Caramoor's Venetian Theater: the setting for the launch of Caramoor International Music Festival's 64th annual summer season.

The Caramoor International Music Festival launched its 64th annual summer season with a gala evening in a “garden of great music in the Venetian Theater with David Robertson leading the Orchestra of St. Luke's with guest artists Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Ilya Poletaev, piano who performed works by Mozart, Rossini, and Beethoven, including the most famous symphony of all time, Beethoven’s Fifth. The Gala began with cocktails and dinner, provided by Great Performances, and continued with a concert in the Venetian Theater. After the concert, guests stayed for the “After Dark” party which included dessert and dancing with the evening’s artists and features the hot Timba music of Tiempo Libre.

Tiempo Libre

The Opening Night Gala honorees were Sarah and Howard Solomon. Gala Co-chairs were Effie and Robert Fribourg, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Kendall, Sr. Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built their summer home – now known as the historic Rosen House at Caramoor – and filled it with their treasures. Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world. Their musical evenings were the seeds of today’s Caramoor International Music Festival. Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor – the house with its art collection, the gardens, and the musical programs on summer evenings – the Rosens established a public charity in 1946 to open Caramoor to the community.

Michael Barrett and Susan Graham

Lucie Rosen survived her husband by seventeen years. During those years, she expanded the Music Festival: the Spanish Courtyard was used as a setting for musical events, as it is today, and, under her direction, the great stage of the Venetian Theater was built. Caramoor is a Garden of Great Music where audiences are invited to come early, explore the beautiful grounds, take a tour of the Rosen House, visit the gift shop, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in the relaxed settings of the Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Music Room of the Rosen House, and the magnificent gardens. With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical summer days and nights are shared and enjoyed by thousands. “Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all.” - The New York Times Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

Daisy Soros, Judy Evnin, and Howard Solomon

Sarah Billinghurst and Howard Solomon

David Moody and Katy Clark

Ajit and Tinku Jain with Nancy and Morris Offit

Bim Kendall, Michael Barrett, Effie Fribourg, and Judy Evnin

Nigel and Ayodele Hart

Barbara and Drew Cervasio

Dana Cowin and Joyce Cowin

Irene and Tom Mulligan

Judy Evnin and Bim Kendall

Michael and Rebecca Gamzon with Joan and Tony Fruend

Michael Barrett and Barbara with Andrew Spano

Nina and Michael Stanton

Susan Graham and Marianne Lockwood

Michael Barrett with Zita and Ed Rosenthal

Michael Barrett with Susie and John Freund

Paul Rosenblum and Joe Handelman

Paul and Lisa Welch

Tom and Ann Scheuer

Daniel Lalonde, President and CEO, Louis Vuitton North America along with Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Jim Lovell (Apollo 13), and Sally Ride (Challenger Space Shuttle) hosted an evening celebrating “the greatest journey of all,” commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing, in support of the Climate Project at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History.

Andrea Cutler and Whitney Port

Contessa Brewer with Melissa

Diana Kashan and Gillian Miniter

Estelle

Alex Mortimer and Rebecca Guinness

Karl Taylor, Marc Chamblin, June Ambrose, and Mr. Gabriel

Hilary and Bryant Gumbel

Joanna Garcia

Julie Henderson

Jim Shi, Lottie Oakley

David Zinczenko, Dan Abrams, and Rick Stengel

Carol Han, Kristian Laliberte, and Tommy Dorfman

Buzz Aldrin, Daniel Lalonde, and Jim Lovell

Danny Seo and Claudine Gumbel

Kyle Wellner, Deborah Norville, and Nick Wellner

Jason Rogers, Wendy Lerman, and Tim Morehouse

Brianne Almeida, Miranda Kerr, Renaud Dutreil, Marija Skara, and Melissa Rubini

Lance Bass

Miranda Kerr

Rachel Heller and David Chines

Patti Hansen and Alexandra Richards

Jessica Szohr

Sherryl Pascal, Amy Erbesfeld, and Melissa Vessely

Sky Nellor and Matthew Marchak

Scott Schneider and Meggan Crum

Sherryl Pascal, Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Melissa Vesely, and Amy Erbesfeld

Ariel Foxman and Connie Anne Phillips

Cassie

Damon DeGraff and Kelli Conesa

Jim Lovell and Heather Vandenberghe

Buzz Aldrin, Lois Aldrin, Marilyn Lovell, and Jim Lovell

Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Lucrezia Moncada, and Jim Lovell

Karenna Gore Schiff and Daniel Lalonde

Vanessa Grigoriadis and Craig Maldonado

Brooke Neidich and Adam Weinberg

Mark Connolly, Klara Glowczewska, and Glenn Pagan

Pauline Gentin, Michael Klug, and Patricia Marci

Jamee Gregory

Meggan Crum and Florinka Pesenti

Indre Rockefeller and Prabal Gurung

Paul O'Regan and Taylor Tomasi Hill

Djordje Stefanovic and David Carey

Marilyn and Jim Lovell

Thierry Chaunu and Jim Kerwin

Colt Givner, Pamela Fiori, and Richard Story

DJ Cassidy

Dirk and Susan Standen

Daniel Lalonde and Adriana Lima

Wendy Sachs and Josh Bernstein

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Young Professionals Council for Choice hosted a Mid-Summer Night’s Soiree last Wednesday at Hudson Terrace. The YPCC raises funds and spreads awareness about reproductive choice.

Spencer Lazar, Arielle Haves, Ryan Sturgil, RC Saint-Amour, Merritt Baer,  Megan Green, and Mark Hoadley

Lindsay Roberts, Philip Voss, Arielle Haves, Carly Zakin, and Nathaniel Klein

Lily Cowles, Ashley Kaufman, Whitney Cary, Rohit Anand

The Council: Arielle Haves, Caroline Safran, Diana Bass, Jodi Leib, Josh Lafer, Kara Fiegeles, Kate Linh, Marcy Clark, Rebecca Rothschild, Saranna Biel-Cohen. The Host Committee: Ashley Kaufman, Caitlin Horn, Katie Tandy, Lindsay Goldstein, Lisa Oldenberg, Marissa Purcell, Megan Green.

Mary Clark and Arielle Haves

Jaclyn Rice and Alex Goldberger

David Nso

Andrew Dassori and Gypsy Moore with a friend

William Sheehan, Stephanie Rounds, Marissa Purcelli, and Danielle Rounds

Samantha Karlin, and Mark Hoadley

Sunny Turner, Marcy Clark, and Anna Dengler

Jenny Bloom, Katherine Haves, Zara Kessler, and Sami Horneff

Zoe Mindell and Dara Zadikow with a friend

Katie Clark, Olivia Basu, and Daniel Andres Leon

Meg Edwards, Lisa Goldenberg, Marcus Siotkas, and Ali Scheler

Carolyn Sussman, Danielle Dankner, and Ashley Cook

Photographs by Gabe Palacio (Caramoor).

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