Carnegie Hall celebrated the start of its 2024–2025 season with an Opening Night Gala concert on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m. featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Acclaimed pianist and Perspectives artist for this season Lang Lang, performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on a program that also included Ginastera’s complete ballet music to Estancia featuring baritone Gustavo Castillo. This concert kicked off three consecutive nights of performances by Dudamel and the orchestra, which also launch Carnegie Hall’s season-long Nuestros sonidos festival, celebrating Latin culture in the US.
Mercedes T. Bass and Hope and Robert F. Smith were the Gala Lead Chairmen for Carnegie Hall’s black-tie Opening Night Gala event. Gala Chairmen Committee members included Len and Emily Blavatnik; Maral and Sarkis Jebejian; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis; Karen and Dennis M. Nally; Allison Rosier; Beatrice Santo Domingo; Elizabeth Segerstrom; David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita; Vista Friends of Hope and Robert F. Smith; and Joan and Sanford I. Weill. Gala Co-Chairmen include Evercore; Suzie and Bruce Kovner; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky; Xiaoshan Ren; Marvin S. Rosen, Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig; Richard A. Rosenbaum, Executive Chairman of Greenberg Traurig; Tracy Chutorian Semler and Eric Semler; and Rebecca and Roy Weathers. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is the Lead Sponsor and PwC a Major Sponsor. The gala concert, which raised $5M, benefits Carnegie Hall’s artistic, education and social impact programs and included a dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street following the concert.
Program Information
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
CARNEGIE HALL’S OPENING NIGHT GALA
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director
Lang Lang, Piano
Gustavo Castillo, Baritone
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
GINASTERA Estancia
Lead Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Major Sponsor: PwC
Major support for Nuestros sonidos is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the Hearst Foundations.
Additional support is provided by The Charles E. Culpeper Fund of the New York Community Trust.
Part of Nuestros sonidos: Celebrating Latin Culture in the US
