This performance was originally broadcast on August 19, 2020.
Rob Kapilow's Artist Residency is generously underwritten by The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe.
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS
Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following supporters, who have provided leadership gifts of $1,000 or more to the annual fund between September 1, 2018 and June 1, 2020. Their generous contributions play a critical role in advancing the Center’s mission to stimulate appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education.
$50,000 and Above
Anonymous
Anonymous
The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee
Sally Cummins
E.H.A. Foundation, Inc.
Howard Gilman Foundation
Goldman Sachs Gives Philanthropy Fund
The Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Jewish Communal Fund
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Elaine and Henry Kaufman
Devorah Rose and David B. Krieger
Bethany and Robert B. Millard
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council
Orchard Foundation
Cathy White O'Rourke
The Reich Fund
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
Janet and William Schwartz
Christina and Lawrence Wee
$25,000 to $49,999
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Assurant Foundation
The Augustine Foundation
Tracy and Joel Beckerman
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Rosalind Devon
Phyllis and Samuel Feder
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Anna and Mark Gurevich
Dinah Jacobs
Jennifer and Tim Kingston
David Klafter and Nancy Kestenbaum
Solange Landau
Man Made Music
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
Sharon and Solomon Merkin
The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe
Marjorie Penrod and Eric Wallar
Sal Piscopo
PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Rea Charitable Trust
Jessica L. Rothstein and Kurt Lageschulte
Victoria Sanger
Blanche Shapiro
Janet and Gil Spitzer
Kara Unterberg
Vanguard Charitable
The Warburg Pincus Foundation
Patricia Weinbach
$10,000 to $24,999
Judy Hart Angelo
Arts & Letters Foundation, Inc.
ASCAP
The ASCAP Foundation
Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.
Bloomberg
BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund
Cheswatyr Foundation
Lilian and Jacob Cohen
Con Edison
Cowen Charitable Lead Unitrust
Credit Suisse
Charles Dimston and Elena Asribekova
Nancy and Robert Downey
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The Ferriday Fund
Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation
Connie and Leonard Goodman
Laureine and David Greenbaum
Judith and Robert Hall
Kara Hammond
Margaret Jan and Alex Chi
Ann and Thomas S. Johnson
Pamela Jones and Peter C. Russell
Migene Kim and Dennis Lee
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lydia and John Kontos
KPMG LLP
Nikki and Jeff Kready
Sarah and Martin Leibowitz
Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation
Ann and Michael Loeb
The Frederick Loewe Foundation
Anne and Vincent Mai
Maverick Capital Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust
Wendy and Bruce Mosler
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
John and Rosemary O'Brien
The Patrina Foundation
Mariela Pellegrini and Stefan Zylik
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Shahriar and Noa Rafimayeri
Barbara Rellstab
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Johanna Roman Barish
James Rosenfield
Hon. Helen Rosenthal, New York City Councilmember, 6th District
Robert Santangelo
Katherine Schlatter and Joseph Mauro
Orli Shaham and David Robertson
Beth and David E. Shaw
Nataly and Dimitri Sogoloff
Jonathan Sulds
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
$5,000 to $9,999
American Endowment Foundation
Jody and John Arnhold
Margot Astrachan
Diana and Richard Beattie
Joshua Bell
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Amy Berko and Ron Iles
Justin Berrie
Helene Blue
Becke Buffalo and Lars Hanson
Capital Counsel LLC
Joseph and Jane Chang
Roger Chen and Eileen Shin
The Edward T. Cone Foundation
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Joyce Cowin
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
George Dennis
Danielle Dimston and Raffi Momjian
Gina Dizzia and Daniel Fernandez
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
Fiduciary Trust Company International
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation
Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway
Joyce Elsa Goodman
Google Matching Gifts Program
Peter Gottsegen
Estelle Greco
The Libby Holman Foundation, Inc.
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Boyan Jovanovic
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Jane and Gerald Katcher
Jane Klein
Nina Kontos and Laurent Busquet
Brad Linard
Hannah Low
The Lester & Grace Maslow Foundation
Christina M. Mason
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services through the good offices of Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal
Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program
One Day University
Barbara and Louis Perlmutter
The PTA of the Special Music School
Stephanie and Mark Rambler
Julie and Matthew Richardson
The Patricia and Edward John Rosenwald Foundation
Rita Fredricks Salzman
Ralph Schlosstein and Jane Hartley
Donna and Steven Schragis
Schwab Charitable
Mathieu C. Shrontz
Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts
Robert Sirota
Irving Sitnick
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
Meryl Streep
TD Charitable Foundation
Michael Tuch Foundation
Vornado Realty Trust
Joseph A. Walker and Nancy M. Walker Jtwros
Michele Warman and Larry Hirschfeld
Cecille Wasserman
Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong
$1,000 to $4,999
America's Charities
The Amphion Foundation
Vivette Ancona
Argentine Tango Society
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Margot Astrachan
Kow Atta-Mensah
Janet Bacastow
Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
Laura and Manuel Bardash
Carole and Norman Barham
Bernard Berkowitz
Elaine Bernstein
Sam Selim Beyda
Jewelle and Nathaniel Bickford
Mary Lu Bilek and Aaron Marcu
BMI Foundation, Inc.
BNP Paribas
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
Janet Bragg
Eleanor and Fred Braid
Neal Brilliant
Cynthia Brodsky
The Brownington Foundation
Faith Burton
Arthur and Jill Caruso
Ellen and Damian Cavaleri
Girlie Chang and Michael Vermut
Chubb
Rinna Chun
Natalie Cohen and Pavel Fadeev
Theodore Cohn
Patricia Connell and Martin Schwarz
Jillian and Scott Copeland
Martha Coultrap and Harvey Bagg
Mary Cronson
D'Addario Foundation
Claire and Eric Davenport
Barbara and Richard Debs
Paula Del Nunzio and Paul Balser Sr.
Philip Devon Family Foundation
Dana Devon and Neil Sand
The Alice M. Ditson Fund
Howard D. Dorfman
Dreyfus Corp.
Ether Advisory Partners, Inc.
Evercore Trust Company
Evo Platinum Services Group
Joel Faber
Lois B. Feigen
Lidia Feyder
First Manhattan Co.
Ruth Fischbach
Bernice G. Fleischer
Judi Flom
Darran Foster and Carol Cate
Gwendolyn Foster
Diana Frazier
Richard Gaddes
Ana Paula Gambogi Carvalho and Christian Gloger
Gilbert M. Gastelum
Jeff Gates and Michael Moran
Ellen and Bud Gibbs
Estate of Anna Gold
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gift Program
Judy and Sheldon S. Gordon
Bonnie Gorman\
Barbara Gottlieb
Marsha Gray
Marti Grayson and Allan P. Kessler
Lawrence Gubler
Glenn Gundersen
Sharon Gurwitz
Lynda M. Haran
Ellen Harris
Mariel Harris and Daniel Cooperman
Patty and Christopher Heim
Shari Hellman and Evan Steen
Meredith Henry
Judith and Jeffrey Hertzberg
Rochelle and David Hirsch Foundation
Charlotte Horowitz
Helen Hovdesven
Kathy A. Hubbard
Jane Huber and Lee C. Carter
Sophia C. Hughes and Charles T. Guss
Cleo and Joseph Hung
Laura and Lawrence Hurvich
Paul Hyman
Joanne Imohiosen
The Isdell Foundation
Yves-Andre Istel and Kathleen Begala
Julia Ivashina and Dmitry Mukhin
Diane Jaffee
Sarah Jaicks and Robert McDermott
Alexandra C. Jennison
Teresa and Andrew Jones
Justin Kalifowitz
Greg Kammerer and Fred White
Richard B. Katz
Judith and Sheldon Kaufman
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Patricia Kenner
Judith Kessler and Lee M. Arthurs
Annetta Kimball and Thomas Weaver
Albert Knaus
Melissa Ko and Douglas Hahn
Sidney Kohl Family Foundation
Lisa J. Kohl and Ricardo Hornos
Diane G. Kranz
Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation
Annik LaFarge
Jennifer Laing and Tom Schopflocher
Sandra and Lowell Lamb
Marlene and Edward Landau
Elaine and Kenneth Langone
Yvonne Lau and Derek Tsui
Marcia and David Lavipour
Leap Architecture
Leslie Lehman\
Loida Lewis
Jenny Liao
Euching Lin and Wayne Yang
Sharon R. Linard
Linden Arts Fund For Children
Loeb & Loeb, LLC
Fern and Steven Loeb
Pamela Luchansky and Chester Kaplan
Evelyne Luest and Aaron Kernis
The M&T Charitable Foundation
Lila and Ron March
Nancy Marks
Kyle McCarthy and Ron Bozman
Alexandra McCormack
Camille and Robert McDuffie
Tracy McKibben and Jay Christy
Karen McKinnon and Ricardo Zurita
Clare and Howard McMorris
Joohee and Gabriel Meister
Janis and Alan Menken
Violetta and Andrew Merin
Joan and Henry Michelman
Jeffrey Mitzak
Toni-Marie Montgomery
MUFG Union Bank
John C. Nangle
Jillian and Michael Neiberg
Olga Nekrasova and Andy Arluk
George Nemeth
Network For Good
Hope and Joshua Newman
Northwestern University
Francisco (and Elizabeth) Núñez
Jisoo Ok and Hector Del Curto
Barbara and Emery G. Olcott
Ingrid Olhoffer
Sarah Paley and Robert Kerrey
Clifford R. Palmer
Erin and Brian Pastuszenski
Elizabeth Paw and Tyley Ross
Patricia D. Perlmuth
Veronique and Robert Pittman
Marguerite O. Pitts
Timothy L. Porter
Scott Ramsdell
Regeneron
Tashi Ridley and David Moore
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation
Judith Rom
Elizabeth and John Rose
Jane and Alfred Ross
Julie Roth and Harry Lipman
Donna Saleh
Lisa and Nicholas Samstag
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Janet Schlatter
Alene Schneierson and Morris Krimolovsky
Melisande Schwartzfarb
Anthony Sepci
Virginia and Edward Sermier
Kate Sheeran
The Shoreland Foundation
Melanie Shorin and Greg S. Feldman
The Leo Shull Foundation for the Arts
Dorothy Silverstein
Gordon H. Smith Corporation
Special Music School Kindergarten Class
Sydney and Jon Stern
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Shining Sung
Roni Tamari and Shai Wosner
Elaine Tan and Ben Goh
Marcy and David Tannenbaum
Nicki and Harold Tanner
Yodon Thonden and Kevin Toner
Lynn and Glen A. Tobias
U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Seymour Ubell and Marsha Tosk
Bradley A. Vernatter
Randi and Jay Vodofsky
Sherwood Waldron
Lulu Wang
Sally and Gregory Wasserman
Alan G. Weiler
Linda B. Weingarten
Kathleen and Seymour Weingarten
The Weininger Foundation
Timothy White
Vera Wilson
The Wise Family Charitable Foundation
Margot Witty
Elaine and James Wolfensohn
A. Ross Wollen
Diane and David Wolsk
Qian Xue and Kailuo Wang
Christine Yang and Eugene Tseng
YourCause, LLC
Tina Yu and Gary Lee
Abby Zeichner
Jenny Zhou and James Chen
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible, in part, with institutional support from: Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, Assurant Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, Linden Arts Fund for Children, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., Tatiana Piankova Foundation, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., The Ted Snowdon Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, and The Weininger Foundation, Inc.
Presentations in Merkin Hall are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and from the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Presentations in Merkin Hall are also supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Celebration of Our Muse
Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous supporters who made leadership gifts to our educational programs, in honor of the retirement of our longstanding Executive Director, Lydia Kontos. Under Lydia’s leadership, the Center’s educational programs grew significantly, making a transformative impact on the young people of New York City.
Apollo’s Circle
$100,000
Elaine and Henry Kaufman
Muses
$50,000
Rosalind Devon
Charles Dimston and Elena Asribekova
Bethany and Robert B. Millard
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
Janet and William Schwartz
Oracles
$25,000 to $49,999
Connie and Leonard Goodman
Migene Kim and Dennis Lee
Cathy White O’Rourke
Marjorie Penrod and Eric Wallar
Stephanie and Mark Rambler
Christa and Chris Somers
Lyric Poets
$10,000 to $24,999
Sanford L. Batkin
Carolina Farias
Phyllis and Samuel Feder
Judith and Robert Hall
Helen Hovdesven
Solange Landau
Wendy and Bruce Mosler
The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe
Barbara Rellstab
Orli Shaham and David Robertson
Janet and Gil Spitzer
Roni Tamari and Shai Wosner
Greek Chorus
$1,000 to $9,999
Arlene and Alan Alda
Margot Astrachan Production
Johanna Roman Barish
Helene Blue
Roger Chen and Eileen Shin
Lilian and Jacob Cohen
Betty Neal and Ronald A. Crutcher
Todd Dimston and Melissa Bank
Gina Dizzia and Daniel Fernandez
Elizabeth and Adrian Ellis
Judi Sorensen Flom
Michelle and Mark Graham
Mariel Harris and Daniel Cooperman
Jane Huber and L. Chandler Carter
Hooni Kim and Catharine Chang
The Kontos/Busquet family (Nina, John, Laurent, and Nicholas)
Yvonne Lau and Derek Tsui
Jenny X. Liao
Euching Lin and Wayne E. Yang
Alex and Brad Linard
Ann and Michael Loeb
Evelyne Luest and Aaron Jay Kernis
Christina M. Mason
Karen McKinnon and Ricardo Zurita
Joohee and Gabriel Meister
Olga Nekrasova and Andy Arluk
Amanda Offit
The Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald Foundation
The Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation
Jessica L. Rothstein and Kurt Lageschulte
Rita Fredricks Salzman
Katherine M. Schlatter and Joseph P. Mauro
Jack and Janet Teich
Joy and Graham Wyatt
Luka and Niko Zylik
Music Front and Center
Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following donors who have generously supported the “Music Front and Center” Campaign, helping to sustain the Center’s recent growth and expanded programming.
$1,000,000 and over
Elaine and Henry Kaufman
$250,000 to $999,999
Bethany and Robert B. Millard
$100,000 to $249,999
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Rosalind Devon
Charles Dimston
Leonard and Constance Goodman
Gabrielle and Michael Palitz
Janet and William Schwartz
$50,000 to $99,999
Andrea Brown and Robert M. Levande
Phyllis and Samuel Feder
Cathy White O’Rourke
Kara Unterberg
Patricia and Lawrence Weinbach
$25,000 to $49,999
Sanford L. Batkin
Sam Selim Beyda
Devorah Rose and David Krieger
Joy and Graham Wyatt
$10,000 to $24,999
Lydia and John Kontos
Wendy and Bruce Mosler
$5,000 to $9,999
Judith and Robert Hall
Christina M. Mason
Shahriar and Noa Rafimayeri
$1,000 to $4,999
Debra Albert
Joanne and James Cohen
Greg Fierce
Marty and Jill Handelsman
Erin and Brian Pastuszenski
Arthur and Susan Rebell
Judith Rom
Kathy and Jonathan Sulds
$999 and Under
Helene Blue
Betsy Cohn
Lois Feigen
Annabel Samimy and Jason Krantz
Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society
The Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society was recently renamed in honor of our founder, who passed away at age 96 in late 2017. The Society recognizes the following generous supporters, who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans, making a difference during lifetimes and beyond.
Anne Blatt
Helene Blue
Ilse Blumenfeld
Sidney Bresler
Rosalind Devon
Phyllis and Samuel Feder
Emanuel and Ellen Genauer
Estate of Anna Gold
Estelle Greco
Dinah Jacobs
Adele D. Kapp
Carole A. Kemack
Christina M. Mason
Cathy White O’Rourke
Johanna Roman Barish
Evelyn Ronell
Blanche Shapiro
Dorothy Silverstein
The Innovators Circle
The Innovators Circle is a leadership group for the most generous supporters of Kaufman Music Center’s Fund for Music Innovation. The Circle recognizes its members for their commitment to exceptional artistic presentations at the Center by providing unparalleled access to Merkin Hall and its outstanding programs. Benefits of membership include invitations to open rehearsals, exclusive concerts, and complementary drink tickets at select Merkin Hall events. To join the Innovators Circle, contact Kaufman Music Center’s development office at 212-501-3350 or development@kaufmanmusiccenter.org.
Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
Assurant Foundation
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Helene Blue
Neal Brilliant
Ellen and Damian Cavaleri
Claire and Eric Davenport
Rosalind Devon
Howard D. Dorfman
Joel Faber
Glenn Gundersen
Meredith Henry
Helen Hovdesven
Joanne Imohiosen
Greg Kammerer and Fred White
Judith and Sheldon Kaufman
Ann and Michael Loeb
Pamela Luchansky and Chester Kaplan
Kyle McCarthy and Ron Bozman
The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe
Cathy White O’Rourke
Sal Piscopo
Shahriar Rafimayeri
Janet and William A. Schwartz
Dorothy Silverstein
Sydney and Jon Stern
Patricia and Lawrence Weinbach
