New York Philharmonic: 2007 Annual Report by New York Philharmonic

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ANNUAL REPORT 2007

GREAT COLLABORATIONS

Contents

From top: The Lincoln Center Plaza projection of Music Director Lorin Maazel conducting the New York Philharmonic’s Gala Opening Night Concert, September 13, 2006. Conductor Alan Gilbert, who was named the next Philharmonic Music Director on July 18, 2007.

On Collaboration: From the Chairman & the President 2006–07 Season Concerts & Attendance

Musical Alliance: Lorin Maazel & the Philharmonic

Relationships Old & New: In the Spotlight Featured Artists in the 2006–07 Season

Future Partnership: Alan Gilbert & the Orchestra

9 Collaborative Inspirations: Composers, Performers & Commissioners

Collaborative Productions: Film, Opera & Musical Theater

Philharmonic Partners: Onstage & Off

A Joint Effort: Media

A Fellowship of Educators: Impacting Thousands

The Ultimate Team: The Orchestra

About the Board

Lifetime Gifts

Leonard Bernstein Circle

Endowment Fund

Annual Fund

Education Fund

Heritage Society

Honor and Memorial Gifts

Volunteer Council

Independent Auditors’ Report

Staff

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On June 4, 2007

, the New York Philharmonic proudly announced that Credit Suisse, one of the world’s leading banks, would become the Orchestra’s first-ever and exclusive Global Sponsor, effective September 2007. With an active presence in more than 50 countries, Credit Suisse’s perspective is both local and global, and its continuing commitment to a partnership with the New York Philharmonic and other prominent cultural institutions is part of its broader effort to play an engaged, positive role in the communities of which it is a part. Credit Suisse’s Global Sponsorship will enable the Philharmonic to enhance its historic role as a cultural ambassador, bringing great performances to worldwide audiences — through concert tours, national and international broadcasts, recordings, concert downloads, and podcasts. For more information about Credit Suisse, please go to www.credit-suisse.com.

On Collaboration: From the Chairman & the President

2006–07 season concerts & attendance

116 subscription concerts 281,993 attendees 8 Summertime Classics concerts 19,965 attendees 11 non-subscription concerts 28,971 attendees 7 holiday concerts 14,915 attendees 7 regional concerts 17,168 attendees 1 Free Annual Memorial Day Concert 1,400 attendees 4 Young People’s Concerts 10,732 attendees 6 Very Young People’s Concerts 2,718 attendees 4 School Day Concerts 7,757 attendees 6 Ensembles at Merkin Concert Hall 2,558 attendees 7 Concerts in the Parks 137,500 attendees 12 concerts in Costa Mesa, Japan & Korea 2006 22,679 attendees 14 concerts on 2007 Tour of Europe 25,322 attendees 6 concerts during 2007 Residency at Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival 10,248 attendees Total of 209 Concerts 583,926 attendees

Zarin Mehta, President

Orchestral performance may be the best example anywhere of the happy results from harmonious collaboration. Every New York Philharmonic performance represents the magic that is created when these 106 magnificent musicians combine their talents with that of a conductor to bring to life the vision of a composer. Also enriching our offerings on stage and off are partnerships with soloists, composers, recording partners, tour presenters, our loyal audiences, and the list goes on. Surely the 2006–07 season — the sixth year in our collaboration with our Music Director, Lorin Maazel — reflects some of the strongest partnerships in our history. The Philharmonic’s behind-the-scenes team of Board and Staff has also worked together assiduously for less visible but no less important results. In the 2006–07 season our attendance rose to 88 percent of capacity, up from 84 percent the preceding year and from 78 percent the year before that. Over those two years, ticket sales have increased by more than $5.4 million. Still, we know that it takes more than this to defray our costs, and thanks to our fundraising team the Annual Fund reached a record-breaking $21.5 million, a 15 percent increase over the previous year. All of this contributed to a significant reduction in our deficit, from $2.041 million in 2006 to $767,000 in 2007. Also during the season the Board approved the beginning of the Campaign to Secure the Future of the Philharmonic, with the objective

of raising $75 million. We are delighted that the Starr Foundation set this off to a marvelous start with an initial gift of $15 million; others have followed suit, bringing us halfway to our goal so far. None of this would be possible without the generosity of our government, corporate, and private donors. In the summer of 2007 the ranks of these benefactors swelled: our new Board Member, Oscar Schafer, and his wife, Didi, made a five-year pledge of extraordinary support for our Concerts in the Parks; Russell and Judy Carson made a record-breaking pledge toward our Education programs; and we announced that Credit Suisse would be the Philharmonic’s first-ever and exclusive Global Sponsor beginning in the 2007–08 season. These and the gifts from thousands of individuals make it possible for the New York Philharmonic to continue in its paramount undertaking: to offer the best music at the very highest level.

Paul B. Guenther Chairman of the Board

Surely the 2006–07 season — the sixth year in our collaboration with our Music Director, Lorin Maazel — represents some of the strongest partnerships in our history.

Zarin Mehta President and Executive Director

Lorin Maazel and Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow at a rehearsal in Tokyo Opera City, November 5.

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Paul B. Guenther, Chairman

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The Tribute to Toscanini Gala audience on Avery Fisher Hall’s Grand Promenade, January 16. right : Sir Andrew Davis conducting the July 17 Central Park Concert in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer. above:

Musical Alliance: Lorin Maazel & the Philharmonic Lorin Maazel’s professional partnership

with the New York Philharmonic began in 1942, when he was only 12 years old and led a program of Mozart, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky at Lewisohn Stadium, then the Orchestra’s summer venue. He would return to lead the Orchestra as a guest conductor in 114 concerts before becoming Music Director in September 2002. The 2006–07 season saw a particularly rich result from these decades of collaboration. Mr. Maazel shared his knowledge of the symphonic masters, including a celebration of the centennial of Shostakovich’s birth, and a three-part survey of the music of Brahms. His vast experience as an opera conductor brought to Philharmonic audiences critically acclaimed performances of Ravel’s one-act opera, L’Enfant et les sortilèges; and his admiration for the virtuosos of the Philharmonic prompted a program that placed the spotlight on Principal Flute Robert Langevin, Principal Harp Nancy Allen, Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi, and Principal Horn Philip Myers and his horn section colleagues R. Allen Spanjer, Erik Ralske, and Howard Wall. Mr. Maazel also reaffirmed his ties to two past Philharmonic maestros: Arturo Toscanini and Gustav Mahler. He conducted a gala concert with the New York Philharmonic and another ensemble that he helms, the Symphonica Toscanini; that event established and endowed the Philharmonic’s Arturo Toscanini Associate Conductor Chair. At the conclusion of the season, Mr. Maazel conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 7, a work that showcases the virtuosity of the New York Philharmonic.

“I have unbounded admiration for the quality of this Orchestra, the technical capacity of each individual in it, and their — for want of a better word — esprit de corps. They’re very proud to belong to this Orchestra. They have a great sense of mission, and this pride exhibits itself at every moment.” — Lorin Maazel

above: Lorin Maazel rehearsing the Orchestra on July 27 at Colorado’s Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. right: Maazel and the Philharmonic at home, in Avery Fisher Hall.

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Relationships Old & New: In the Spotlight

featured artists in the 2006–07 season Flute

Toyist (for P.D.Q. Bach)

Michael Adelson* (12/16) Adam Aron* (7/26) Harry Bicket* (12/20–23) Philip Brunelle (12/12) Sir Andrew Davis (7/17; 7/20–21) Sir Colin Davis (3/22–24; 3/28; 3/29–31) Asher Fisch (9/6–9) Rob Fisher* (3/7–10) James Gaffigan* (3/24) Delta David Gier (10/14) Alan Gilbert (2/8–13; 3/14–17) Bernard Labadie* (12/20–23) Kurt Masur (2/28–3/3) Zubin Mehta (1/4–9; 1/11–13) Alexander Mickelthwate* (1/26; 2/2–3) Ludovic Morlot (7/10–16; 7/22) Riccardo Muti (1/18–20; 1/25–27; 6/7–12; 6/14–16) Jonathan Nott (10/25; 10/26–28) Sakari Oramo (4/11–14) David Robertson (10/12–17; 12/13; 12/14–16) Esa-Pekka Salonen (2/1– 6) Peter Schickele (1/2) Ted Sperling (12/31) Bramwell Tovey (12/6–9; 6/28–29; 6/30–7/1; 7/3– 4; 7/5–6; 7/7; 7/25; 7/26) Xian Zhang (10/19–21)

Robert Langevin (2/22–24)

Michèle Eaton* (1/2) Lloyd Peterson* (1/2)

Harp

Nancy Allen (2/22–24)

Joseph Alessi (2/22–24) Lionel Party (12/20–23) Horn

Philip Myers (2/22–24) Erik Ralske (2/22–24) R. Allen Spanjer (2/22–24) Howard Wall (2/22–24) Host

Roy Abramsohn* (2/3) Michael Adelson* (12/16) Delta David Gier (10/14) Garrison Keillor (12/12) Peter Schickele (10/25; 1/2; 2/13; 4/11) Steven Stucky (12/13; 2/6; 3/14) Theodore Wiprud (1/26; 2/2)

Kevin Kline* (7/5–6; 7/7)

share the stage with the world’s great conductors and soloists. Some are longtime friends; others are newer discoveries whose careers are ascending, in part due to their appearances with the Philharmonic. The 2006–07 season was the second in three-year agreements with three of today’s leading conductors for each to lead multiple weeks each season. Riccardo Muti conducted four weeks of concerts; on July 18, 2007, the Philharmonic announced that, beginning in the 2009–10 season, he will lead the Orchestra in even more concerts, both at its Avery Fisher Hall home and on tour. Also returning were David Robertson and Alan Gilbert, who each led two weeks of programs. Two former Philharmonic Music Directors, Zubin Mehta and Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur, returned to the Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis led two weeks of concerts that included a celebration of his 80th birthday. Bramwell Tovey, who for the fourth consecutive season helmed the Philharmonic’s Summertime Classics series, both as conductor and raconteur, also joined the Orchestra for subscription concerts, and he was one of the conductors to lead the Orchestra at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in July. The New York Philharmonic’s long-standing collaborations with today’s leading soloists brought together pianists Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman with Lorin Maazel and the Orchestra for the season’s Gala Opening Night Concert; there were subsequent returns by Mr. Ax, for the Philharmonic Festival: Brahms the Romantic and on tour in May, and by Mr. Bronfman, for the World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto. Other returning friends included pianists Leon Fleisher, Lang Lang, and Mitsuko Uchida; violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter, Itzhak Perlman,

Stage Manager

* Debut | ** Subscription debut

Ensemble

Producer

Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director (10/5–6) Canadian Brass (12/10) Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (12/6–9) New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director (10/5–6; 10/19–21; 3/7–10; 6/2–5; 6/7–12) New York Philharmonic Brass Ensemble (5/13; 7/9) New York Philharmonic Principal Brass (12/10) Symphonica Toscanini* (1/16) Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director (12/20–23)

John Goberman* (10/19–21) Matías Tarnopolsky (3/7–10) Thomas Z. Shepard* (3/7–10)

Thomas Baird* (10/14; 12/16; 1/26; 2/2–3; 3/24) Tomiko Magario* (10/14; 12/16; 1/26; 2/2–3; 3/24) My Fair Lady Dancers* (3/7–10) Director

Gil Shaham, and Pinchas Zukerman; cellist Lynn Harrell; sopranos Heidi Grant Murphy and Deborah Voigt; and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, a collective colleague since 1999. The new friends who appeared on the Orchestra’s stage included debuts by soprano Patrizia Ciofi, mezzo-sopranos Meredith Arwady and Patricia Bardon, and pianist Gerhard Oppitz, as well as conductors Harry Bicket and Bernard Labadie. More recent acquaintances were welcomed back. In Tokyo alone, the Philharmonic celebrated the talents of five young soloists in five concerts: violinists Lidia Baich, cellists Alicia Weilerstein and Johannes Moser, and pianists Jean-Frédéric Neuberger and Yuja Wang; violinist Julia Fischer joined the Philharmonic on the 2007 Tour of Europe. The Philharmonic also heralded its own, with solo turns by Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow; Principal Associate Concertmaster Sheryl Staples; Principal, Second Violin Group, Marc Ginsberg; Associate Principal, Second Violin Group, Lisa Kim; Principal Cello Carter Brey; Principal Flute Robert Langevin; English horn Thomas Stacy; Principal Horn Philip Myers and Philharmonic horns R. Allen Spanjer, Erik Ralske, and Howard Wall; Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi; Principal Harp Nancy Allen; Harpsichord Lionel Party; and Organist Kent Tritle.

James Brennan* (3/7–10) Tom Dulack (10/14; 12/16; 1/26; 2/2–3; 3/24) English horn

Vocalist or Actor

Tom Dulack (10/14; 12/16; 1/26; 2/2–3; 3/24)

Richard Paré* (12/20–23) Kent Tritle (10/5–6; 7/21)

Thomas Stacy (3/29–31)

Dancer

clockwise from top left: Riccardo Muti, whose growing tie with the Philharmonic was announced July 18. Bramwell Tovey and Kevin Kline backstage before the July 5 Summertime Classics concert. Pinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta, January 4. Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur, February 28. Sir Colin Davis celebrating his 80th birthday with Mitsuko Uchida and Radu Lupu, March 28.

Lidia Baich* (11/5–6) Lisa Batiashvili (4/11–14) Glenn Dicterow (4/20–21; 5/4; 5/9; 5/17) Julia Fischer (4/18–19; 5/5; 5/8; 5/11; 5/14) Marc Ginsberg (12/20–23) Stefan Jackiw* (7/10–16) Sergey Khachatryan* (2/28–3/3) Lisa Kim* (12/20–23) Anne-Sophie Mutter (4/25–28) Itzhak Perlman (9/14–19) Julian Rachlin (5/24–26) Vadim Repin (1/18–20) Gil Shaham (10/12–17; 7/22) Sheryl Staples (10/14) Christian Tetzlaff (3/14–17) Pinchas Zukerman (1/4–9)

Meredith Arwady, mezzo-soprano* (10/19–21) Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano* (12/13; 12/14–16) Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano (12/20–23) Andrea Bocelli, tenor* (9/6–9) Measha Brueggergsoman, soprano* (7/17; 7/20) Meg Bussert, actor* (3/7–10) Phillipe Castagner, tenor* (10/5–6; 3/7–10) Patrizia Ciofi, soprano* (10/5–6) Neal Davies, bass-baritone* (12/20–23) Kevin Deas, bass (10/5–6) Brian Dennehy, actor* (3/7–10) Michael J. Farina, actor* (3/7–10) Bruce Ford, tenor (12/20–23) Jane Gilbert, mezzo-soprano* (6/7–12) Matthias Goerne, baritone (6/2–5) Kelsey Grammer, actor* (3/7–10) Ian Greenlaw, baritone* (10/5–6) Joe Grifasi, actor* (3/7–10) Nancy Gustafson, soprano* (11/30–12/2) Timothy Jerome, actor (3/7–10) Jessica Jones, soprano (10/5–6) Charles Kimbrough, actor* (3/7–10) Dominique Labelle, soprano (12/20–23) Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano* (10/5–6) Audra McDonald, soprano (12/31) Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano (10/5–6) Erin Morley, soprano* (10/14) Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano (9/20–26) Marni Nixon, actor (3/7–10) Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano* (10/5–6) Kelli O’Hara, actor* (3/7–10) René Pape, bass (1/16) Brigitte Pinter, mezzo-soprano* (6/7–12) Tatiana Serjan, soprano* (6/7–12) Celena Shafer, soprano (6/2–5) Deborah Voigt, soprano (6/20–23)

Organ

Emanuel Ax (9/13; 2/14–20; 5/3; 5/6) Yefim Bronfman (9/13; 2/1–6) Richard Dworsky* (12/12) Leon Fleisher (11/30–12/2) Markus Groh* (6/28–29) Benjamin Hochman (7/25) Lang Lang (6/7–12) Radu Lupu (3/28; 3/29–31) Jean-Frédéric Neuberger* (11/8) Garrick Ohlsson (7/21) Gerhard Oppitz* (1/25–27) Peter Serkin (10/26–28) Mitsuko Uchida (3/22–24; 3/28) Lars Vogt (2/8–10) Yuja Wang (11/10) Orion Weiss (7/25) Joyce Yang** (11/15; 11/17; 11/24–28; 6/30–7/1; 7/26)

Carter Brey (12/20–23; 4/20–21; 5/4; 5/9; 5/17) Lynn Harrell (9/28–10/3) Johannes Moser* (11/11) Alisa Weilerstein** (11/9; 1/11–13; 7/27)

Violin

Narrator

Piano Cello

Trombone

Harpsichord

Maurice Eisenstadt (1/2)

Every week of the season the Philharmonic musicians

Conductor

Bagpipes

Photos by Chris Lee

Production Supervisor

Lonny Price (12/31) Scriptwriter

William Walters* (1/2)

Future Partnership: Alan Gilbert & the Orchestra

Collaborative Inspirations: Composers, Performers & Commissioners The commissioning and premiering

of a new work requires profound creative collaboration among the composer, the conductor, the soloist, the ensemble, and the commissioning organization. In 2006–07 the New York Philharmonic played a role in bringing to the stage four new pieces, three of them co-commissions. In February the Orchestra unveiled Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Melinda Wagner’s Trombone Concerto, which the Philharmonic commissioned for Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi; Lorin Maazel conducted. In the season’s first subscription concerts he led the U.S. Premiere of Hans Werner Henze’s Sebastian im Traum, a co-commission with the Eduard van Beinum Stichting, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Tonhalle-Gesellschaft (Zurich). In December David Robertson joined forces with mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon for the U.S. Premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Songs, co-commissioned with the Auftakt Festival, Alte Oper Frankfurt, and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI; the performances included a Hear & Now discussion hosted by composer Steven Stucky. The next Hear & Now and its accompanying subscription concerts saw the World Premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto, dedicated to Yefim Bronfman, and a joint commission by the Philharmonic, The BBC, Radio France, and NDR Hamburg; the composer conducted and the dedicatee was the soloist. from top: Composer Kaija Saariaho and Hear & Now host and composer Steven Stucky, December 13. Pianist Yefim Bronfman and composerconductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, February 2. Composer Melinda Wagner and Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi, February 22.

“This is the orchestra I feel closest to in the world, these are the musicians for whom I have the highest regard in the world. To be given this vote of confidence is more than thrilling. I look forward to continuing to work with this greatest of orchestras, and to meeting and developing a close rapport with New York City’s music-loving public.” — Alan Gilbert above and bottom right:

President Zarin Mehta, conductor Alan Gilbert, and Chairman Paul B. Guenther, at the press conference, July 18.

Native New Yorker Alan Gilbert, age 40, the son of

two Philharmonic violinists, was named the New York Philharmonic’s next Music Director in the summer of 2007, to begin in the 2009–10 season. Mr. Gilbert grew up with the New York Philharmonic, traveling with the Orchestra on tours and watching its concerts from the wings. The professional bond began with his acclaimed debut in October 2001; was strengthened by nearly annual appearances in following seasons; and led to an agreement for him to conduct the Orchestra in

multiple subscription weeks over three years. In 2006–07 those weeks featured two programs. The first saw the U.S. premiere of Swedish composer Daniel Bortz’s Parodos, as well as Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and Debussy’s complete Images; the second, Stokowski’s arrangement of Bach’s D-minor Toccata and Fugue, Ligeti’s Violin Concerto, Webern’s arrangement of Bach’s Ricercar, and Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony. Such programmatic diversity and imagination reflects the depth and range of Mr. Gilbert’s repertoire and the vision that he will bring as he and the Orchestra chart their future together.

Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow (right), congratulating Alan Gilbert and his wife, cellist Kajsa William-Olsson, July 17.

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“It has been a joy to create music for Joe [Alessi] and the New York Philharmonic. This winning combination has offered me a wide, expansive landscape in which to explore the ‘life story’ of a musical idea.” — Composer Melinda Wagner Photos by Chris Lee

Collaborative Productions: Film, Opera & Musical Theater

Some works call for more collaborations than others.

In the 2006–07 season an opera, a film, choral music, and a Broadway favorite were on the docket, performed in languages ranging from French, Russian, and German to the best and worst articulation of the King’s English. Lorin Maazel brought his operatic experience to bear with acclaimed performances of Ravel’s one-act opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges, with a large cast that featured sopranos Patrizia Ciofi and Jessica Jones; mezzo-sopranos Susanne Mentzer, Isabel Leonard, and Kelley O’Connor; tenor Philippe Castagner; baritone Ian Greenlaw; and bass Kevin Deas; with the New York Choral Artists and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. He also led Brahms’s A German Requiem, with soprano Celena Shafer, baritone Matthias Goerne, and the New York Choral Artists, as the conclusion to Brahms the Romantic. Associate Principal Conductor Xian Zhang led the Orchestra and the New York Choral Artists in the music Prokofiev wrote to accompany the Eisenstein film, Alexander Nevsky, employing a restored print and score produced by John Goberman. And four performances of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, produced by Thomas Z. Shephard and directed by James Brennan, brought down the house, thanks to the performances of Broadway’s Kelli O’Hara, film and stage stars Kelsey Grammer, Brian Dennehy, and Charles Kimbrough, and veteran actors including Marni Nixon.

Philharmonic Associate Conductor Xian Zhang conducting the score of Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky during a screening of the Eisenstein film, October 19.

Photos by Chris Lee, except Messiah by Michael DiVito

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My Fair Lady, March 7. Ravel’s L’Enfant etles sortilèges, October 5. Lorin Maazel leading Brahms’s A German Requiem, June 2. Harry Bicket leading Handel’s Messiah at The Riverside Church, December 21.

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Philharmonic Partners: Onstage & Off

The generosity, expertise,

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professionalism, and creativity of a host of individuals and organizations have helped the New York Philharmonic to achieve its continuing ambition of bringing its music to new and larger audiences, and have created strong alliances, both in the United States and abroad. The benevolence and support of new Board Member Oscar Schafer and his wife, Didi, helped the Philharmonic to continue to delight the more than 100,000 concertgoers each year who attend the Philharmonic’s Concerts in the Parks, a traditional delight of summer in the city also made possible through the support of CIT, the City of New York, and the hard work of an army of stagehands. On tour, the Philharmonic worked closely with a new partner, South Korea presenter Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, and an old friend, Japan’s Kajimoto Concert Management, on the successful 2006 visit to Japan and Korea, and with Konzertdirektion Schmid, a key collaborator in organizing the acclaimed 2007 Tour of Europe. Teamwork is the very essence of chamber music, which relies on a give-and-take among musicians. Offstage, the musicians of the Orchestra who comprise the Chamber Music Committee program the six-concert annual New York Philharmonic Ensembles at Merkin Concert Hall, which have been sold-out affairs since 1984. And year after year, day in and day out, the strong partnership enjoyed with the staffs of Avery Fisher Hall and Lincoln Center makes the Orchestra’s daily rehearsals, concerts, and special activities smooth and successful events. It has even made possible the growth of our offerings, such as the free plaza viewing of the September 13 Opening Night Concert, nationally broadcast by Live From Lincoln Center on PBS.

Didi and Oscar Schafer (front row, left) with Zarin Mehta in Central Park’s Great Lawn at the July 17 Concert in the Park. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and Philharmonic Chairman Paul B. Guenther that same day. In the Central Park Boathouse on July 11. Jeffrey M. Peek, Chairman and CEO of CIT, corporate sponsor for the parks concerts; Paul B. Guenther; and Oscar Schafer.

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Photos by Chris Lee, except Ensembles by Michael DiVito

In Tokyo, the Orchestra boarding the bus for the airport to fly to Oita, on November 6. Philharmonic staff members and tour organizers in Warsaw, Poland, on May 1, conferring about the 2007 Tour of Europe. Philharmonic musicians performing a work composed by Associate Principal Bass Jon Deak (standing) at the Ensembles concert at Merkin Concert Hall, October 22.

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A Joint Effort: Media

A Fellowship of Educators: Impacting Thousands

Millions of listeners have benefited from the

New York Philharmonic’s collaborations with DG Concerts, iTunes, 96.3 FM WQXR, WFMT Radio Network, BBC Radio 3, and Live From Lincoln Center. These have brought the Orchestra’s music far beyond its Avery Fisher Hall home. In the 2006–07 season the Philharmonic’s groundbreaking partnership with DG Concerts resulted in three more downloads of live performances on iTunes as well as on a CD; as of August 31, the Philharmonic’s DG Concerts releases had been downloaded approximately 10,000 times around the world. The Orchestra’s national 52-week per year radio series, The New York Philharmonic This Week — in syndication by Chicago’s WFMT Radio Network to more than 250 stations since 1997 — completed its second season as a 52-week-per-year program. Also, a new partnership with BBC Radio 3 allowed ten Orchestra performances to be produced and distributed by BBC Radio throughout the U.K., with further distribution through the European Broadcast Union’s Euroradio satellite network, making the Philharmonic the first American symphony orchestra to have a regular presence on European radio. Also new this season: the New York Philharmonic Podcast, produced by Peabody Award–winning broadcaster and 96.3 FM WQXR afternoon host Elliott Forrest, which offers listeners backstage insights and illustrative musical excerpts. Launched as a pilot in April, by August 31 more than 17,000 listeners had downloaded the first six podcasts. Live From Lincoln Center, broadcast on PBS stations and a Philharmonic collaborator from its very first telecast, celebrated its 30th anniversary in the spring of 2006.

Released during the 2006–07 season Shostakovich in America: The Centennial Concert Lorin Maazel, conductor | Lynn Harrell, cello Recorded live in September–October 2006

Philharmonic Teaching Artist Tanya Witek at P.S. 199, instructing students in the School Partnership Program.

Strauss Lorin Maazel, conductor Recorded live in March 2005 and September–October 2005 (also available on CD)

“We feel very lucky to have such an enriching program available to our children. I feel this program has opened doors for our sons and really created a genuine interest in all music as well as their ability to play. The program also builds self-esteem and confidence.”

Beethoven | Stravinsky Zubin Mehta, conductor | Pinchas Zukerman, violin Recorded live in January 2007

Recorded during the 2006–07 season for fall 2007 release

— Parent, P.S. 39, Brooklyn

An Orchestral Showcase Rimsky-Korsakov | Roussel | Bartók Lorin Maazel, conductor Recorded live in November–December 2006 and May 2007 Ravel | Stravinsky Lorin Maazel, conductor Recorded live in September 2006 and April 2007 The Sacred and the Divine Rossini | Hindemith | Scriabin Riccardo Muti, conductor Recorded live in January and June 2007

Photos by Michael DiVito

Audience participants joining the Orchestra and other performers for an ovation on the March 24 Young People’s Concert.

Also a national leader in music education

and a major community resource, the New York Philharmonic works closely with local and international educators, the City of New York, and generous funders such as MetLife, to engage new audiences and new generations in the living tradition of great concert music. Philharmonic educational programs impacted more than 52,000 children, students, educators, and adults through live interaction. In the concert hall, in the classroom, and on the Internet, the Philharmonic opens doors for people of all backgrounds. While the Young People’s Concerts and the newer and enormously popular Very Young People’s Concerts attract the most attention, one of the most exciting collaborative efforts is the School Partnership Program, a three-year sequential music program for New York City schoolchildren in grades three through five, which began a major expansion in the 2006–07 season. Philharmonic musicians and teaching artists work with classroom and music teachers to make the world of symphonic music come alive by conducting interactive workshops that include instruction in structured listening, performance, and group composition. Two In-School Concerts, a School Day Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, ongoing professional development for partner teachers, and workshops for parents contribute to an extraordinarily rich program that has become a model for orchestras worldwide. A new collaboration benefits those beyond New York: Learning Overtures brings together international educators and musicians to share practices and ideas in music education. The program, which began in the 2006–07 season, featured workshops in Japan, and continued in February through an ambitious symposium with Finnish students and teachers in New York.

The Ultimate Team: The Orchestra New York Philharmonic 2006–2007 Season

LORIN MAAZEL Music Director Xian Zhang, Associate Conductor, The Arturo Toscanini Chair Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor, 1943–1990 Kurt Masur, Music Director Emeritus

Katherine Greene Dawn Hannay Vivek Kamath Peter Kenote Barry Lehr Kenneth Mirkin Judith Nelson Robert Rinehart

Glenn Dicterow Concertmaster The Charles E. Culpeper Chair Sheryl Staples Principal Associate Concertmaster The Elizabeth G. Beinecke Chair Michelle Kim Assistant Concertmaster The William Petschek Family Chair Enrico Di Cecco Carol Webb Yoko Takebe Minyoung Chang Kenneth Gordon Hae-Young Ham Lisa GiHae Kim Kuan-Cheng Lu Newton Mansfield Kerry McDermott Anna Rabinova Charles Rex Fiona Simon Sharon Yamada Elizabeth Zeltser Yulia Ziskel Marc Ginsberg Principal Lisa Kim* In Memory of Laura Mitchell Soohyun Kwon Duoming Ba Marilyn Dubow Martin Eshelman Judith Ginsberg Mei Ching Huang Myung-Hi Kim+ Hanna Lachert Sarah O’Boyle Daniel Reed Mark Schmoockler Na Sun Vladimir Tsypin Violas

Cynthia Phelps Principal The Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Chair Rebecca Young* Irene Breslaw** The Norma and Lloyd Chazen Chair Dorian Rence

Clarinets

Percussion

Stanley Drucker Principal The Edna and W. Van Alan Clark Chair Mark Nuccio* Pascual Martinez Forteza Stephen Freeman

Christopher S. Lamb Principal The Constance R. Hoguet Friends of the Philharmonic Chair Daniel Druckman* The Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich Chair Joseph Pereira

E-flat Clarinet Cellos

Violins

Carter Brey Principal The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Chair Eileen Moon* Hai-Ye Ni*+ Qiang Tu Acting Associate Principal The Shirley and Jon Brodsky Foundation Chair Evangeline Benedetti Eric Bartlett Nancy Donaruma Elizabeth Dyson Valentin Hirsu Maria Kitsopoulos Sumire Kudo Ru-Pei Yeh Frederick Zlotkin++ Basses

Eugene Levinson Principal The Redfield D. Beckwith Chair Jon Deak* Orin O’Brien

Mark Nuccio

Harp

Bass Clarinet

Nancy Allen Principal The Mr. and Mrs. William T. Knight III Chair

Stephen Freeman

Judith LeClair Principal The Pels Family Chair Kim Laskowski* Roger Nye Arlen Fast

Orchestra Personnel Manager

The Karen and Richard S. LeFrak Chair Harriet Wingreen Jonathan Feldman

Carl R. Schiebler Stage Representative

Louis J. Patalano Organ

Kent Tritle

Audio Director

The New York Philharmonic uses the revolving seating method for section string players who are listed alphabetically in the roster.

* ** + ++

Associate Principal Assistant Principal On Leave Replacement/Extra

Philip Myers Principal The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair Jerome Ashby* L. William Kuyper** R. Allen Spanjer Erik Ralske Howard Wall Trumpets

Trombones

Joseph Alessi Principal The Gurnee F. and Marjorie L. Hart Chair James Markey* David Finlayson

milestones

Bass Trombone

Donald Harwood

Mindy Kaufman Tuba

Thomas Stacy The Joan and Joel Smilow Chair

Piano

Harpsichord

Horns

Robert Langevin Principal The Lila Acheson Wallace Chair Sandra Church* Renée Siebert Mindy Kaufman

English Horn

Lionel Party

Lawrence Tarlow Principal Sandra Pearson** Thad Marciniak

Arlen Fast

Flutes

Liang Wang Principal The Alice Tully Chair Sherry Sylar* Robert Botti

Librarians

Contrabassoon

Philip Smith Principal The Paula Levin Chair Matthew Muckey* James Ross Thomas V. Smith

Oboes

In Memory of Paul Jacobs

Lawrence Rock

William Blossom Randall Butler David J. Grossman Satoshi Okamoto Michele Saxon

Piccolo

Keyboard

Bassoons

Alan Baer Principal Timpani

Markus Rhoten Principal The Carlos Moseley Chair Joseph Pereira**

Photo by Chris Lee

Once a year, the New York Philharmonic family — active and retired Musicians, Board, and Staff — gather at a concert and post-concert reception on the Grand Promenade to honor colleagues who are retiring or marking important milestones. On June 20, the Orchestra celebrated violinist Martin Eshelman and violist Kenneth Mirkin for their respective 50 and 25 years with the Orchestra. It also honored the careers of violinist Kenneth Gordon, cellist Nancy Donaruma, Assistant Principal Horn L. William Kuyper, bass trombone Donald Harwood, and librarian Thad Marciniak, who retired after decades of service as members of the New York Philharmonic.

in memoriam

The New York Philharmonic mourned the death, on February 10, of Leonard Davis, former New York Philharmonic Principal Violist and a member of the Orchestra from 1949 to 1991. Mr. Davis appeared in recitals in New York and abroad, published numerous transcriptions and editions of musical works, and was on the faculty of various institutions. He is survived by his son, Harvey, his niece, Linda Finkelstein, and his nephew, Seymour Adlerstein.

above: Music Director Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic, May 26.

About the Board

supportive Board of Directors, dedicated individuals who bring their collective wisdom and ambition to their leadership of the Orchestra’s activities.

The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. Officers and Directors Carlos Moseley Chairman Emeritus Paul B. Guenther Chairman Frank Savage Treasurer Daisy M. Soros Secretary Zarin Mehta President and Executive Director Shirley S. Bacot Robert G. Bartner Dr. Clemens Börsig James E. Buckman Toos N. Daruvala J. Christopher Flowers Dale M. Frehse John French III Timothy M. George Lenore B. Glickhouse Evan G. Greenberg

Dr. Clemens Börsig

SungEun Han-Andersen Gurnee F. Hart Gerald L. Hassell Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. C. Robert Henrikson Roger Hertog Ludmila Schwarzenberg Hess Peter Jungen Richard L. Kauffman H. Frederick Krimendahl II Karen T. LeFrak Klaus Peter Löbbe Alan S. MacDonald William J. McDonough Thomas J. McGrath David E. McKinney Sue B. Mercy Phyllis J. Mills Karlheinz Muhr Lizabeth A. Newman Charles F. Niemeth Joel I. Picket Thierry Porté Stephen Robert Benjamin M. Rosen Oscar S. Schafer

SungEun Han-Andersen

W. Sean Sovak Ronald J. Ulrich Sandra F. Warshawsky Masamoto Yashiro Yasunori Yokote Directors Emeriti Mrs. William S. Beinecke Donald M. Blinken Edith S. Bouriez Gov. Jon S. Corzine Gunther E. Greiner Gerald M. Levin Robert V. Lindsay John D. Macomber Carlos Moseley Donald A. Pels Charles I. Petschek Paula L. Root Joel E. Smilow Stephen Stamas Mrs. John W. Straus Kurt F. Viermetz

Gerald L. Hassell

In the 2006 –07 season the New York Philharmonic elected nine new members SungEun Han-Andersen trained as a pianist and composer before working at A.T. Kearney and Price Waterhouse as a management consultant. She was on the Board of the Manhattan School of Music, and is now president of the New York Summer Music Festival. She and her husband, G. Chris Andersen, manage the C. George Van Kampen Foundation and the G.C. Andersen Family Foundation, which supports music education and medical research. She manages investment portfolios for both, and developed Møsefund Farm, the family’s horse-training facility.

Karlheinz Muhr

Oscar S. Schafer

Roger Hertog

Thierry Porté

Yasunori Yokote

As of August 31, 2007

to its Board of Directors:

Dr. Clemens Börsig became chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank AG in May 2006, having previously served as a member of its management board (chief financial officer and chief risk officer). He received his Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Mannheim and holds an honorary professorship from the University of Munich. Dr. Börsig has supervisory board mandates at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Linde AG, and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. He is also a nonexecutive director of Foreign and Colonial Eurotrust PLC.

C. Robert Henrikson

Honorary Members of the Society Pierre Boulez Zubin Mehta Carlos Moseley

Gerald L. Hassell is president of The Bank of New York Company Inc. Mr. Hassell earned a B.A. in economics from Duke University and an M.B.A. in finance from the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is chairman of the board of visitors of The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and vice chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of New York. He is also a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation and of the Financial Services Roundtable and Financial Services Forum.

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The New York Philharmonic is blessed with a visionary, active, and

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C. Robert Henrikson is chairman of the board, president, and CEO of MetLife, Inc. He serves on the boards of the American Council of Life Insurers, the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership, and the American Benefits Council, and was an active member of the Committee on Economic Development’s Subcommittee on Social Security Reform. Mr. Henrikson received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law; he is also a graduate of the Wharton School’s Advanced Management Program. He is a board member or trustee of the Morehouse School of Medicine, New York Botanical Garden, and American Museum of Natural History. Roger Hertog is a founder of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc., and was the firm’s president until its combination with Alliance Capital Management in 2000. He is currently vice chairman of Alliance Bernstein L.P. and a member of its executive committee. A graduate of City College of New York, he is chairman emeritus of The Manhattan Institute; a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, New York Public Library, and New-York Historical Society; and chairman of The New Republic and of The New York Sun.

Karlheinz Muhr, a managing director of Credit Suisse in the asset management division, oversees the subsidiary Volaris and is a member of the division’s management committee, as well as a member of the chairman’s board of Credit Suisse. Mr. Muhr holds a master’s degree from Vienna’s University for Business and Economics and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California–Los Angeles. He serves on the boards of The Institute of International Education and The Aspen Institute. Thierry Porté, president and CEO of Shinsei Bank, Limited, was a managing director of Morgan Stanley and president of Morgan Stanley Japan. He has lived and worked in the U.S., U.K., France, and Japan. A member of the board of directors and chairman of the finance committee of the American School in Japan, he graduated from Harvard College, is a Baker Scholar graduate of the Harvard Business School, serves as president of the Harvard Club of Japan, and is a member of the Harvard Business School Visiting Committee.

Oscar S. Schafer, managing partner of O.S.S. Capital Management LP, is a wellrespected Wall Street professional who has been a longtime participant in the Barron’s Roundtable of top money managers. He earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Schafer is the president of the Daniel & Florence Guggenheim and the Fred Lavanburg Foundations, and is a member of the board of trustees of New York Presbyterian Hospital. Formerly a director of ParkerVision and Global Healthcare Partners, he has also served as a trustee of Temple Emanu-El in New York City, and is president of the Schafer Family Foundation, established to support the arts and social service organizations. Yasunori Yokote was elected to the New York Philharmonic Board on June 5, 2007. He became president and CEO of Mitsui USA on April 1, 2007, his second assignment for the company. Having joined its parent company, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Japan, in 1970, he now concurrently serves as an executive vice president. Prior to his current post in New York, Mr. Yokote was Mitsui & Co.’s executive director, senior executive managing officer and chief compliance officer, and senior executive for the corporate staff sector, including corporate planning, personnel, public relations, and logistics management.

Lifetime Gifts

in Avery Fisher Hall to honor individual, corporate, and foundation donors whose cumulative annual gifts and contributions to special occasions have supported the Orchestra’s activities over their lifetimes. We thank our donors for their long-standing support and include in this list those generous donors, now deceased, whose exceptional philanthropy we continue to honor.

Lifetime Benefactor

Lifetime Guarantor

(Lifetime Gifts of $2,000,000 or more) The Bank of New York Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson Citigroup The Charles A. Dana Foundation Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust Exxon Mobil Corporation The Ford Foundation Frederick N. Gilbert Francis Goelet Fund William Randolph Hearst Foundation Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Family Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. McKinsey & Company The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation MetLife and MetLife Foundation The Ambrose Monell Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York State Council on the Arts Wendy Keys and Donald Pels The William Petschek Family The Prospect Hill Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, III The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Didi and Oscar Schafer The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation The Starr Foundation Time Warner Inc. Mrs. Arnold van Ameringen Lila Acheson & DeWitt Wallace Fund for Lincoln Center

(Lifetime Gifts of $1,000,000–$1,999,999) Assicurazioni Generali AT&T Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter Bacot Mr. and Mrs. William S. Beinecke Florence Blau The Charles E. Culpeper Foundation The Irene Diamond Fund Irmgard Dix Mr. J. Christopher Flowers and Dr. Mary H. White Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Gurnee F. and Marjorie L. Hart Rita E. Hauser and Gustave M. Hauser The Kaplen Foundation Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William T. Knight, III Bruce Kovner Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Emilia A. Saint-Amand and Fred Krimendahl Jerry M. Levin Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Morgan Stanley Natural Heritage Trust Joseph Pulitzer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Salomon In memory of Orton and Lucile Simons Joan and Joel Smilow Daisy and Paul Soros Alice Tully Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich 96.3 FM WQXR.com 1 Anonymous Lifetime Guarantor

Wendy Keys and Donald A. Pels*

J. Christopher Flowers*

Lifetime Patron

(Lifetime Gifts of $500,000–$999,999) J. Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc. Anny M. Baer The Marie Baier Foundation R.D. Beckwith Leonard L. Bisco The Honorable and Mrs. Donald Blinken The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Marie Beverly and Robert G. Bartner BASF Corporation Booth Ferris Foundation The Louis Calder Foundation Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Continental Airlines Governor Jon S. Corzine Constans Culver Foundation Ernst & Young Herman Goldman Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Florence Gould Foundation Helen Huntington Hull IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase & Co. Maria Olivia and Jim Judelson William H. Kearns Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Langone Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. LeFrak Mercedes-Benz of North America Edward S. Moore Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Murray L. Nathan The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Charitable Foundation The New York Times Company Foundation Edward John Noble Foundation Mrs. Donald Oenslager Penzance Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Robertson, Jr. Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Skirball Foundation Beatrice Snyder Foundation Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer

Shirley S. Bacot*

Robert S. Hekemian, Jr.*

Gurnee F.* and Marjorie Hart

Lifetime Contributor

Photos by Julie Skarratt, except Harts by Linsley Lindekens

The New York Philharmonic created the Lifetime Gifts recognition wall

Photos by Linsley Lindekens, except Bacot by Julie Skarratt

(Lifetime Gifts of $250,000–$499,999) Altria Group, Inc. Amyas Ames The Vincent Astor Foundation Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Halee and David Baldwin Robert H. Benmosche Marion I. Breen Shirley and Jon Brodsky John Chalsty Norma and Lloyd Chazen James H. Clark Deutsche Bank The Aaron Diamond Foundation The Enoch Foundation FDIC American Savings Mr. and Mrs. Sampson R. Field Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. George Sandra and Alan Gerry Ira and Lenore Gershwin Philanthropic Fund Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Gunther Greiner Barbara Haws, William Josephson, and Eliot Bostar The Robert and Mary Jane Hekemian Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Heller The Victor Herbert Foundation Hermione Foundation Norma W. Hess Constance and Robert L. Hoguet Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. Jephson Educational Trust No. 2

Donna and Marvin Schwartz

Walter J. Johnson Peter Jungen Ellen Jewett and Richard L. Kauffman Mrs. David M. Keiser Kekst & Company Incorporated Karen and Kevin Kennedy Mrs. William S. Lasdon Patricia and Philip Laskawy Mrs. Erich Leinsdorf Paul Levenglick Carol and Jerry W. Levin Janice H. Levin Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brian Little Susan Baker and Michael Lynch Nancy and Edwin Marks Thomas J. and Diahn McGrath Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc. Mercedes Meyerhoff Kathryn and Gilbert Miller Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. A. Slade Mills, Jr. Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Gerald Morgan, Jr. The Netter Foundation Paul Newman The New York Community Trust Anne and Charles F. Niemeth Joan and Joel I. Picket Pfizer Inc. Mabel Larremore Pope Eva Rautenberg Cynthia and John Reed Ingeborg Rennert and Ira Leon Rennert REVLON William R. Robbins Pilar Crespi Robert and Stephen Robert Laurance Spelman Rockefeller

Donna and Benjamin M.* Rosen

Dr. and Mrs. Leon Root Billy Rose Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ruane Rachael M. Salzano Frank and Lolita Savage Carol and Chuck Schaefer The Scherman Foundation Donna and Marvin Schwartz Mrs. Arthur E. Shapiro Shinsei Bank, Limited Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Sociedad General de Autores Claudette M. Sorel Carl Spielvogel and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Elaine and Stephen Stamas Miriam T. and Howard N. Stern Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straus Alan and Katherine Stroock Fund Surdna Foundation, Inc. Gertrud Suskind Tyco International, Ltd. Paul Underwood Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Viermetz Alberto Vilar Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sanford S. Warshawsky Ms. Lelia Wardwell Joan S. Weil Lawrence A. Wien Foundation, Inc. Paula L. Zajan Mr. and Mrs. William B. Ziff, Jr. 2 Anonymous Lifetime Contributors *New York Philharmonic Board Member

Leonard Bernstein Circle

Endowment Fund

Virtuoso

(a minimum commitment of $200,000 over three years) Shirley S. Bacot Robert G. and Marie Beverly Bartner Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson The Irene Diamond Fund Booth Ferris Foundation Mary H. White and J. Christopher Flowers Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. George Francis Goelet Fund Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Florence Gould Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Susan and Roger Hertog The Kaplen Foundation Ellen Jewett and Richard L. Kauffman Mr. & Mrs. John French III and Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Foundation Mrs. William T. Knight, III Bruce Kovner Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Leon Levy Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Paul Newman Cynthia and John S. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Didi and Oscar Schafer Donna and Marvin Schwartz The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation In memory of Orton and Lucile Simons Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Smilow Beatrice Snyder Foundation Daisy and Paul Soros The Starr Foundation Miriam T. and Howard N. Stern Foundation Katherine Brodsky and Shirley Brodsky

*New York Philharmonic Board Member

The Alice Tully Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich Paul Underwood Mary Jo and John W. White Maestro

(a minimum commitment of $100,000 over three years) SungEun Han-Andersen and G. Chris Andersen Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Avellino Robert H. Benmosche The Honorable and Mrs. Donald M. Blinken Marion I. Breen Shirley Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. James E. Buckman Governor Jon. S. Corzine Rose and Stephen Crawford Toos N. Daruvala Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Corinne and Maurice Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Evan Greenberg Marjorie and Gurnee Hart The Robert and Mary Jane Hekemian Foundation, Inc. Hermione Foundation Norma Hess Maria Olivia and Jim Judelson Peter Jungen Emilia Saint-Amand and Fred Krimendahl Honey Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. LeFrak Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Susan Baker and Michael Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDonough Diahn and Thomas J. McGrath Carmen and Zarin Mehta Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Vivian Milstein Florence Davis

The Ambrose Monell Foundation The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Niemeth Wendy Keys and Donald Pels Joan and Joel I. Picket The Prospect Hill Foundation Alexandra Monroe and Robert Rosenkranz Susan and Jack Rudin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage Carol and Chuck Schaefer Mrs. Arthur E. Shapiro The Shubert Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Steere, Jr. Vital Projects Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford S. Warshawsky 1 Anonymous Maestro member Concertmaster

(a minimum commitment of $50,000 over three years) Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation Rose M. Badgeley Residuary CharitableTrust The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Ginette and Joshua Becker Mr. and Mrs. William S. Beinecke Anna Nikolayevsky Benton The Bodman Foundation Jill and John Chalsty Laura Chang and Arnold Chavkin Joseph M. Cohen Constans Culver Foundation Julie and Peter Cummings The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Irene Duell and Col. Jon Mendes Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Edelman The Enoch Foundation Cynthia and Herbert Fields Dale M. Frehse Fundacion Meijer-Werner Deane A. and John D. Gilliam Rosalind and Eugene J. Glaser Foundation Elizabeth Glazer and William Montgomery Herman Goldman Foundation

Sascha and Evan* Greenberg

Christie and Ronald J.* Ulrich

Photo of McDonoughs by Linsley Lindekens, Knight and Soros by Julie Skarratt, Toscanini Gala by Chris Lee

The New York Philharmonic recognizes

and honors its most important donors in a significant way. Members enjoy recognition in a special listing in the concert program and invitations to the annual Leonard Bernstein Circle Dinner and Salon Evenings. We offer Maestro and Virtuoso level members additional benefits.

Photos by Linsley Lindekens, except Greenbergs by Julie Skarratt

Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Jennifer and Bud Gruenberg The Marc Haas Foundation Gerald and Anita-Agnes O. Hassell The Hite Foundation Renee and Edgar Jackson Jephson Educational Trust No. 2 Barbara Haws and William Josephson Dr. Karen and Mr. Kevin Kennedy Jeffrey B. Kindler and Sharon R. Sullivan Temma and Alfred Kingsley Gerald L. Lennard Foundation Frank A. Lenti Leni and Peter May Bruce Meyers Milstein Family Foundation Marion Moore Foundation Murray L. Nathan In memory of K. Fred Netter Richard D. Nordlof Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Perlbinder Lionel I. Pincus Elaine and Charles Petschek William R. Rhodes Pilar Crespi Robert and Stephen Robert Mrs. Frederick P. Rose The Leo Rosner Foundation Irving and Sara Selis Foundation Dr. Michael F. Shugrue The C.F. Roe Slade Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon Jeanne Sorensen-Leff Jodie and Sean Sovak Emily and Jerry Spiegel The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Bruce Vinci Dr. Karl M. F. Wamsler The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Rhoda Weiskopf-Cohen: In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Weiskopf Simon Yates Andrew M. Wallach and Peggy P. Yannas Mrs. William B. Ziff, Jr. Mary J. Wallach 3 Anonymous Concertmaster members Suzanne and William J.* McDonough

Mrs. William T. Knight, III

Daisy* and Paul Soros

In the early days of the Orchestra,

devoted lovers of music created an endowment to ensure the Philharmonic’s artistic excellence and financial security for future generations. To this day, the New York Philharmonic’s endowment helps provide a steady and reliable income stream that helps support all of the Orchestra’s activities.  During the 2006–07 fiscal year, the Philharmonic received the following gifts of $10,000 or more, which, when combined with other contributions to the Endowment Fund, have totaled more than $4.5 million. R.D. Beckwith Estate Leonard G. Bisco Estate The Hon. and Mrs. Donald M. Blinken The Carson Family Charitable Trust Francis Goelet Fund Gurnee and Majorie Hart Mrs. William T. Knight, III Klaus Peter Kuschel Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDonough Mary Jane Smukler Estate Daisy and Paul Soros The Starr Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich

A Tribute to Toscanini Gala Chairman Alberto Cribiore; Carmen and Zarin Mehta; Diane Guenther, Raffaella Cribiore, Philharmonic Chairman Paul B. Guenther, and Symphonica Toscanini President Pia Elda Locatelli.

Annual Fund

Patrons represent a vital part of the Philharmonic family. With their help,

the Orchestra presents exciting programs with the most talented guest artists and distinguished conductors performing at the highest level of artistic excellence. Patron gifts also contribute to our many outreach and education programs. The Philharmonic is grateful to Patrons and honored to recognize their support.

Philharmonic Circle

(Gifts of $500,000 or more) Assicurazioni Generali Mary H. White and J. Christopher Flowers Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. McKinsey & Co. MetLife Foundation Didi and Oscar Schafer The Starr Foundation The Alice Tully Foundation (Gifts of $350,000 or more) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation (Gifts of $250,000 or more) BASF Corporation Francis Goelet Fund The Kaplen Foundation Bruce Kovner Mitsui & Co. Pioneer Investments The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Joan and Joel Smilow UniCredit Group Chairmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circle

(Gifts of $150,000 or more) Shirley S. Bacot CIT The Irene Diamond Fund Mr. and Mrs. John French III and Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. George Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Roger and Susan Hertog Ellen Jewett and Richard L. Kauffman

Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York State Council on the Arts New York State Music Fund Nihon Unisys, Ltd. Nikko Cordial Securities Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross Henry H. Shepard Trust Shinsei Bank, Limited Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. In memory of Orton and Lucile Simons Tasaki Shinju Co., Ltd. (Gifts of $100,000 or more) ACE Group SungEun Han-Andersen and G. Chris Andersen The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Baker & McKenzie LLP Robert G. and Marie Beverly Bartner The Honorable and Mrs. Donald M. Blinken Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson Citigroup Booth Ferris Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Florence Gould Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Evan Greenberg The Robert and Mary Jane Hekemian Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. LeFrak Leon Levy Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDonough Merrill Lynch Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Niemeth

The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Charitable Foundation Paul Newman Wendy Keys and Donald Pels Joel I. and Joan Picket Mabel Larremore Pope Fund Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen Marvin and Donna Schwartz Beatrice Snyder Foundation Daisy and Paul Soros Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Stanford S. Warshawsky Mary Jo and John W. White Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circle

James E.* and Nancy Buckman

(Gifts of $75,000 or more) Mr. and Mrs. James E. Buckman Maurice and Corinne Greenberg Vivian Milstein Elaine and Charles Petschek John S. and Cynthia Reed Emilia Saint-Amand and Fred Krimendahl Miriam T. and Howard N. Stern Foundation Paul Underwood

Mabel Larremore Pope Fund Susan and Jack Rudin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage The Prospect Hill Foundation Mrs. Arthur E. Shapiro The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

(Gifts of $50,000 or more) Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Florence Blau Estate Daniele D. Bodini, Alexander Bodini Foundation Marion I. Breen Yoko Nagae Ceschina Governor Jon S. Corzine Raffaella and Alberto Cribiore Toos N. Daruvala Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer Richard S. Fuld, Jr. /Lehman Brothers Gurnee and Marjorie Hart Maria Olivia and Jim Judelson Mrs. William T. Knight, III Audrey Love Charitable Foundation The Ambrose Monell Foundation Carol and Chuck Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein Mr. and Mrs. William C. Steere, Jr. Vital Projects Fund, Inc. Yashiro Charitable Trust 96.3 FM WQXR

Opening Night Gala Chairmen Anne and Charles F.* Niemeth, Heather and Steven Mnuchin, Lally Graham Weymouth, and Karen T.* and Richard LeFrak.

(Gifts of $35,000 or more) Bank of America Robert Benmosche BlackRock Jill and John Chalsty Rose and Stephen Crawford Alan and Sandra Gerry Goldman Sachs & Co. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The Hermione Foundation Peter Jungen Jeffrey B. Kindler and Sharon R. Sullivan Catie and Don Marron Thomas J. and Diahn McGrath Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr.

Photos by Linsley Lindekens, except Bartners by Chris Lee

Benefactor Patron

Photo by Julie Skarratt

(Gifts of $25,000 or more) American International Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Avellino Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc. Baupost Group Anna Nikolayevsky Benton The Bodman Foundation Shirley Brodsky Joseph M. Cohen Constans Culver Foundation Julie and Peter Cummings Deutsche Bank Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Edelman Emmet, Marvin & Martin LLP Margaret Enoch Foundation Gabelli Funds, Inc. GAB Robins Group of Companies Gerald L. and Anita-Agnes O. Hassell IFIL USA Inc. Herman Goldman Foundation Grove International Partners and Westmont Norma Hess Karen and Kevin Kennedy Honey Kurtz Patricia and Philip Laskawy Patricia & Frank A. Lenti Susan Baker and Michael Lynch. Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. MacDonald Leni and Peter May Carmen and Zarin Mehta Bruce Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone Murray L. Nathan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Perlbinder Pfizer Inc Lionel I. Pincus Chuck Prince and Peggy Wolff Pilar Crespi Robert and Stephen Robert Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Irving and Sara Selis Foundation

Robert G.* and M. Beverly Bartner

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Time Warner Inc. Wachovia John S. Weinberg The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. 1 Anonymous Benefactor Patron Sustaining Patron

(Gifts of $20,000 or more) Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William S. Beinecke The Edmund de Rothschild Foundation Deane A. and John D. Gilliam The Grammy Foundation The Marc Haas Foundation Jephson Educational Trust No. 2 Marion Moore Foundation In memory of K. Fred Netter William R. Rhodes C. F. Roe Slade Foundation Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Dr. Karl M. F. Wamsler Rhoda Weiskopf-Cohen: In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Weiskopf 1 Anonymous Sustaining Patron (Gifts of $15,000 or more) Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation Jessie Archbold Charitable Trust J. Aron Charitable Foundation Halee and David Baldwin Ginette and Joshua Becker Mrs. Leonard Block Jill and John Chalsty Laura Chang and Arnold Chavkin The State Education Department, Division of Library Development Irene Duell and Col. Jon Mendes Cynthia and Herbert Fields Rosalind and Eugene J. Glaser Foundation Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Joseph L. Gossner Mr. and Mrs. Gunther E. Greiner Jennifer and Bud Gruenberg The Hite Foundation Renee and Edgar Jackson

John French III* and Anna-Maria Kellen

Temma and Alfred Kingsley Gerald L. Lennard Foundation Mrs. Nancy A. Marks Barbie and Tony Mayer Fundacion Meijer-Werner Mr. and Mrs. A. Slade Mills, Jr. The Mitsui USA Foundation Elizabeth Glazer and William Montgomery New York Times Company Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Leon Root Leo Rosner Foundation Mrs. Julio Mario Santo Domingo Dr. Michael F. Shugrue Jeanne Sorensen-Leff Jodie and Sean Sovak Joanne E. Spohler Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straus Peggy Yannas and Andrew M. Wallach Mary J. Wallach Simon Yates Bruce Vinci Mrs. William B. Ziff, Jr. 4 Anonymous Sustaining Patrons Guarantor Patron

(Gifts of $12,500 or more) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gordon Dennis Dale M. Frehse Mr. and Mrs. Dinyar A. Devitre Benjamin P. Harris Mrs. Peter S. Heller HSBC Bank USA Helen and Martin Kimmel Dr. and Mrs. Kalmon D. Post Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Flora and George Suter 1 Anonymous Guarantor Patron (Gifts of $10,000 or more) Marilyn and Robert Abrams Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Ackman Barbara and Stanley Arkin Kathi and Peter Arnow Deborah and Charles Adelman Ethel and Philip Adelman Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Morris Bergreen Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Bernstein *New York Philharmonic Board Member

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Mr.* and Mrs. Masamoto Yashiro

Christa and Klaus Peter* Löbbe

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation John and Aljean Brown Mr. and Mrs. James E. Burke Whitney and Jonathan Clay Carolyn and David Cohen Mrs. Daniel Cowin Disney Worldwide Outreach Dr. and Mrs. Strachan Donnelley Ruth and Jack Eagan The Samuel and Rae Eckman Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fadem Avery and Janet Fisher Foundation Mrs. William Fox, Jr. Dr. Maria L. Garcia Barbara and Peter Georgescu Madame Yvonne Gluckman In memory of Hope Perry Goldstein Mrs. Peter S. Heller Dr. and Mrs. Julius H. Jacobson Barbara Haws and William Josephson Victor Herbert Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Kaplan Kathleen and Scott Kapnick Karin Katen Barbara and A. Eugene Kohn C.L.C. Kramer Foundation Sheila and Bill Lambert Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. Bernice Manocherian Meera and Marc Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Justin D. Miller The E. Nakamichi Foundation Richard Nordlof Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Jacques Ogier Richard D. Parsons Mrs. Milton Petrie Dr. and Mrs. Kalmon D. Post Madelon and Lawrence A. Rand Mr. and Mrs. Milton B. Rubin C & M Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Hannelore Schulhof The Shoe Charitable Foundation Suzanne and David Simon: In loving memory of Emmy Lou Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som Emily and Jerry Spiegel Mrs. Philip A. Straus Alan and Katherine Stroock Fund Jean and Dick Swank Oscar L. Tang *New York Philharmonic Board Member

Honey Kurtz, Principal Horn Philip Myers, and Sue B.* Mercy

Theresa S. Thompson Malcolm Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Viermetz Jeanette Sarkisian and Paul A. Wagner Betsy and George Wiegers 3 Anonymous Guarantor Patrons Contributing Patron

(Gifts of $7,500 or more) Sylvia and Ralph Ablon Joan and Robert Arnow Rosalind Case Avrett Mr. and Mrs. James A. Block Mrs. Leonard Block Cheryl Rubin and Gordon Borteck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chasanoff Dena and David Clossey Dr. Edward DiCarlo Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Durst Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Erhart Richard Gilder Marilyn and Allan Glick Natalie Katz: In memory of Murray S. Katz Miller Khoshkish Foundation In memory of Andre Kostelanetz Keri Jackson and Adrian Kunzle Roberta and Arnold Krumholz Mrs. Gene Lasdon Sharon J. Mooney Carlos Moseley Gilda and Fred Nobel Mr. and Mrs. John O’Brien Amy and John Peckham Ernestine and Herbert Ruben David Rockefeller Elaine and Lawrence Rothenberg Ambassador and Mrs. Melvin Sembler Michael A. Sennott Fred and Irene Shen Mrs. Hannelore Schulhof Susan and Charles Snyder In memory of Andre Sprogis Mardel Fehrenbach and George L. Steiner Mrs. Miriam Wallach Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osgood Wood Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Carolan and Peter Workman Shirley and Ira Yohalem 2 Anonymous Contributing Patrons (Gifts of $6,000 or more) Elsie L. Adler Madeline and Stephen Anbinder

Richard Kauffman* and Ellen Jewett

Rudolph A. H. Bergmann Lynne and Lawrence Block Lauren Blum and C. William Merten Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Braddock Mr. and Mrs. Philip Caldwell Barbara and H. Rodgin Cohen Michaela and Leon Constantiner John W. Creamer Ann and Clive Cummis Harriett and Marcel Dekker Mrs. H. Drake Linda and John Eaves Sheila and Colin Edwards Eisai Inc. Ashleigh Fernandez Ellen and Eric Garland Marilyn and Allan Glick Dr. and Mrs. Victor Grann Lynn and Harold Handler William Herrman Rosa and John Hovey ITO EN (North America) Inc. Yosuke Honjo Kathryn S. Hirsch Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Cynthia and Anthony Lamport Jonathan E. Lehman Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Liddy Judith Little Arthur L. Loeb Carol and Daniel Marcus Pamela and Edward McKelvey Mr. Stanley Newman and Dr. Brian Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. John O’Brien Drs. Virginia and Paul Pellicci Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Peter Philipps Lucy Sheils and Brian J. Pitz Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Rita and Philip Rosen Daniel Rosenblum Mr. and Mrs. Stephen I. Rudin The Helena Segy Foundation Michael A. Sennott Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Shea Burton B. Stanier Sumitomo Corporation of America Ruth and Edmund Swanberg Kay and Jackson Tai Leona and Kenneth Wong 2 Anonymous Contributing Patrons

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Sponsor Patron

(Gifts of $5,000 or more) Herb and Simin Allison Mimi and Barry Alperin Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Max G. Ansbacher Sheila and Steven Aresty Kulbir Arora and Paula Freedman The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund Karen J. Barkhorn Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bernheim Margot and Jerry Bogert Bovis Lend Lease Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Dorothy Jordan Chadwick Fund Mr. and Mrs. Abraham E. Cohen Colgate-Palmolive Company The Edward T. Cone Foundation Marie G. Dennett Foundation Eleanor and Alvin Donnenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Eberstadt Ruth and Terry Elkes Mrs. Donald R. Findlay Norman Feit Elaine Sisman and Martin Fridson Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Muna and Basem Hishmeh Arlene and Leonard Hochman Steven L. Holley Ronnie and Gene Isenberg Mrs. Niels W. Johnsen Olga and Eric Jorgensen Laurence R. Jurdem Helene and Mark Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. H. Ralph Kirby Roberta and Arnold Krumholz Mrs. Richard Lombard Carol and Daniel Marcus In memory of Feroza Marker Dr. and Mrs. Donald McCain Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Patricia and Erik Nicolaysen Oceanic Heritage Foundation Joyce and Howard S. Paley Barbara and Louis Perlmutter Judy and Harold Prince Liz and Kirk August Radke The Reed Foundation Mrs. Henry Hart Rice The Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation Rolex Watch, USA Lillian Rosenthal Dr. and Mrs. Eduardo A. Salvati Joanne and Martin Schneider The Staten Island Foundation The Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon Foundation Christine Tredway The Rudolph and Lentilhon G. von Fluegge Foundation Drs. Nancy and Andrew Weiland Nina W. Werblow Charitable Trust Lillian Vernon Dr. and Mrs. Alan Young 3 Anonymous Sponsor Patrons

(Gifts of $4,000 or more) Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Ackman David R. Adler Linda and Earle Altman Maurice and Lillian Barbash Sharon and Arie Ben Zvi Emma and Eli Bluestone Lauren Blum and C. William Merten Edith S. Bouriez Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Juergen Brockmann Binta Niambi Brown Mr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Clifford Jill and Irwin Cohen Betsy and Alan D. Cohn Isabel E. Collins Trust of Lucy Cooledge John W. Creamer Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Dawson Connie and Steve Delehanty Ruth Meyer Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Evlin Paula and Edward Fichtner The Employment Line Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Feinberg Arthur and Susan Fleischer Jr. Eunice and Milton Forman Mr. and Mrs. Gideon I. Gartner Dr. Merwin Geffen and Dr. Norman Solomon: In memory of Adele Young Dr. Claude Ghez Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Gilbert Maurice Gilbert Trust Sunny and Brad Goldberg Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Goldman Ann M. Goodbody The Constance and Leonard Goodman Charitable Fund Jane and Randy Guggenheimer Stephen M. Hill Diane and Kenneth Hipkins Leonore and Michael Hyatt Elihu and Harriet Inselbuch Dr. Betty S. Iu John, Mary & Bernard Jacobs Foundation William W. Karatz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Kern Mrs. William J. (Ann Pfohl) Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Krasnoff Eleanor D. Kress Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Kurjan Audrey and Hal Lasky Veronica and Ruth Laslo Trude B. Lemle Mrs. Richard D. Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Lesser Sivia and Jeffrey Loria James A. Macdonald Foundation Magda Margolis Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Marks Patricia and Bill Mears Marie and Joe Melone Susan Mendik Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Marie Messier

Alan and Barbara Mirken Foundation Ruth Newman: In memory of Leonard Newman Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Nugent Gabrielle and Michael Palitz Mr. and Mrs. Yale I. Paprin Anne and Frank Petralito Mr. and Mrs. Irving Phillips Dr. and Mrs. Elliot N. Pinson Barbara and Sidney J. Pollack Dr. Gary and Deborah Raizes Arthur L. Rebell Mrs. Henry Hart Rice Mr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Rich, V Peter H. Robinsohn Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Robert F. Rothschild Sarafian Foundation Eli Schonberger: In memory of Lois Dr. Vivian Schulte Marvin and Joyce S. Schwartz Fund Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Edith and Alan Seligson Jeff DuBowe and Ronald Signorotti Susan and Charles I. Siberman Dr. Bridget M. Simone Flo and Warren Sinsheimer Annaliese Soros Martha Roby Stephens Linda B. and Howard S. Stern Nancy and Robert Stone Ellen and Leonard Tabs Karen and William Tell Elise and Marvin B. Tepper John C. Thomas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Timmis Toshiba America, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trachtenberg Laurence M. Traub Mr and Mrs. Irwin P. Underweiser: In memory of Natalie Kortchmar Mr. and Mrs. Michael V.M. van der Voort Betsy and David Van Pelt Harriette and Clay Ward Sue Ann Weinberg Sally and Harold Weisman Joan Weltz and Arthur Field James Wolin The Paula Vial Fund—Dian Woodner Patrick B. Woods 3 Anonymous Sponsor Patrons Supporting Patron

(Gifts of $3,000 or more) Helen and Robert Appel Vona and A. James Bach Betty Ballin Marisol and Moreton Binn Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blackman Mrs. Robert J. Blinken H.S. Beau Bogan and Elliot M. Friedman Mrs. Rionda Braga Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bretter Gerow D. Brill Claudia and Humberto Carvalho Herb Citrin

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Alicia R. Civitello Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cowett Ann and Clive Cummis Lillian Butler Davey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Davis Dr. Sandra Delson and Norman Deutsch, MD Terry and Edmund Duffy Mary Eagan Joan and Alvin Einbender Alex J. Ettl Foundation Diana and Adam Farrell Ms. Martha Head and Dr. John Feagin Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Fennelly Sheree and Gerald Friedman Jason S. Ganz Carlson Gerdau Maurice Gilbert Trust Mrs. Neal Gilliatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Gossett, Jr. Anne C. and Burton G. Greenblatt Marilyn and Bud Greenspan Doris and Ralph E. Hansmann Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Henshaw, III Joel Hershey and Roy Eddey Ronnie and Samuel Heyman Diane and Kenneth Hipkins Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hupper Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hutchins, III Dr. and Mrs. K. D. Irani Dr. and Mrs. Charles I. Jarowski Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kahaner Ellen and Howard C. Katz Neil Katz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Kearns William S. Keating Eleanor D. Kress David B. Kriser Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Peter Lamm Lee Lamont Barbara and Loeber Landau Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Lane The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation Shelly and George Lazarus Arthur S. Leonard Naomi and Albert Levine Kathy and Ed Ludwig Beverley and Frank MacInnis Cheryne and David McBride Robin McGarry, M.D Elizabeth Lucier McKeever Mr. and Mrs. David E. McKinney Barbara and Sorrell Mathes Mr. and Mrs. George G. Matthews Sally and Jay J. Meltzer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Migliaccio Stanis Mihm Marjorie L. Miller Samuel C. Miller Karl G. Moller Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Alice and Richard Netter Jane L. Overman Robert D. and Eve W. Paul

Robin L. Eisner and William A. Polf Laura and John Pomerantz Mr. and Mrs. William A. Potter Paula and Ira M. Resnick Mr. and Mrs. David Rhael Rosalind and Gerald Rosenberg Nancy and Henry Schacht Betty and Paul Schaffer Richard E. Scheid Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Scott Martin E. Segal/The Segal Co. Judith Greenberg-Seinfeld Marcia J. Singer Victoria Seplarsky Renate and Sidney Shapiro Robert F. Solimine Hope G. Solinger Si Spiegel Susan and Joseph Stamler Connie Steensma and Rich Prins Judy and Howard Steinberg Mrs. Carl Stern Morris Sussman Mr. and Mrs. John S. Tamagni Carol Colby Tanenbaum Carol H. Taylor Judy E. Tenney Mr. and Mrs. John H. Timmis Robert Toscano Nathaniel H. Usdan Marlene and Billy Ver Planck Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Wachen Joel S. Weissman Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Wendt Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wertenteil Joseph Yerushalmi Merryl and Charles Zegar Arthur D. Zinberg 7 Anonymous Supporting Patrons (Gifts of $2,500 or more) Helen H. Acker Alexandra and Joel Ackerman Jon A. Anda Goldie Anna Charitable Trust Jacqueline and Joseph Aguanno Susan Babbitt Sam and Marion Bass Dr. Kathryn and Mr. Bruce Beal Susan Beckerman Susan and Mark Beckerman Nancy Terner Behrman James Bell Doris and Maurice Benewitz Jane Benenson Renee and Robert Beningson Carol and Myles Berkman Ann and Dan Bernstein The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Cynthia E. Bing Edith C. Blum Foundation, Inc Dominique Saint-Louis and Kirby Bradley Alan M. Breitman John N. Brogard Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Brown Alice B. and James T. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Buckman Brooks R. Burdette Ann and Herbert Burger Karen J. Buros Jeanne and Malcolm Campbell James Chaney Audrey and Jerome Chatzky Joan Hardy Clark Craig Cogut Eileen and Stephen Cohen Marian and James H. Cohen Sylvia and Albert Cohn Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Combe Ellen R. Nadler and Robert J. Cubitto Micalyn S. Harris and Louis J. Cutrona, Jr. Matthew J. Cvetic Elizabeth de Cuevas Carlos Diaz-Matos Ruth and Robert Diefenbach Mr. and Mrs. James S. Dineen Peter R. Dolan Thea Duell and Peter Cook Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Enslein Otho E. Eskin Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. N. Evans Elaine Fabrikant Leslie Falconio Loti G. Falk-Gaffney Anna and Jim Fantaci Nancy Dotterer Field Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Fennely Major Generale Giuliano Ferrari Olga M. Ficarra Mr. and Mrs. Emil Sherer Finley Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Finnegan Joseph A. Franciosa, M.D. and Robin McGarry, M.D. Joan and Donald Fried Alice L. and Lawrence N. Friedland Glen S. and Victoria Friedman Johanna and Leslie Garfield Danielle and Ned Ginty Edythe and Mike Gladstein Victor J. Goldberg and Patricia A. Waldeck Gay and Carl Goldman Miriam Goldman Barbara and Howard Goldstein John F. Green Judith Greenberg-Seinfeld The David and Alan Greene Family Foundation, Inc. David Greenstein Jane A. and Peter M. Gross Dr. Carin Lamm and Peter Gruenberger Susan Gullia Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Haines Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hascoe Daniel P. Hays David Helpern Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Hinkle In memory of Richard Holman Timothy Hughes Heide Huttl Lenore and Michael Hyatt Roslyn and Elliot Jaffe

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Jim and Jean Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnston Marjorie B. Kahn Samuel Kaplan Maury I. Kaplin Mary and Eugene Kasakove Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Kastin Robert M. Kaye William H. Kearns Foundation Alice and Samuel Kirschenbaum Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein Fund Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Klingenstein Marvin and Rosalind Kochman Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Kook Murray and Ellen Koppelman Martha and Friedrich Kueffner Julius Leiman-Carbia Wilma and Walter Leinhardt Phyllis and Bernard Leventhal Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leventhal William Levy Margot and Robert Linton Linda and Stephen Long Gina Giumarra MacArthur Connie and Bob MacCrate Sheila Mahony and Charles Riggs Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mayer Dr. Barbara McCormack Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Philip Milstein Major Philip S. Milton, Ret. Steven Miron Lu and Jack Morris Linda and Edward Morse Millie and Peter Mullen Jan Navatkoski Alice and Richard Netter Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Nitze Walter Nollmann and Maureen Carr Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Obstbaum Mr. and Mrs. George D. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Gladys George and Stuart Orsher, M.D. Joyce and Howard S. Paley Anka Kriser Palitz Dr. and Mrs. David R. Payne Barbara and Louis Perlmutter Susan Porter Isabella del Frate Rayburn Amy and Jay Regan Richard J. Roberts B. B. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rosen Rosalind and Gerald Rosenberg Anne H. and Robert D. Sack The Richard Salomon Family Foundation Barbara and John Samuelson Elaine Sargent Ruth and Julian Schroeder Shirley and Alfred Schechter Caroline and Stuart Schimmel James and Patricia Scott Bob Sculthorpe Daniel D. Seaboldt Phillip Seldon Florence and Jay William Seligman Susan and James Serota

Norman L. and Liliane Peck

Audrey Lou Sevin Gil Shiva Norman Shuman Dorothy and Abraham Siegal Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Smith Helene and Herbert Solomon Elaine and Stephen Stamas Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Steffan Susan and Jeffrey Stern Beverley and Sabin Streeter Lawrence S. Tannenbaum Jean E. Taylor Priscilla and Jerome Teich Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Thomas Claire and Leonard Tow Marcia K. Townley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trachtenberg Annemarie and Michael Victory Svetlana and Herbert Wachtell Norma and Burton Wasserman: In memory of Adele Young Dr. and Mrs. Harry Weinrauch Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Weis In memory of Doris T. Weiss Carol and Kenneth Weiser Harriet and Paul Weissman Judy and Josh Weston Saul and Roberta Wolfe Eli Wolfhagen Helena A. Yuhas Lois and Martin Zelman Leonard Zigelbaum Peter Zinman 9 Anonymous Supporting Patrons Donor Patron

(Gifts of $2,000 or more) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Agresta, Jr. Jacqueline and Joseph Aguanno Nicolina R. Astorina Rosalind Case Avrett Frances and Martin Berkowitz Barbara R. Biben and Alfred R. Stern Beverly J. Bowne Cynthia D. Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. John Bryan Dr. and Mrs. Carmel J. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Congdon Mr. and Mrs. David S. Dana

Carol and Don Randel

Barbara and Richard Dannenberg Harriett and Marcel Dekker Andrew Duell Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Fields Barbara Finberg Shirley and Irving Finkelstein Sarah and Seth Glickenhaus Elizabeth Gouger The Grateful Foundation John D. Gregory Kathleen M. Gresser Terry Grossman Drs. Joyce and Marvin Hartstein Phyllis Hattis Pauline G. Hecht, M.D. Ta Chun Hsu Susan G. Jacoby Nancy Kipper Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Kolb Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Lang Dorothy K. Lee Sookja Lee Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lisanti Robert L. Madison Kay Magilavy Edwina Marks Carol and Arthur Maslow Enken and Jerome Mayer James McCarthy Adele R. Moskovitz Nautilus Foundation Resources Counselors, Inc. Sandra Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prince Stanley J. Reifer Franci Blassberg and Joe Rice Peter Riemer Robbins Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Horace B. Robinson Arthur Samberg Robert F. Solimine Mr. and Mrs. Edward Streim Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Svenson Jean E. Taylor Coralie S. Toevs Ronnie and Jeffrey Weinstein Hilda and Arthur Wenig *New York Philharmonic Board Member

Annual Fund

Larry and Klara Silverstein

Lucille Werlinich Mark C. Winmill Sylvia Woloshin: In loving memory of Sid Woloshin Michael A. Young Saul L. Zalkin Baroness Mariuccia Zerrilli-Marimo 3 Anonymous Donor Patrons (Gifts of $1,500 or more) Gloria and Bert Abrams Mr. and Mrs. Elkan Abramowitz Ernest Adams Donald R. Allen Gerald and Petra Appelstein Barbara and Stanley Arkin In honor of Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic Dr. and Mrs. Myron Arlen Margot and Richard Badenhausen Brian A. Barnett James Bell Bryan Ross Beller Sharon and Arie Ben Zvi Emily M. Berger April Berkol Allene and Ken Berman Elizabeth Jayne Berry Janie and Thomas Bezanson Kimberly Bishop Dr. and Mrs. Melvyn Bleiberg Debra Bock William F. Bohlin Beverly J. Bowne Tyler Randolph Boyd Alice and Stuart Boynton Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Bravmann Jean S. Brenner Carol and Arthur Brill Marilyn M. Bruneau Daniel Bruno Judith and Robert Burger Mr. and Mrs. Randall Burkert Charlotte Burton Heather M. Butts Therese M. Caffrey Sandra and James C. Carter Judy Champion Mr. and Mrs. William Chapman Henrique Chang Josseline Charas *New York Philharmonic Board Member

Joan and Joel E.* Smilow

Hawley T. Chester, Jr. Kuo L. Chiang Ohn Choe Lawrence S. Chu Joseph Chung Jared Clark Joan Hardy Clark Nancy W. and Ronald A. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Karl Condron Karen and Hugh Connell Michael Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Corio Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Cruikshank Sally E. Cummins Dr. Frances R. Curcio and Dr. Sidney L. Schwartz Emma L. Dana Sriram P. Das Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Davis * Mrs. Virgil Day Joyce De Lucca and Moulay Yacoubi Martha DeRight Maria Desousa Adriana Dilancea Tobey Diller Thomas Dobler Patrick Donahue Brian E. Donaldson Thea Duell and Peter Cook David B. Dwyer Joan G. Dyer Rachel and Oded Eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;dan Elaine Katz Edlin Stephen B. Ellis David Endler Madelaine and Theodore Eppenstein Stanley Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Evans Hortense F. Feldblum Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Feldman Mr. and Mrs. William A. Felder Diane and Marshall Felenstein Kenny T.K. Feng Arthur F. Ferguson Michelle and Jeff Martin Muni Filler Andriette Flemings Frances and Henry Fogel Dr. and Mrs. Roland Folter Charles Forman Frances Forman

James A. Fox Mr. and Mrs. William Freeman Mr. and Mrs. William Freilich Madalyn and Stephen Friedberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Friedman Karen and Edward Friedman Dr. William R. Frost Linda Gage and Timothy M. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Mr. and Mrs. Fabian Garcia Mr. and Mrs. William J. Geoghegan Christopher George Joan E. Gerstler Maxine and Marvin Gilbert Maryann and John Gilmartin Joan and Sam Ginsburg Francine Goldstein James Goldstein Anthony C. Gooch Barbara and Robert Goodkind Maria Gorecki and Michael Block Toby and Michael Gorelick Mrs. Robert S. Gottlieb Irene Tse and Alexander Gowen Mallika Govindan Judy and George Graff Dawne Marie Grannum Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Grayson John F. Green M.B. Greenberg John D. Gregory Marjorie and David Griffel Drew Guff Michael I. Gustave Elizabeth and Steven Gruber Stephanie Harper Peter B. Haughton, MD James L. Hayward Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Joy and Gilbert Helman Lorraine Hoskin Abby Hymowitz Marianne and Erwin Jaffe Anne and Richard Janiak Harry Jones Olga and Eric Jorgensen Christine Ju Ginger D. Karren: In memory of Arnold and Marie Volpe Greta Katzauer Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kaufman Alfonso Kimche Lawrence K. Kinsella Mr. and Mrs. David Kirschenbaum Anita and Marvin Kirsten Nina and Bill Koppelman Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Koster Rachel T. Krueger Dr. Julianne Kuflik I. Lai Nanette L. Laitman Susan Wade and Daniel Lam Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch Oliver Lane Daniel E. Laub Giovanni A. Larrea, Esq. Dr. Harold Laufman

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Sookja Lee Lilo and Gerard Leeds Grace Leight Jean and John Lesser Betty and John Levin Robert L. Levine Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Lindsay Marshall P. Levine Mrs. M. William Levy YingJie Li Erin Linnihan Mr. and Mrs. George F. Little, II Ann M. Longmoore Richard L. Louth Mr. and Mrs. John E. Loveless Gail B. Levine and Richard S. Lund Mr. and Mrs. John L. Lundy Grace Lyu-Volckhausen Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomber Anne and Vincent Mai Gail M. and Richard H.M. Maidman Eve France and Howard Maisel Mr. and Mrs. Philip Maletta Magda Margolis Norma Marin and Joan Meyers Rebecca Mark Jill Mautner John E. McAuliffe Christian McBride Maria and Thomas McCaskill Dr. Barbara McCormack DeShawn McCoy Donna M. and Robert J. McCoy Nicholas A. McDaniel Sean P. McDonough Josephine N. McFadden Richard and Ronay Menschel Esther D. Miller Laura Miranda PLLC Andrea and Kenneth Miron John L. Montgomery Anna and John Montovano Mrs. Charles F. Morgan Hadassah Brooks Morgan and Thomas B. Morgan Hiroshi M. Mori Barbara Mosbacher Dr. Robert Moskowitz The Munera Family Foundation Norma and Edward Munves Carol and Stephen Negron, Jr. Lynn Neuman Allen R. Newman Anita Ogara Ronald A. and Eileen S. Oleet Family Foundation Jean Park Soo Y. Park Jennifer Patrickakos Mrs. Harold S. Perl Anne and Frank Petralito Gina Piccirillo and Adam Van Hyfte Judith and James Pohlman Russell C. Prince Mark E. Pruzanski Charles J. Raab

Carolyn and Janet Ramsdal Brenda and Bernie Rauch Spencer L. Reames Stanley J. Reifer Peter Reynolds Alice K. and James E. Rice Bette S. Rice Rory Riggs Ritchie Mrs. Horace B. Robinson John F. Robson Patricia and John Roche Hector R. Rodriguez Martha A. Romero Dr. Marcia Rosen Dr. Sonia Rosenbaum The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Daniel S. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Burton Rubin Ms. Deborah Sherman and Dr. Mark Rubin Jennifer and Josh S. Rubinstein Arlene and Chester Salomon Judy and Dirk Salz John Savarese Cheryl Fishbein and Philip Schatten Elizabeth H. Scheuer and Peter Joseph Marge Scheuer Nils Schlote Brigid Schmid-Salm Mrs. Henry Schneider Pearl and Henry Schour Diana K. Schuld Wendy and Richard Schwartz Evan Schwartzman Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scott Mr. and Mrs. William C. Scott Martin Seidel Dr. and Mrs. Richard Seldes Drs. Vicki and William J. Semel Morton and Sandra Semel Foundation Sharmila Sen Nelson Seo Mr. and Mrs. Randall Shaw Michael Sheffery Faith and Arnold Shertz Ilene and Mel Shevach Stephen Siderow Nicholas Silao

My Fair Lady Gala Chairmen Stephen S. and Rose Crawford; Stanford S. and Sandra F.* Warshawsky; Carol and Charles V. Schaefer III; and Joan and Joel I.* Picket.

Elizabeth Singh Stephanie Sirota Donald G. Sisler Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Skove Barbara Slifka Carol Paik and Daniel Slifkin Jack R. Snyder, MD Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Sobel Jennie Sorese Dr. and Mrs. Ioannis Stamos Peter Steinman and Todd Geringswald Ernest Stern Faith Stern Dr. Susan Stewart David Strauss Ruby and Stanley Strauss Janice and Ed Sussman James Swyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taggart Debra Toppeta Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Trost Joan and Barry Tucker: In honor of our friends, Joan and Joel Picket Marsha Tosk and Seymour Ubell Daryl Brown Uber and Bruce A. Uber Paul A. Upham Lucienne De Maestre and Gregory Van Schaak Uma Muthu and John Vlahoplus Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vogelfanger Mr. and Mrs. E. Voridis Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Warnken Evelene Wechsler Mark Weintraub and Elissa Weinstein Helga and Gary Westerhoff Mr. and Mrs. Avram Westin Barbara and Ken White Mary Ellen and Mitchell Williams Penelope Wilson Dr. Philip D. Wilson Timothy S. Wilson Mrs. Stephen L. Wolf Sara and Richard Wolkwitz Lydia Wright-Peavy and Terence Peavy Jennifer and Robert Yaffa Laura B. Zukerman 18 Anonymous Donor Patrons

Education Fund

Heritage Society

Members of the Heritage Society play a significant role in the future of

Robert and Dale M.* Frehse Alan S.* and Christina MacDonald

Donald* J. and Vera Blinken

Throughout its more than 165-year history, the New York Philharmonic

has set the standard for music-making and for education. Partnerships in the public schools, performances especially designed for young people, training programs for promising musicians, and cutting-edge technology are just a few of the strategies the Orchestra uses to engage its community and bring new audiences into the concert hall. During the 2006–07 season, the Philharmonic doubled the number of its Very Young People’s Concerts, a chamber series for children ages 3–5. The popular Young People’s Concerts and School Day Concerts delighted tens of thousands of young listeners with an exciting multimedia component, projecting close-up views of the Orchestra as well as archival footage on a large screen during performances. The Philharmonic introduced Learning Overtures, focusing on international collaborations, which this season brought Orchestra musicians and educators together with schools while on tour in Japan, and convened visiting Finnish educators and local students in New York. Meanwhile, the Board continued its commitment to the three-year Strategic Plan for Education, adding a staff position in the Education Department to meet the needs of expanding programs. Philharmonic education programs directly involved more than 52,000 children, students, educators, and adults during the 2006–07 season, with a global audience of more than six million benefiting from on-line education activities through the Orchestra’s Website destinations. In the concert hall, the classroom, and on the Internet, the Philharmonic continued to open doors for people of all backgrounds. The New York Philharmonic extends its deepest thanks to the following donors for their generous support of our Education Programs during the 2006–07 season. Support for educational activities is provided by: Lead Corporate Underwriter: MetLife Foundation William Randolph Hearst Education Endowment Fund The Astor Education Fund Paul Newman Beatrice Snyder Foundation IBM Company Fund for the Conductorship of Youth Concerts Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Endowment Fund Murray L. Nathan National Endowment for the Arts Mary P. Oenslager Student Concert Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller Fund Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust The Halee and David Baldwin Teaching Artist Fund The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson Citigroup Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen Deutsche Bank Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Jephson Educational Trusts The Willard T. C. Johnson Fund Mrs. Erich Leinsdorf The Mitsui USA Foundation

*New York Philharmonic Board Member

Marion Moore Foundation In Memory of K. Fred Netter Richard Nordlof The New York Times Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Perlbinder Leo Rosner Foundation The Edna Barnes Salomon Educational Fund Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust Miriam T. and Howard N. Stern Foundation Rhoda Weiskopf-Cohen: In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Weiskopf 1 Anonymous

Philharmonic Principal Timpani Markus Rhoten and violinist Soohyun Kwon with Young New York Patrons for the Philharmonic Lucy and Brian Pitz.

the Orchestra through gifts in their wills or other estate plans, all of which contribute to the Philharmonic’s Endowment Fund. The fund provides a steady and reliable income stream that helps the institution maintain the highest artistic standards of performance, attract leading guest conductors and soloists, and provide a wide range of education and outreach programs to the community.  Members of the Heritage Society honor the truly priceless legacy that the Philharmonic has inherited from earlier music lovers by continuing to extend this legacy into the future. We are honored to recognize current Heritage Society members who are thoughtfully playing their part in preserving a tradition of excellence for future generations.

Judith and Russell Carson

Donald & Vera Blinken General Education Endowment Disney Worldwide Outreach The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation The Samuel and Rae Eckman Charitable Foundation, Inc. Beatrice Eisendorfer Fund Deane A. and John D. Gilliam Rosalind and Eugene J. Glaser Foundation Muna and Basem Hishmeh Leon Lowenstein Foundation Susan and Jack Rudin The Estate of Rachael M. Salzano Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. C & M Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Irene and Fred Shen Alan and Katherine Strook Fund Teresa S. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Ackman Kathy and Peter Arnow The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Bovis Lend Lease Sylvia and Albert Cohn Colgate-Palmolive Company An Endowment in the Name of Lillian Butler Davey Joukowsky Family Foundation Grace Lyu-Volckhausen Oceanic Heritage Foundation Mrs. Henry Hart Rice Daniel D. Seaboldt Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Smith Hilda and Arthur Wenig

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Gregory and Janet Abels Helen H. Acker Janet J. Asimov Ellyn Amron Austin Gail F. Baker David and Halee Baldwin P. Richard Bauer Ruth L. Bauman in memory of Helen Bauman Judith-Anne Beard Dr. Kurt Becker and Ms. Joyce Weinstein Marion Benedict Suzanne Bennett Joan Benson Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bernheim The Hon. and Mrs. Donald Blinken Edith S. Bouriez Ann M. Bragg Franklin G. Brehmer Jr. Ruth and Alan Broder Eliane Bukantz C.T. Bundy 2d Naomi J. Chandler Josseline Charas Betsy Levitt Cohn Thais Cohrone Mrs. James W. Crystal Harrison R. T. Davis Sue Ann Dawson Connie and Stephen Delehanty Adnan Divjan Domitilia M. dos Santos Diane C. Dunne Dr. Joan Eliasoph Robert E. Evans Richard B. Everett Mr. and Mrs. John Exter Richard A. Feit Hortense F. Feldblum Joan Weltz and Arthur Field Stephen W. Fillo Stuart M. Fischman Herbert J. Frank Dale M. Frehse Chaim S. Freiberg Joan E. Gerstler Carol and Jerry Gertz Mrs. Neal Gilliatt Nora Lee Glass Mimi Goldfinger Katherine Greene Lenore Greiman Kathleen M. Gresser Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Susan Gullia

Al and Joan Halpern Dr. and Mrs. John B. Haney Gurnee and Marjorie Hart Reverend Alvin Van Pelt Hart Ted Hassen Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser John B. Hebard Louise and Robert W. Hewitt Drs. Noel and Patricia Holmgren Caroline Stephens Holt Barbara C. Humphrey Edgar E. and Renee Jackson Erwin and Marianne Jaffe Mrs. Marcia Joondeph Peter H. Judd Marjorie B. Kahn Mrs. Murray S. Katz Mrs. Greta Katzauer Sara Kennedy Thomas C. and Joan P. King Jerry Kleinman Joan D. Kotzenberg Marilyn and Paul Kramer Emilia Saint-Amand and Fred Krimendahl Bruce Lee Kubert Marilyn Lamar Nora Roberts Leidesdorf Grace Leight Arthur S. Leonard Marilyn J. Liebowitz John C. Lieff Robert V. Lindsay Catherine Lomuscio Virginia S. Lyon Carol and Daniel Marcus Cynthia and Michael Marks Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Matacotta Ingrid and Douglas Matheson Thomas J. and Diahn McGrath Ann F. McHugh, Ph.D. Millicent McKinley William H. Mears Phyllis Melhado Robert and Helen Melnick John Metz Phyllis J. Mills Gerald Morgan Jr. Cynthiane Morgenweck Anne M. Morris Carlos Moseley Murray L. Nathan Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Nearenberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Niemeth The Netter Foundation

Alan A. and Barbara Nicoll Ronald Oleet Mrs. Robert E. Pabst Evelyn F. Peterson Sidney J. Pollack Susan Porter Thomas J. Porto Mrs. Elizabeth H. Potter Eleanor X. Pripadcheff Francis H. Rasmus Angela Reich, Ph.D. Jack H. Resnick and Rhoda B. Resnick Laura A. Ressner Karen and Joshua A. Rich V Herbert Robinson Evelyn and Paul Ronell Paula L. Root Pearle Rosenblatt Jay S. and Gladys M. Rosenthal Mrs. Lillian Rosenthal Seth Rosner Joan Ross Gretchen Gair Royce Carol Brown Ruffo and Daniel J. Ruffo Judy and Dirk Salz Frank and Lolita Savage Dr. Vivian Schulte Rosa L. Schupbach John Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal Helena Segy Arthur B. and Judith Broder Sellner Mrs. Arthur E. Shapiro Michael F. Shugrue Bruce A. Silberblatt Jeffrie J. Silverberg Florence Charwat Simon Mrs. Harold Smith Elaine D. Solomon Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Som Marion G. Speer Rosmarie and W.F. Spitznagel Stephen Stamas Nicholas John Stathis Martha Roby Stephens Diana A. Stern Ruth and Harold Stern John C. Thomas Jr. Leonard Trentin Edith F. Unger Elizabeth Wachsman Barbara Z. Wallace Rose Lynn Weinstein Kay Welch Barbara B. and Frank P. Wendt Lucille Werlinich Jess Weston and Mary Mok Weston Marty Wolf Dr. Alan Young Michele Zalkin Saul L. Zalkin Perri Zweifler Irene and Ernest Zweig 17 Anonymous members

Honor and Memorial Gifts

Volunteer Council

The New York Philharmonic recognizes

Executive Committee

our thoughtful friends who have honored or memorialized loved ones or friends by making generous gifts in their names. Donorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names are italicized. Honoring

Memorializing

Jerome Ashby Ms. Susan Krauthamer Roz Avrett Ms. Lois Brion Helen V.C. Burrill Mr. and Mrs. N. Pendleton Rogers Sandra Carter Mr. and Mrs. Will Martin Dr. Carol Ellis Ms. Whitney Speer Adina Halberstam Mr. Chaim Halberstam Fred Krimendahl and Emilia St. Amand Dr. Karen A. Kennedy and Mr. Kevin W. Kennedy Anne and Chuck Niemeth Ms. Mary Ann Henry Joan and Joel Picket Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zimmerman Dr. Kalmon D. Post Ms. Amy Robin Paula Root Mrs. Adele Block Lesley Friedman Rosenthal Mr. Ernest Rubenstein Peter Steinman Mr. Saul L. Zalkin Ms. Michele Zalkin Carol and Joel Thea on their 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Rogers Dr. and Mrs. Alan Young Mr. and Mrs. Max Heller

Irwin Adler Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Krantzow Abraham and Frances Berne Ms. Marjorie Shapiro Nathan Brodsky Deem Plumbing East Inc. Dr. James D. Brown, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Gilliam, Sr. Cherie Bercea Charas Ms. Anne Alexander Ms. Helene Awad Mr. Philip McCaffrey Mr. Rod Fox Mr. Richard C. Agins Ms. Maria R. Franco Cherie Chazanas Dr. Rita R. Rogers George Cook Ms. Maria Rotolo Joseph Davis Mrs. Nellie Sandler Dr. Daniel W. Doctor Mrs. Judith Doctor Frederic J. Fuller, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth H. Fuller Hannah and Sam Glickhouse Ms. Lenore B. Glickhouse Mr. William B. Horvath Steven Kaban Mr. Marvin J. Ostreicher

Mr. Ralph Levy Mr. and Mrs. John Sartoris Naomi Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Rubin D. Stanley Lituchy Mrs. Leila Lituchy Sarah S. McAlpin Mr. Gustav L. Stewart, III Albert Mell Ms. Frances M. Silber John W. Radin Ms. Margaret J. Radin Mrs. Irwin H. Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Rosenberg Edith Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Lester Zabronsky Gloria Schuman Ms. Terry Siegel Dr. Sonia Slatin-Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pollak Theodore Sudol Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Krantzow Lorca Venetos Mr. George Venetos Adele Young Ms. Jessica L. Many

Pat Richardson Nona Ventry Fanny Rybak Historian/Archives Projects Ann Seifert Hospitality Virginia Faraci Debra Blank Mailings Corinne Whalen Rosalie Mazzalupo Meetings and Receptions Louise Lawrence Florence Simon Membership Katrina Hering Lois Stevens

Steering Committee

Adele Young Orchestra/ Staff Coffee Breaks Ann Seifert Judy Beard Florence Simon Archives eBay Project Doris Schwartz Auctions Joanna Barouch Nancy Katz Concert Coordinator Sylvia Arnowich Creative Projects Dayna Mandell

Paula* and Leon Root

Databases Ufuk Goksu eBay Barry Schwartz Caroline Haas

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H. Frederick Krimendahl II* and Emilia Saint-Amand

Ellen Haas President Lenore Glickhouse Executive Vice President Elisabeth Berry Vice President Joan Conner Vice President Mikki Gerstenhaber Vice President Naomi Isogai Vice President Dayna Mandell Vice President Alicia Civitello Secretary Helen van der Voort Past President Phyllis J. Mills Board Advisor

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Education Nona Ventry Suellen Ettinger Carol Joseph Friends Marianne Heiden Laura Bronson Gift Kiosk Froma Eisenberg Pam Paul Susan Miller Sylvia Arnowich

Mentoring Carol Dallos Newsletter Barry Schwartz Marianne Heiden Nominating Helen van der Voort Opening Night/Spring Gala Support Gloria Lyons Marianne Heiden Parks Concerts Pam Paul Judy Shepard Patron Lounge Helen van der Voort Sebnem Kavcar Patron Tour Carol Schaefer Philharmonic Coffee Bars Roxane Kammerer Barbara Zucker-Zarett Schedules Susan Hom Special Events/Friends Projects Louise Lawrence Staff Assistance Judy Shephard Edna Harris

*New York Philharmonic Board Member

Tour Packets Barry Schwartz Doris Schwartz Laura Bronson Kathryn Lancioni Members

Linda Amster Sylvia Arnowich Gail F. Baker Anne Marie Barash Joanna Barouch Reiko S. Barten Sheila Barth Judith-Anne Beard Cathy Beck Ernestine Bernstein Elisabeth J. Berry Marcia N. Bikales Debra Blank Lenore R. Bloch Penny Breiman Laura E. Bronson Anna H. Burak Lola D. Carson Joan C. Cavicchi Alicia R. Civitello Nancy Cohn Nancy E. Colson Joan Conner Joseph Cruickshank Carol Dallos Vivien Delugg Maria DiStefano Shirlee R. Douglas Joan Ehrlich Froma Eisenberg Suellen Ettinger Virginia A. Faraci Minnie Finkelstein Carol Fiorello Eva H. Fishel Benedicte Foix Sheila Fox Anna Fridman Sylvia Fried Marilyn B. Friedman Harriet Friedman William Gerdes Marilyn Gerstenhaber Lenore B. Glickhouse Ufuk Goksu Gloria Goldberg Mildred Goldstein Seth A. Goldstein Rita Greenstein Elaine S. Grohman Elvira Guarino Ellen Haas Caroline Haas Edna Harris Marianne Heiden Mary Ann Henry Katrina Hering Marcia Hirsch Linda I. Hirschmann

Ellen Haas and Lenore Glickhouse*

Susan Hom Edith L. Hornik-Beer Naomi Isogai Millicent K. Jones Carol Joseph Ruth Kameny Roxane Kammerer Ferne Katleman Nancy Katz Sebnem Kavcar Ruth Koenigsberg Barbara Korngold Barbara Kreeger Kathryn A. Lancioni Louise D. Lawrence Florence L. Learsy Karen Lehmann-Eisner Jan L. Linsky Carol Lipsky Catherine S. Litwin Gloria F. Lyons Cynthia Mackay Gail Maher Aminah B. Malik-Ali Dayna I. Mandell Roslyn S. Mark Shirley Maslow Judith Mason Josephine Mazur Rosalie A. Mazzalupo Millicent McKinley Sunnie P. Miller Susan Miller David Miller Phyllis Mills Mary-Jean Monahan Chezna J. Newman Lilya Nirenberg Fay Norton Raffaele Ocello Marilyn Offner Isabel M. Olson Tillie Padob Edith B. Panzer Margot Prendergast Rita Preskin Rose T. Price Shirley R. Rausher Adina J. Raviv Wendy Reilly

Nora M. Revesz Patricia B. Richardson Betty Roberts Ellen Rochford Dolores G. Roebuck Stephanie Rosenblatt Phyllis Rubin Fanny Rybak Benito J. Rybak Sara Sadin Susan Saiter Stanley Samuels Lee Sander Sally Saulvester Carol D. Schaefer Evelyn Schneider Barry Schwartz Doris Schwartz Ann C. Seifert Sandra Semel Audrey L. Sevin Judy Shepard Dolores Shiposh Sheryl Silberg Florence C. Simon Bernice J. Smilowitz Lois K. Stevens Shirley Strauchler Susan O. Tamsett James Tan Pinar Terzi Jerry Tingstad Phyllis B. Topol Lorraine Trattler Helen C. van der Voort Maritza Vargas Nona Ventry James Vosotas Susan Wasserman Frank X. Weber Joan Weingarten Sandra Weinstein Carola Weisz Elinor Wexler Corrine Whalen Tracy B. Young Dorothy Zenilman Gay J. Zizes Barbara Zucker-Zarett Perri Zweifler

Independent Auditors’ Report

Statements of Financial Position

Board of Directors The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. New York, New York

Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents Interest, concert fees, and other receivables Contributions receivable – current (Note 3) Prepaid expenses and other current assets Prepaid pension cost (Note 5) Total current assets Noncurrent assets: Contributions receivable – noncurrent (Note 3) Notes receivable Leasehold improvements, equipment, and musical instruments, net (Note 4) Contributions receivable – permanently restricted (Note 3) Endowment investments (Note 2) Other investments (Note 2) Total noncurrent assets

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of The PhilharmonicSymphony Society of New York, Inc. (the “Society”) as of August 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of activities and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Society’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements enumerated above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. as of August 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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New York, New York November 8, 2007

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Total assets Liabilities And Net Assets Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Deferred revenue from ticket sales and other Total current liabilities Noncurrent liabilities: Accrued pension benefits (Note 5) Accrued postretirement benefits (Note 6) Annuities payable Total noncurrent liabilities Total liabilities Commitments (Note 10) Net Assets Unrestricted (Note 7) Temporarily restricted (Note 8) Permanently restricted (Note 9) Total net assets Total liabilities and net assets See notes to financial statements.

(In Thousands)

August 31, 2007

2006

$5,063 1,042 4,791 1,935 2,629 15,460

$4,829 326 6,452 1,344 17,183 30,134

9,664 169 9,651 18,971 198,802 4,038 241,295

3,576 215 10,019 4,785 177,711 3,625 199,931

$256,755

$230,065

$4,477 15,257 19,734

$4,171 15,240 19,411

783 2,823 606 4,212

568 1,777 725 3,070

23,946

22,481

81,656 16,511 134,642 232,809

85,634 10,464 111,486 207,584

$256,755

$230,065

Statements of Activities

Year Ended August 31,

See notes to financial statements.

Total

$27,780 838 28,618

2006 Temporarily Permanently Restricted Restricted

Total

$27,780 838 28,618

$25,938 778 26,716

35,145 1,845 1,832 7,907 893 47,622 (19,004)

30,989 1,290 1,559 9,703 799 44,340 (17,624)

16,088 $10,392 $20,204 4,173 9,688 210

46,684 4,173 9,898

12,856 $4,677 $1,271 5,104 9,499 201

18,804 5,104 9,700

29,949 4,869 34,818

10,602 20,204 (4,869) 5,733 20,204

60,755 0 60,755

27,459 2,678 30,137

4,878 1,271 (2,678) 2,200 1,271

33,608 0 33,608

12,088 4,517 16,605

9,780 4,715 14,495

Unrestricted

Income from orchestra activities: Concert receipts and tour sponsorships Recording and broadcasting reimbursement Total income from orchestra activities Orchestra expenses (Note 12): Subscription and other concerts Student concerts Free park concerts Concerts on tour Recording and broadcasting Total orchestra expenses Loss from orchestra activities Other income: Gifts, grants, and bequests Special events revenue Investment return used for operations (Note 2) Total other income before release from restrictions Net assets released from restrictions (Note 8) Total other income Supporting services expenses: Management and administration Fundraising Total supporting services expenses Excess (deficiency) of operating income over operating expenses Nonoperating income: Investment return greater than spending rate, net Increase in net assets before adjustments: Pension and other postretirement plan adjustment Increase in net assets Net assets at beginning of year Net assets at end of year

2007 Temporarily Permanently Restricted Restricted

Unrestricted

(791)

5,733

20,204

25,146

(1,982)

2,200

1,271

1,489

11,725 10,934

314 6,047

2,952 23,156

14,991 40,137

2,197 215

106 2,306

631 1,902

2,934 4,423

(14,912) (3,978) 6,047 23,156 85,634 10,464 111,486 $81,656 $16,511 $134,642

(14,912) 25,225 207,584 $232,809

215 85,419 $85,634

(In Thousands)

Year Ended August 31, 2007

Cash flows from operating activities: Increase in net assets $25,225 Adjustments to reconcile increase in net assets to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 1,068 Net change in unrealized gains on investments (12,037) Net realized gains on sales of investments (8,296) Permanently restricted contributions (4,965) Changes in: Interest, concert fees, and other receivables (716) Contributions receivable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; current 1,661 Prepaid expenses and other current assets (591) Prepaid pension cost 14,554 Contributions receivable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; noncurrent (6,088) Contributions receivable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; permanently restricted (14,186) Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 306 Deferred revenue from ticket sales and other 17 Accrued pension benefits 215 Accrued postretirement benefits 1,046 Annuities payable (119) Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities (2,906) Cash flows from investing activities: Purchases of leasehold improvements, equipment, and musical instruments (700) Issuance of notes receivable Repayments on notes receivable 46 Purchases of investments (43,911) Proceeds from sales of investments 42,740 Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (1,825) Cash flows from financing activities: Permanently restricted contributions 4,965 Net cash provided by financing activities 4,965 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 234 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 4,829 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $5,063

2,306 1,902 4,423 8,158 109,584 203,161 $10,464 $111,486 $207,584

See notes to financial statements.

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Statements of Cash Flows

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2006

$4,423 885 (3,628) (4,536) (1,271) 174 (1,481) 1,737 132 779 (311) 813 2,286 57 67 (68) 58

(338) (55) 75 (111,636) 113,795 1,841

1,271 1,271 3,170 1,659 $4,829

Notes to Financial Statements

Organization: The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (the “Society”) is a not-for-profit membership corporation incorporated in New York State and located in Lincoln Center in New York City, the purpose of which is to support a symphony orchestra, the New York Philharmonic (the “Philharmonic”), and to foster an interest in and enjoyment of music in New York City and in the nation. The Society qualifies as a Section 501(c)(3) organization, exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), as well as from New York State and New York City income taxes under comparable laws. The Society has also been classified as a publicly supported organization under Section 509(a) of the Code and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. Financial reporting: (a) Basis of accounting: The accompanying financial statements of the Society have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting and conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to not-for-profit organizations. (b) Measure of operations: The Society includes in its definition of operations all income and expenses relating to its orchestra and supporting activities. Investment income (including net realized and unrealized gains and losses) that is greater or less than the Society’s authorized spending rate is recognized as nonoperating income or loss, respectively. (c) Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. (d) Net assets: Net assets and income, expenses, gains, and losses are classified based on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. Accordingly, the net assets of the Society and changes therein are classified and reported as follows: i) Unrestricted: Unrestricted net assets represent those resources that are not restricted by donors, or for which donor-imposed restrictions have expired. Board-designated net assets represent amounts determined by the Board of Directors to function as endowment.

Note 1: Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued)

ii) Temporarily restricted: Temporarily restricted net assets represent those resources with donor-imposed restrictions that require the Society to use or expend the related assets as specified. The Society records contributions as temporarily restricted if they are received with donor stipulations that limit their use through either purpose or time restrictions. When donor restrictions expire, that is, when a time restriction ends or a purpose restriction is fulfilled, temporarily restricted net assets are reclassified as unrestricted net assets and reported in the statement of activities as net assets released from restrictions. It is the Society’s policy to record temporarily restricted contributions received and expended in the same accounting period, as well as donorrestricted income earned and expended on permanently restricted net assets, in the unrestricted net-asset category. Contributions that the donor requires to be used to acquire long-lived assets (e.g., leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures, and equipment) are reported as temporarily restricted until the long-lived assets have been acquired and placed in service, at which time the Society reflects the expiration of the donor-imposed restriction as a reclassification included in net assets released from restrictions. iii) Permanently restricted: Permanently restricted net assets represent those resources with donor-imposed restrictions which stipulate that the related resources be maintained in perpetuity, but which permit the Society to expend part or all of the income and capital appreciation derived from the donated assets for either specified or unspecified purposes.

Leasehold improvements, equipment, and musical instruments: Major expenditures for furniture, equipment, computer hardware and software, and leasehold improvements are capitalized and are depreciated or amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which range from three to thirty-five years, or the life of the underlying lease, whichever is shorter. Minor expenditures for furniture and equipment are recorded as expenses, as such items are not considered sufficiently material to warrant capitalization and depreciation. The costs (or donated values) of musical instruments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives, except for antique musical instruments, valued at $5,845,000 in fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, which are not required to be depreciated. Accrued vacation: Based on their tenure, the Society’s employees are entitled to be paid for unused vacation time if they leave the Society’s employ. Accordingly, at each fiscal year-end, the Society must recognize a liability for the amount that would be incurred if employees with such unused vacation were to leave. At August 31, 2007 and 2006, this accrued vacation obligation was approximately $202,000 and $165,000, respectively. Contributions: All unconditional contributions to the Society are recorded as income at the earlier of the receipt of cash or other assets or of unconditional pledges. Conditional contributions are recognized as income when the conditions on which they depend have been substantially met. All contributions are considered available for unrestricted use unless specifically restricted by the donor.

Cash and cash equivalents: For the purpose of the statements of cash flows, the Society considers highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity of three months or less, other than those held in the Society’s investment portfolio, to be cash equivalents. Investments: Investments in securities and readily marketable funds are recorded at their fair values, which are based on published market prices. Alternative investments refer to the Society’s investment in a hedge fund, whose value is determined by the related investment manager. These alternative investments may have restrictions as to their marketability that could affect the Society’s ability to liquidate the investments quickly. In addition, because some of the underlying investments are not readily marketable, the estimated fair value of the alternative investments may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for those securities existed. The Society reviews and evaluates the value provided and believes the carrying amount of these investments in non-publicly traded securities are a reasonable estimate of fair value. Purchased securities are recorded as of their trade dates and donated securities are recorded at their market values on the dates received. The broker receivable and broker payable reported on the accompanying statements of financial position represent open trades that were not settled at each year-end. Gains or losses from the sales of securities are determined using the average-cost method. All assets in the investment portfolio are reported as noncurrent. The Society considers most of its investment portfolio, both restricted and unrestricted, to be endowment-related.

Deferred revenue: Deferred revenue from ticket sales arises from subscription sales and is recognized as income when the performance for which the tickets have been sold occurs. Advertising: The Society expenses the costs of advertising as they are incurred.

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Note 1: Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Principles

Notes to Financial Statements

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Volunteers: A number of volunteers have made significant contributions of time to the Society’s program and support functions. The value of this contributed time does not meet the criteria for recognition of contributed services and, accordingly, is not reflected in the accompanying financial statements. In addition, during fiscal-year 2007 the Society received approximately $1,000,000 of donated consulting services rendered by a consulting firm which has a partner who is a member of the Board of Directors. Reclassification: Certain financial information for fiscal-year 2006 has been reclassified to conform with the fiscal-year 2007 presentation.

Note 2: Investments Fair value: At each fiscal year-end, the fair values of the Society’s investments were as follows:

(In Thousands)

Year Ended August 31, 2007 2006

Endowment: Money-market funds $6,448 $5,473 Equity – domestic 60,445 60,769 Equity – international 30,105 20,990 Fixed income funds 29,206 33,085 Real asset fund 29,724 27,145 Alternative investments 42,874 26,521 Balanced fund 3,728 Total endowment investments (both restricted and unrestricted) 198,802 177,711 Other investments 4,038 3,625 $202,840 $181,336 Other investments include amounts designated for deferred compensation to the President and Executive Director and for a supplemental pension fund for orchestra retirees.

Notes to Financial Statements

Return on investments: The Society’s Board of Directors has adopted a spending-rate policy whereby a predetermined amount of each fiscal year’s investment assets is used to fund current operations. The spending-rate return reflected in unrestricted and temporarily restricted investment income was $9,532,000 and $210,000 and $9,360,000 and $201,000 in fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, respectively, calculated as 5.5% of the prior three-year, rolling-average quarterly market value of investments. Unrestricted investment income also includes interest income earned on operating funds of $156,000 and $139,000 in fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, respectively. The following schedule summarizes the Society’s investment returns and their classifications in the accompanying statements of activities for each fiscal year:

Year Ended August 31, 2007 Temporarily Permanently (In Thousands) Unrestricted Restricted Restricted

Interest and dividend income, net of investment expenses of $521 $3,615 Net realized gains 5,951 Net change in unrealized gains (losses) 11,847 Total return on investments 21,413 Investment return used for operations (including a spending rate of $9,742) (9,688) Investment return greater than amounts used for operations $11,725 Interest and dividend income, net of investment expenses of $424 $3,543 Net realized gains 3,640 Net change in unrealized gains (losses) 4,513 Total return on investments 11,696 Investment return used for operations (including a spending rate of $9,561) (9,499) Investment return greater than amounts used for operations $2,197

One year (including $4,495 and $1,016 of endowment pledges in fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, respectively) One to five years More than five years Less allowance for doubtful accounts Future value Less discount to present value

$889 $4,556 2,238 8,296

365 524

(175) 12,037 2,952 24,889

2006

$7,577 4,044 8,895 20,516 (109) 20,407 (5,594) $14,813

Note 4: Leasehold Improvements, Equipment, and Musical Instruments At each fiscal year-end, the costs of leasehold improvements, equipment, and musical instruments were as follows:

(210)

(9,898)

$314

$2,952 $14,991

$898 $4,470 865 4,536

248 (1,132) 3,628 307 631 12,634

(201) (9,700) $106

$9,386 23,424 8,472 41,282 (100) 41,182 (7,756) $33,426

Total

$52 107

$29 30

August 31, 2007

(In Thousands)

$631 $2,934

Temporarily restricted investment income released from restrictions is included in the unrestricted “investment return greater than amounts used for operations” categories above.

(In Thousands)

Leasehold improvements Equipment Computer hardware and software Musical instruments Less accumulated depreciation & amortization

August 31, 2007

$7,320 728 4,030 6,330 18,408 (8,757) $9,651

The following table sets forth the Plans’ funded status and the amounts recognized in the Society’s financial statements:

Orchestra Plan

Office Plan

Year Ended August 31, 2007

2006

2007

2006

Projected benefit obligation $40,307 Fair value of Plan assets 42,936 Funded status – excess (deficiency) of assets $2,629 Prepaid (accrued) benefit cost reported in the statements of financial position Service cost – benefits earned during the period $619 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 2,527 Expected annual return on Plan assets (3,366) Net amortization and deferral 1,125 Net periodic pension costs $905

$42,479 40,098 $(2,381)

$8,315 7,532 $(783)

$8,908 6,293 $(2,615)

$17,183 $731 $501 2,333 527 (3,354) (548) 1,422 66 $1,132 $546

$(568) $535 486 (500) 120 $641

Weighted-average assumptions: Discount rate for benefit cost 6.1% 5.4% 6.1% Discount rate for projected benefit obligation 6.3% 6.1% 6.3% Expected return on Plan assets 8.5% 8.5% 8.5% Rate of compensation increase N/A N/A 5.0% Benefit cost $905 $1,132 $546 Employer contributions 1,000 853 Employee contributions Benefits paid 2,430 2,435 372

5.4% 6.1% 8.5% 5.0% $641 583 4 343

(In Thousands)

2006

$7,363 1,619 3,733 6,205 18,920 (8,901) $10,019

Depreciation and amortization of leasehold improvements, equipment, and musical equipment amounted to $885,000 and $998,000 for fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, respectively. During fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, the Society wrote off $1,212,000 of fully depreciated equipment and $10,000 of fully depreciated musical instruments, respectively.

Note 5: Pensions The Society maintains two defined-benefit pension plans (the “Plans”), one for members of the orchestra and one for office employees. The Society’s funding policy is to contribute funds to a trust as necessary to provide for current service and for any unfunded accrued benefit liabilities, over a reasonable period, to meet IRS minimumfunding requirements. To the extent that these requirements are fully covered by assets in the trust, a contribution may not be made in a particular year. The Society has adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement on Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,” an amendment of previously issued authoritative employee-benefit accounting pronouncements. SFAS No. 158 requires the recognition, in the sponsoring entity’s financial statements, of an asset or liability for the “funded status” of a defined benefit pension plan.

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Note 3: Contributions Receivable At each fiscal year-end, contributions receivable, net of the discount to present value (at rates which range from 6% to 7%) and the allowance for doubtful accounts, are due to be collected as follows:

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The Plans’ investments will be made for the purpose of providing retirement reserves for the present and future benefit of participants of the Plans. The assets will be invested with the care, skill, and diligence a prudent person acting in this capacity would exercise to comply with all objectives outlined herein, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and all other governing statutes. The primary objective for the trustees will be to provide a balance among capital appreciation, preservation of capital, and the production of current income. The Plans’ trustees recognize that risk (i.e., the uncertainty of future events), volatility (i.e., the potential for variability of asset values), and the possibility of loss in purchasing power (due to inflation) are present to some degree in all types of investment vehicles. While high levels of risk are to be avoided, the assumption of risk is warranted in order to allow the investment manager the opportunity to achieve satisfactory long-term results consistent with the objectives of the Plans. The trustees of the Plans have discretion as to the asset-allocation decisions of the total Plans assets. The Society requests adherences to the following asset-allocation range:

Equities Fixed income funds Alternative investments Real asset fund Cash and cash equivalents

Orchestra Plan

Office Plan

45% 15% 20% 15% 5% 100%

65% 35%

100%

At August 31, 2007, the percentages of the fair values of the types of Plan assets held were as follows:

Equities Fixed income funds Alternative investments Real asset fund Cash and cash equivalents

Orchestra Plan

Office Plan

45% 15% 22% 15% 3% 100%

65% 35%

100%

The estimated amount of the Society’s contribution for fiscal-year 2008 is $1,000,000 for the Orchestra Plan and $500,000 for the Office Plan. The following table illustrates the expected benefit payments over future years. Year Ended August 31,

2008 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 – 2017

( In Thousands) Orchestra Plan

Office Plan

$2,680 2,705 2,760 2,824 2,824 14,490

$412 432 427 431 491 2,922

Notes to Financial Statements

(In Thousands)

Expected post-retirement benefit obligation Fair value of plan assets at end of year Funded status (obligation in excess of assts)

Year Ended August 31, 2007 2006

$2,823 0 $2,823

Accrued benefit cost recognized in the statements of financial position Service cost – benefits earned during the period $69 Interest cost on expected benefit obligation 173 Net amortization and deferral 64 Net periodic post-retirement benefit cost $306 Weighted-average assumptions Discount rate For the year ended August 31, Benefit cost Benefits paid

$2,876 0 $2,876

$1,777 $73 157 72 $302

6.31%

6.10%

$306 $237

$302 $235

The accrued expected post-retirement benefit cost recognized in the statements of financial position for the Orchestra and Office Plans for fiscal-year 2007 was $2,412,000 and $411,000, respectively. The accrued benefit cost recognized in the statements of financial position for the Orchestra and Office Plans for fiscal-year 2006 was $1,434,000 and $343,000, respectively. For measurement purposes, a 7.5% annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered benefits was assumed for fiscal-years 2007 and 2006. The rate was assumed to decrease gradually to 4.25% thereafter. There were no employer or employee contributions to the Plans in fiscal-years 2007 and 2006.

Note 7: Unrestricted Net Assets At each fiscal year-end, unrestricted net assets consisted of the following:

(In Thousands)

Year Ended August 31, 2007 2006

$1,074 80,582 $81,656

Undesignated Functioning as endowment

Note 9: Permanently Restricted Net Assets At each fiscal year-end, the balance of permanently restricted net assets, which consist of the original principal of the Society’s permanently restricted contributions, as well as donor-directed permanently restricted investment income and capital appreciation added thereto, consisted of the following elements, listed according to the purpose for which the related income is expendable:

$16,988 68,646 $85,634

Note 8: Temporarily Restricted Net Assets At each fiscal year-end, temporarily restricted net assets consisted of the following:

(In Thousands)

Purpose restrictions: Commissioned works and new music Education Media projects Touring Major choral and vocal works Guest artists Website and technology projects Concert sponsorship Time restrictions

August 31, 2007

$2,854 2,687 1,852 1,150 972 536 125 9 7,476 $16,511

2006

$3,305 666 1,769

(In Thousands)

795 2,074 $10,464

August 31, 2007

Purpose restrictions: Commissioned works and new music $638 Education 459 Media projects 461 Touring 1,150 Guest artists 200 Concert sponsorship 795 Parks concerts Time restrictions: Fiscal-years 2007 and 2006 operations 1,166 $4,869

Year Ended August 31, 2007 2006

$66,421 $47,485 31,401 28,988 14,951 13,686 6,843 6,820 4,902 4,725 4,681 4,394 2,800 2,800 980 932 836 836 617 610 210 210 $134,642 $111,486

705 Note 10: Commitments Lease: The Society is the principal tenant of Avery Fisher Hall under a long-term lease agreement (which was renewed for 25 years, effective July 1, 1986) between the Society and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. The Society’s rent is determined by established rental rates for its use of the concert hall, plus or minus its proportionate share of the operating gain or loss. The expense incurred under this agreement amounted to approximately $4,094,000 and $3,774,000 in fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, respectively.

During each fiscal year, temporarily restricted net assets were released from restrictions in fulfillment of the following:

(In Thousands)

Purpose restrictions: General activities of the Society Guest artists Various instrumental chairs Educational programs Commissioned works and new music Musical instrument purchase and repairs Conductors Young performers Society musicians Young People’s Concerts Free parks concerts

2006

$233 49 373 125 200 350 250 1,098 $2,678

Line-of-credit: During fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, the Society had available a $6 million and $10 million line of credit from a major bank, respectively. Interest on the line is payable at a variable rate based on LIBOR. There were no borrowings against the line of credit during fiscal-years 2007 and 2006. Employment contracts: In fiscal-year 2004, the Society extended its employment contract with the Music Director to cover through its 2008–09 season. The Society also has an employment contract with the President and Executive Director.

Note 11: Comparison to Internal Operating Measure For fiscal-years 2007 and 2006, unrestricted deficiency of operating income over operating expenditures, as reflected in the accompanying statements of activities, differs from the operating measures used for internal-reporting purposes for several reasons, including the alternative treatment of certain income and expense items. A reconciliation of these two measurement processes is as follows:

(In Thousands)

Deficiency of unrestricted operating income over operating expenditures Unrestricted gifts functioning as endowment Deferred marketing expenses Endowment fund-raising expenses Post-retirement benefit cost Gilbert instrument purchase Operating measure for internal reporting purposes

Year Ended August 31, 2007 2006

$(791) (647) 55 435 306 (125)

$(1,982) (512) 312 252 67 (180)

$(767)

$(2,043)

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Note 6: Other Post-Retirement Benefits In addition to providing pension benefits, the Society provides certain health-care insurance benefits for qualified employees retiring after September 21, 1982, under two separate benefit plans. Administrative employees are eligible for benefits once they have reached ten years of service and 62 years of age while working for the Society. Orchestra employees are eligible for benefits once they have reached ten years of service and 60 years of age while working for the Society. Prior to fiscal-year 1996, the cost of retiree health-care benefits was recognized as expense in the year during which related costs for annual insurance premiums were incurred. The Society has adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 158 (see Note 6), the amount of the expected post-retirement benefit obligation is presented in the following table:

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(In Thousands)

Orchestra Expenses

Management and General

2007 Fund- Raising

Performing Artists $26,608 Salaries and wages $4,963 $1,611 Fringe benefits 4,576 1,762 497 Professional fees 1,979 511 Facilities and office expenses 3,582 859 42 Depreciation 1,068 Production 3,662 Travel 3,895 111 12 Advertising 4,734 223 51 Information technology 545 24 Miscellaneous expenses 565 578 1,769 $47,622 $12,088 $4,517

Year Ended August 31, Total Orchestra Expenses Expenses

Management and General

2006 Fund- Raising

Total Expenses

$26,608 $23,764 6,574 $4,429 $1,450 6,835 4,386 1,651 477 2,490 545 478 4,483 3,099 1,051 67 1,068 885 3,662 2,774 4,018 5,072 41 9 5,008 4,573 218 34 569 408 26 2,912 672 552 2,174 $64,227 $44,340 $9,780 $4,715

$23,764 5,879 6,514 1,023 4,217 885 2,774 5,122 4,825 434 3,398 $58,835

Staff

Annual Report 2007 Edited and Produced by New York Philharmonic Public Relations

Administration ZARIN MEHTA President and Executive Director Susan O’Dell Assistant to the President Joliene Ford Assistant to the Chairman

Eve Helfstein Associate Director of Special Events and Volunteer Services Georgia Petritsis Special Events Coordinator Sara Machowski Administrative Assistant

Artistic Administration Matías Tarnopolsky Artistic Administrator Daniel Boico Manager, Artistic Administration Courtenay Schowalter Artistic Department Assistant

Special Projects