The Friends
of the Budapest Festival Orchestra Gala
2018 will be held on Sunday,
January 14, 2018 at David
Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center (10
Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023). Iván
Fischer and Budapest
Festival Orchestra program will include Bach:
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV
1067; Beethoven: Piano
Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Rachmaninoff: Symphony
No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; and Dénes
Várjon, Piano Solo. The peformance will
begin at 3pm followed
by a festive dinner.
The
Gala 2018 Co-Chairs are Kathryn
Livingston Forgan, Christine Schott Ledes, and Kati
Marton. The Gala 2018 Honorary Chair is Daisy
Soros.
Gala
2018 Committee: Susan
Bender, Stephen E. and Radka Benko,
Nicolette Pathy Bingham, Ambassador and Mrs.
Donald Blinken, Ildiko Butler, Aaron
Feinstein, Sylvia k. Hemingway, Ambassador
and Mrs. Andrew Jacovides, Caron and
Geoffrey Johnson, Andrew d. Komaromi and
Heidi Lee-Komaromi, Ambassador Ferenc Kumin
(PHD Consul General of Hungary), Doctors
John and Daisy Merey Mrs. Terez Rowley,
Aniko Gaal Schott, Laine Siklos, Stephanie
Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey, and Sylvia
Tóth.
(list in formation)
Ticket
Levels:
Maestro
Circle $25,000 (Table of 10)
ConcertMaster $10,000 (Table of 10)
First
Desk Member Tickets $5,000 (Two
Tickets)
Maestro
Circle Ticket $2,500 (One Ticket)
ConcertMaster Ticket $1,000 (One
Ticket)
Apprentice Ticket $500 (40 Years and
Under, One Ticket)
The Budapest
Festival Orchestra performs over 200
concerts each year at the world’s most
prestigious music festivals (Lincoln
Center’s Mostly Mozart, Salzburger
Festspiele, and Edinburgh Festival), and
concert halls (among them Carnegie Hall,
Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Musikverein
Wien). Their many educational activities
include special performances for children
with Autism Spectrum Disorder; a series of
concerts in disused, abandoned, or neglected
synagogues in small towns and villages
across Hungary; and the Juilliard Apprentice
Program whereby Juilliard students study
with Maestro Fischer and members of the
Orchestra.
The Friends
of the Budapest Festival Orchestra's
mission is to support programs of the
Budapest Festival Orchestra. Members
have the unique opportunity to build a
closer relationship with the Orchestra
both in the United States and in
Budapest through special events with
Maestro Iván Fischer and the Orchestra.
The Friends support major programming
initiatives of the Orchestra including
Dancing on the Square, Community Weeks,
U.S. touring, and the Juilliard
Apprentice Program, as well as chamber
music concerts with important visiting
Orchestra members in Manhattan
residences.
FRIENDS OF THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA IS A 501 (C) (3) TAX EXEMPT
FOUNDATION INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK
STATE. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX
DEDUCTIBLE TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY
LAW.