Opening Night Gala
NYO-USA All-Stars
In addition to the concert, celebrate the launch of our 2025–2026 season in style with an unforgettable evening of black-tie festivities. Choose to attend a pre-concert cocktail reception at Carnegie Hall, a post-concert gala dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street, or both. Individual gala tickets start at $1,000 and include prime seating for the concert.
Gala ticket availability is limited. Please click the Gala RSVP for most updated inventory.
Performers
NYO-USA All-Stars
Daniel Harding, Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano and Director
Program
BERNSTEIN Selections from Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Event Details
5:30 PM Cocktail Reception (Rohatyn Room, Carnegie Hall)
7 PM Concert (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage)
Gala Dinner: Immediately following the concert (Cipriani 42nd Street)
Attire: Black Tie
Event Reservations
Reserve online using the Gala RSVP link or contact the Carnegie Hall Special Events office at specialevents@carnegiehall.org or 212-903-9679. Availability is limited. Please click Gala RSVP for most updated inventory.
Individual tickets include prime seating for the concert and entry to either the pre-concert cocktail reception ($1,000), the post-concert gala dinner (starting at $2,500), or both ($10,000). Tables (starting at $20,000) include the very best seating for the concert and entry to the cocktail reception, gala dinner, or both.
All ticket and table prices include a partially tax-deductible donation that benefits Carnegie Hall’s artistic and music education programming.
Please note that exact seating assignments for the concert and dinner will not be determined until the month of the event.
Event Leadership
Gala Lead Chairmen
Mercedes T. Bass
Hope and Robert F. Smith
Gala Chairmen Committee
Maral and Sarkis Jebejian
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Allison Rosier
Beatrice Santo Domingo
David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita
Vista Friends of Hope and Robert F. Smith
Joan and Sanford I. Weill
Lead Sponsor
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Major Sponsor
PwC
Co-Chairmen
Anonymous
Evercore
Suzie and Bruce Kovner
Marvin S. Rosen, Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig
Richard A. Rosenbaum, Executive Chairman of Greenberg Traurig
Tracy Chutorian Semler and Eric Semler
Rebecca and Roy Weathers
Georgia and David Winter
Vice-Chairmen
Marco Argenti and Nanyan Li
Roger G. Arrieux Jr., Deloitte
Tom and Leslie Maheras
The Marc Haas Foundation
Hilda Montané and Dan Nardello
Beth and Joshua Nash
Stanley S. Shuman
Judy Francis Zankel
Benefactors
Akin
Mary Anne Huntsman and Evan Morgan
Stella and Robert Jones
Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP
Andrew Martin-Weber and Beejan Land
Harold McGraw III
Whitney and Clarke Murphy
Linda J. Wachner
Vista Credit Partners
Patrons
Linda and Earle Altman
Bank of America Private Bank
Neil de Crescenzo
Judy and Tony Evnin
Golub Capital
J.P. Morgan
KPMG LLP
McKinsey & Company
Dinny and Lester Morse
Yesim and Dusty Philip
Steinway & Sons
Leonard and Allison Stern
TF Cornerstone
Supporters
Tara and Riad Abrahams
Peg Alston
Dorie Berliner
Murat Beyazit
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
David Birnbach and Melissa Bert
Ann Blumenthal Jacobs
Julian and Genevieve Bostic
Barbara Brandt
Ruth Brause
Michael Brown, Lori Cohen Brown
Cartier
Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon
Alex Christian Maccaro
Han Dinh and Martin Le
Jacqueline Doyle Budzyna Esq. and John M. Budzyna
Ellen Doherty and Jonathan Kimball
Sam Dooman
Alexander and Helene Drummond
Sameer D'Souza
William Erhardt, William Boltz
David Ernick
James Ferrara
Susie and Charles Finkel
Alan Fleischmann and Dafna Tapiero
Ona and Richard Fleming
Christopher Freitag
Barbara Gallay
Bobbie and Jamie Gates
Alexander Goldberg
Jean Golden
Melinda Gould and Todd Dimston
Joyce Griffin-Sobel
Kim Hastie and Tim Welch
Sylvia Hemingway
Simon and Rika Henry
Adriana Herrera
Mary I. and John E. Hull
Beth Jacobs and Dr. Keith Gottesdiener
Sophie and Nathan Kahn
Mary and Howard Kelberg
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
John King
Mary E. Klein
Dr. Ben Kliot
The Leonard Bernstein Office
Karen and Wayne Lipton
Stephen Lowey
Stephen and Eleonore Malamud
Martin Nance
Olga Noskin
Liliya and Roman Offengeym
Nii Osae
Cynthia Perl
Leena and Mika Perttilä
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Primps
Emily K. Rafferty
Dana and Richard Reimer
Natalia Reisman and Luke Whittle
Kenneth Rosenbaum
Phyllis Rosenthal
Suki Sandler
Paul E. Savoca, MD, Andrea Savoca
Dr. Jac Scheiner
Cynthia and Tom Sculco
Scott Singer and Rochelle Itzen
Marcell Solomon
Olivia Song
Daisy M. Soros
Robert Stevens and Elizabeth Anderson
Shining Sung
Suntory
David Tananbaum
Dr. Polina Tavrovskaya
Scott Taylor
Paul Thienes and Hollie Ballard
Judy Ulmer
Cathy Wallach
Brian Warner Steel
Jacob West
Mike Williams
Richard and Lisa Witten
Lynn Yen
Jenny Yu and Jerome E. Matthews
Huanjie Yuan
Anonymous (5)
List complete as of September 4, 2025
