The Friends of the Budapest Festival Orchestra Gala will be held on February 23, 2020 at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. Maestro Iván Fischer will host the all-Dvořák program: Legend; Evening’s blessing, from Four Choruses; Slavonic Dance; Violin Concerto, and Symphony No. 8.
The Friends of the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s mission is to support programs of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Members have the unique opportunity to build a closer relationship with the Orchestra both in the United States and in Budapest through special events with Maestro Iván Fischer and the Orchestra.
The Budapest Festival Orchestra performs over 200 concerts each year at the world’s most prestigious music festivals (Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart, Salzburger Festspiele, and Edinburgh Festival), and concert halls (among them Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Musikverein Wien).
Gala Co-Chairwomen: Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Susan Gutfreund, and Sylvia Hemingway.
Gala Committee: Ambassador and Mrs. Donald Blinken, Em Green, Beth Jakobs, Heidi Lee Komaromi, Mary McFadden, Governor and Mrs. George Pataki, and Barbara Rogoff. (The committee is in formation.)
Board of Directors: Stephen Benko (Chairman), Andrew Komaromi (Treasurer), Sylvia Hemingway (Secretary), Stephen Angel, Ambassador Colleen Bell, Susan Bender, Aaron Feinstein, Kathleen Horvath, Heidi Lee-Komaromi, Kati Marton, Peter Thomas Roth, Terez Rowley, Laine Siklos, Aniko Gaal Schott, Stephanie Stokes, Em Green, David Tobey, and Daisy Soros (Chairman Emeritus).
Contact Kristina Spiropoulos for tickets or any questions:
KSpiropoulos@FriendsOfTheBudapestFestivalOrchestra.org
646.854.3331