Attended by more than 600 guests every year, Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala is a premier event in New York’s cultural and social calendar. Gala benefit tickets include prime concert seating and the option of attending either a pre-concert reception or a post-concert, black-tie dinner at The Waldorf Astoria.
Performers
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Program
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
When: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 , 7:00 PM
Where: The Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6844
(212) 872-4900
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Join distinguished guests from the business, arts, policy and diplomatic communities to honor and celebrate the 90th birthday of John C. Whitehead, Asia Society’s former Chairman and former Deputy Secretary of State, alongside outstanding leaders in their respective fields whose demonstrated vision, creativity and leadership have earned them global praise and recognition.
Dress: Asian National Dress or Black Tie
Expected attendance: 500-700
Table / ticket pricing levels and benefits
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Chairman and Vice Chairman Participation
Please contact Jeannine Glazewski at 212.327.9235 or JGlazewski@asiasociety.org
When: January 11, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Grand Ballroom, The Waldorf=Astoria
301 Park Avenue, New York City
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The Viennese Opera Ball in New York is one of the great charity galas that has benefitted other worthy nonprofit institutions for over 50 years.
The words “Viennese Opera Ball” have long been synonymous with international glamour, romantic elegance and prestige.
The waltz and the Viennese Opera Ball became an important Austrian cultural phenomenon. Over time, the concept of the ball was refined to ensure that the ambiance remained true to the tradition. Thus, in 1877, the first of the “court opera soirees” (known as the “Hofopérn-Soireen”) was staged. The Strauss orchestra performed under the direction of Edward Strauss (Johann, Jr.’s younger brother).
Today, the Viennese Opera Ball remains an international social landmark. The February 5, 2010, Ball in New York will mark the 55th consecut ... 
Purim Soirée - The Jewish Museum’sTwenty-Sixth Annual Purim Ball
PARIS . . . at the beginning of the twentieth century. Few times have been
as urbane or as daring—when carriage met aeroplane, when the ancien régime
met modernity, head-on. In the laboratory of modernism, painters and poets
joined patrons and muses—in cafés, gardens, city interiors, and country châteaux. These encounters set the tone for our Purim Ball 2012.
A modern prophet, few might match Vuillard’s fusion of tradition and the avant-garde. His novel approach to space, color, texture and pattern capture his sensuality and vision.
Join us for the Purim soirée—where Israeli-born artist Izhar Patkin will use
light as his medium to invoke Vuillard’s seductive mood.
When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Where: The Waldorf-Astoria, ... 
