A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 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 2018 season marks the sixth 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 New York pianist Severin von Eckardstein, who showcases his superb technique and emotional depth with a unique residency at the Armory with programs that explore the fantastical elements connecting Schumann and a range of other composers. And having performed at major opera houses and festivals throughout Europe, baritone Thomas Oliemans makes his U.S. recital debut with an artfully curated program of German lieder and French arts songs from the late Romantic period. 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. We continue to explore new directions with the acclaimed choral group The Crossing, who perform an ambulatory concert that utilizes the corridors and historic rooms in New York premieres of thrilling new works, including one co-commissioned by the Armory, that continues the Armory’s commitment of nurturing cutting edge contemporary composers. We are also thrilled to welcome to the Armory for the first time two dynamic young singers taking the opera world by storm. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard brings her impeccable technique and vocal artistry to a program of beloved favorites and lessen known gems of Leonard Bernstein in a program celebrating the legacy of the influential composer in honor of the centenary of his birth. Soprano Nadine Sierra performs a wide ranging program of art songs from Schumann and Strauss to Barber and Bernstein that offers audiences the chance to get to know the seamless technique, abundant musicality, and vocal beauty of this star on the rise in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room 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. I hope you will join in my excitement for witnessing these magical moments in music. Pierre Audi Marina Kellen French Artistic Director
2018 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM
tuesday, november 13 at 7:30pm wednesday, november 14 at 7:30pm Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory
SEVERIN VON ECKARDSTEIN, piano
The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation. The Recital Series 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. Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, the Altman Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, The Kaplen Brothers Fund, 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. Additional support has been provided by the Armory’s Artistic Council.
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PROGRAM NOVEMBER 13, 2018 Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op.12 “Des Abends" (“In the Evening”) in D-flat major “Aufschwung” (“Soaring", literally “Upswing”) in F minor “Warum?” (“Why?") in D-flat major “Grillen” (“Whims") in D-flat major “In der Nacht” (“In the Night") in F minor “Fabel” (“Fable”) in C major “Traumes Wirren” (“Dream's Confusions”) in F major “Ende vom Lied” (“End of the Song”) in F major Medtner
Sonata reminiscenza, Op.38, no.1 in A minor
Intermission Schumann Three Fantasiestücke, Op.111 No.1 in C minor No.2 in A-flat major No.3 in C minor Medtner Piano Sonata in E minor, Op.25, no.2 “Nightwind” lntroduzione: Andante con moto Allegro Tempo dell'introduzione Allegro molto sfrenatamente, presto Quasi cadenza This peformance is approximately one hour and forty minutes, performed with intermission.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2018 Schumann Fantasie in C major, Op.17 “Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legendenton” “Mäßig. Durchaus energisch” in E-flat major “Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten” Herchenröder Paul-Klee-Blatt IV: Geröll Intermission Wagner
Act 1 Prelude, “Tristan und Isolde” (arr. by Zoltan Kocsis)
Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
This peformance is approximately one hour and forty minutes, performed with intermission. About the Armory Residency The two programs generally reflect the narrative and self-developing element in the pianistic romantic piano repertoire. In his “Fantasiestücke” Schumann was often inspired from literary occurrences close to fairy tales which were evoking these different atmospheric pieces. Medtner was an admirer of German poetry himself and wrote many piano miniatures which he called “Skazki” (fairy tales), though they also exude an obscure, profound spirit of his Russian soul. Medtner’s Sonata reminiscenza is like a single slow movement of nostalgic beauty and impressively showing his sense of musical architecture by using rather simple melodies put together in a typically complex but subtle, interactive way. The “Nightwind” sonata though is a nearly giant nocturnal journey full of restlessness, alternating longing and hopeful illuminous moments with dramatically growing episodes. Its second movement is a spread quasi-improvisation on the main theme of the first movement. Like Medtner’s big sonata, Schumann’s “Fantasie” also has a kind of epic and open approach in emerging its melodic lines and climaxes, especially in the first movement. In a way, the Fantasie is constructed like a three movement sonata form, though—rather unconventionally—its last movement is an utterly dreamy part full of peace. Schumann was dedicating his Fantasie to Franz Liszt, who, in contrast, dedicated his sonata in b-minor to Schumann. There is also a certain similarity to Medtner’s “Nightwind” concerning the architecture using a monothematic framework. He shows that played in many different shades and characters, these melodies and motives can develop a musically rich story. Of course the music of Martin Herchenröder speaks the language of today. Still it is at the same time constructive and emotional music that addresses the atmospheric moods of our cosmos. Though not tonal, you can feel a romantic essence in his music, especially in those sections where strings are plucked inside the piano. —Severin von Eckardstein
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM PROGRAM I: Tuesday, November 13 Listening to the music of Robert Schumann (1810-56) and Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) in close succession, one becomes aware that Medtner is not simply a “conservative” composer, a 19th-century musician lost in modern times, but rather a master who is truly channeling his predecessor. The Moscow-born Medtner, who emigrated to the West at the age of 41, was a close friend of Rachmaninoff's whose aesthetic ideals he shared, but he inhabited a more restricted world than his more famous contemporary. Medtner wrote no symphonies, operas or choral works; aside from three piano concertos and a late piano quintet, the bulk of his output is made up of songs and solo piano works. But within these limits, he was able to capture an extremely wide range of feelings and experiences. A child prodigy, Medtner was twelve years old when he entered the Moscow Conservatory, where his teacher Sergei Taneyev said of him: “Medtner was born with sonata form.” And sonata form stayed with him throughout his life: he composed a total of fourteen piano sonatas over a thirty-year period, of which we will hear No. 10 and No. 7 at tonight's recital.
“Sonata-Reminiscenza” in A minor, Op. 38, No. 1 (1918-20) is part of a collection of pieces published as Forgotten Melodies. Barely forty, Medtner “reminisces” about a Schumannesque past with nostalgia, as an exceedingly simple melody unfolds, moving in even sixteenth-notes. The theme respects the outline of the classical eight-bar period and establishes a continous musical flow which is never disrupted by either the second and third themes, the development or the recapitulation, despite occasional subtle changes in tempo. Medtner cautioned that the latter “should be imperceptible and always gradual, while keeping the general tempo steady.” The monumental “Night Wind” Sonata (E minor, Op. 25, No. 2, 1911) is a different story altogether. “In an epic spirit” (Medtner), this sonata, of more than thirty minutes in duration, is one of the most difficult pieces in the entire piano repertory. It has an epigraph from Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-73), in which the night wind appears as a bearer of tragic tidings. One may consider the work as a sonata in a single movement since it is performed without a pause, but Medtner expanded the various thematic areas to large units that function almost as separate movements, alternating and returning in modified forms. A single principal theme runs through the entire piece, first appearing in the slow introduction and returning several times before the dramatic conclusion. The sonata was published with a dedication to Rachmaninoff.
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Each half of the recital will begin with a set of Fantasiestücke (“Fantasy Pieces”) by Schumann: the first half with the popular Op. 12 (1837), the second half with the less well-known Op. 111 (1851). The shared title alludes to a work by one of Schumann's favorite authors, E. T. A. Hoffmann. The earlier cycle shows a youthful Schumann who, as an ardent member of the imaginary Davidsbund (“David's Alliance”), was fighting the conservative Philistines of the old generation. Two of these fictitious Davidsbündler, the exuberant Florestan and the introverted Eusebius, take turns throughout the eightmovement cycle, divided in two parts, the first of which starts with the tender “Des Abends” (“In the Evening”) and continues with “Aufschwung” (“Soaring”), a vigorous and youthful fast movement. The meditative “Warum?” (“Why?”) is followed by the scherzo-like “Grillen” (“Whims”). The second half of Op. 12 opens with “In der Nacht” (“In the night”), which corresponds to “In the Evening,” except it is a great deal more agitated. In “Fabel” (“Fable”), a pensive, slow motto alternates with a highly active main section, as if the story-teller were hesitating at several points during the narrative—at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. The virtuosic runs in “Traumes Wirren” (“Dream's Confusions”) seem to portray a state of restless sleep, while “Ende vom Lied” (“End of the Song”) begins “in good humor” (Schumann), only to end with an extended slow coda in which the composer sinks into deep, peaceful contemplation. Fourteen years later, Op. 111—which could almost be seen as a miniature sonata in three movements, fast-slow-fast—finds Schumann in a relentlessly dramatic mood. The capriciousness of the earlier pieces is replaced by a more intense mindset. Clara Schumann described these works as “serious and passionate” when she first saw them. This is quintessential late Schumann, from a time when some very dark clouds began to gather on his horizon. —Peter Laki
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PROGRAM II: Wednesday, November 14 Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1836) Robert Schumann (Zwickau, Saxony, 1810 – Endenich, nr. Bonn, 1856)
The C-major Fantasy, one of Schumann's most ambitious works, is filled with subtle musical and poetic references. The work is dominated by a theme by Beethoven (a declaration of love from the song cycle To the Distant Beloved), revealed to “one who listens in secret,” an image Schumann took from a poem by Friedrich Schlegel. These layers of associations formed a coded message from Schumann to Clara Wieck, whose father, at that time, had prohibited the two young people from having any contact with one another. With its impassioned first movement, the Fantasy begins on an emotional high, avoiding a harmonic resting point until the very end. The atmosphere of continuous excitement is only momentarily interrupted by an enigmatic passage marked “Im Legendenton” (in the tone of a legend). The energetic second movement has a march-like theme with a progression of massive chords, while the last movement, slow and quiet, echoes Schubert more than Beethoven (the Impromptu in G-flat major in particular). The climactic section is extremely agitated, but the concluding Adagio is surprisingly calm. Schumann dedicated his Fantasy to Franz Liszt, who returned the favor by dedicating one of his greatest piano compositions, the Sonata in B minor, to Schumann in 1854. But this gesture of homage came too late: that same year, Schumann attempted suicide and was committed to an asylum where he died two years later. Paul-Klee-Blatt IV: Geröll (2007) by Martin Herchenröder (b. Iserlohn, Germany, 1961) Few visual artists have inspired as many musical compositions as Paul Klee (1879-1940) who, a trained musician himself, made numerous references to music in his artwork. Martin Herchenröder, a composer, organist and musicologist who teaches at the University of Siegen in Germany, has been adding to his cycle of musical homages to the Swiss painter since the early 1990s. In his comments to the score of PaulKlee-Blatt IV: Geröll, he explained the pun in the title. Since Klee means clover in German, the title can mean either “a sheet of paper by Paul Klee” or “Paul's clover leaf.” As for Geröll, he offers 'boulder' as a translation, but the word is related to rollen, 'to roll,' and Herchenröder says he visualized “cascades of tumbling rocks” on a steep mountain slope. In the words of the composer, the virtuoso piece “combines six characteristic and very different musical elements or areas of material that alternate in a seemingly unforeseeable way,” the ever-changing rhythms of their clashes evoking the wild and unpredictable move of the boulders.
Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (1859) by Richard Wagner (Leipzig, 1813 – Venice, 1883) transcribed for piano by Zoltán Kocsis (Budapest, 1952 – Budapest, 2016) Liszt's piano transcription of the Liebestod fromTristan und Isolde, made in 1867 when this music was still brand-new, has long been a favorite recital item. But Liszt never transcribed the Prelude to Wagner's opera—those ten minutes that changed music history. The extraordinary Hungarian pianist and conductor Zoltán Kocsis took on this monumental challenge in the early 1980s, and his version has also entered the repertoire of numerous pianists. The famousTristan chord with which the prelude opens does not belong to any single key but may be interpreted in a variety of ways; the thematic material of the entire opera is derived from this unusual harmony. Because of its special “floating” quality, it became the symbol of unquenchable desire. The chord and the ascending chromatic melody that flows from it are developed in a myriad ways; the music gradually intensifies and finally erupts in a grandiose climax—an effect that Kocsis was able, miraculously, to reproduce in his piano transcription. Sonata in B minor (1853) by Franz Liszt (Doborján, Hungary [now Raiding, Austria], 1811 – Bayreuth, Germany, 1886) Revolutionary in design, virtuosic in execution and deeply spiritual in content, Liszt's monumental B-minor Sonata encapsulates many of the most salient qualities of this exceptional artist. Liszt united the various characters of the multi-movement sonata cycle in a single movement of extended proportions, based on a small number of recurrent themes. The Sonata opens hesitatingly, with a slow descending scale. The heroic main theme soon follows; its development leads into a hymn-like tune marked “grandioso.” In the first of several dramatic shifts, the music becomes introspective and lyrical, yet the melodic material is the same as before. The heroic theme is subjected to a series of brilliant variations, only to have its heroism called into question by a doleful recitative as the music calms down to the aria-like “Andante sostenuto” section. The heroic theme returns as a fugue, leading to a restatement of the “grandioso” theme, even more powerful than before. But the final word belongs to the lyrical-introspective “personality” in this drama without words: after what seemed like a voyage through an entire pianistic and emotional universe, the last note is a single, barely audible, short B in the extreme low register of the piano. —Peter Laki
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ABOUT THE ARTIST Severin von Eckardstein Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1978, the pianist has won prizes at numerous noteworthy international competitions, such as Ferruccio Busoni in Bozen (1998), the Leeds International Piano Competition (2000), and José Iturbi in Valencia (2002), as well as the ARD-Competition in Munich (1999) and the Grand Prix International Reine Elisabeth in Brussels (2003). On several occasions he has been awarded special prizes for the “Best Interpretation of Contemporary Music.” He has delighted audiences with many highly acclaimed concerts, for example in Berlin, Munich, Moscow, London, Paris, New York, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Seoul. His talent has been enjoyed at great music festivals, including Klavier-Festival Ruhr, in Aldeburgh, UK, the Gilmore Festival in Michigan, USA, the renowned festival in La Roque d’Anthéron, France, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and the Miami International Piano Festival, where he played the opening concert in 2009. He has performed with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Philippe Herreweghe, Lothar Zagrosek, and Marek Janowski, and has made important debuts, such as with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Beethoven Piano Concerto Nr. 5) under Paavo Järvi in 2007, and most recently in spring 2012 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Prokofiev Piano Concerto Nr. 3) conducted by Jaap van Zweden. As a repeat guest in the concert series “Meesterpianisten” in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, von Eckardstein opened the gala concert celebrating the series’ 25th anniversary and recently performed there in January. Several foundations and societies, including the Mozart Society and the highly regarded German National Merit Foundation, have honored him with scholarships. In 2002 he received the European Culture Prize, and in 2003 the Echo Classic Prize.
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Von Eckardstein’s education in the musical arts was predominately shaped by his teachers Prof. Barbara Szczepanska, Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Prof. Klaus Hellwig, University of Arts, Berlin, where he also successfully completed his concert exams. In an additional course of study at the International Piano Academy Lake Como, Italy, he benefited from further instruction and inspiration. He took private lessons from teachers such as Alfred Brendel and participated in master classes instructed by Vitalij Margulis, Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Alicia de Larrocha, Leon Fleisher, and Menahem Pressler, among others. He has served as a master class instructor in South Korea and Europe. Chamber music also plays a significant role in his repertoire with performances at festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Finland, and the Risør Chamber Music Festival, Norway, where he appeared with the cellist Heinrich Schiff. He has often performed with young but highly renowned musicians, such as Andrej Bielov, Barnabasz Kelemen, Franziska Hölscher, Judith Ermert, Danjulo Ishizaka and Nicolas Altstaedt. Together with Franziska Hölscher, he recently founded a new series of chamber concerts named “Klangbrücken” in Berlin (Konzerthaus).
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ABOUT THE ARMORY Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory is dedicated to supporting unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create, students to explore, and audiences to consume epic and adventurous presentations that cannot be mounted elsewhere in New York City. Since its first production in September 2007, the Armory has organized and commissioned immersive performances, installations, and cross-disciplinary collaborations by visionary artists, directors, and impresarios in its vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall that defy traditional categorization and push the boundaries of their practice. In its historic period rooms, the Armory presents small-scale performances and programs, including its acclaimed Recital Series in the intimate salon setting of the Board of Officers Room; the Artists Studio series in the newly restored Veterans Room; and Interrogations of Form, a series of conversations which featured artists, scholars, activists, and cultural trailblazers encouraging us to think beyond conventional interpretations of and perspectives on art. The Armory also offers robust arts education programs at no cost to underserved New York City public school students, engaging them with the institution’s artistic programming and the building’s history and architecture. Built between 1877 and 1881, Park Avenue Armory 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 $215-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Platt Byard Dovell White Architects as Executive Architects.
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NEXT AT THE ARMORY Interrogations of Form THE FIRST UNITED LENAPE NATIONS POW WOW & STANDING GROUND SYMPOSIUM sunday, november 18
Join us for the first large-scale Lenape Pow Wow on Manhattan Island, transpiring on land that once belonged to the Lenape and marking the first congregation of dispersed Lenape elders in the area since their forced migrations in the early 1700s. The Pow Wow has been a traditional gathering by Native Americans for centuries as a way to congregate, celebrate, and share cultural traditions and heritage. Presented in partnership with members of the Lenape community, this event provides an opportunity for members of the Lenape to gather, while also inviting the New York City community to learn about the Lenape’s historical and cultural ties to New York in a fun and interactive day of presentations. The Pow Wow features a dance competition for hundreds of dancers of all ages, competing in traditional Native dress and regalia, with musical accompaniment by drumming and singing groups Red Blanket, Young Blood, and Silver Cloud. In addition, there will be featured performances by Aztec Dancers T’KarimaTicitl, Inuit Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq, and Taino Dancers from the Kasibahagua Tiano Cultural Society showcasing the varied traditions of their respective cultures, as well as opportunities to purchase authentic Native jewelry, crafts, clothing, and food from numerous vendors and artisans. The Standing Ground Symposium will provide an opportunity to meet Lenape elders as well as hear the perspectives of academics and community leaders regarding key issues facing the Native community, including internationally renowned activists for indigenous people Winona LaDuke and Roberto Mukaro Borrero, and author Steve Newcomb. The Symposium also includes performances and activities for the whole family including Native flute players and theater groups exploring mythic traditions and stories that the community has passed down through generations, screenings of films that explore the complexities of Native life and made by Native filmmakers, and a display of bespoke creations by Native fashion designers.
Interrogations of Form FASHION: A NEW SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD exhibit: november 27–28 talk: november 27
Amanda Hearst and Hassan Pierre, sustainable fashion pioneers and co-founders of MAISON-DE-MODE.COM explore the power of fashion to affect social change in a conversation about the future of fashion. Also on display is an interactive exhibit demonstrating the lifecycle of ocean plastics from sea to sustainable fashion product, produced in partnership with PARLEY.
THE HEAD AND THE LOAD december 4–15, 2018
“William Kentridge’s most eye-popping show yet… a kaleidoscopic swirl of action and sound.” —The Guardian (UK) Renowned South African artist William Kentridge synthesizes elements of his practice to conjure his grandest and most ambitious production to date, commissioned by the Armory. The large-scale new work expressively speaks to the nearly two million African porters and carriers used by the British, French, and Germans who bore the brunt of the casualties during the First World War in Africa and the historical significance of this story as yet left largely untold.
Recital Series THOMAS OLIEMANS, baritone MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano december 17 & 19
“Thomas Oliemans was vocally impressive, full of zing and swagger, and with pin-sharp enunciation.”—Opera Today Hailed as “one of the most renowned Dutch singers” (Volkskrant), Thomas Oliemans has been taking the opera world by storm with his dynamic vocal color and communicative singing style at major opera houses and festivals throughout Europe, including Dutch National Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real, and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Festival. He brings his burnished baritone across the Atlantic to make his U.S. recital debut in an artfully curated program of lieder and arts songs from the late Romantic period.
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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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PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Co-Chairman Elihu Rose, PhD.
Marina Abramović Harrison M. Bains Wendy Belzberg Emma Bloomberg Martin Brand Cora Cahan Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Tina R. Davis Emme Levin Deland Thomas J. DeRosa Sanford B. Ehrenkranz David Fox Marjorie L. Hart Edward G. Klein, Major General NYNG (Ret.) Ken Kuchin Mary T. Kush
Co-Chairman Adam R. Flatto President Rebecca Robertson
Pablo Legorreta Ralph Lemon Heidi McWilliams David S. Moross Gwendolyn Adams Norton Joel Press Genie H. Rice Amanda J.T. Riegel Janet C. Ross Joan Steinberg Emanuel Stern Mimi Klein Sternlicht Angela E. Thompson Deborah C. van Eck Founding Chairman, 2000-2009 Wade F.B. 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 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 Krystyna Doerfler Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Adam R. Flatto 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 Janet and David P. Nolan Gwen and Peter Norton Lily O’Boyle Michael D. Rhea Amanda J.T. Riegel and Richard E. Riegel Susan and Elihu Rose Janet C. Ross Sana H. Sabbagh Sanford L. Smith Brian S. Snyder Joan and Michael Steinberg Emanuel Stern Mimi Klein Sternlicht Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović Deborah C. van Eck Robert Vila and Diana Barrett Mary Wallach
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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 Richard and Ronay Menschel New York City Council and Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick New York City Department of Cultural Affairs 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 Assemblymember Dan Quart and the New York State Assembly 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 Olivia Tournay Flatto 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 and Wendy Adams Linda and Earle Altman Booth Ferris Foundation Sonja and Martin J. Brand Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Emme and Jonathan Deland Leslie and Tom DeRosa Ford Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gundlach Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Anna Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mary T. Kush Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr. New York State Assembly Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gwen and Peter Norton Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Daniel and Joanna S. Rose
Caryn Schacht and David Fox Hope and Robert F. Smith Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Joan and Michael Steinberg Mr. William C. Tomson Deborah C. van Eck The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
$25,000 to $99,999 Karen Herskovitz Ackman Arthur R. and Alice E. Adams Foundation AECOM Tishman Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Art Dealers Association of America The Avenue Association Harrison and Leslie Bains Abigail Baratta Emily and Len Blavatnik Emma Bloomberg The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Noreen and Ken Buckfire Janna Bullock Marco Cafuzzi Cartier S.A. The Cowles Charitable Trust Caroline and Paul Cronson James and Gina de Givenchy Andrew L. Farkas, Island Capital Group & C-III Capital Partners Katherine Farley and Jerry Speyer Seymour Flug Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Barbara and Peter Georgescu Howard Gilman Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kiendl and John Gordon Deborah and Allen Grubman Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Josefin and Paul Hilal Janine and J. Tomilson Hill Daniel Clay Houghton Hospital For Special Surgery The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder Christina and Alan MacDonald Christine & Richard Mack Marc Haas Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts Frank and Elizabeth Newman David P. Nolan Foundation Donald Pels Charitable Trust The Reed Foundation Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Mrs. Arthur Ross The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sanford L. Smith Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
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Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros M K Reichert Sternlicht Foundation Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelovic´ TEFAF NY Tishman Speyer Properties, LP Robert and Jane Toll Anonymous (3)
$10,000 to $24,999 Jamie Alter and Michael Lynton Helaine and Victor Barnett Ginette Becker Eileen Campbell and Struan Robertson CBRE Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cochran Elizabeth Coleman Con Edison Mary Cronson / Evelyn Sharp Foundation Cultural Services of the French Embassy David Dechman and Michel Mercure Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Krystyna Doerfler William F. Draper Peggy and Millard Drexler Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz LLP Andra and John Ehrenkranz Caryl S. Englander Florence Fearrington Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Amandine Freidheim The Fribourg Family Clinton Gartin The Georgetown Company Debbi Gibbs Archie Gottesman and Gary DeBode Jeff and Kim Greenberg Jamee and Peter Gregory Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hite Jack Shainman Gallery Rachel and Mike Jacobellis Kaplen Brothers Fund Jennie Kassanoff and Dan Schulman Kekst and Company Incorporated Randy Kemper and Tony Ingrao Suzie and Bruce Kovner Lavazza Donna and Jeffrey Lenobel Leon Levy Foundation George S. Loening Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan The Honorable and Mrs. Earle I Mack Andrea Markezin Press and Joel Press Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Morgan Stanley Sue Morris Nardello & Co. Patty Newburger and Bradley Wechsler Lily O'Boyle Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo PBDW Architects Joan and Joel I. Picket Noel Pittman Anne and Skip Pratt Katharine Rayner Thomas J. Reid David Remnick and Esther Fein Kimberly and Scott Resnick
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Michael D. Rhea Mary Jane Robertson and Jock Clark Chuck and Stacy Rosenzweig Deborah and Chuck Royce Fiona and Eric Rudin May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Susan Rudin Sana H. Sabbagh Mr. and Mrs. William Sandholm Susan and Charles Sawyers Stacy Schiff and Marc de la Bruyère Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Brian S. Snyder Jonathan Sobel Sotheby's Patricia Brown Specter Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Michael and Veronica Stubbs The Durst Organization Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thomas Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Merryl and James Tisch Barbara and Donald Tober Mr. and Mrs. Jan F. van Eck Bob Vila and Diana Barrett Andrew E. Vogel and Véronique Mazard Mary Wallach David Wassong and Cynthia Clift Diana Wege Michael Weinstein WME Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC Anonymous (3)
$5,000 to $9,999 Jody and John Arnhold Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Candace and Rick Beinecke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belfer Georgette Bennett and Leonard Polonsky Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birnbaum Debra and Leon Black Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand John Bonanno Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Amy and Kevin Brown Amanda M. Burden Marian and Russell Burke Canard, Inc. Tia Chapman Chilton Foundation Virginia Coleman and Peter Duchin Eugenia Comini Diana Davenport and John Bernstein Elizabeth de Cuevas Richard and Barbara Debs Mary Ellen G. Dundon Eagle Capital Management, L.L.C. David and Frances Eberhart Foundation Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff EverGreene Architectural Arts The Felicia Fund Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fenster Lori Finkel and Andrew Cogan Fisher Marantz Stone Gail Flatto Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein Teri Friedman and Babak Yaghmaie Gagosian Gallery Maarit and Tom Glocer
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Beth and Gary Glynn The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts Sylvia Golden Christine Goppel Sarah Gould and David Steinhardt Elizabeth and David Granville-Smith Jeff Greene, Desiree Greene and Kim Lovejoy Mr. and Mrs. Brian Higgins Ionian Management Sonny and Michelle Kalsi Adrienne Katz Richard Katzman Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch Stephen Lash and Wendy Lash Chad A. Leat Alexia and David Leuschen Gail and Alan Levenstein David and Janette Liptak Linda Macklowe Shelly and Tony Malkin James C. Marlas and Marie Nugent-Head Marlas Diane and Adam E. Max Rick and Dee Mayberry Renee and David McKee Joyce F. Menschel Mr. and Mrs. Danny Meyer Elizabeth Miller and James Dinan Sergio and Malu Millerman Claire Milonas Beth and Joshua Nash Mr. and Mrs. Michael Newhouse Gabriela Peréz Rocchiette Betsy and Rob Pitts Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Susan Porter Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pruzan Mr. and Mrs. Michael & Kalliope Rena Richenthal Foundation Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation Reed Rubin and Jane Gregory Rubin Valerie Rubsamen and Cedomir Crnkovic H. Onno and Renée Ruding Saks Fifth Avenue Ms. and Mr. Nancy Sanitsky Victoria Schorsch Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwarzman James Seger Bob and Eva Shaye Lea Simonds Daisy M. Soros Doug Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steinhardt Debbie and Jeffrey Stevenson Tom Strauss Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson The Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation Oscar Tang Ellen and Bill Taubman Michael Tuch Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. John Usdan Mr. and Mrs. Alexander von Perfall Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig Lulu C. Wang The Shubert Organization, Inc. Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. David Reed Weinreb Katherine Wenning and Michael Dennis Lynne Wheat Brian and Jane Williams Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Zilkha Anonymous (3)
$2,500 to $4,999
Debra Abell Katie Adams Schaeffer Susan Heller Anderson Cristiana Andrews Cohen and David Cohen Susan Baker and Michael Lynch Peter Balis Vanessa Ana Barboni Laurel Beebe Barrack Frances Beatty Tony Bechara Mr. Lawrence B. Benenson Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Berger Stephen Berger Claudia and George Bitar Hana and Michael Bitton Allison M. Blinken Donald and Vera Blinken Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bloom Marc Brodherson and Sarah Ryan Carolyn S. Brody Stacey Bronfman Veronica Bulgari and Stephan Haimo Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter Avna Cassinelli Sommer Chatwin Emy Cohenca Betsy Cohn Anthony P. Coles Margaret Conklin Connelly & McLaughlin Ellie and Edgar Cullman The Cultivist Joshua Dachs / Fisher Dachs Associates Theatre Planning and Design Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor Jacqueline Didier and Noah Schienfeld Francesca and Michael Donner Jeanne Donovan Fisher Peter Droste and Morgan Beetham Karen Eckhoff Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Feinstein Jared Feldman / Anchin Private Client Mr. and Mrs. Ziel Feldman First Republic Bank Edmée and Nicholas Firth Laura Fisher Gwen and Austin Fragomen Inger McCabe Elliott Julie Geden Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons Great Performances Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicholas Rohatyn Mr. and Mrs. George Grunebaum John Hargraves Harkness Foundation for Dance Daisy Helman Stephanie and Stephen Hessler Mr. and Mrs. Ian Highet Stephen Trevor and Stephanie Hunt Robert Jaffe and Natasha Silver Bell Mr. and Mrs. Morton Janklow Meredith J. Kane and Richard T. Sharp Herbert Kasper Diana King / The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Erin and Alex Klatskin Mr. and Mrs. David Koch Phyllis L. Kossoff Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Krevlin Mr. and Ms. Douglas Krupp Julia Ledda Sahra T. Lese Phyllis Levin
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Jane K. Lombard Liz Lubnina and Tom Sternfeldt Billy and Julie Macklowe Judith and Michael Margulies Marian Goodman Gallery Angela Mariani Bonnie Maslin Nina B. Matis Constance and H. Roemer McPhee Beatrix and Gregor Medinger Mr. and Mrs. Prakash Melwani Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck Martha and Garfield Miller Sandra Earl Mintz Allen Model and Dr. Roberta Gausas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Mr. and Mrs. Saleem Muqaddam Mary Kathryn Navab Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Neidich Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Newhouse Kathleen O'Grady Simon Oren David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich Family Foundation Peter and Beverly Orthwein Meredith Palmer Mindy Papp Madison J Papp Liz and Jeff Peek Marnie Pillsbury Richard Reiss Diana and Charles Revson Heidi Rieger Eric Roberts and Robianne Mackin Jonathan F.P. and Diana Rose Aby and Samantha Rosen Robert Rosen and Dr. Dale Atkins Rosen Susan and Jon Rotenstreich Pierre Rougier Anne Beane Rudman Bonnie J. Sacerdote Jane Fearer Safer Dr. and Ms. Nathan Saint-Amand Paul H. Scarbrough, Akustiks, LLC. Sofie Scheerlinck Sabina and Wilfred Schlumberger Caroline Schmidt-Barnett Steve Schroko and Frank Webb Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schueller Sara Lee and Axel Schupf Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel Uma Seshamani and Jason van Itallie Jonathan Sheffer Lee Shull and Arthur Pober Stephanie and Fred Shuman Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sick Alan and Sandy Siegel Gillian Hearst Shaw Laura Skoler Margaret Smith Sara Solomon Mr. and Mrs. David Sonenberg Sonnier & Castle Gayfryd Steinberg and Michael Shnayerson Leila Maw Straus Dorothy Strelsin Foundation / Enid Nemy Mr. and Mrs. Allen Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tuft L.F. Turner Peter Van Ingen and Alexandra Oelsner Patrick van Maris Ambassador and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel Wendy vanden Heuvel Dini Von Mueffling Susan and Kevin Walsh Caroline Wamsler and DeWayne Phillips
Ian Wardropper Arete Warren Jane Wechsler Mati Weiderpass Jacqueline Weld Drake Gary Wexler Kate R. Whitney and Franklin A. Thomas Francis Hunnewell Williams Mr. and Mrs. W. Weldon Wilson Maria Wirth Valda Witt and Jay Hatfield Lisa Bjornson Wolf Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wood Amy Yenkin and Robert Usdan Neda Young Judy Francis Zankel Donald Zilkha Richard and Franny Heller Zorn Anonymous (6)
$1,000 to $2,499 Marina Abramović Catherine Adler Noreen K. Ahmad and Ahmar Ahmad Dr. and Mrs. Todd Albert Anka Ann Anderssen Mr. and Mrs. John Argenti David and Alatia Bach Laura Zambelli Barket Hugo Barreca and Wendy Schlemm Norton Belknap Mr. Allen Bell and Mr. David Ziff Dale and Max Berger Mark Berman Elaine S. Bernstein Clara Bingham Bluestem Prairie Foundation Dr. Suzy and Mr. Lincoln Boehm Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz Mr. and Mrs. Livio Borghese Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brause Diane Britz Lotti Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brokaw Gabriela Bronfman Matthew Bronfman Spencer Brownstone Martin Indyk and Gahl Hodges Burt Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler Cora Cahan and Bernard Gersten Hilary Cecil-Jordan Anna Chapman and Ronald Perelman Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas Shirin and Kasper Christoffersen Bradley A. Connor Alexander Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Crisses Austen and Ernesto Cruz Boykin Curry Lynn Dale and Frank Wisneski Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniels Suzanne Dawson Gena Delbridge Luis y Cora Delgado Diana Diamond and John Alschuler Ms. Elizabeth Diller and Mr. Richard Scofidio Beth Dozoretz Christopher A. Duda Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Elghanayan Jacqueline Elias Yevgeniya Elkus Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Erb Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Farmakis
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Patricia & Alexander Farman-Farmaian Mr. and Mrs. Alessandro Fendi Mr. and Mrs. Jose Figueroa Mr. and Mrs. Brian Fisher Candia Fisher Megan Flanigan Barbara G. Fleischman Paul and Jody Fleming Delia Folk Scott Fulmer and Susan Kittenplan Fulmer Shawna Cooper Gallancy Bruce and Alice Geismar Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gerber Alberta Gerschel and Peter Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. David Getz Mark Gimbel Kathleen and David Glaymon Katja Goldman Nina Gorrissen von Maltzahn Marieline Grinda and Ahmad Deek Jan M. Guifarro Frances and Gerard Guillemot Kathleen and Harvey Guion Susan Gutfreund Paul Hanneman Raymond Hannigan Lana and Steve Harber Stan Harrison and Margot Steinberg Herrick Feinstein LLP In memory of Maria E. Hidrobo Kaufman William T. Hillman Hodgson Russ LLP Caroline Eve Hoffman Lauran Paten Hughes John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson JoJo Christopher and Hilda Jones Jeanne Kanders Jennifer Kang Hon. Bruce M. Kaplan and Janet Yaseen Kaplan Drs. Sylvia and Byram Karasu Margot Kenly and Bill Cumming Cynthia and Stephen Ketchum Jana and Gerold Klauer Major General Edward G. Klein, NYNG (Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kojima Leonard Kowalski Kate Krauss Geraldine Kunstadter Justin Kush Polly and Frank Lagemann Nanette L. Laitman Gregg Lambert (co-founder), Perpetual Peace Project, CNY Humanities Corridor Barbara Landau Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Landau Judith Langer Mark and Taryn Leavitt Ralph Lemon Mr. and Mrs. David Levinson Ms. and Mrs. Paul Lowerre Donna and Wayne Lowery Henry Luce Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Susanne Mackiw Mark Magowan Jan Marks Match 65 Brasserie Melissa Meeschaert The Meyer Family Laurent Mialhe Nicole Miller and Kim Taipale Adriana and Robert Mnuchin Whitney and Andrew Mogavero Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Mordacq
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Cindy and David Moross Anne Cook and Charles Moss Mr. and Mrs. Mark Newhouse Annette Niemtzow and Eve Ellis Sassona Norton and Ron Filler Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Numeroff Nancy and Morris W. Offit Mr. and Mrs. David Oliver Robert Ouimette and Lee Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Parker Mr. and Mrs. Lee Parks Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pfeifler Mr. and Ms. Robert Pittman Sheila M. and Nicholas Platt Mrs. and Mr. Geri Pollack Michael F. Poppo Laura Poretzky-Garcia Prime Parking Systems Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Pulling Martin and Anna Rabinowitz Milbrey Rennie Mr. and Ms. John Rice Roberto Cavalli Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Roberts Alexandra Lind Rose Marjorie P. Rosenthal RoundTable Cultural Seminars Whitney Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Sackler Elizabeth Sarnoff and Andrew Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Satnick Pat Schoenfeld Amy Schulman Francesca Schwartz Joyce Schwartz Marshall Sebring and Pepper Binkley Kimia Setoodeh Nadine Shaoul and Mark Schonberger Claude Shaw and Lara Meiland-Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shuman Albert Simons III Neil Simpkins and Miyoung Lee Salwa J. Aboud Smith and Robert P. Smith James Spindler Emily L. Spratt Squadron A Foundation Max Stafford-Glenn Mark Stamford Lauren Starke and Aric Domozick Mr. and Mrs. Myron Stein Colleen Stenzler Joseph Stern Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stern Allen Stevens Studio Institute Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Summers Summit Security Services, Inc. Lee Wyndham Tardivel Jeffrey Alan Teach Vincent Teti Jennifer Tipton Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Olivia Tyson Mr. and Mrs. Christophe Van de Weghe Dionysios Vlachos Mr. and Mrs. John Vogelstein Teri and Barry Volpert Vranken Pommery America W.B. Mason Co. Inc. / Richard Goldhair Annell Wald and Ivor Cummings Saundra Whitney Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC Lucy Massey Waring Lauren and Andrew Weisenfeld Shelby White Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams
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Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wisch Lisa Wolfe Gigi Stone Woods Jon and Reva Wurtzburger Yan Yang Mary Young Meghan and Michael Young Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Zemmel Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Zoullas Anonymous (3) List as of October 24, 2018 * 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 $210-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.