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WELCOME Park Avenue Armory strives to engage audiences with eclectic, immersive, and thought-provoking works that are in direct dialogue with the vast sweep of the Armory’s unique spaces, whether it is the soaring Wade Thompson Drill Hall or the intimate period rooms. And with its pristine acoustic and austere elegance, the Board of Officers Room is like no other in offering the chance to enjoy the art of the recital and music-making in the most personal of settings. The 2019 season marks the seventh year for the recital series, which continues to showcase both classical and contemporary repertoire performed by world class artists at the height of their craft. We are thrilled to introduce to North American audiences the esteemed baritone Benjamin Appl, who makes his North American recital debut with a unique residency exploring the extraordinary emotional depths of the human psyche found in the three published song cycles of Franz Schubert. And before making his U.S. operatic debut at Santa Fe Opera in summer 2019, Austrian tenor Ilker Arcayürek makes his North American recital debut with a program of Schubert lieder after emerging as one of the most exciting and versatile vocal artists in recent years following impressive debuts on opera and recital stages throughout Europe. Paired with our ongoing partnership with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, the series will be featuring exciting new voices not seen elsewhere in New York. Also new to New York concert-goers is the esteemed Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, who make their New York debut with programs focusing on works by Haydn and Ligeti that artfully showcase the superb musicianship of one of the most wide-ranging string quartets of our time. We continue to explore new directions with soprano Barbara Hannigan, who follows her whirlwind U.S. recital debut at the Armory in 2017 with an artfully curated residency showcasing her versatility and musical curiosity with programs that includes the New York premiere of John Zorn’s “Jumalatteret” performed with pianist Stephen Gosling and Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 featuring the famed Emerson String Quartet. Violin virtuoso and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Leila Josefowicz curates an inventive program of modern music paired with pieces by 20th-century masters that have never sounded so contemporary in performances that will be breathtaking in their daring and excitement. This year’s lineup offers audiences even more chances to enjoy the intimacy of a beautiful range of chamber music experiences performed by artists with a highly distinctive international profile, in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room. We hope you will join in our excitement for witnessing these magical moments in music. Rebecca Robertson Founding President & Executive Producer Pierre Audi Marina Kellen French Artistic Director
2019 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM
DUDOK QUARTET AMSTERDAM thursday, september 19 7:30pm saturday, september 21 8:00pm Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory
The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation. Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, the Richenthal Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation. The artistic season is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support has been provided by the Armory’s Artistic Council.
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PROGRAMS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Haydn
String Quartet in C major Op.20 No.2 I. Moderato II. Capriccio. Adagio III. Menuetto. Allegretto IV. Fuga a 4 soggetti. Allegro
Perotin Viderunt Omnes (selection, arranged for string quartet by the Dudok Quartet) Ligeti
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Haydn
String Quartet Op.20 No.5
Ligeti
String Quartet No.1
Intermission Mendelssohn
Quartet in F minor O
String Quartet No.2 I. Allegro nervoso II. Sostenuto, molto calmo III. Come un meccanismo di precisione IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso V. Allegro con delicatezza
Intermission Ockeghem Kyrie from Missa Prolationum (arranged for string quartet by the Dudok Quartet) Beethoven
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String Quartet in B-flat major Op.130 I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro II. Presto III. Poco scherzoso IV. Alla danza tedesca V. Cavatina VI. Grosse Fuge
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2 (1772) by Joseph Haydn (Rohrau, Lower Austria, 1732 - Vienna, 1809) The six quartets published as Op. 20 were a breakthrough in Haydn's career. The four instruments have now achieved full independence, and the development of the themes is more sophisticated than ever. The second quartet in the set, the C-major piece opens with an unhurried Moderato instead of the usual Allegro. Surprises await at every turn with unpredictable phrases and daring key changes. The dark, recitative-like theme of the second movement is played by all four instruments in unison and proceeds through many dramatic interruptions until the recitative receives its “aria”—a soaring, song-like melody that itself breaks down in the middle. The movement’s inscription “Capriccio” refers to its unusual musical form. Haydn leaves the Adagio open with a half-cadence and lets the third-movement minuet follow directly. Here again, he does the unusual by obscuring the dance rhythm in one moment and making it clear again in the next. The trio, or middle section, is brief, enigmatic and, once again, open-ended. The quartet ends with a fugue with four subjects. This means that, at various points, the main theme is joined by three different countersubjects. Haydn inserted a Latin phrase into the score: “Sic fugit amicus amicum” (“thus does friend flee from friend”), playing on the word fugue and affording a glimpse into the thought associations evoked in him by his own music. String Quartet No. 2 (1968) by György Ligeti (Târnava-Sân-Martin [now Târnăveni], Romania, 1923 - Vienna, 2006) The musical elements Ligeti used in his Second String Quartet were rather novel in 1968: complex harmonics, glissandos, strong accents, violent outbursts followed by sudden silences, and fast-moving passages that differ slightly in each of the parts (“micropolyphony”). Yet with these new elements, Ligeti created a drama without words that conveys feelings—mystery, anger, frozen sadness, and more—with the same force as one would find a more conventional piece. After his flight from Hungary in 1956, Ligeti became a prominent representative of the Western avant-garde, but he never renounced expressivity, which was often anathema to his more radical colleagues. In his comments written for the world premiere, Ligeti noted: The quartet is based on a musical idea that returns in all five movements, yet is realized differently each time. In the first movement, the flow of the music is broken up, with abrupt changes between extremely fast and extremely slow figurations. In the second movement, the musical events are almost static, yet there are sudden interruptions...
[It] is a slow variation of the first...the endings of the two movements are like two rhyming verse endings in a poem. The third movement, a pizzicato piece, is an homage to Bartók's Fourth Quartet...It is like an imaginary machine that gradually breaks down and falls apart...The fourth movement is extremely condensed, brutal, menacing...The fifth movement is like a reminiscence through the mists: the entire course of the piece is recapitulated...as if from a distance. The musical and structural ideas are the same in each movement, yet they are considered from different angles and with different coloring... String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (1825-26) by Ludwig van Beethoven (Bonn, 1770 – Vienna, 1827) Of the five late Beethoven quartets, Op. 130 is the longest and most complex. The first of its six movements vacillates between a slow and a fast tempo, with the Adagio and the Allegro interlocking and interrupting one another, until the Allegro wins out. Yet the Adagio returns for short moments several more times in the course of the movement. The second movement is a brief Scherzo with an almost blatantly simple theme. It is in the minor mode, followed by a foot-stomping “trio” section in the major. Taking a nostalgic look at the bygone days of Mozart and early Beethoven, the third movement decorates its melodic material with some elaborate inner voices. In the Alla danza tedesca movement (“In the manner of a German dance”), a surprising thing happens at the end: the theme is broken up into small fragments and repeated with the fragments in reverse order, played by one instrument at a time. The heartpiece of the quartet is the heavenly Cavatina. The name comes from the world of opera and indeed, the movement is an extended aria with the first violin as the soloist. The most moving moment arrives when the volume drops to pianissimo and the first violin begins a new melody constantly interrupted by rests, as if choking back tears. The performance instruction, beklemmt, means “oppressed, suffocated, straitened, anxious.” Op. 130 originally ended with the Great Fugue, but Beethoven eventually published that piece separately and replaced it with a new finale that remained the last music he ever wrote. This rondo has a carefree, dance-like theme but its tonal and contrapuntal development is far from simple. During the central portion and just before the end, Beethoven achieves an intensity of expression that matches that of the previous five movements. —Peter Laki
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5 (1772) by Joseph Haydn (Rohrau, Lower Austria, 1732 – Vienna, 1809) The six quartets published as Op. 20 belong to Haydn’s socalled Sturm und Drang (“storm and stress”) period, during which he wrote more works in a dark, dramatic mood than at any other time in his life. During those years, he used the minor mode with particular frequency, creating a more adventurous harmonic idiom with an intensity of feeling that anticipates the Romantic era. The extraordinary features of the F-minor quartet start at the very beginning, with a meandering theme that refuses to fit into the usual eight-bar periods of classical music. The continuation is just as unusual, with a development section that is exceptionally long and complex for its time, and a coda at the end involving a true harmonic labyrinth that explores some very distant tonalities before settling back into F minor. The second-movement minuet continues the serious tone with more musical phrases of irregular structure. By contrast, the trio section is simpler and switches to the major mode for emotional relief. The third-movement Adagio is a lyrical aria with some exquisite ornamental figurations for the first violin. The unusual phrase per figuram retardationis (“with a figure of delay”) written over the first violin part means that the violinist must take some rhythmic liberties, with its melody not aligning perfectly with the accompaniment. (The more common term for this freedom would be tempo rubato.) The last movement is marked “fugue with two subjects.” The contrapuntal structure is maintained relentlessly to the end, but then a closing section in a somewhat freer style is appended. String Quartet No. 1 (“Métamorphoses nocturnes,” 1953-54) by György Ligeti (Târnava-Sân-Martin [now Târnăveni], Romania, 1923 - Vienna, 2006) When he wrote his first string quartet, György Ligeti couldn't even dream of having it performed. Under the Stalinist form of Communism, the arts in Hungary had to conform to the strict guidelines imposed by the Party. No experimentation was allowed, and in music, folksong was officially considered as the principal if not the only source of inspiration for composers. In spite of these harsh circumstances, Ligeti knew he had to find new sounds and new forms of musical expression. Along with the piano cycle Musica ricercata, Métamorphoses nocturnes represents Ligeti's artistic journey towards new, uncharted territories. His pervasive chromaticism completely blurs our sense of tonality, and his use of ostinatos (“stubbornly” repeated figures) and imitation takes on entirely new levels of structural complexity. 4
Ligeti described the single-movement work as a “variation set”—one that is not based on a theme in the conventional sense but rather on a certain “musical idea.” That idea is chromaticism itself: more precisely, an ascending major second repeated a half-step higher. For most of the work's duration, the tension could almost be cut with a knife, and the emotional states expressed are extreme. One rare moment of respite occurs in the waltz variation, withits deliciously ironic evocation of the past. The quartet, which has so often come across as hectic and nervous, ends slowly and softly. The original title of the quartet was simply Métamorphoses. The adjective nocturnes was an afterthought, added in 1955 when Ligeti submitted the revised quartet for the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Belgium where, however, it failed to make the final round. String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (1847) by Felix Mendelssohn (Hamburg, 1809 – Leipzig, 1847) The tragic tone of Mendelssohn's F-minor quartet is extremely rare in the music of this master who was typically drawn to the sunny side of life. But on May 14, 1847, his beloved sister Fanny Hensel died of a stroke at the age of 41. She was an extremely talented composer and pianist and a true soul mate to her brother. Felix was devastated. This tempestuous and visionary string quartet remained the last piece of music he ever completed, for he was to share his sister’s fate before the year was out, succumbing to a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 38 on November 4. The very opening of the F-minor is unusual, with its nervous tremolos, sudden accents and dramatic crescendos. Some rather daring harmonic progressions and piercing high notes in the first violin add to the effect. A scherzo movement follows, though Mendelssohn did not use that word here, as jokes (which is what the word scherzo means) were the furthest thing from his mind at this time. Yet the fast ¾ meter and the sharp rhythmic and dynamic contrasts leave no doubt as to the stylistic origins of this Allegro assai. Even the trio, or middle section, brings little relief. The sublimely beautiful Adagio follows conventional formal lines. At one point during the otherwise regular recapitulation, however, Mendelssohn inserted a violently dissonant section, as if his emotions suddenly got the better of him. In the fourth movement, the drama erupts again, with agitated syncopations and arrow-like scalar passages, and the quartet ends with what truly sounds like a cry of despair. —Peter Laki
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS THE DUDOK QUARTET AMSTERDAM is forging a reputation as one of the most creative and versatile young quartets of its generation. With its ethos of “sharing the heart of music”, the Quartet is committed to crafting unique and eclectic programmes in order to engage with its audiences in new and imaginative ways. The Dudok Quartet has performed at many of the major European venues and festivals including the Vienna Konzerthaus, Beethovenhaus Bonn, De Doelen, Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Heidelberg String Quartet Festival, West Cork Chamber Music Festival and the Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale, as well as appearing regularly at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Amsterdam Muziekgebouw. The Quartet made its US debut in January 2018 at the Northwestern University Winter Chamber Music Festival resulting in an immediate re-invitation for the 2019/20 season. Elsewhere in the US, the 19/20 season sees the Quartet make its New York debut at the Park Avenue Armory. European highlights of the current season include debuts at London’s Wigmore Hall and Barcelona Auditori as well as engagements in Belfast, Würzburg and returns to the Mecklenburg Vorpommern and West Cork Chamber Music Festivals. The Quartet returns to major Dutch venues including De Doelen, Tivoli Vredenburg, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Amsterdam Muziekgebouw. The Quartet’s carefully curated recordings for Resonus Classics so far include discs exploring repertoire ranging from Ligeti and Weinberg through to Mendelssohn and Brahms. Their next recording, the first installment of the complete Haydn Opus 20 Quartets, will be released in autumn 2019. Winner of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, other awards include prizes at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and Joseph Joachim International Chamber Music Competition Weimar as well as the prestigious Dutch Kersjes Prize (2014). The Quartet performs on instruments generously on loan from the Dutch Musical Instrument Foundation (NMF); violins by Francesco Goffriller and Vincenzo Panormo, viola by Max Möller and cello by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. It takes its name from renowned Dutch architect Willem Marinus Dudok.
JUDITH VAN DRIEL took up the violin when she was six years old. At the age of sixteen she was accepted at the conservatory of Amsterdam, where she studied with Kees Koelmans and Peter Brunt. She also studied with Günter Pichler in Vienna. Judith is a founding member of the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, with whom she was invited to study with the Alban Berg Quartett in Cologne. The Dudok Quartet later went on to study with Marc Danel at the Dutch String Quartet Academy. During these studies the Quartet won prizes at numerous international competitions. During her studies, Judith took part in the academy of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra but it was as a member of the Dutch Ricciotti Ensemble (a street orchestra which performs all kinds of music for unconventional audiences), that she truly learned about the power of music. As violinist in the Dudok Quartet, Judith aims to forge a personal connection with her audience through sharing the music she loves. She has a deep love for literature and likes to write the texts for the projects of the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. She also is a passionate teacher, both in violin and chamber music. Since 2017 Judith has performed on a violin built by Francesco Gofriller around 1725, kindly loaned to her by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation (NMF). MARLEEN WESTER finally got her first violin when she was six years old. At the age of fourteen she was tempted to switch to the cello, but she stayed with the violin. Among her first teachers were Rudolf Zwartjes (violin and cello) and Lorna Glover. She studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Lex Korff de Gidts and Peter Brunt. During her studies she explored the complete range of the possibilities of the violin; besides playing all sorts of chamber music, she played baroque violin and viola as well as viola d’amore and exploring a lot of contemporary repertoire. Marleen had her best orchestra experience as a member of the Ricciotti Ensemble, where she met the other members of the Dudok Quartet. The dream of playing in a full-time string quartet became reality just after finishing her studies in 2009, when she joined the Dudok Quartet. Since 2017 Marleen has played a violin built by Vincenzo Panormo in 1810, kindly loaned to her by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation (NMF).
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MARIE-LOUISE DE JONG began violin lessons at the age of five with Melanie Engelen in Roermond in The Netherlands. At the age of thirteen she began combining violin and viola, switching to viola completely a year later. After her Bachelor studies with Marc Tooten at the Maastricht Conservatory, she went on to study for a Masters- and Soloists- degrees with Prof. Wolfram Christ at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, finishing her studies with distinction in 2018. Marie-Louise was a principal violist in both the National Youth Orchestra of Netherlands and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, performing in every important venue in Europe including the Musikverein Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and London’s Royal Albert Hall London. She also took part in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy. As a soloist, she has performed with the KHG-Orchester Freiburg, Freiburger KammerSolisten, Youth Orchestra of the Orlando Festival, Kamerorkest Valkenswaard, Arka Symfonieorkest and the Philharmonie Baden-Baden. She has taken part in masterclasses at the Encuentro de Musica y Academia de Santander, Aurora Masterclass, Carl Flesch Academy Baden-Baden and the Gustav Mahler Academy in Bolzano. She received lessons from and played chamber music with Guy Braunstein, Wolfgang Boettcher, Wolfram Christ, Hartmut Rhode, Hariolf Schlichtig, Erich Höbarth, Isabelle van Keulen, Jurgen Kussmaul, and Antonello Farulli. MarieLouise joined the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam in 2017, having previously been a member of the Belgium based St. George Quintet. Since 2014 Marie-Louise has played a viola built by Max Möller (1946, Amsterdam), kindly loaned to her by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation (NMF).
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DAVID FABER was born into a musical family, both his parents being trained as professional musicians. Starting cello lessons as a five year old, David continued to study the cello at the conservatories in The Hague and Amsterdam with Floris Mijnders and Dmitri Ferschtman. During this time, David performed was a member of the Ricciotti Ensemble, where he and the other members of the quartet first met. It was within this group that David first encountered the universal power of music to full effect, performing for audiences that had never encountered live music. David co-founded the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam in 2009, and subsequently studied with the Alban Berg Quartett in Cologne and with Marc Danel at the Dutch String Quartet Academy. As a member of the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, he has won prizes in international string quartet competitions in Bordeaux, Weimar and The Netherlands, recorded albums and performed throughout Europe at many venues and festivals. Apart of his duties as the ground bass of the quartet, David has always had a fascination for the inner mechanics and incentives of music. He writes most of the arrangements of music that was not originally written for string quartet, and initiates the ideas for the quartet’s upcoming programs. Since October of 2017, David has played on a cello built by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume in Paris around 1850, on generous loan by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation (NMF).
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ABOUT THE ARMORY Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory supports unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create, students to experience, and audiences productions that cannot be done elsewhere in New York City. Since its first production in September 2007, the Armory has presented and commissioned immersive performances, installations, and cross-disciplinary collaborations in its vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall that defy traditional categorization and challenge artists to push the boundaries of their practice. Such has been its impact that recently The New Yorker said that “The Armory programming is essential to New York life.” Programmatic highlights from the Armory’s first 12 years include Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s harrowing Die Soldaten, in which the audience moved “through the music”; Ernesto Neto’s sprawling and gauzy Anthropodino; the event of a thread, a site-specific installation by Ann Hamilton; the final performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company across three separate stages; WS by Paul McCarthy, a monumental installation of fantasy, excess, and dystopia; an immersive Macbeth set in a Scottish heath with Kenneth Branagh; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion staged by Peter Sellars and performed by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker; Heiner Goebbels’ De Materie with floating zeppelins and a flock of 100 sheep; Flexn and Flexn Evolution, electrifying programs by the DREAM dancer/activists led by Regg Roc and Peter Sellars; an acclaimed The Hairy Ape, directed by Richard Jones and starring Bobby Cannavale; Simon Stone’s award-winning Yerma, starring Billie Piper; Nick Cave’s The Let Go, a an immersive, multi-sensory dance-based town hall; William Kentridge’s devastating The Head and The Load; Sam Mendes’ The Lehman Trilogy; and Hito Steyerl’s Drill. In its historic period rooms, the Armory offers more intimate performances and programs, including its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe within the restored Board of Officers Room. Among the performers have been Christian Gerhaher, Nadine Sierra, Igor Levitt, Barbara Hannigan, and Lawrence Brownlee. The Artists Studio series curated by the extraordinary artist/ jazz phenom Jason Moran in the newly restored Veterans Room, which features outsidethe-box artists including Raashad Newsome, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Miya Masaoka and Roscoe Mitchell that reflect the bold improvisational approach of the young group of original designers led by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Stanford White at the early in their careers. The Armory also offers a conversations/performance series called Interrogations of Form that explores, often in day-long sessions, a range of themes and relevant topics on the state of culture in America today and feature artists, scholars, cultural leaders and social trailblazers such as Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toshi Reagon, Lil’ Buck, Mira Nair, Elizabeth Alexander, Damian Woetzel, Lynne Nottage, Hank Willis Thomas, George Bearskin, Beedoskah Stonefish, and Tony Kushner. The Armory’s Artist-in-Residence Program supports artists across genres in the creation and development of new work and is an important pipeline for future commissions for the Wade Thompson Drill Hall and the historic rooms. Extraordinary artistsin-residence in a variety of artistic disciplines include: two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage (playwright) developing her new commission for the Armory and other projects; Obie winner and Pulitzer short listed playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins in collaboration with Carmelita Tropicana (playwright/performance artist); Reggie Gray and the D.R.E.A.M. Ring (dancer/ choreographer); Guggenheim Fellow Tania Bruguera (installation/performance); Tony-winning set designer and director Christine Jones and Steven Hoggett; and Malik Gaines/Alexandro Segade (multi-media/performance); and the newest Artist-in-Residence, set designer Mimi Lien. Park Avenue Armory was built between 1877 and 1881 by the Seventh Regiment, a volunteer unit of the National Guard that included the economic leaders of New York. It has been hailed as containing “the single most important collection of nineteenth century interiors to survive intact in one building” by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, with an 80-foot-high barrel-vaulted roof, is one of the largest unobstructed spaces in New York City. The Armory’s magnificent reception rooms were designed by leaders of the American Aesthetic Movement, among them Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Candace Wheeler, and Herter Brothers. The building is currently undergoing a $210-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron with Platt Byard Dovell White Architects. The Armory has restored 4 historic rooms including the Veterans Room and the Board of Officers Room, causing Roberta Smith of The New York Times to write: “The restoration of the Park Avenue Armory seems destined to set a new standard, not so much for its scale, but for its level of respect and imagination.” armoryonpark.org | @ParkAveArmory
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF Rebecca Robertson, Founding President and Executive Producer Pierre Audi, Marina Kellen French Artistic Director Lissa Frenkel, Managing Director Susan Neiman, Chief Financial and Administration Officer Artistic Planning and Programming Michael Lonergan, Producing Director Avery Willis Hoffman, Program Director Seth Shepsle, General Manager, Programming Darian Suggs, Associate Director, Public Programs Jessica Wasilewski, Senior Producer Jenni Bowman, Producer Samantha Cortez, Production Coordinator Design and Collections Kirsten Reoch, Director of Design and Construction David Burnhauser, Collection Manager Development Melanie Forman, Chief Development Officer Charmaine Portis, Executive Assistant to the Chief Development Officer Matthew Bird, Deputy Director of Development Allison Kline, Director of Foundation and Government Relations Rachel Cappy Risso-Gill, Director of Individual Giving Anthony Merced, Database and Website Development Manager Jennifer Ramon, Manager of Individual Giving Melissa Stone, Manager of Special Events Surina Gangwani, Senior Coordinator Special Events Katie Burke, Individual Giving Coordinator Calvin Sauveur, Database Assistant Education Cassidy L. Jones, Chief Education Officer Monica Weigel McCarthy, Director of Education Aarti Ogirala, Associate Director of Education Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Associate Director of Youth Corps Pip Gengenbach, Education Manager Drew Petersen, Education Special Projects Manager Sharlyn Galarza, Education Coordinator Teaching Artists: Kate Bell, Donna Costello, Alexander Davis, Asma Feyijimni, Hawley Hussey, Larry Jackson, Hector Morales, Peter Musante, Drew Petersen, Vickie Tanner Teaching Associates: Emily Bruner, Ashley Ortiz, Leigh Poulos, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Catherine Talton Teaching Assistants: Nancy Gomez, Stephanie Mesquita, Paola Ocampo, Biviana Sanchez, Naomi Santiago
Executive Office Lori Nelson, Executive Assistant to the President Nathalie Etienne, Administrative Assistant, President’s Office Facilities and Operations Wayne Lowery, Director of External Operations Rich Vartigian, Director of Facilities Joseph Sanders, Facility Manager Darrell Thimoleon, Office Manager William Say, Superintendent Reginald Hunter, Chief Engineer Chris Sperry, Assistant Building Engineer Leandro Dasso, Mayra DeLeon, Mario Esquilin, Olga Cruz, Cristina Moreira, Carlos Goris, Wayne Gillyard, Robert Rodriguez, Ruben Morales, Ron Schrouder Porters Finance Alexander Frenkel, Controller Khemraj Dat, Accountant Information Technology Dion Bullock, Chief Information Officer Oku Okoko, Network Engineer Marketing and Communications Lesley Alpert-Schuldenfrei, Director of Marketing Nick Yarbrough, Digital Marketing Manager Production Paul King, Director of Production Claire Marberg, Production Manager Nicholas Lazzaro, Technical Director Lars Nelson, Technical Director Brandon Walker, Technical Director Ticketing and Event Management Courtney F. Caldwell, Director of Rentals & Event Operations Stephanie Mesquita, Rentals Associate Cheyanne Clarke, Box Office Manager Monica Diaz, Box Office Supervisor Turna Mete, Box Office Supervisor Terrelle Jones and Daniel George, House Managers
Youth Corps: Shaun Cromwell, Jessica Ubah, Maver Mendez Garabito, Gabriel Price, Fatoumata Diallo, Silas Rodriguez, Dorsen Sween, Amadou Tidiane Barry, Dorine Franck, D’alessandro Espejo Risco, Widlany Ferol, Andrew Duer, Tata Jabbie, Ashley Guerrero Soriano, Brianna Trivino, Isayya Dail 8
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NEXT AT THE ARMORY BLACK ARTISTS RETREAT 2019: SONIC IMAGINATION
INTERROGATIONS OF FORM
october 11–12, 2019
Theaster Gates, a charismatic figure in the contemporary art world, with a practice bridging aesthetics, urban planning, and activism, hosts his renowned Black Artists Retreat for the first time outside of Chicago. Gates welcomes black artists and allies from Chicago, New York, and beyond for a weekend of communion, celebration, and multi-disciplinary exploration of this year’s theme: sonic imagination.
JUDGMENT DAY
december 5, 2019–january 11, 2020
After dazzling Armory audiences in 2017, visionary director Richard Jones returns with a new adaptation of Ödön von Horváth's seldom-performed, penultimate play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award-winning playwright Christopher Shinn, which explores the tension between responsibility, conscience, and guilt.
“The Park Avenue Armory has two consistent modes: The first is to overwhelm; the second is to inspire a quiet conviction that you’re missing something amazing in another part of the building. Both struck with full force… filling the gilded, schizo-baroque rooms and halls with a dazzling mix of artists, thinkers, and impresarios” —Artforum Held in our historic period rooms, these insightful conversations throughout the year feature artists, scholars, cultural leaders, and social trailblazers who gather to offer new points of view and unique perspectives on Armory productions, explore a range of themes and relevant topics, and encourage audiences to think beyond conventional interpretations and perspectives of art. UPCOMING EVENTS:
ARTIST TALK: ANTIGONE
friday, october 4 at 6:30pm
RECITAL SERIES “Since its restoration and reopening in 2013, the Armory's spectacular yet intimate Board of Officers room has become one of the city's most essential recital venues” —New York Magazine Hear thrilling North American and New York debuts and artists that are bridging the gap between classic and contemporary musical works in the chamber canon in the austerely elegant Board of Officers Room, with the pristine acoustics and intimate scale originally intended by many composers while invoking the salon culture of the Gilded Age.
Director Satoshi Miyagi is joined by his collaborators in a discussion of the infusion of Japanese Noh theater and other global traditions in the retelling of a classic Greek tragedy.
ARTIST TALK: JUDGMENT DAY
thursday, december 12, 2019 at 6:00pm
Director Richard Jones and his fellow creative team members discuss adapting Ödön von Horváth’s play for the stage and mounting it in an unconventional space.
SUNDAY SALON: DANCE
sunday, december 15, 2019 at 3:00pm
october 15 & 17, 2019
With ballet at a crossroads, a new generation of pioneering artistic directors gather for an afternoon salon to explore what 21st-century beauty looks like in a field that has often looked backward for inspiration. The salon includes conversations, a demonstration, and the seeds of future collaborations. This salon is presented in partnership with Dance Theatre of Harlem.
LEILA JOSEFOWICZ & JOHN NOVACEK
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UPCOMING RECITALS:
BARBARA HANNIGAN, STEPHEN GOSLING, SAE HASHIMOTO, JACK QUARTET & THE EMERSON STRING QUARTET “New Yorkers should be getting more regular and varied doses of such an extraordinary performer in her prime.” —New York Magazine
november 21 & 22, 2019
“[A] violinist extraordinaire…the model musical citizen, doing her part to help the art form evolve.” —The Washington Post armoryonpark.org | @ParkAveArmory
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OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE ARMORY HISTORIC INTERIORS TOURS
Get an insider’s look at the Armory with a guided walking tour of the building with our staff historian. From the soaring 55,000-square-foot Drill Hall to the extraordinary interiors designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers, and others, and learn about the design plans by acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron.
ARMORY AFTER HOURS
Salon culture has enlivened art since the 19th century, when friends gathered in elegant chambers to hear intimate performances and share artistic insights. Join us following select performances for libations with fellow attendees as we revive this tradition in our historic period rooms. You may also get to talk with the evening’s artists, who often greet friends and audience members following their performances.
MALKIN LECTURE SERIES
Each fall, the popular Malkin Lecture Series presents scholars and experts on topics relating to the Armory and the civic, cultural, and aesthetic life of New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lecture topics have ranged from history makers like Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to Gilded Age society’s favorite restaurants and the Hudson River painters.
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ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Launched in 2010, the Armory’s artist-in-residence program supports artists across genres in the creation and development of new work. Each artist sets up a studio in one of the Armory’s period rooms, providing a unique backdrop that can serve as both inspiration and as a collaborator in their project development. Residencies also include participation in the Armory’s arts education program with artists working closely with the Armory’s Youth Corps interns. This season’s artists-inresidence include playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage; Cuban installation and performance artist Tania Bruguera; performance artists Malik Gaines & Alexandro Segade; set designer and director Christine Jones & choreographer Steven Hoggett; playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins & performance artist Carmelita Tropicana; and choreographer and Flexn dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray. The Artist-inResidence Program is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Previous Armory artists-in-residence have included inventive theater company 600 Highwaymen; theater artists Taylor Mac and Machine Dazzle; writer, director, and production designer Andrew Ondrejcak; vocalist, composer, and cultural worker Imani Uzuri; dancer and choreographer Wally Cardona; visual artist and choreographer Jason Akira Somma; soprano Lauren Flanigan; writer Sasha Frere-Jones; Trusty Sidekick Theater company; vocalist-songwriter Somi; multidisciplinary performer Okwui Okpokwasili; choreographer Faye Driscoll; artist Ralph Lemon; visual artist Alex Dolan; Musician Meredith Monk; sound artist Marina Rosenfeld; string quartet ETHEL; playwright and director Young Jean Lee; and Shen Wei Dance Arts; among others.
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JOIN THE ARMORY FRIEND $100
$70 is tax deductible »» Invitation to the opening night preview for visual art installations »» Free admission for you and a guest to visual art installations »» Discounts at local restaurants and hotels »» 10% discount on merchandise sales »» Discount on Armory Guided Tours »» Members only pre-sale or preferred access for performance tickets. »» 20% discount on Members Subscription
SUPPORTER $250
$200 is tax deductible All benefits of the Friend membership plus: »» Fees waived on ticket exchanges* »» Two free tickets to guided tours *** »» Discount on tickets to the Malkin Lecture Series, »» Artists Talks and Public Programs*
$370 is tax deductible All benefits of the Supporter membership plus: »» Members concierge ticket service »» Free admission for two additional guests (a party of four) to Armory visual art installations »» Two complimentary passes to an art fair**
$780 is tax deductible All benefits of the Associate membership plus: »» Recognition in printed programs »» No wait, no line ticket pick up at the patron desk »» Handling fees waived on ticket purchases* »» Invitation for you and a guest to a private Chairman’s Circle event »» Two complimentary tickets to select programs in our historic period rooms*
*Subject to ticket availability **Certain restrictions apply
Members of this exclusive group are offered unique and intimate opportunities to experience the Armory, including invitations to private tours and VIP receptions with world-class artists and access to priority seating.
AVANT-GARDE STARTING AT $350
Sponsored by SHOWTIME®, The Avant-Garde is a forwardthinking group of Park Avenue Armory supporters in their 20s to 30s that offers a deeper, more intimate connection to the unique and creative concepts behind the Armory’s mission. Members receive exclusive benefits throughout the year, including priority ticketing, special receptions, viewings, talks, and VIP events.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE STARTING AT $5,000
ASSOCIATE $500
BENEFACTOR $1,000
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE STARTING AT $2,500
The Armory’s arts education program reaches thousands of public school students each year, immersing them in the creative process of exceptional visual and performing artists and teaching them to explore their own creative instincts. Education Committee members are invited to special events, meetings, and workshops that allow them to witness the students’ progress and contribute to the growth of the program.
ARTISTIC COUNCIL
The Artistic Council is a leadership group to champion and support groundbreaking “only at the Armory” productions with the world’s most sought-after artists. Members receive the closest look behind the scenes at how works are brought to life through monthly events that include intimate discussions with artists, private performances, and special travel opportunities. This group is by invitation only and is generously supported by Cartier.
For more information about membership, please call (212) 616-3958 or e-mail members@armoryonpark.org For information on ticketing, or to purchase tickets, please call the Box Office at (212) 933-5812
***Reservations required
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Emeritus Elihu Rose, PhD Co-Chairs Adam R. Flatto Amanda J.T. Riegel President Rebecca Robertson Vice Chair Wendy Belzberg
Vice Presidents Ken Kuchin Pablo Legorreta Emanuel Stern Secretary Gwendolyn Adams Norton Treasurer Harrison M. Bains
Founding Chairman, 2000–2009 Wade F.B. Thompson
Marina Abramović Abigail Baratta Emma Bloomberg Martin Brand Cora Cahan Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Tina R. Davis Marc de La Bruyère Emme Levin Deland Thomas J. DeRosa Sanford B. Ehrenkranz David Fox Andrew Gundlach Marjorie L. Hart
Edward G. Klein, Major General NYNG (Ret.) Mary T. Kush Ralph Lemon Heidi McWilliams Joel Press Genie H. Rice Janet C. Ross Joan Steinberg Mimi Klein Sternlicht Deborah C. van Eck Peter Zhou
Kim and Jeff Greenberg Barbara and Andrew Gundlach Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Wendy Keys Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Mary T. Kush Almudena and Pablo Legorreta Christina and Alan MacDonald Jennifer Manocherian Kim Manocherian Gwen and Peter Norton Lily O’Boyle Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker
Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Susan and Elihu Rose Janet C. Ross Sana H. Sabbagh Stacy Schiff and Marc de La Bruyère Diane and Tom Smith Sanford L. Smith Brian S. Snyder Joan and Michael Steinberg Emanuel Stern Mimi Klein Sternlicht Deborah C. van Eck Robert Vila and Diana Barrett Mary Wallach Peter Zhou and Lisa Lee
Director Emerita Angela E. Thompson
PARK AVENUE ARMORY ARTISTIC COUNCIL Co-Chairs Noreen Buckfire Michael Field Caryn Schacht and David Fox Heidi and Tom McWilliams
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Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Abigail and Joseph Baratta Wendy Belzberg and Strauss Zelnick Sonja and Martin J. Brand Elizabeth Coleman Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Mary Cronson Emme and Jonathan Deland Leslie and Thomas DeRosa Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Krystyna Doerfler Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Caryl S. Englander Adam R. Flatto
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SUPPORTERS Park Avenue Armory expresses its deep appreciation to the individuals and organizations listed here for their generous support for its annual and capital campaigns. $1,000,000 + Charina Endowment Fund Citi Empire State Local Development Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc. Richard and Ronay Menschel New York City Council and Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York State Assemblymember Dan Quart and the New York State Assembly The Pershing Square Foundation Susan and Elihu Rose The Arthur Ross Foundation and J & AR Foundation Joan and Joel Smilow The Thompson Family Foundation Wade F.B. Thompson* The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust Anonymous
$500,000 to $999,999 Bloomberg Philanthropies Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Marina Kellen French Almudena and Pablo Legorreta The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Donna and Marvin Schwartz Emanuel Stern
$250,000 to $499,999 American Express Michael Field Adam R. Flatto Ford Foundation The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation
$100,000 to $249,999 The Achelis and Bodman Foundations R. Mark Adams Linda and Earle Altman Abigail and Joseph Baratta Lisa Belzberg Booth Ferris Foundation Sonja and Martin Brand Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Emme and Jonathan Deland Leslie and Tom DeRosa Howard Gilman Foundation Barbara and Andrew Gundlach Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mary T. Kush Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse New York State Assembly New York State Council on the Arts Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Gwendolyn and Peter Norton Donald Pels Charitable Trust Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Mrs. Arthur Ross Caryn Schacht and David Fox Stacy Schiff and Marc de La Bruyère Hope and Robert F. Smith Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Joan and Michael Steinberg M K Reichert Sternlicht Foundation Mr. William C. Tomson Deborah C. van Eck Edward Jay Wohlgemuth Peter Zhou and Lisa Lee
$25,000 to $99,999 Arthur R. and Alice E. Adams Foundation AECOM Tishman Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros The Avenue Association Harrison and Leslie Bains Ginette Becker Emily and Len Blavatnik Emma Bloomberg The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Brunello Cucinelli Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buckfire Cartier Betsy and Edward Cohen The Cowles Charitable Trust Caroline and Paul Cronson Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Krystyna Doerfler Andrew L. Farkas, Island Capital Group & C-III Capital Partners Katherine Farley and Jerry Speyer Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy The Garcia Family Foundation Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Givenchy Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Deborah and Allen Grubman Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Karen Herskovitz Janine and J. Tomilson Hill Hospital For Special Surgery JS Capital Management LLC Jennie Kassanoff and Dan Schulman The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder Christine and Richard Mack Marc Haas Foundation Moncler National Endowment for the Arts David P. Nolan Foundation Pershing Square Capital Management, LP Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Sana H. Sabbagh The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Showtime The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman
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Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Diane and Tom Smith Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelovic´ TEFAF NY Tishman Speyer Robert and Jane Toll Toyota Mary Wallach David and Cynthia Wassong Yanghyun Foundation Anonymous (4)
$10,000 to $24,999 Jamie Alter and Michael Lynton BDO Canada LLP Frances Beatty and Allen Adler Bennett Jones Marian and Russell Burke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cochran Elizabeth Coleman Con Edison Mary Cronson / Evelyn Sharp Foundation David Dechman and Michel Mercure William F. Draper Peggy and Millard Drexler The Durst Organization Cheryl and Blair Effron Caryl S. Englander Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Flug Amandine and Stephen Freidheim Mary Ann Fribourg / The Fribourg Family Barbara and Peter Georgescu Kiendl and John Gordon Archie Gottesman and Gary DeBode Kim and Jeff Greenberg Jamee and Peter Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hite Rachel and Mike Jacobellis Kekst Suzie and Bruce Kovner Donna and Jeffrey Lenobel Leon Levy Foundation Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan Christina and Alan MacDonald Kim Manocherian Andrea Markezin Press and Joel Press Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr. Abby and Howard Milstein Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Achim and Colette Moeller Morgan Stanley Nardello & Co. Marie Nugent-Head and James Marlas Lily O'Boyle Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo PBDW Architects Michael Peterson Joan and Joel I. Picket Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Poses Katharine Rayner Thomas J. Reid Aby and Samantha Rosen Deborah and Chuck Royce Fiona and Eric Rudin May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sandholm Pascaline Servan-Schreiber and Kevin Ryan Sidley Austin LLP Brian S. Snyder Jonathan Sobel Sotheby's Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Dorothy Strelsin Foundation / Enid Nemy Michael and Veronica Stubbs Merryl and James Tisch Barbara and Donald Tober Bob Vila and Diana Barrett Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig Diane Wege Brian and Jane Williams Anonymous (2)
$5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ainslie Mr. and Mrs. Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Sarah Arison Jody and John Arnhold Candace and Rick Beinecke RenĂŠe and Robert Belfer Franklin and Marsha Berger Amy Bermingham and Charles Wilson Katherine Birch Debra and Leon Black Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Amanda M. Burden Canard, Inc. Janine Carendi MacMurray CBRE Tia Chapman The Chilton Foundation Marty and Michele Cohen Virginia Coleman Eugenia Comini Sophie Coumantaros Joyce B. Cowin Judith Cox Cultural Services of the French Embassy Mr. and Mrs. David Dangoor Diana Davenport and John Bernstein Elizabeth de Cuevas Richard and Barbara Debs Jeanne Donovan Fisher David and Frances Eberhart Foundation Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz LLP Andra and John Ehrenkranz Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff The Lehoczky Escobar Family Lise and Michael Evans The Felicia Fund Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fenster Lori Finkel and Andrew Cogan Fisher Marantz Stone Gail Flatto Melanie and Robert Forman Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein Teri Friedman and Babak Yaghmaie Gagosian The Georgetown Company Debbi Gibbs Maarit and Tom Glocer Beth and Gary Glynn Sylvia Golden Mr. and Mrs. David Golub Jeff Greene, Desiree Greene and Kim Lovejoy Agnes Gund Molly Butler Hart and Michael D. Griffin
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Mr. and Mrs. Brian Higgins Sharon Jacob Richard Katzman Cynthia and Stephen Ketchum Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch Stephen Lash and Wendy Lash William Lauder and Lori Tritsch Lazard Chad A. Leat Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak Alexia and David Leuschen Gail and Alan Levenstein Mr. and Mrs. David Levinson Daniel Lewis David and Janette Liptak George S. Loening The Honorable and Mrs. Earle I Mack Linda Macklowe Shelly and Tony Malkin Charles and Georgette Mallory Sue and Steve Mandel Marian Goodman Gallery Nina B. Matis Diane and Adam E. Max Rick and Dee Mayberry Mr. and Mrs. Prakash Melwani Joyce F. Menschel Danny and Audrey Meyer Elizabeth Miller and James Dinan Sue Morris The Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc. Saleem and Jane Muqaddam Beth and Joshua Nash Mr. and Mrs. Michael Newhouse Marnie Pillsbury Betsy and Rob Pitts Anne and Skip Pratt Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York Helaine and Michael Pruzan Tracey and Robert Pruzan The Reed Foundation David Remnick and Esther Fein Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Kalliope Rena Michael D. Rhea Renee Rockefeller Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation Chuck and Stacy Rosenzweig Reed Rubin and Jane Gregory Rubin Valerie Rubsamen and Cedomir Crnkovic Jane Fearer Safer Saks Fifth Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sambuco Robyn and Seymour Samuel Erica Samuels Nancy and Larry Sanitsky Susan and Charles Sawyers Steve Schroko and Frank Webb Sara Lee and Axel Schupf Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwarzman Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel James Seger Claude Shaw and Lara Meiland-Shaw Bob and Eva Shaye The Shubert Organization, Inc. Stephanie and Fred Shuman Laura Skoler Patricia Brown Specter Lisa and Gavin Steinberg Judy and Michael Steinhardt Beatrice Stern Debbie and Jeffrey Stevenson Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson The Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang Sharzad and Michael Targoff
Ellen and Bill Taubman Alexander and Bara Tisch Michael Tuch Foundation Jordan and Heather Turkewitz L.F. Turner Olivia Tyson Mr. and Mrs. Jan F. van Eck Andrew E. Vogel and VĂŠronique Mazard Mr. and Mrs. Alexander von Perfall Lulu C. Wang Mati Weiderpass Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Michael Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wexler Francis H. Williams and Keris A. Salmon Maria Wirth Lisa and David Wolf Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Zilkha Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC Anonymous (4)
$2,500 to $4,999 Abigail Kirsch Catering Katie Adams Schaeffer Susan Heller Anderson Cristiana Andrews Cohen and David Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bacon Susan Baker and Michael Lynch Patrick Baldoni Peter Balis Candy Barasch Laurel Beebe Barrack Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beattie Tony Bechara Mr. Lawrence B. Benenson Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Berger Stephen Berger and Cynthia Wainwright Judy and Howard Berkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birnbaum Donald and Vera Blinken Cynthia and Steven Brill Carolyn S. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brokaw Stacey Bronfman Amy and Kevin Brown Veronica Bulgari and Stephan Haimo Mary and Brad Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter Avna Cassinelli Hilary Cecil-Jordan Melanie Charlton Sommer Chatwin Alexandre and Lori Chemla Betsy Cohn Anthony P. Coles Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz Curtis Cravens and Martha Berry Margaret Crotty and Rory Riggs Ellie and Edgar Cullman The Cultivist Joshua Dachs / Fisher Dachs Associates Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor Anne Delaney Anna Denton and James Bentley Beth Dozoretz Peter Droste and Morgan Beetham Christopher A. Duda Luis Felipe P Dutra Leite Karen Eckhoff Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation Frederic Fekkai and Shirin von Wulffen Jared Feldman / Anchin Private Client Haiki and Ziel Feldman
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Michael Finkelstein and Sue-Ann Friedman EdmĂŠe and Nicholas Firth Mr. and Mrs. Michael Franco Hugh Freund Julie Geden Buzzy Geduld Mr. and Mrs. Martin Geller Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Georges Alberta Gerschel and Peter Wasserman Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons Glickenhaus Foundation Elizabeth and David Granville-Smith Great Performances Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicholas Rohatyn Robert Haddock and Ann Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayden Gillian Hearst Shaw Daisy Helman Herrick Feinstein LLP Mr. and Mrs. Ian Highet Susanna Hong Lauran Paten Hughes Phyllis Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Iscol Mr. and Mrs. Morton Janklow Jeanne Kanders Meredith J. Kane and Richard T. Sharp Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Herbert Kasper Nancy Kestenbaum and David Klafter Mr. and Mrs. David Koch Phyllis L. Kossoff Mr. and Ms. Douglas Krupp John Lambert and Ramona Boston Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lamm Barbara and Richard Lane Nancy L. Lane Lazarus Charitable Trust Dorothy Lee Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joe Neubauer Sahra T. Lese Phyllis Levin Francis Levy and Hallie Cohen Gina Giumarra MacArthur Mehdi Mahmud Ann Maloney Mr. and Dr. Alan Mantell Ruth H. Marcon Iris Z Marden Judith and Michael Margulies Joanie Martinez-Rudkovsky Bonnie Maslin Mr. and Mrs. Peter May Constance and H. Roemer McPhee Gregor and Beatrix Medinger Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck Martha and Garfield Miller Sandra Earl Mintz Cindy and David Moross Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Neidich Nancy Newcomb and John Hargraves Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Newhouse Stephen Novick and Glenn Rice Mrs. and Mr. Susan Numeroff Christian Oberbeck Nancy and Morris W. Offit Gerry Ohrstrom David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich Family Foundation Peter and Beverly Orthwein Meredith Palmer Dr. and Mrs. Prashant Parikh Mr. and Mrs. Lee Parks Liz and Jeff Peek Elizabeth Peyton
Elese Reid Diana and Charles Revson Heidi Rieger Eric Roberts and Robbianne Mackin Rose Brand Jonathan F.P. and Diana Rose Robert Rosen and Dr. Dale Atkins Rosen Spencer Ross and James Delavan Susan and Jon Rotenstreich Hope Rothschild Pierre Rougier Anne Beane Rudman Dr. and Ms. Nathan Saint-Amand Fuad Sawaya Sofie Scheerlinck Sabina and Wilfred Schlumberger Caroline Schmidt-Barnett Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch Victoria Schorsch Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schwartz Seaboard Weatherproofing & Restoration Company Marshall Sebring and Pepper Binkley Jonathan Sheffer Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sick Peggy Siegal Alan Siegel* and Sandy Siegel Douglas Sills Denise Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Stephanie and Dick Solar Mr. and Mrs. David Sonenberg Daisy M. Soros Constance and Stephen Spahn Melissa Stewart Leila Maw Straus Bonnie and Tom Strauss Tastings NYC Mr. and Mrs. Allen Thorpe Stephen Trevor and Stephanie Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tuft John and Eva Usdan Patrick van Maris Ambassador and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel Wendy vanden Heuvel Dini Von Mueffling Rosemary Vrablic Felicity Waley-Cohen Susan and Kevin Walsh Caroline Wamsler and DeWayne Phillips Ian Wardropper Jane Wechsler David Reed Weinreb Katherine Wenning and Michael Dennis Mindy White Mr. and Mrs. W. Weldon Wilson Valda Witt and Jay Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wittman Amy Yenkin and Robert Usdan Neda Young Judy Francis Zankel Donald Zilkha Richard and Franny Heller Anonymous (4)
$1,000 to $2,499 Noreen K. Ahmad and Ahmar Ahmad Dr. and Mrs. Todd Albert Nancy and Elliott Alchek Eric Altmann Anka Ann Anderssen Diane Archer and Stephen Presser Mr. and Mrs. John Argenti Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Sarah Azad-Bowman Hugo Barreca and Wendy Schlemm
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William T. Hillman Barbara Hoffman Elisabeth Holder Mr. and Mrs. William Janeway John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson Leslie Johnson JoJo Christopher and Hilda Jones Jennifer Kang Hon. Bruce M. Kaplan and Janet Yaseen Kaplan Adrienne Katz Margot Kenly and Bill Cumming Susan Kessler Hadley C. King Jana and Gerold Klauer Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klein Major General Edward G. Klein, NYNG (Ret.) Kameron Kordestani Ezriel Kornel MD Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof Jerome LaMaar and John Goodman Barbara Landau Judith Langer Julia Ledda Ralph Lemon Donna and Wayne Lowery John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Liz MacNeill Reeva and Ezra P. Mager Robert Marcus Jan Marks Jacqueline Martin Match 65 Brasserie Larry and Mary McCaffrey Orin McCluskey Nancy McCormick Melanie McLennan Melissa Meeschaert Rebecca Gold Milikowsky Claire Milonas Whitney and Andrew Mogavero Anne Cook and Charles Moss Sheila Nevins and Sidney Koch Sheila Newhouse Annette Niemtzow and Eve Ellis Sassona Norton and Ron Filler Mr. and Mrs. David Oliver Lisbeth Olivia Robert Ouimette and Lee Hirsch Deborah Pagani Mr. and Mrs. David PalamĂŠ Robin and Carlos Palomares Mindy Papp Britten Leigh Pascale Annie Pell Sally Peterson and Michael Carlisle Mr. and Mrs. Richard Petrocelli Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pfeifler Patricia Picciotto Mrs. and Mr. Geri Pollack Michael F. Poppo Laura Poretzky-Garcia Prime Parking Systems Francesca Proietti David and Leslie Puth Martin and Anna Rabinowitz Victoria Reese and Greg Kennedy Julie Richardson Judi Roaman and Carla Chammas Mr. and Mrs. David Rogath Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rosberg Marisa Rose and Robin van Bokhorst Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Rosen Marjorie P. Rosenthal Whitney Rouse
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Jane Royal and John Lantis Susan Rudin Jennifer Sage and Nicolas Grabar Victoria Love Salnikoff Christine Sare Elizabeth Sarnoff and Andrew Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Satnick Susan Savitsky Paul H. Scarbrough, Akustiks, LLC. Pat Schoenfeld Amy Schulman Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz Paolo Sciarra Nadine Shaoul and Mark Schonberger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shuman Paula Diane Silver Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simons III Mr. and Mrs. Randy Slifka James Spindler John Spofford Emily L. Spratt Squadron A Foundation Max Stafford-Glenn Mark Stamford Mr. and Mrs. Myron Stein Gayfryd Steinberg and Michael Shnayerson Joseph Stern Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stern Tricia Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Alan Stillman Jennifer Stockman Stella Strazdas and Henry Forrest Studio Institute Summit Security Services, Inc. Jennifer Tipton Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Troubh Yolanda Turocy Mr. and Mrs. John Vogelstein Mr. and Mrs. Douglas von Erb Amanda and John Waldron Saundra Whitney Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC Lucy Massey Waring Lynne Wheat Shelby White Gigi Stone Woods Jon and Reva Wurtzburger Meghan and Michael Young Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Zemmel Joseph Zimmel and Sheryl Ronzello Anonymous (4) List as of August 31, 2019 * Deceased
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ABOUT THE BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM “The restoration of the Park Avenue Armory seems destined to set a new standard, not so much for its scale, but for its level of respect and imagination.” – The New York Times The Board of Officers Room is one of the most important historic rooms in America and one of the few remaining interiors by Herter Brothers. After decades of progressive damage and neglect, the room completed a revitalization in 2013 by the architecture team at Herzog & de Meuron and executive architects Platt Byard Dovell White Architects to transform the space into a state-of-the-art salon for intimate performances and other contemporary art programing. The Board of Officers Room is the third period room at the Armory completed (out of 18) and represents the full range of design tools utilized by the team including the removal of accumulated layers on the surfaces, the addition of contemporary lighting to the 1897 chandeliers, new interpretations of the stencil patterns on areas of loss, the addition of metallic finishes on new materials, new programming infrastructure, and custom designed furniture.
The room’s restoration is part of an ongoing $215-million transformation, which is guided by the understanding that the Armory’s rich history and the patina of time are essential to its character. A defining component of the design process for the period rooms is the close collaboration between architect and artisan. Highly skilled craftspeople working in wood, paint, plaster, and metals were employed in the creation of the building’s original interiors and the expertise – and hand – of similar artisans has been drawn upon for the renovation work throughout.
The renovation of the Board of Officers Room was made possible through the generosity of The Thompson Family Foundation. Cover photo by James Ewing.