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The gates at LOVESTRUCK, hosted by Opus
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A week ago Thursday, the Young New Yorkers for the Philharmonic held their annual winter benefit “A Mid-Winter’s Eve” with a New York Philharmonic concert conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and featuring Yefim Bronfman at the piano.
More than 250 young New Yorkers attended the concert and 400 turned out for the dinner dance afterwards at the Racquet & Tennis Club. The evening was made possible by generous support from the Thomas C. Quick Charitable Foundation. More than $120,000 was raised for the New York Philharmonic.
The organization comprises people from ages 21 to 40 who appreciate and support the Philharmonic and symphonic music. The organization gives these people unique opportunities to attend concerts as well as social and educational events in the company of friends and to support one of the city’s most valuable cultural resources.
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Glenn Hadden and Cynthia Gray
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Christopher Leach and Georgina Schaeffer
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Kristen Runco and Christopher George
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Kelley McMillan, Jeffrey Caldwell, and Fernanda Gilligan
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Jack and Dolly Geary with Tripp Callan
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Benner Ulrich and Adrian Ulrich
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Guy Harley and Elisabeth Saint-Amand
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Paige Hardy, Mark Gilbertson, and Stephanie and Jim Loeffler
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Tenley Beals and Peter Boss
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Vanessa Cornell and Nicole Agnew
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Mark Gilbertson and Elisabeth Saint-Amand
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Paul Desmarais, Cynthia Gray, and Glenn Hadden
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Blair Metrailler, Elizabeth Belfer, Sean Sovak, and Paige Betz
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| Last Wednesday night over at Bergdorf, they held a designer studded event for the completely redesigned Third Floor, with lots of good designer name added to the BG stable. Contributing to the mix along with Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Roberto Cavalli, Proenza Schouler's Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, Libertine's Cindy Greene and Johnson Hartig, Rodarte's Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Thakoon, Behnaz Sarafpour, Doori, Derek Lam, Sari Gueron, Peter Som, Rachel Roy, Margherita Missoni, Matthew Williamson, Thom Browne, and Laudomia Pucci. |
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Margherita Missoni, Rachel Roy, and Linda Fargo
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Thakoon Panichgul, Cindy Greene, and Jim Gold
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Anna Porcella Pinheiro and Sari Gueron
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Lazaro Hernandez, Jim Gold, Donna Karan, and Jack McCollough
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Claude Morais and Brian Wolk
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Behnaz Sarafpour, Linda Fargo, and Doo-Ri Chung
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Cindy Greene and Peter Som
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Roopal Patel and Narciso Rodriguez
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Thakoon Panichgul, Derek Lam, Linda Fargo, and Michael Kors
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Cindy Greene and Johnson Hartig
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Roopal Patel and Margherita Missoni
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Thom Browne, Roopal Patel, and Jim Gold
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Catherine Vautrin, Matthew Williamson, and Laudomia Pucci
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Last Thursday night over at Marlborough Gallery, in celebration of Valentine’s Day 2007, Opus, Contemporary Patrons of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) hosted LOVESTRUCK – an intimate affair with art and music.
The event was an exclusive collaboration of the arts, with honorary chair Gwyneth Paltrow, to introduce a young and glamorous audience to chamber music far from Alice Tully Hall. True to chamber music’s intimacy and association with love and passion, the evening revolved around sensuality and romance combining musical performances by artists of the Chamber Music Society, with an exhibition of new paintings by renowned Spanish artist Juan Genovés.
There was also an avant-garde performance by The Ridgefield High School Percussion Ensemble, part of CMS’s Young Musicians Program, which is among the education programs supported by Opus.
Marlborough Gallery was transformed into a romantic midnight garden for the evening by David Stark. Ornate French wrought iron gates covered with lush vines welcoming guests with spectacular candelabras lighting the room.
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The evening was delivered with an equally sensual menu of culinary indulgences and aphrodisiacs, including a five variety oyster bar, caviar cones, and provocatively named hors d’oeuvres such as “breakfast in bed” and “voluptuous velvet.” Chocolate lovers also indulged post-performance with love bite “size” profiteroles and a dessert bar by La Maison du Chocolat. The evening was spearheaded by Opus members Lisa and Saar Banin, Michael Evans and Lise Powers, Justin Hays Green, and Bill and Marie Samuels.
Proceeds from LOVESTRUCK will go directly to the Chamber Music Society’s wide range of education programs, which reach thousands of children, families, adults, and outstanding young musicians at Lincoln Center.
Among those attending: Executive Director Norma Hurlberg, Artistic Director Wu Han, Michele Oka Doner, Will Ryman, Woody Johnson and Suzanne Ircha, James and Stephanie Loeffler, Marianna Olszewski, Geoffrey Bradfield, Ernie de la Torre, Janis Gardner Cecil, Jaqueline Blandi, Michael Moreno, Lisa and Saar Banin, Justin Hays Green, Susan Zises Green, Bill and Marie Samuels, Richard J. Miller, Christina Lang Assael, Carol Miller, Anson and Emma Frelinghuysen, Azedeh, Catherine Naggair, Fernanda Kellogg. |
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Anson and Emma Frelinghuysen
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Chet Opalka, Rich Miller, Carol Miller, Karen Opalka, and John Phillips
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Caroline Naggair and Fernanda Kellogg
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Karen Opalka and Norma Hurlbert
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Jessica Jrter, Lisa Kleinkencht, and Bromme Cole
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Justin Green, Marie Samuels, Saar Banin, and Lisa Banin
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Janis Gardner Cecil and Michele Oka Doner
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Justin Green and Susan Zises Green
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Wu Han and Norma Hurlbert
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Michael Moreno and friend
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Wu Han with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Marianna Olszewski and Chad Richie
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Woody Johnson and Susanne Ircha
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| Photographs by ©PMc/patrickmcmullan.com (Bergdorfs & Opus) |
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