cultural Council Monika and Peter Greenleaf Zankel and Norman Foundation Atlas Acon Electric Mr. Peter Gruenberger and Dr. Carin Lamm OPENING Benzaquen Ms. Lee Hallman Ms. Mariam Azarm (Member, Explorers) Ms. Jan Guifarro Ms. Adriana Herrera Babbitt Family Charitable Trust Anne and John Hall NIGHT GALA MIDDLE RIGHT Carl Jacobs Foundation Joseph T. Baio (Member, Explorers) Lynne and Harold Handler Judith and Dr. and Mrs. Irwin Jacobs Barbash Family Fund Dr. Lynne Harrison On October 7, 2015, Carnegie Burton P. Resnick Jephson Educational Trusts Mr. Shepard Barbash Edward Herbst Hall launched its 2015–2016 season Mr. Stuart M. Johnson and Ms. Vicki Ragan DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and yearlong celebration of its 125th BELOW RIGHT Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beaury Memorial Fund anniversary. The evening began with a Beatrice Santo Domingo Ms. Solange Landau Ginette and Joshua Becker Mr. Thomas Ho and Ms. Mabel Chan sold-out concert featuring Perspectives (middle) with artist Evgeny Kissin and the New York Susan and Joel Leitner Mrs. Stephanie Bernheim Dr. Betty S. Iu Charlotte Leon Levy Foundation Ms. Elaine S. Bernstein Ms. Susan G. Jacoby Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert, Wellesley, Mr. Yo-Yo Ma and Ms. Jill Hornor Jane and Raphael Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Johnson performing music by Magnus Lindberg, Alejandro Santo Stefan Cohen Mr. Robert Menschel Mr. Murat Beyazit (Member, Explorers) Mr. David N. Judelson Tchaikovsky, and Ravel. Festivities then Domingo, and Andrés and Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Mr. Sam Selim Beyda Mr. and Mrs. Robert Karin continued upstairs with a gala dinner on the Weill Terrace and in the Terrace Lauren Santo In honor of Mr. Dennis M. Nally Mr. and Mrs. James A. Block Ms. Yukako Kawata Room in the Judith and Burton Resnick Domingo Beth Goldberg Nash and Joshua Nash Ms. Janet Malcolm Botsford Ken Lin Fund Education Wing. Carnegie Hall donors New York Metropolitan Library Council Mr. William Buice Ms. Grace Kim (Member, Explorers) marked this historic night by contributing Hiroko Onoyama and Ken Sugawara Gary Brewster and Tess Mateo Mrs. Irene King over $4.5 million as part of the Opening Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jon Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kishbauch Night celebration. This memorable Mr. and Mrs. William G. Parrett Cheswatyr Foundation Sidney R. Knakel and Londa Weisman season launch could not have taken Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Polsky Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Clavel Cindy Knuth place without the guidance of its Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prince Jill and Irwin B. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Kolb leadership, including Gala Lead Chairman Mr. Bruce Ratner Mr. Joseph M. Cohen Sarah and David Kowitz Beatrice Santo Domingo, and Gala Mary and Dan Riew Yvonne Cohen Dr. Barbara Kravitz Chairmen Shahla and Hushang Ansary, Jane and Paul Rittmaster Michele and Terry Cone Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Kupperman Mercedes T. Bass, Annette Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen Mr. Victor Constantiner Mr. Steven E. Lane de la Renta, Susan and Ed Forst, Abraham and Beverly Sommer Foundation Nancy and Bruce Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Lauder Bruce and Suzie Kovner, Marie-Josée Jackson E. and Evelyn G. Spears Foundation and Lawrence Corio Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder and Henry Kravis, The Marc Haas Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation Estate of Charlotte B. Crosby Elaine and Robert LeBuhn Foundation, Ronald O. Perelman, Sana H. Mr. Joseph A. Stern Dr. and Mrs. John H. Crow Lese Family Foundation Sabbagh, Alejandro Santo Domingo and

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Sun Lisa A. Cutler and David J. Grais In memoriam of Samene W. Lesser Charlotte Wellesley, Lauren and Andrés Julie Skarratt Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas Jr. D. Ronald Daniel and Lise Scott The Irene Levoy Foundation Santo Domingo, Sydney and Stanley Mr. Carlos Tome and Ms. Theresa Kim Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Diamond Mr. William J. Levy S. Shuman, David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita, Hope and Robert F. Smith, The Vidda Foundation Stephen and Judy Dunn John and Marjory Lewin in memory Margaret and Ian Smith, and Joan and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wagner Mr. Neil Eigen of David Gurland Sanford I. Weill. We also send our sincere Mrs. John L. Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Einbender Mr. and Mrs. A. Michael Lipper gratitude to Corporate Chairman Dennis Mr. Alain Wertheimer Dr. Joan Eliasoph Litwin Foundation M. Nally, and to PwC, Opening Night Gala In honor of Ruth Widder Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fadem Ms. Sherry Liu Lead Sponsor for the 12th consecutive William and Diane Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Wood Faith Golding Foundation Inc. season. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Merle Wood Mr. Giovanni Favretti Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Lutz Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman Doucet and Stephen Fischer Mr. Archie Mac Gregor Chris and Lonna Yegen Barbara W. Fox-Bordiga, in memory Michael and Mitra Margolis Pia and Jimmy Zankel of Lord Bordiga (Members, Explorers) Mr. Uzi Zucker Mr. and Mrs. III Judith and Michael Margulies Anonymous (2) Effie and Robert Fribourg Ms. Donna Marshall May Jane Wahl Gearns Foundation Ms. Christina McInerney Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gilliam Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McLaughlin CARNEGIE CIRCLE Alexander Goldberg Mr. Ajai S. Mehta ($5,000 TO $9,999) Mr. David M. Goldman and Fundación Meijer-Werner Mr. and Mrs. Riad Abrahams Mr. Mark A. Schaffer Ms. Joyce Menschel (Members, Explorers) Mr. John Goodrich Miller Khoshkish Foundatión

Arlene and Alan Alda Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Goodridge Julie Skarratt 70 71 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

William F. and Mary B. Murdy Mr. and Mrs. Jesse I. Treu Mr. Albert Behler TOP LEFT Ms. Eileen K. Murray Mrs. Litsa D. Tsitsera Mr. Joseph Bell and Mr. Peter Longo Mercedes T. Bass E. Nakamichi Foundation Mr. Michael Tubbs Mr. and Mrs. Selim Benardete and Sting Mrs. Alice Netter Lindsey Turner Mrs. Susan Bender AN EVENING MIDDLE LEFT Mrs. K. F. Netter Ms. Jackie Veneroso Ms. Denise Benmosche Sana H. Sabbagh Mr. Stanley Newman and Marian M. Warden Fund of the Greater Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Berger and Elizabeth WITH STING: Dr. Brian Rosenthal Harrisburg Foundation Mr. Jason Berger Segerstrom Mr. and Mrs. Claude Nicaise Charles and Jacqueline Warren Mr. Theodore Berk SYMPHONICITIES Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nielsen Drs. Andrew and Nancy Weiland Sheila and Stephen Bernard BELOW In memory of Kirk S. Norton Ms. Henrietta C. Whitcomb and Elissa Doyle, Daniel L. and Ann L. Bernstein On December 14, 2015, multiple Grammy Mr. David K. Whitcomb Leslie Maheras, Mr. Charles O’Byrne Mr. Michael Bershadsky Matthew S. Award–winning composer, singer- Mr. and Mrs. Kobi Offer Mr. and Mrs. Irving M. Wolbrom Barbara and Joel Edward Bickell Dontzin, songwriter, actor, author, and activist Ms. Dian Woodner Ms. Paula Sarnoff Oreck Dr. Jan E. Lewis and Mr. Barry Bienstock Thomas G. Sting performed a one-night-only gala The Woodbourne Foundation Mrs. Ila Paliwal (Member, Explorers) Mary Billard and Barry Cooper Maheras, Mika concert with guest artists Chris Botti, Jay N. Woodworth Parnassus Foundation / Jane and Ms. Jolana Blau Julie Skarratt Brzezinski, and Andrea Griminelli, and the Orchestra Mr. Simon D. Yates Joe Scarborough Raphael Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. James A. Block of St. Luke’s conducted by Rob Mathes. Peter Young and Merit E. Janow Peoria Industrial Caterpillar Ms. Jane S. Block A cocktail reception in the Rohatyn Ms. Audrey Y. Zucker Scott and Judy Phares Harvi and Bob Bloom Room preceded the concert, and the Anonymous (6) Mr. Andrew Podell Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Boehm celebration continued afterward with Mr. John A. Pirovano Mr. Charles Bolton a seated dinner in the Weill Terrace Room and cocktails and supper club in Pascale and Ernest Raab Jane K. and Allen L. Boorstein CARNEGIE CLUB the Weill Music Room. Carnegie Hall’s Ms. Catherine Rein Mr. Stuart D. Boynton ($2,500 TO $4,999) generous donors contributed more than Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Resnick Cheryl and David Brause $2 million in support of the Weill Music Allan and Reda R. Riley Foundation Mr. Adil Abdulali Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Bravmann Institute’s education programs. We give Nataly and Toby Ritter Mr. Ernest Abrahamson Mr. John Brewer our greatest thanks for this extraordinary Mr. Sr. and Bert Abrams Dr. and Mrs. George Brief evening to Gala Chairmen Mercedes T. Bass, Barbara and Alan Rosenzweig Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Ackman Mr. and Mrs. Klaus P. Brinkmann Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman, Jr., The Tom Roush Fund of the Margot Adams Thomas and Susan Brock Funding Exchange Annette de la Renta, Susan and Ed Forst, Deborah and Charles Adelman Charles R. Bronfman and Rita Mayo Mr. Eric C. Rudin Sana H. Sabbagh, Beatrice Santo Joan Taub Ades Elizabeth A. R. and Ralph S. Brown Jr. Domingo, Mrs. Henry T. Segerstrom, and Mr. Ruben J. L. Salgado Joseph and Jacqueline Aguanno Mrs. Susanne Brundige David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Saper Ms. Jacqueline Albert-Simon Ms. Lorraine Buch and Gala Sponsor Chrysler. ■ Rosita Sarnoff and Beth Sapery Bruce Alleborn Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Buckland Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Schapiro Dr. Jennifer Altman and Mr. Jason Fein Herbert and Ann Burger Julie Skarratt Alfred and Anita Schnog Ms. Sandra Amann and Mr. Michael Pashby Mr. Sergey G. Butkevich Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Schroeder The Amphion Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler Mr. and Mrs. William C. Scott Ms. Susan Heller Anderson Mr. Charles Cahn Jr. and Jordan B. Seaman and The Grateful Ms. Rita Arlen Dr. Nancy Maruyama Foundation Mr. Ezekiel Arlin Mr. Carlos A. Carreno Mr. Martin Selig Ms. Norma J. Arnold Dr. Barry Chaiken Mrs. Florence L. Seligman Ronald D. Arron and Roberta Weiner Catia Zoullas Chapin Mr. Gil Shiva Ms. Adrienne Arsht Mr. Kenneth H. Chase Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick Simmons Mrs. Helen-Jean Arthur Dr. Gilbert R. Cherrick Simon Charitable Trust Mrs. George Asch Mr. Dushyant Chipalkatty Mr. and Mrs. F. Randall Smith David and Eugenia Askren Mr. Theodore Chu Mrs. Annaliese Soros Berit and Steven Atkins Ms. Anne Cohen George T. Spera Jr. and Jane Ginsburg Atlantic Philanthropies Phoebe and Dr. Bernard Cohen Ms. Claudia Spies Mr. and Mrs. Paul Avrich Yoron and Fiorenza Cohen Kathryn Steinberg Mr. Armand Bartos Jr. and Ms. Karen Cole Sydney and Jonathan Stern Ms. Stephanie French Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. Cole Mr. James B. Stewart Jr. and Mr. Sid R. Bass Mr. Benjamin Weil Mr. Ronald E. Compton and Mr. Sanford L. Batkin Mrs. Nancy S. Compton Lee and Roger Strong Mr. Andreas Baum Mr. and Mrs. Costa Constantine Mr. Jay H. Tanenbaum Mrs. Eleanor Bayer Leon and Michaela Constantiner Mrs. Marilyn Taub Mr. Antonio Bechara Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Conway Julie Skarratt Mr. Gary J. Thomas and Mrs. Carolyn Buntic Ms. Lisa G. Beckerman The Cowles Charitable Trust Robert and Jane Toll 72 73 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

TOP LEFT Mr. William Craig III GBRG, Inc. Ms. Atsuko Imamura Dorothy Lee and Victor Han Beatrice and Dr. Michael Cucka Dr. Merwin Geffen and Dr. Normon Solomon Michael Jozef Israels and Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Lee Nicola Bulgari Mr. and Mrs. William Curry Alexis Gelber and Mark Whitaker Maija-Sarmite Jansons Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee III Curtains Up! / Ms. Laura Inge Reverend Carlson Gerdau Carol T. Ivanick Ms. Seunghee Lee and Mr. Sung Kang MIDDLE LEFT Mr. Andrew Jackson and David M. Siegel Ms. Linda Daines Ms. Lauren Ghaffari Harris I. Lehrer Mr. Dale Michael Lovelock and Dana Dr. Mildred David Dr. Claude Ghez Ms. Carol Leibenson Marti and Ray Jacobs Matsushita Kathy Dean Mr. Richard Gilbert Ms. Joan M. Leiman Mr. and Mrs. Morton L. Janklow Steve and Connie Delehanty Mr. Gregory F. Gilmartin Sarah and George Leing BELOW LEFT Andreas and Nele Jessel Ms. Jamie deRoy Jerry Gladstein Kurt F. Leopold Annabelle K. Mr. Robert D. Jezowski Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Drs. Jack and Joy Glaser Mr. Kenneth D. Levien and Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Jones Ms. Debra Torres Stephanie Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Deutsch Ciril and Suzanne Godec Ms. Sarah Jones Garrett, Marina Ms. Rosalind Devon Dr. Susan L. Goldfine Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Levin Barbara Haws and William Josephson Kellen French, Hester Diamond Ms. Miriam Goldman Ilona and Aaron Levine JTS Fund at the New York Community Trust and Daphne Ms. Constance Difede Patricia and Bernard Goldstein Leslie and Jim Levy Garrett Elliott Kaback and Patricia Woodard Julie Skarratt Mr. Todd Dimston Charlotte Gollubier Marcia and William Levy Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaczorowski Ms. Carol E. Domina I. Michael Goodman and Judith Uman Ms. Ruth Levy Diana J. Kalman Ms. Catherine Donnelley Ms. Roberta Goodman Ms. Cynthia Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Eric Kaltman Barbara and Thomas Dooley Mr. Christopher Gorayeb Drs. Beth and Carl Lieberman Leonard and Alice Kandell Amit and Kalpana Doshi Dr. Harold Gotthelf Ms. Francesca Liechenstein and Dr. Felisa Berman Kaplan Ms. Jane Riskin Bean Jean and Gordon Douglas Ms. Ilse W. Grafman Dr. Sylvia Karasu Mrs. Tina Liu Mrs. Charles H. Dyson Mr. Jonathan K. Greenberg and Joseph and Audrey Kartiganer Robert Losada Jr. and Patricia Posner William James Earle Mr. David M. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kaskel Mr. and Mrs. Sherif Lotfi Mr. and Mrs. John Eastman Ms. Paula S. Greenman Mr. Herbert Kasper Ilene and Edward Lowenthal Ms. Rachel G. Edelson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Greenwald Ms. Jean Kates Ms. Sarah E. Lu Dr. and Mrs. Colin S. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gregorio Elliot and Adrienne Katz Dr. Laura Lustig Mr. and Mrs. George Elvin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Grinis Mr. Thomas F. Kearns Jr. Mr. David Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Englander Ms. Jane Gross Mr. William S. Keating Mrs. Maria N. Lyras Mr. and Mrs. Alexander T. Ercklentz Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gross Mary and Howard Kelberg Mr. David Maguire Ms. Gail Erickson Mrs. Carol Grossman Ms. Kathryn Keneally and The Maidman Family Yehuda Even-Zohar Ms. Gunilla N. Haac Mr. Thomas M. Marshall Ms. Virginia Mancini Peter and Joan Faber Ms. Nohra Haime Ms. Edythe Kenner Barry and Sally Mandel Mr. George Fan Ms. Janice M. Hamilton Mr. William Kistler Ms. Monica Markowicz Fiona Morgan Fein Dr. Bjorn and Catherine Hanson Lisa Klein and Timothy Kinsella Julie Skarratt Mr. Michael V. P. Marks Mr. Kenneth Feinberg Susan T. Harris Mr. James Klosty Mr. and Mrs. David E. Marrus Norman Feit and Shishaldin Hanlen Mr. and Mrs. Seth Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Knowlton Mr. Armen Martirossian and Mr. Arthur F. Ferguson Mr. Herman Heinemann Dr. June H. Koizumi Ms. Houry Artinian Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Ferrari Mr. Frank Heller and Mr. Christian F. Steiner Jonathan and Judith Kolker Mr. Kingsley Matthew Joan Weltz and Arthur Field Dr. Gemzel A. Hernandez and James R. Roe Timea and Charles Kolozsvary Mr. and Mrs. Martin McKerrow Mrs. Roberta Fine Marifé Hernandez and Joel Bell Helen Kornblau / The Kornblau Drs. Allen and Gail Meisel Susie and Charles Finkel Marilyn Berger Hewitt Family Foundation Mr. Mario Mercado Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fleischer Joan and William Hickey Mr. Tyler Korff Dr. Keith Meritz and David Hurst Ona and Richard Fleming Adria and Donald Hillman Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Kotovsky Dr. Ricardo Mesa-Tejada and Ellen and David S. Hirsch Andrew J. Frackman and Emily Braun Daniel and Joan Kram Dr. Amy Mesa-Jonassen Ms. Susan B. Hirschhorn and Andrew C. Freedman and Arlie M. Sulka Mr. Edward J. Miller and Ms. Carolyn Cohen Mr. Arthur M. Klebanoff Caroline and Mark Krentzman Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Freeman Ms. Susan E. Hochberg Ms. Alexandra Krofta Jones Mr. and Mrs. Everett B. Miller III Ms. Mary Ann Frenzel Mr. John Hoffee Sheldon and Rita Kwiat Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Friedman Judith M. and Richard S. Hoffman Ms. Elissa LaBagnara George Miller and Anne Tichich Gerald L. and Sheree A. Friedman Pamela J. Hoiles Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lagana Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mims Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Friedman Steven and Lesli Hornstock Mr. and Mrs. James Lally Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mintz Mr. Anthony M. Furman Mr. and Mrs. Frederic K. Howard Sheila and Bill Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Randy Modell Ed Gaelick and Elizabeth A. Gaelick Mr. Timothy Hughes Mr. and Mrs. W. Loeber Landau Mr. and Mrs. Achim Moeller Patrick Gallagher and Robert Watson Mary I. and John E. Hull Mr. Jonathan Larsen Mr. Eben Moglen Sally and James Gambrill Mrs. Marjorie A. Hyman Henna Ong and Peter D. Lawrence Karl Moller Arlyn and Edward L. Gardner Craig Chesek Ms. Melissa Leapman Ms. Marilyn Monter Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Leavitt Mrs. Barbara B. Moore 74 75 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

Paula and Gerard Munera Foundation TOP RIGHT Susan Pinsky and Marc Rosen Mr. and Mrs. George A. Needham Karin and Mr. James H. Rosenfield Ms. Kishwar Nehal Klaus Jacobs Judith and Michael Rosenthal Margaret and Richard Neimeth Barbara and Alan Rosenzweig MIDDLE RIGHT 125TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. Nelson Mitsuko and David Rosinus Susan and Judi and Alfred Netter Ed Forst Michael and Juliet Rubenstein On May 5, 2016, we marked the 125th anniversary of Carnegie Hall’s opening with In memory of Gabor Neumann Jacqueline and George Rubin a celebration befitting the historic occasion. A galaxy of musical stars were on Mr. Stephen Novick and Mr. Evan Galen BELOW RIGHT Mark and Tracy Rudd hand, including beloved Artist Trustees, for a gala concert hosted by Richard Gere. Mr. John E. Oden Clarissa Alcock Ms. Patricia Saigo The celebration continued long after the concert ended with dinner and dancing Ms. Dianne O’Donnell Bronfman and Gregory St. John and Gary McKay at the Waldorf Astoria. Together, more than $4.8 million was raised in honor of this Richard Gere Mr. Morris A. Orden Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sales momentous occasion. We would like to extend our deepest appreciation to our Mr. Jeffrey Oren and Dr. Craig Keyes Dr. and Mrs. Eduardo A. Salvati Gala Lead Chairman, Mercedes T. Bass, and the Gala Chairmen Committee, Blavatnik Dr. Anthony Paciello and Dr. Dianne Rose Alan Salz and Brad Whitehurst Family Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Susan and Ed Forst, Frederick Iseman, Mrs. Hannah C. Pakula Mr. and Mrs. Suresh Sani JJR Foundation, Robert K. Kraft, Jenny and John Paulson, Sana H. Sabbagh, Beatrice Santo Domingo, Mrs. Henry T. Segerstrom, David M. Siegel and Dana Lori and Lee Parks Julie Skarratt Jack and Marianne Sauter Matsushita, Hope and Robert F. Smith, Sir Martin and Lady Cristiana Sorrell, S. Donald Mr. Stephen Pascal Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Schulmeyer Sussman, and Joan and Sanford I. Weill, all of whose extraordinary support of the Hall The Patterson Family Mr. and Mrs. Luiz Schwarcz ensured the wonderful success of this evening. A special thank you goes out to our Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Patron Mr. and Mrs. William A. Schwartz Corporate Chairman, Anne Finucane; Gala Sponsors Bank of America and South Coast Rita and Daniel Paul Frank Schwarzer and Cindy Muth Plaza; and Gala Dinner Sponsor LVMH for their generous support. ■ Mrs. Stephen M. Peck Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Schweiger Mr. Marco Pecori and Ms. Barbara A. Scott and Ms. Shirley E. Scott Ms. Carla Bossi-Comelli Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Seegal Ms. Debra G. Perelman and Mr. Gideon Gil Janet Z. Segal and Family Barbara and Louis Perlmutter Mr. Daniel P. Seifert David and Lisa Stone James L. Weinberg Ms. Antonia P. Pew Barbara and Kenneth Seplow Mrs. Leila Maw Straus Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Weinberg Evan Picoult Vivian Serota Mr. and Mrs. Edward Streim In memory of Dr. Howard Weiner Penny and Claudio Pincus Dr. Wales R. Shao Ms. Shining Sung In honor of Phyllis Lifton Weiner Burton Yale Pines and Helene Brenner Selma Shapiro and James H. Silberman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Weinstein Ms. Debra L. Pipines Mr. Stephen J. Shapiro and Dr. Amy Attas Mr. and Mrs. I. David Swawite Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Weinstein Mr. Rene Plessner Dr. M. Lana Sheer Gloria and Philip Talkow Linda Weiss (in memory of Steve Weiss) Mr. and Mrs. James Pohlman Michael and Seren Shvo Mr. and Mrs. David J. Tananbaum Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weiss Ms. Tara E. Polen Mr. David Sheehan and Mindy Pollack Ms. Mikelynn Salthouse Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Tarica Ms. Gayle W. Welling Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wellington Ms. Linda Nochlin Pommer Julie Skarratt Irene and Fred Shen Ms. Lorna H. Power Patricia Sheriden Mr. and Mrs. Barron Tenny Mr. Peter Wexler Dr. Robert Press Dr. Kazuhiro Shimbo Elise C. and Marvin B. Tepper Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whatley Dr. and Mrs. Peter Pressman Mr. Robert Shmalo Ms. Carolee Thea Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Wilkinson Mrs. Jessie Hunter Price Marion and William Shulevitz Mr. Michael Tomasko IV Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Williams Mr. Josh Prottas Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Shulsky Gerald F. Tucci Mr. Richard M. Winn III Mark Ptashne and Lucy Gordon Dr. Robert Albert Silver Ms. Helen Sonnenberg Tucker Jacqueline and Cary Wolf Mr. Chaohui Andrew Pu and Mrs. Yin Long Mr. and Mrs. Al Silverman Gil Turchin and Indigo The Honorable and Mrs. Carl S. Wolfson Jack Radgowski Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Simon Diana and Roy Vagelos Corey Worcester and Yasmine Legendre William Raff / Mizuho USA Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James B. Sitrick Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Valles Rebecca Wui and Raymond Ko Charles J. Raubicheck and Ann S. Macdonald Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel Mrs. Leonard H. Yablon Isabella del Frate Rayburn Denise R. Sobel Ms. Nancy F. Vardakis Mr. George M. Yeager Dana and Richard Reimer Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Som Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Vickers Ms. Shirley Young Mr. Brad Marc Reisner Mr. and Mrs. Paul Soros Mark Villamar and Esther Milsted Alice F. Yurke and Robert H. Davis Jr. The Karl F. Reuling Fund Dr. Garry Spector Linda J. Wachner Merryl and Charles Zegar Mrs. Sibylle Reyniak Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Stafford Mallory and Diana Walker Mr. Leonard Zigelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Riker Christopher and Joanne Walsh Stavrou Sedgwick and Barbara Ward Dr. Michael Ziprkowski The Robbins Family Foundation Inc. Dr. Axel Stawski Ms. Lynn Warshow Anonymous (24) Ms. Connie Kaiserman Robinson Sissy and Garry Stein Ms. Johanna Weber and Mr. Steven Robinson Leonore and Walter Stern Evelene Wechsler Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roman Linda B. Stern Rebecca and William Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rosen Julie Skarratt Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Stewart Sandra and George Weiksner Drs. Barry and Barbara Stimmel Mr. and Mrs. Lawrene Weinbach 76 77 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

Carnegie Hall is proud to salute our corporate supporters.

Breguet is the Exclusive Timepiece of Carnegie Hall. Mastercard® is a Proud Supporter of Carnegie Hall.

United Airlines® is the Official Airline of Carnegie Hall. Julie Skarratt Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall Chris Lee

GUARDIAN GUARDIAN PATRON $100,000 AND ABOVE $30,000–$49,999 $2,500–$5,999 Bank of America Ameriprise Financial Aberdeen Asset Management PUBLIC Bloomberg Philanthropies Aon Risk Services Alternative Investment Group SUPPORT FOR THE Breguet Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Blooming Events International Deloitte LLP Mizuho Financial Group Chalkstream Capital Group SUPPORT NATIONAL YOUTH Ernst & Young LLP Nomura Coach, Inc. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China The Walt Disney Company Colgate-Palmolive Company KPMG LLP Voya Investment Management Communication Intelligence International The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City ORCHESTRA OF THE MasterCard Global Capital Acquisition New York City Administration for Children’s Services Sony Corporation of America ICAP Services New York City Department of Cultural Affairs UNITED STATES OF Steinway & Sons PACESETTER J. Walter Thompson New York City Department of Education United Airlines $20,000–$29,999 Kepos Capital LP New York City Department of Homeless Services AMERICA Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. New York City Department of Probation Wailian Overseas Consulting Group, Limited Pfizer Inc. McKinsey & Company, Inc. New York City Department of Youth and Community Development For the fourth consecutive summer, brilliant young musicians The Renova Group of Companies Mercer Health & Benefits New York City Council from across the nation came together to form the National GUARDIAN Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). $50,000–$99,999 GUARANTOR Pine River Capital Management New York State Council on the Arts This year, 109 performers from 41 states and Puerto Rico trained, Slate Path Capital New York State Regional Economic Development Council rehearsed, and performed at SUNY–Purchase before playing at DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. $12,000–$19,999 Carnegie Hall and embarking on an international concert tour Small Luxury Hotels of the World New York State Assembly Macy’s to Amsterdam, Montpellier, Copenhagen, and Prague. BBDO Worldwide Sojitz Corporation of America MetLife Foundation Credit Suisse Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing National Endowment for the Arts Morgan Stanley Wells Fargo Weil, Gotshal & Manges We want to thank all of our generous supporters who made the PwC World 50 program possible. For a complete list, please go to page 57. ■ BENEFACTOR $6,000–$11,999 SUSTAINER First Eagle Investment Management $2,499 AND BELOW Foundation Golden Key Music Festival ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT RIGHT Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Markets Media Holidays, LLC Foundation Anne M. Finucane, Holly Peterson Stephan Haimo Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Robert K. Kraft, and Darren and Veronica Suntory International Corp. Richloom Fabrics Group, Inc. and Sanford I. Walker Bulgari Toshiba Corporation and Joan Weill Xerox Corporation LEFT Karen and Dennis M. Nally Julie Skarratt Julie Skarratt 78 79 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT Julie Skarratt Julie Skarratt Julie Skarratt

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015 Co-Chairmen MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015 THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016 Gala Sponsors OPENING NIGHT GALA Robert K. Kraft AN EVENING WITH STING: 125TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Bank of America and South Coast Plaza SPECIAL Jeanne and Herbert Siegel SYMPHONICITIES Gala Lead Chairman Gala Lead Chairman Gala Dinner Sponsor Beatrice Santo Domingo Vice Chairmen Gala Chairmen Mercedes T. Bass LVMH EVENTS Linda and Earle S. Altman Mercedes T. Bass Gala Chairmen Luciano and Giancarla Berti Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Gala Chairmen Committee Vice Chairmen Shahla and Hushang Ansary Emily and Len Blavatnik Annette de la Renta Blavatnik Family Foundation Luciano and Giancarla Berti Blavatnik Family Foundation 125TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Mercedes T. Bass Susan and Ed Forst Annette de la Renta Richard and Barbara Debs Annette de la Renta Ronald Blaylock and Petra Pope Susan and Ed Forst GALA CHAIRMEN Sana H. Sabbagh Extell Susan and Ed Forst Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Beatrice Santo Domingo Frederick Iseman Diane von Furstenburg and Barry Diller Mercedes T. Bass Bruce and Suzie Kovner Beatrice and Nicola Bulgari Mrs. Henry T. Segerstrom JJR Foundation JPMorgan Chase Susan and Ed Forst Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Deloitte David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita Robert K. Kraft Bruce and Suzie Kovner Annette de la Renta The Marc Haas Foundation GenNx360 Capital Jenny and John Paulson The Lauder Foundation— Sana H. Sabbagh Leonard & Judy Lauder Fund Ronald O. Perelman Martha and Bob Lipp Gala Sponsor Sana H. Sabbagh Beatrice Santo Domingo Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s Sana H. Sabbagh Tina and Terry Lundgren Chrysler Beatrice Santo Domingo David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita Alejandro Santo Domingo and Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s Mrs. Henry T. Segerstrom Leslie and Tom Maheras Charlotte Wellesley Dinny and Lester Morse Leslie and Tom Maheras Co-Chairmen David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita Lauren and Andrés Santo Domingo Laura and John Pomerantz Dinny and Lester Morse Jr. Hope and Robert F. Smith Hope and Robert F. Smith Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Beth and Joshua Nash Sir Martin and Lady Cristiana Sorrell Judith and Burton Resnick David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Judith and Burton Resnick Vice Chairmen S. Donald Sussman Hope and Robert F. Smith Margaret and Ian Smith Phyllis and Charles Rosenthal Ashley and Marc Hanrahan Joan and Sanford I. Weill Margaret and Ian Smith Jim and Elaine Wolfensohn Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer Beth and Joshua Nash Joan and Sanford I. Weill Corporate Chairman Judy Francis Zankel The Foundation S. Donald Sussman Anne Finucane, Vice Chairman, Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Anonymous Corporate Chairman Howard Solomon Bank of America Dennis M. Nally, Chairman, S. Donald Sussman PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. Judy Francis Zankel Opening Night Gala Lead Sponsor for the 12th consecutive season PwC ABOVE ABOVE LEFT RIGHT Clive Gillinson, Beatrice Santo Zoe, Robert F., Mercedes T. Bass, Domingo and and Hope Smith and the 125th Annette de la Anniversary Gala Renta Artist Committee ABOVE RIGHT

Bruce and Suzie Julie Skarratt Kovner 80 81 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

Maria Olivia and Jim Judelson The Foundation Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Gershon Kekst, Kekst and Company, Inc. United States Department of Housing and The McGraw-Hill Companies Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Foundation Urban Development Lauren and J. Ezra Merkin KPMG LLP Verizon Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Alberto Vilar Metropolitan Life Foundation The Kresge Foundation Linda Wachner and Warnaco Inc. Mrs. Milton Petrie Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Lundgren The Weiler Fund The William Petschek Family Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman The Pew Memorial Trust The Marma Foundation Fund for Judy Francis Zankel The Pincus Family Fund Youth Education Zankel Charitable Lead Trust The Joe Plumeri Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ann Ziff Laura and John Pomerantz The Ambrose Monell Foundation Anonymous (1) PwC Beth and Joshua Nash Mr. and Mrs. National Endowment for the Arts $500,000 TO $999,999 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Natural Heritage Trust Phyllis and Charles Rosenthal

Fadi Kheir Frank and Elizabeth Newman American Express Chris Lee Suki Sandler Pepsi-Cola Company Booth Ferris Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter William Schweitzer John & Louise Reuter Trust CIBC Oppenheimer Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco The Rockefeller Foundation Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Inc. The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation The Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust The Sirus Fund Foundation George David Miriam Solovieff Jack and Susan Rudin in memory of Estate of Mrs. Eugenia Doll Estate of Marie Steiner Lewis Rudin THE ANDREW CARNEGIE SOCIETY Ernst & Young LLP Suntory International Corp. The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Inc. Foundation, Inc. Viacom Inc. FleetBoston Financial The Andrew Carnegie Society honors donors who have made leadership gifts to Henry and Elizabeth Segerstrom Estate of Elisabeth P. Wendell Fribourg Foundation Inc. and Mr. and Mary S. and John W. Zick support the restoration, renovation, and expansion of Carnegie Hall, and to augment Beverly and Arthur Shorin Mrs. Raphael Recanati Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman / The Estate of Rita L. Gluck Marc Haas Foundation the endowment fund in support of artistic programming and music education. The Marilyn Horne Foundation $250,000 TO $499,999 Henry Shweid and Margaret Munzika Shweid Trust Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Icahn Andersen Worldwide Siemens Carl Jacobs Foundation Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Stella and Robert W. Jones $10,000,000 OR MORE Marge and Walter Scheuer and Family $1,000,000 TO $2,499,999 Sony Corporation of America & The Barker Welfare Foundation Entertainment Inc. Gilbert and Lena Kaplan The Starr Foundation Norton Belknap Blavatnik Family Foundation The Foundation Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley The J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. United States Department of Education CBS Inc. City of New York AT&T Mr. and Mrs. Diane G. Kranz Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Fund II Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Baruch John L. Tishman, The Tishman Fund Lincoln-Mercury Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Collins Ronald O. Perelman Family Foundation $2,500,000 TO $4,999,999 Ann and Kenneth Bialkin / Skadden, for Education through Technology Leslie and Thomas G. Maheras Judith and Burton Resnick Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Linda and Earle Altman State of New York H.S. Beau Bogan and Elliot M. Friedman Vincent Astor Trust Joan and Sanford I. Weill / The Weill Clarissa Alcock Bronfman and Family Foundation Deloitte Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Judy and Arthur Zankel Marina Kellen French / Anna-Maria and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Stephen Kellen Foundation Estate of Arthur Zankel Credit Suisse The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Estate of Joanne Toor Cummings The Hearst Foundations Luella and Martin Davis $5,000,000 TO $9,999,999 Klaus and Karin Jacobs Martha and Robert Lipp Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass The Fund, Inc. ABOVE LEFT Leni and Peter May The Diller–von Furstenberg Family Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari The Rohatyn Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr. Foundation Citi Foundation Family Diane and William Parrett Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Debs Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin William D. Rondina Bruce and Suzie Kovner Fomento Cultural Banamex Fund Margaret and Ian Smith for International Education The Kovner Foundation S. Donald Sussman Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty The Honorable and Mrs. Felix G. Rohatyn Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc. Jean & Jula Goldwurm Memorial RIGHT Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wolfensohn Foundation Leni and Peter Lily and Edmond J. Safra Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation May greet Bill

Cunningham. Chris Lee Mrs. Beatrice Santo Domingo Claudia and Roberto Hernández Ramírez 82 83 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

The Leonard and Sophie Davis Estate of Darwin F. Schaub In memory of Max and Hilde Baer Foundation, Inc. S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family The Bank of New York Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dyson Foundation, Inc. Arthur and Diane Belfer Exxon Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Estate of Charlotte V. Bergen Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Fisher Esther Simon Charitable Trust Bieber Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang K. Flöttl Robert E. Simon Jr. The Blackstone Group Genatt Associates, Inc. In honor of Rudolf G. and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Block Inger-Ma Sonneborn The Florence Gould Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Block Estate of Maria M. Stivelman The Foundation The Bodman Foundation The Gary C. and Ethel B. Thom Fund for The Heckscher Foundation for Children Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Bogen Piano Performance and Education IBM Corporation The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Estate of Lucien Thomson Geron P. Johnson Foundation, Inc. Browning-Ferris Industries Dan and Sheryl Tishman Family Foundation Addie and Tom Jones The Burnett Foundation Tishman Construction, an AECOM Company Helen and Martin Kimmel Capital Cities / ABC, Inc. Stefan Cohen Tobishima Associates, Ltd.–The Stanhope John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chris Lee Hotel Carnegie Corporation of New York In memory of David and Nora Leseine United States Department of State Mary and Michael Carpenter Bella and Leonard Linden United Technologies Corporation / Mr. and Mrs. David C. Clapp Sir Deryck and Lady Maughan Otis Elevator The Constantiner Family Betty Anne and James R. McManus Veronis Suhler Stevenson The Corbett Foundation Daniel P. Hays William and Helen Mazer Frank Sinatra Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Vivendi Universal William H. Cosby Jr. Estate of Dorothy H. Hirshon MBNA America Bank, N.A. Herbert and Nell Singer Rupert Murdoch Craig and Connie Weatherup Barbara and Richard B. Dannenberg Frederick J. Iseman Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal Foundation News America Publishing, Inc. John C. Whitehead Mrs. Evelyn Y. Davis ITT Corporation Morton and Marlene Meyerson Joan and Joel Smilow The New York Times Company Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Wien Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation Foundation, Inc. Ittleson Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Michaelsen James Thurmond Smithgall Hyman, Mildred, Arthur and Elliot Wiener Deerpath Construction Corporation Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr. Peter Jennings Kathryn and Gilbert Miller Fund, Inc. Evelyn and Donald Spiro Family Jim and Nancy Dine Paramount Communications, Inc. Frederico C. Gerdau Johannpeter Minnesota Orchestral Association Mrs. Kathryn Steinberg Willkie Farr & Gallagher Dresdner Bank North America Pfizer Inc. The Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Miyazaki Prefectural Arts Center Seymour Sternberg / New York Life Ivy Wu Drexel Burnham Lambert Foundation, Inc. Philip Morris Companies Inc. Trust Mobil Foundation, Inc. Foundation Anonymous (1) E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company In memory of Martha and Eva Rautenberg Paul A. Johnston Morgan Stanley Daniel Swarovski Corporations Margot T. Egan Reliance Group Holdings Inc. Joanie Jones Nabisco Brands, Inc. In memory of Fran Taubkin Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Einbender Lloyd E. Rigler and Lawrence E. Deutsch $100,000 TO $249,999 Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Natasha Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas Jr. Henry, Kamran and Frederick Elghanayan Foundation, Inc. Billy Rose Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Murray L. Nathan Laurence A. Tisch and Preston Robert Tisch ABD Securities Corporation The Essex House / Nikko Hotels In memory of Joseph P. Katz New Street Capital Time Warner Inc. Jack and Susan Rudin Educational and The Agvar Fund International Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kavesh Miss Alice Tully Scholarship Fund Fireman Hospitality Group The New York Community Trust Alcoa Foundation The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman May and Samuel Rudin Family New York State Council on the Arts Patricia and Lawrence Weinbach / Unisys ARCO Foundation Ford Foundation Foundation, Inc. Foundation Corporation Forest Electric Corp. Newmont Mining Corporation A.S.M. Mechanical Systems / Richard Minieri Beth and Michael Klein Volvo North America Corporation Susan and Ed Forst / Forst Family Diane Allen Nixon Ilse and Hans J. Baer Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Estate of Iva Walke Foundation The Octavian Society Robert and Myra Kraft Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Nicholas C. Forstmann Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Sallie Krawcheck and Gary Appel Memorial Foundation Theodore J. Forstmann Pandick, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Warburg Alan and Helene Fortunoff Ernest E. Pinter Family and David B. Pinter Michael (Jack) Kugler Warburg Pincus LEFT Barbara W. Fox-Bordiga, In memory of Family Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Lang Kenneth, Lord Bordiga Paul J. Plishner Theodore and Renée Weiler Foundation, Inc. Mrs. William S. Lasdon Judy Francis, Thomas R. and Ingrid L. Frohlich Burns Mr. and Mrs. Shepard P. Pollack George and Joyce Wein Foundation and Anna Zankel and Family The Lauder Foundation / Leonard and Polshek Partnership Architects Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Evelyn Lauder Fund and Estée Lauder Inc. The L.W. Frohlich Charitable Trust Republic National Bank of New York Alice Westphal Trust Robert and Elaine LeBuhn The Fuji Bank Ltd. / Fuji Bank and Trust Co. Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller The Helen F. Whitaker Fund The Honorable and Mrs. Samuel J. LeFrak ABOVE LEFT Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller A.D. Winston Corporation Lehman Brothers Linda and Earle Trust Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rose Witco Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Leir S. Altman Clive and Penny Gillinson Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rudin Chuck Prince and Peggy Wolff Mr. and Mrs. William M. Lese The Howard Gilman Foundation Mrs. Lisabeth E. Schaub Mr. and Mrs. Ying-Sheung Wu Robert H. Lessin and Naida Wharton Lessin ABOVE RIGHT Irving S. Gilmore International Schlumberger The Xerox Foundation Sarah Billinghurst Keyboard Festival Blanche and A.L. Levine and The A.L. Levine In memory of Mrs. Gertrude Schweitzer Mr. Uzi Zucker Solomon and Edythe and Mathew Gladstein Foundation, Inc. Peter Jay Sharp Mr. Mortimer B. Zuckerman Howard Solomon Mr. Lewis L. Glucksman Mr. and Mrs. George Lindemann Ruth Collins Sharp Anonymous (2) Calla and Ralph Guild Susan and Martin Lipton The Shoresh Fund Julie Skarratt Philip and Elaina Hampton A.L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation Jeanne and Herbert Siegel As of June 30, 2016 Stanley and Alice Harris Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Masin 84 85 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

THE ISAAC STERN SOCIETY OF CARNEGIE HALL The Isaac Stern Society honors those individuals who have included Carnegie Hall in their long-range financial plans. Julie Skarratt Fadi Kehir Mrs. Robert Allen Ellen Berland Gibbs William R. Reader, in memory of James and Cecilia Alsina Louis Ginsberg Lester Bowman Isabel Arenas Dorothy S. Girard David L. Rhody Cole Ramsay Bader Charles and Jane Goldman Susan W. Rose Arlette Levy Baker Miriam Goldman Jay and Gladys Rosenthal Kathleen Beakley Dalia Carmel Goldstein Carol and Daniel Ruffo NAMED ENDOWMENT FUNDS Dr. Kurt Becker and Joyce Weinstein Adele Mary Grossman Ralph N. Sansbury Norton Belknap Jacquelyn C. Harvey Karin C. Schiavone Carnegie Hall honors those donors who have established endowment funds Davi Bernstein Dr. Gerard Hess Patrick J. Schiavone Kenneth J. Bialkin Fred Holtz Sue A. Schiller in support of concert and education programming. H. S. Beau Bogan and Elliot M. Friedman Mr. W. E. H. Hutchison-Hall IV Steven Schmidt Jacqueline Hava Bregman Klaus and Karin Jacobs Hynda Schneiweiss John Brewer William Josephson Myrna Schore The Joan and Ernest Bragin Endowment Fund The Edward Prager Endowment Fund Sarita and Alex Broden Carolyn Kane Carol Shedlin The Judith and Anthony B. Evnin for Jazz Artists James A. Brophy Jr. Theodore D. Karchuta Beverly and Arthur Shorin Endowment Fund for Young Artists The Jack and Susan Rudin Educational Lorraine Buch Morton Kasday Mr. and Mrs. A. J. C. Smith and Scholarship Fund, established TH Fomento Cultural Banamex Fund for 12 ANNUAL Eliane Bukantz Mrs. Greta Katzauer Edwin and Ruby Smith International Education in memory of Lewis Rudin Marjorie R. Bukzin Dr. Robert A. Kavesh Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som The William Randolph Hearst Endowment The Isaac Stern Education Fund Rochelle Busch Madeline Kerns Edward P. Speiran for Youth Education and Teacher Training The S. Donald Sussman Fund for Choral NOTABLES Marlene Butler-Levine Lisa C. Kolinsky Amy R. Sperling The Stella and Robert Jones Fund for Music, established in memory of Donald Spoto Young Artists Judith Arron and OCCASION Gloria Piechota Cahill Dr. Jamie Koufman Gregory St. John and Gary McKay The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Gary C. and Ethel B. Thom Fund Elizabeth Carr June T. Leaman Fund for Music Commissions for Piano Performance and Education It was an evening of great music, Georgia Carrington Russell V. Lee Jan Stuart The Marma Foundation Fund for Youth The Tishman Fund for Education cocktails, and food when virtuoso Nora Carrol Linda Leven Kenneth Sugarman Education through Technology pianist Jeremy Denk was joined by Carol Casey Howard K. Lipan Dr. Stewart Taubkin The Merkin Family Ticket Fund members of Ensemble ACJW for Richard B. Casper A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper Barbara Tomchin The Ruth Morse Fund for Vocal Excellence As of June 30, 2016 the 12th Annual Notable Occasion The Reverend Chawanda Charae Catherine Lomuscio Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney on May 26, 2016, hosted by Carnegie Dr. Gilbert R. Cherrick Eileen Lubars Donna Jeanne Turnell, in memory of John C. Hamell Hall Trustee Nicola Bulgari. Denk and Vivien Ranschburg Clark Archie Mac Gregor Eleanor Doblin Unger company performed Bartók’s Contrasts John D. Claypoole Thomas G. Maheras Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Vogel and Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 for Charles Edward Cole William M. and Jacqueline Marks Joan and Sanford I. Weill the Notables. After the marvelous Karen E. La Conti Charles F. McCown music, Notables enjoyed cocktails and Marshall M. Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Debs Christine McKeon dinner stations at Remi Restaurant. ■ Neil P. Westreich Steve and Connie Delehanty Phyllis Melhado In memory of Rowenna Wight White Kenneth Dinin Michelle G. Miles Jeffrey Deane Williams David Dorfman Andrew Miller Elaine and Irving Wolbrom Diane C. Dunne Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Molloy Peter G.Wolff Mrs. Charles H. Dyson Dena Simone Moss Debbie Madesker Wolleman LEFT ABOVE LEFT Dr. Joan Eliasoph Dr. Teresa Mular Judy Francis Zankel Joel Klein and Charles M. and Stanley Epstein Sarah L. Nolin John W. Zick Nicole Seligman Phyllis Rosenthal Drs. George L. and Romana R. Farrington Doris M. Ohlsen with Stanley Jonas Zweig Stuart M. Fischman Emiko Okawa S. and Sydney ABOVE RIGHT Anonymous (19) Barbara W. Fox-Bordiga Antonia Pew Shuman Joshua and Julie Skarratt Fredrick and Ruth Freud Burton Yale Pines and Helene Brenner Beth Nash As of June 30, 2016 Sheilah Purcell Garcia William Raff 86 87 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

Thomas G. Maheras Audra McDonald Lang Lang, Artist BOARD COMMITTEES OF THE Burton P. Resnick Jessye Norman Yo-Yo Ma, Artist Joshua Ruch Don M. Randel Stephen A. Orlins, President, National James Taylor Stanley S. Shuman Committee on US-China Relations CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION AND A. J. C. Smith Chien Chung Pei, AIA, Partner, Pei DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Partnership Architects, LLP; Chair, China THE CARNEGIE HALL SOCIETY, INC. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Institute Chair Josette Sheeran, President and CEO, Chair Thomas G. Maheras Society Robert I. Lipp Shirley Young, President, Shirley Young Committee DEVELOPMENT Associates, LLC; Governor, Committee 100; Chairman, US-China Cultural Richard A. Debs SUBCOMMITTEES Institute Don M. Randel Darren Walker CHINA ADVISORY COUNCIL The Honorable Max Sieben Baucus, CORPORATE LEADERSHIP US Ambassador to the People’s Republic COMMITTEE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE of China Chair Co-Chairs His Excellency Cui Tiankai, Ambassador Harold McGraw III Joshua Nash Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of S. Donald Sussman the People’s Republic of China to the Committee United States Gregory T. Durant Committee The Honorable Carla A. Hills, Chair and Stephen R. Howe Jr. Richard A. Debs Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Terry J. Lundgren Julie Skarratt Edward C. Forst (ex officio) Former US Trade Representative

Fadi Kheir Thomas G. Maheras Robert W. Jones The Honorable Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Dennis M. Nally Thomas G. Maheras Chairman, Atlantic Council; Former Pamela Jane Newman Frank N. Newman US Ambassador to the People’s Republic William G. Parrett Charles M. Rosenthal of China The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEE ABOVE LEFT ABOVE RIGHT Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.; ENSEMBLE ACJW COMMITTEE Martha and Susan and Elihu NOMINATING COMMITTEE Former US Secretary of State, Nixon Chair Chair Robert Lipp Rose Administration Co-Chairs Chair Robert F. Smith, Chair Dennis M. Nally The Honorable Gary F. Locke, Former Clive Gillinson Anne M. Finucane BELOW US Ambassador to the People’s Republic Suzie Kovner Committee Committee Sanford I. and Committee of China Mercedes T. Bass Gregory T. Durant Joan Weill Committee Mercedes T. Bass The Honorable , Former Kenneth J. Bialkin Stephen R. Howe Jr. Joan W. Harris Clarissa Alcock Bronfman US Ambassador to the People’s Republic Clarissa Alcock Bronfman William G. Parrett Tracy Long Joshua L. Nash of China Richard A. Debs Thomas G. Maheras Laura H. Pomerantz Admiral Joseph Prueher, Former US Edward C. Forst Joseph W. Polisi FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Sana H. Sabbagh Ambassador to the People’s Republic Klaus Jacobs of China Don M. Randel Stanley S. Shuman Robert I. Lipp COMMITTEE Susan W. Rose The Honorable Clark T. Randt, Jr., Former Charles M. Rosenthal Terry J. Lundgren Co-Chairs US Ambassador to the People’s Republic Thomas G. Maheras Suki Sandler Edward C. Forst OTHER COMMITTEES of China Peter W. May Sarah Billinghurst Solomon William G. Parrett AND COUNCILS The Honorable J. Stapleton Roy, Founding Dennis M. Nally Director Emeritus, Kissinger Institute; James B. Stewart Jr. Joshua L. Nash Committee ARTIST COMMITTEE Former US Ambassador to the People’s Gregory T. Durant Republic of China Laura H. Pomerantz NOTABLES EXECUTIVE Klaus Jacobs Martina Arroyo Burton P. Resnick Senator , Former US Ambassador COMMITTEE S. Donald Sussman Gilbert Kaplan (in Emanuel Ax to the People’s Republic of China memoriam) Joyce DiDonato Sanford I. Weill Anla Cheng, Senior Partner, Sino-Century Veronica Bulgari, Co-Chair Robert I. Lipp Renée Fleming China Private Equity, LLC; Trustee, Cody Franchetti, Co-Chair Marilyn Horne Committee 100; Trustee, China Institute Jimmy Zankel, Co-Chair Emeritus Lang Lang Tan Dun, Artist Adriana Herrera Isabel Leonard Mary Wible Vertin Julie Skarratt Yo-Yo Ma Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International

Julie Skarrat and Public Affairs, 88 89 2015 | 2016 DONORS ANNUAL REPORT

TOP LEFT NOTABLES STEERING Dinny and Lester COMMITTEE S. Morse, Jr. Wes Anderson MIDDLE LEFT Joshua Bell Marie-Josée and James G. Brooks, Jr. Henry R. Kravis Alexander Goldberg BELOW LEFT Lee Hallman Theresa Kim, Kimberly T. Hastie Neil P. Westreich, Matthew Holtzman Carlos Tome Grace Kim Eiseley Kotchoubey Audra McDonald Nico Muhly Fadi Kheir Fadi Kheir RIGHT, Christin Barringer Rueger Julie Skarratt CLOCKWISE Sarina Sassoon Sanandaji FROM TOP LEFT Duncan Sheik Dana Kirchman, Amy Tarr Kurt G. Strovink, Mark Wiedman, and Lisa Strovink NOTABLES JAPAN EXECUTIVE Leona Kern and COMMITTEE Harriet Gruber Cody Franchetti, Co-Chair Emeritus Louis S., Ruth, Itta Tsunoda, Co-Chair and David Justin Turkat, Co-Chair Brause

Margaret and NOTABLES JAPAN STEERING Ian Smith COMMITTEE Ryu Goto Julie Skarratt

Motoi Itoh Fadi Kheir Lars Kai Kenta Koga

Julie Skarratt Reiri Kojima, PhD. Sayo Kosugi Michio Montgomery Cynthia D. Sculco MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Edward C. Forst (ex officio) Charles J. Seidler Valery Gergiev Sota Nakazawa Kyle Warner Blackmon Paul J. Sekhri Willie L. Hill Jr. Prince Phillips David Brause Kathryn Steinberg Judith Jamison Takeshi Ushiyama Gideon Gil Vera Stern (in memoriam) Lang Lang Kota Yamaguchi Brian Gorman James B. Stewart Jr. Joseph W. Polisi Hiroaki Yu Stephanie Goto Douglas D. Thomas Hunter Rawlings III Josh Prottas Neil P. Westreich Susan W. Rose David Winter PATRON COUNCIL Thomas J. Schwarz Larry Scripp Chair REAL ESTATE COUNCIL THE WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE Robert F. Smith (ex officio) Suki Sandler Co-Chairs ADVISORY COUNCIL Catherine Stevens Committee Earle S. Altman S. Donald Sussman Co-Chairs Norton Belknap Louis S. Brause Yo-Yo Ma Robert W. Jones Robert Kaufman Diane Volk Joan H. Weill Elaine LeBuhn Joel Leitner Sanford I. Weill Robert LeBuhn Lester S. Morse Jr. Committee Judy Francis Zankel

Julie Skarratt Tess Mateo Burton P. Resnick Emanuel Ax Janet W. Prindle Jonathan Resnick Eric Booth As of June 30, 2016 James H. Rosenfield Gregg L. Schenker Judith W. Evnin

Fadi Kheir Larry A. Silverstein 90 91 2015 | 2016 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ANNUAL REPORT

TREASURER’S REVIEW

Carnegie Hall sustained its solid financial position in fiscal year 2016—a season of celebration that marked the Hall’s 125th anniversary with approximately 170 top-quality performances by internationally acclaimed artists and an impressive range of education and community programs that served students, educators, families, and young artists, CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET engaging people of all ages. Alongside Carnegie Hall’s own presentations were over 500 events hosted by outside presenters. Education programs created by Carnegie Hall’s THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION AND THE CARNEGIE HALL SOCIETY, INC. Weill Music Institute reached more than half a million people in New York City and beyond. Programs included a seven-city tour to China by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, which brings together the finest young musicians from

Amber Snow across the country in music making that connects with audiences around the globe. June 30, 2016 June 30, 2015

Strong fundraising results, robust ticket sales for the 125th anniversary season, and an ASSETS increase in rental income provided a sound foundation for institutional growth in concert Cash and cash equivalents $16,032,550 $14,706,855 and education programming. Contributions supporting annual operations increased to EDWARD C. FORST $34.3 million, a 15% increase from fiscal year 2015, bolstered by more than $11.5 million Contributions receivable, net 47,468,648 25,085,920 Treasurer raised through special events in this anniversary season. Carnegie Hall’s overall operating Prepaid expenses and other assets 4,337,820 3,188,601 expenses grew by 12% over the previous year, from $91.6 million to $102.3 million in fiscal year 2016, reflecting an increase in concerts and rental events, and one-time Funds held by trustee 452,312 452,312 special anniversary projects. Operating expenditures were balanced on a cash basis with Investments 302,211,153 336,345,208 contributed and earned operating revenues. A review by Standard and Poor’s in fiscal year 2016 affirmed Carnegie Hall’s A+ (positive) long-term debt rating. Fixed assets, net 281,610,280 294,400,619

Overall, net assets stood at $482 million as of June 30, 2016, compared to $506 million Total Assets $652,112,763 $674,179,515 in the previous year. Investments totaled $302 million at June 30, 2016, of which $287.9 million was invested in accordance with the long-term investment policy. Carnegie Hall’s endowment depreciated by 5% in fiscal year 2016, which compared with an average depreciation of 2.5% for similarly sized funds per the NACUBO– LIABILITIES Commonfund Study of Endowments®. The Hall’s endowment draw supporting operations for fiscal year 2016 was $17.5 million, compared to $16.7 million in fiscal Accounts payable and accrued expenses $6,894,152 $6,655,987 year 2015, following the institution’s established spending policy which appropriates Advance sale of tickets and other deferred revenue 11,955,076 11,537,119 a distribution of 6%, calculated on a preceding 20-quarter moving average of the fair market of endowment investments. Having now completed its comprehensive Studio Accrued pension benefit obligation 29,376,147 22,406,582 Towers Renovation Project—which created newly renovated spaces dedicated to music Loans payable 121,535,823 127,814,880 education on the Hall’s upper floors—in fiscal year 2015, and having further established operations of its new education wing in fiscal year 2016, Carnegie Hall’s endowment Total Liabilities $169,761,198 $168,414,568 distribution will reduce to 5% beginning in 2017.

As Carnegie Hall embarks on its next 125 years, the Hall’s leadership has undertaken a $125 million 125th Anniversary Campaign to support growth in its artistic, educational, NET ASSETS and digital initiatives and strengthen its financial underpinning, ensuring that the institution continues to sustain its place as one of the greatest concert halls and centers Unrestricted $158,467,233 $179,540,656 for music education in the world. Temporarily restricted 136,608,519 143,845,068 Carnegie Hall’s strong programmatic and financial position is a direct result of the Permanently restricted 187,275,813 182,379,223 amazing generosity shown by its donors, trustees, and audiences; the commitment of the Carnegie Hall staff; and the dedication of the entire Carnegie Hall family. Through Total Net Assets $482,351,565 $505,764,947 the continued efforts of many, we can be certain that Carnegie Hall will continue its legacy of bringing people together to enjoy the best in music for many decades to come. Total Liabilities and Net Assets $652,112,763 $674,179,515 To view Carnegie Hall’s latest audited financial report, please visit carnegiehall.org/financials.

In addition, Carnegie Hall files annual financial statements and continuing disclosure statements with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board for its bonds issued through The Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York (Series 2009A—Carnegie Hall). Information is available Edward C. Forst at http://emma.msrb.org. Treasurer 92 93 2015 | 2016 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANNUAL REPORT

Colin Revels Deven Pitcher Lai Fun Tsui Michael Kumor CARNEGIE HALL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Coordinator Technical Project Manager Production Manager Beth Nerich Justine Stephens Yelizaveta Rudnitsky John Nesbitt Assistant Application Support Specialist Matthew Poulos MARKETING AND VISITOR Joe Smith SERVICES Joseph Wittleder DIGITAL MEDIA INTERACTIVE SERVICES David C. Wyeth STAGE CREW Box Office Representatives EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lea Slusher Madeline Cook Director Christopher Amos Kristin Bufano Dennette Dyton Clive Gillinson Director, Artistic Projects Ken Beltrone Administrative Assistant Director Chief Digital Officer Jennifer Hempel Claudia Julian Executive and Artistic Director Patrick Sharpe James Csollany Blake Faulds Associate Director, Single Subscription Representatives Associate Director, Carpenters Kevin Chan Catherine Schaefer FOUNDATION RELATIONS Coordinator Manager, Website Operations Ticket Marketing Executive Assistant Artistic Projects Phil Alfieri Emily Blair Callie Herzog Michael Peppler Craig Zeichner Sofia Giammarresi Alicia Jones John Goodson Matthew Williams Director Senior Web Developer Associate Director, Special Kavita Mahabir Manager, Program Planning Electricians Director, Educational Media ADMINISTRATION Timothy Wilson and Technology Markets and Copy Antoinette Rogers Dennis O’Connell Richard Malenka Jennifer Flores Associate INFORMATION Alison Saltz CarnegieCharge Properties Manager Jeffrey Berman Director Wendy Magro Sophie Lewis TECHNOLOGY Senior Manager, Volunteers Representatives Managers, Artistic Projects Associate, Educational Media Susanna Prough Administrative Assistant and Technology Bronwen Stine and Visitor Services Director, Capital Projects Victoria Frommer EDUCATION WING Director Susahanna Lippa PUBLIC RELATIONS Associate Manager, OPERATIONS Aryana Alexis Anderson Julie Rhodes GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Coordinator, Educational Tak Lai Marketing Analyst Synneve Carlino Administrative Assistant Artistic Programs Jenny Weber Director David Freudenthal Media and Technology Manager, Network Architecture Hannah McDermott Leslie Leung Director of Operations Director Coordinator, Visitor Services Matthew Carlson Associate Manager, Nick Calamuso BUILDING OPERATIONS Wayne Lopes FINANCE Senior Technical Analyst Wendy Taliaferro Assistant Director Program Planning Gary Peterson Sydney Renwick Theodore D’Alessandro Patricia Long Marketing Assistant Corinne Zadik Beck Stagehands Manager Zara Ahmad-Post Director of Engineering Chief Financial Officer Samantha Nemeth BOOKING Brandi Mathis Rachel Caliri Anthony J. Strano Carolyn Steinberg Technical Analysts Managers Elaine Georges Associate John LeBreton DIGITAL CONTENT AND Director, Security Associate Leah Rankin Director Charles Baranowski Controller ENGAGEMENT LEGAL Eli Rumpf Denise Alfarone ENSEMBLE ACJW Administrative Assistant Aris Siliverdis Eric Woodhams BUILDING SERVICES Assistant Director, Financial Vera Zlatarski Director Michael Tomczak Assistant Director Associates Tamika Reid The Academy—a program Reporting General Counsel David Suss of Carnegie Hall, The PATRON PROGRAM Jesse Yang Director Matthew Eng Web Content Manager Aimee Gonzalez Assistant Manager Juilliard School, and the Don Spalding Coordinator Melissa Monterosso Accountant, Society MARKETING AND CREATIVE Weill Music Institute Director, Patron Program and Jamie Kraus Manager Caroline Bonilla SERVICES Manager, Email and Digital HALL OPERATIONS Amy Rhodes Membership ROSE MUSEUM Stephanie Cole-Jacobs Director Senior Accountant Naomi Grabel Operations Caroline Ritchie AND ARCHIVES Office Manager Joseph Schmaderer Director Director of Operations Lisa McCullough Manager Tom Huynh Rio Vander Stahl Gino Francesconi Wesner Bazin Manager, Operations Corporate Accountant Jacob Subotnik Senior Associate, Social Media Jonathan Slawson Museum Director and Archivist Associate Jill Marshall Manager, Retail Hall Manager Deanna Kennett Manager, Notables Pamela Harris David Aragona Kathleen Sabogal Juan Juarez Education Manager Analyst, Hall Operations Elizabeth Laberge Web Producer Susan Creech Assistant Director, Archives Coordinator Joshua Reynolds Marketing Associate Associate Hall Manager Administrative Assistant Maria Loor Robert Hudson DEVELOPMENT Payroll Manager TICKETING SERVICES Peter Huitzacua PUBLISHING AND CREATIVE Manager, Archives EVENT SERVICES Susan J. Brady Alvina Yeung Timmy Wasley Operations Manager FRIENDS SERVICES Kathryn Gronsbell Sarah Zeltzer Director Associate Director Frank Cardillo Kevin Groob Kathleen Schiaparelli Digital Asset Manager Director Kristen Henry Mike McCarthy Front of House Manager Associate Director German Alvarado Director Tamara Schuler Director, Development Accounts Payable Coordinator Treasurer Thomas Ciganko Karen Chia WEILL MUSIC Manager Administration Alex Ammar Joseph Coster Thomas Rogers Manager Editorial Director INSTITUTE Christopher Stuart INFORMATION Assistant Treasurer Blair Sordetto Nicole Zee Sarah Johnson HUMAN RESOURCES Manager, Development Services TECHNOLOGY AND J. Adams Holman Performance Managers Coordinator Valeri Olson Director Allison Meistrell INTERACTIVE SERVICES Assistant Managing Editor Manager, Subscriptions Debby King Jamie Santamour Sam Livingston Manager Eric Lubarsky Artist Liaison Associate, Development Aaron Levine Rayna Bourke Manager, Education Services CAMPAIGNS AND Chief Information Officer Senior Editor Rachel S. Davis Senior Manager, Group Sales Administration and Special ARTISTIC PLANNING SPECIAL PROJECTS Natalie Slack Director of Production Maggie Watford Maria Luo and Tourism Projects AND OPERATIONS Coordinator, Development Carl K. Steffes Administrative Coordinator Assistant Editor Michael Domue Jonathan Bradley Maria Moschopoulos Anna Weber Services Director Bernard Hallstein John Lant Senior Manager, Coordinator, Education General Manager Vivian Wang INFORMATION SYSTEMS Design Director Chad Zodrow Anna Dugan CarnegieCharge and Customer Programs Coordinator AND NEW MEDIA Susan Lutterbach Production Managers Development Assistant Cherry Liu Service Coordinator Jack Thompson Denise Brooks Assistant Art Director Leszek Wojcik Cory Snoddy Terri L. Brown SCHOOL PROGRAMS Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Director Senior Manager, Ticket Services Recording Studio Manager Anna Sayer Joanna Massey Afshin Mahabadi Graphics Manager ARTISTIC PLANNING Steven C. Brody Tatiana Trkulja Director CORPORATE RELATIONS SPECIAL EVENTS Associate Director, Information Patron Desk Manager Jeremy Geffen Operations Coordinator Kat Hargrave Thomas Werring Director AND SPONSORSHIPS Ginger Vallen Systems Hiromi Park Joseph C. Reid Matthew Scarella Administrative Assistant Dori Fisher Director Simon Basyuk Senior Graphic Designers Ticketing Associate Liz Mahler Head Usher Aaron Siegel Artistic Administrator Director William Reid Manager, Database Raphael Davison Forrest Wu Nick Singh Assistant Director, Secondary Jonathan Goldman Manager Administration Graphic Designer Jason Bagdade Assistant, HMO Associate Manager, School Programs Associate Artistic Manager Hilary DeFeo Ed Denning Ross Bonanno CarnegieCharge Manager, Business Applications Administrator Leila Ghaznavi Associate Production Director Sebastian Armoza Coordinator Associate, CarnegieCharge 94 95 2015 | 2016 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ANNUAL REPORT

Margaret Fortunato COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FAMILY PROGRAMS David Gracia Associate, Secondary School Ann Gregg Elizabeth Snodgrass Joseph Soucy Programs Director Director Managers Amy Mereson Elizabeth Ferguson Tiffany Ortiz Siobhan Falanga Assistant Director, Elementary Manager Kate Pfaff Associate School Programs Cydney Gray Associates Amanda Fischer Hillarie O’Toole Manager, Youth Programs Coordinator Manager, Elementary School Paul Grankowski ARTIST TRAINING Programs Associate PROGRAMS RICHARD AND BARBARA Anouska Swaray DEBS CREATIVE CHAIR Caitlin Arias Douglas Beck Coordinator, Elementary School Administrative Assistant Director Kronos Quartet Programs

As of June 30, 2016

Special thanks to the We salute our Music Xian Gu Karen Rautenberg Vladimir Gutkin Bernice Ravitz Music Ambassadors Ambassadors who Pamela Haft Mignon Reik who each gave over gave at least 20 Francine Haselkorn Bohdan Rekshynskyj 80 hours of their hours during the Ida Henderson Janie Roher John Hirsch Stephanie Rosenblatt time during the 2015–2016 season. Stephanie Ho Nancy Rubinger 2015–2016 season. Sophia Huang Bruce Safran Robert Allyn Helen Jew Joellen Schumacher Jeffrey Albert Lucille Alonzo Sam Joffe Shane Scott Andrea Becker Linda Amster Elliott Kaback Gisele Sercarz Connie Cardillo Kyle Athayde Bebe Kamerling Nadia Shayhet Kathy Dean Susan Bein Bela Kaplan Evelyn Simon Jacqueline Fisher Judith Binney David Kinne Norman Strauss Renata Frenkel Haruyo Bonnell Ruth Klein Lilia Streinger Anna Fridman Nadisa Bracco Joan Klitzman Mert Sucaz Leda Hanson Robert Braff Shani Leitch Antoinette Sutto Paul Hilzen Rita Brandt Daniel Linares Risa Sydelle Joyce Houslin Geraldine Brioso Beatrice Livetzky John Tara Genny Imas La Verne Bruce Kunal Mahajan Constance Testa Isabella Itskovich Leslie Burgin George Mandelbaum Raisa Teytelman Galina Kudinskaya Leila Campbell Jean Mascia Xiaoxian Tian Beatrice Parides Andrea Colls-Halpern Mary Maxmen Alleyne Toppin RIGHT Lotte Rosenthal Fred Conroy Ken McCoy Jessica Tsai West Side Story dress Judy Rubin Isabelle Dejean Kendra McDaniel Fumi Usuki rehearsal Cheryl-Ann Eccles Jolevette Mitchell Gretchen Viederman Emily Simeo March 3 Lee Solomon Rich Edell Ira Nadler Sheila Vincent Jerome Straus Peter Edelman Michael Naess Jonathan Wang Agnete Tchen Miriam Epstein Sheila Navarro Min Wang Elaine Usoskin Polina Ezrokh Vincent Navarro Ann Weissmann Genrikh Vapne Catherine Fabian Gloria Neimark Marilyn Wender Rosily Vogelgesang Marta Fisch Lilya Nirenberg Arthur White Miyako Yamaguchi Eugenia Forteza Alain Ober Irwin Wolin Gloria Young Clarie Freimann Essie Owens Oui Wong Xinhan-Jane Juron Gause Lydia Page Ouida Wyatt William Gerdes Emily Palmer Ruya Zhang John Gillespie Judith Perlman Yiwei Zhou June Goldberg Evgenia Pevzner Manana Zonen Samuel Goldman Miriam Pollack Rehmar Ilona Zuckerberg Rita Greenstein Gary Portadin Richard Termine Lenore Grossman Jessica Raad 881 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019 carnegiehall.org | 212-903-9600

RIGHT Richard Gere at the 125th Anniversary Gala May 5 Chris Lee