The 13th Annual

Music for Medicine BenefitThursday, November 5th, 2009The 2009 “Music for Medicine” benefit in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall was a resounding success, raising $430,000 to support the Salzburg Medical Seminars of the Open Medical Institute (OMI), a global initiative founded by Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Open Society Institute and The American Austrian Foundation to educate young and promising physicians from countries in transition through seminars, observerships and distance learning.Ambassador William vanden Heuvel welcomed the guests and introduced a short film pro-duced by Salzburg Alumnus, Dr. Bella Grigorian, illustrating the impact the Salzburg Medical Seminars have had on Armenian physicians and their resulting continuing medical education program, which is based on the Salzburg model. Dean Antonio Gotto and Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky provided a brief program update.Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra including first chairs Dieter Flury (flute), Tobias Lea (viola), and Robert Nagy (cello), the Orchestra’s President Clemens Hellsberg (violin), and the first female Concertmaster in the Orchestra’s 140 year history, Albena Danailova, performed works by Haydn, Mozart, Bartok and Mercandante concluding with a work by Richard Strauss, which is never heard as it was performed this evening. In his autobiographical symphonic tone poem “Ein Heldenleben”, Richard Strauss dedicated one of the six sections to his wife Pauline

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13th Annual Music for Medicine Concert

saying, “It is my wife whom I wished to portray. She is very complicated, a little kinky, a little coquettish, never predict-able, changing from minute to minute.” Pauline Strauss is represented by the violin, and the solo in “Ein Heldenleben” is one of the greatest found in symphonic literature. Albena Danailova played it four times with the Vienna Philharmonic in October, and she did so again here following the Mozart duets. “Ein Heldenleben” is written for a large orchestra, but the violin solo, over long stretches, is truly a solo. The entrances of the full orchestra have to be imagined. To assist the audience in doing so Clemens Hellsberg recounted the instructions which Richard Strauss gave to the violin soloist: “duplicitously languishing”, “merry”, “high-spirited”, “playful”, “lovable”, “cheerful”, “soothing”, “irate”, “quick and nagging”, “tender and affectionate”.Following the concert, guests moved to the Rohatyn Room for dinner and a live auction. The highlight of this year’s auction was a private concert with Yefim Bronfman and we thank Barbara and Donald Tober for making the winning bid. Total proceeds from the auction and raffle were $55,000, our best result to date.

Dr. Frank Chervenak, Laura Koch, Dr. Carol Lee, Dr. Timothy Vartanian Joel Bell, Christina and Marco Grassi, Marife Hernandez

Rudy and Maryann Adolf

Dr.Thomas Sculco and Gerry Andlinger

Alex and Ashley von Perfall Robert and Barbara Taylor Bradford, Donald Tober Albena Danailova and Gregor Medinger Kathryn and Thomas Puccio Eleanor and Dr. Thomas Fahey

Simone Iberer, Encarnita Quinlan, Marina French, Cynthia Sculco

Alex von Perfall, Katharine Eltz-Aulitzky, Pablo and Almudena Legorreta

Susan RoseDr. Richard Polin and Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky

Jody and Dr. David Trost

Drs. Nancy Wolf and Aric Greenfield

Ruth Stanton and Dr. John Caronna

Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky and Amb. Susan McCaw

Dr. David Kissane

Prof. Stephan Braunfels

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MUSIC FOR MEDICINE SUPPORTERS

LEADERS (20,000+)Amb. Susan & Mr. Craig McCawAmbassador and Mrs. William J. vanden HeuvelAlexander and Ashley von Perfall

BENEFACTORS ($15,000+)Dr. John J.Caronna Dr. Frank ChervenakMs. Marifé Hernández and Mr. Joel BellDr. and Mrs. Thomas Sculco Angelika and Gerhard SeebacherDaisy and Paul Soros

PATRONS ($12,500+)Jeanne and Gerhard Andlinger Dr. Alan R. Cohen / CHOPDr. Thomas J. Fahey Jr./MSKCC Dean Antonio Gotto Jr. / WCMCDebi and Stephen HarnikDeborah Sale / HSSMichael and Laura KochTom and Diahn McGrathDr. and Mrs. Gregor MedingerDr. Richard Polin / Columbia Dr. Michael Stewart / WCMC Dept. of Otolaryngology

DONORS ($2,000+)Barbara Taylor and Robert BradfordProf. Stephan BraunfelsMr. and Mrs. Karl-Heinz Faber Dr. and Mrs. Zev Rosenwaks Barbara and Donald Tober

SPONSORS ($1,250+)Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky Dieter Bientrexler / RZBGeorge and Ellie BraunMr. and Mrs. Kenneth BuckfireDr. Donald J. D’AmicoDr. and Mrs. Michael DeckEmme Deland and Mr. Mick MerrittDr. Lee MacCormick Edwards and Mr. Michael Crane Dr. Matthew Fink / WCMC Dept. of NeurologyDr. Madelon FinkelDr. Marc Goldstein and Ms. Barbara SiroisDr. Richard GransteinNaava and Dr. Sanford J. GrossmanDr. Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr. / WCMC Dept. of AnesthesiologyMr. John KallirDrs. Carol Lee and Brian R. ApatoffDr. and Mrs. Willibald NaglerDr. and Mrs. Michael W. O’DellKathryn and Thomas PuccioDr. Kenneth SteinDr. David Trost / WCMC Dept. of RadiologyDrs. Nancy Wolf and Aric GreenfieldJudy Francis Zankel

FRIENDS ($50+)Gerald Fiala / Austrian National BankDr. Susan Evans SterlingLisa HessMs. Katherine Healey and Thomas HealeyNicci and Dr. David KissaneDr. Elisabeth Lachmann and Mr. Kevin HuntDr. and Mrs. Joseph Tenenbaum

CONTRIBUTORSDr. Mathias BostromAmb. and Mrs. W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr. Peggy Sanford CarlinDenise DarmanianEmmannuella and Dominic HabsburgLudmila and Carl HessMrs. Mortimer LevittDr. Catherine S. MannoElisabeth and Karlheinz MuhrSusan RoseMel SeidenDr. and Mrs. Joseph TenenbaumJohn A. QuintusAnne and Dr. E. Darracott VaughanLiliane Wancer

AUCTION, RAFFLE, WINE & GIFT BAG DONORSA. E. Köchert JewellersAustrian AirlinesBrasserie 360Yefim BronfmanChatham Imports, Inc.DemelDOLIUM WinesEstée Lauder Companies, Inc.Galerie St. Etienne, New YorkGalo ShoesLaura Giadorou-KochGmundner Keramik Hall WineryDebi HarnikHotel SacherChristian Kesberg Klee BrasserieKoch Entertainment LPMonica Rich KosannKramer GalleryKunsthistorisches MuseumJ. & L. LobmeyrLeica Camera AGJosef Manner & Co.MirabellMusikvereinNiche Import Co.Carla Rentrop, PhD. Mitzi Perdue Primavera RistoranteRozet & FischmeisterSchneiders Bekleidung GmbHDrs. Thomas and Cynthia Sculco SeasonalSixt Rent a CarDaisy and Paul Soros

Elmar and Alexandrina Erger, Steve Harnik

Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky and Jeanne Andlinger

Dr. Stephen and Zella Ludwig, Drs. Madeline and Louis Bell Dr. Sam Selesnik, Ali Landegger, Dr. and Mrs. William Reisacher

HSS Table

Judy Zankel Sedi Flugelman and Noreen Buckfire Tom McGrath and Dr. Zev Rosenwaks

Dr. Antonio Gotto, Sandy and Joan Weill

Daisy and Paul Soros

Diahn McGrath, Wolfgang Ban, Yaz Hernandez, Eduard Frauneder Amb. Herman Schaper and Gunther Greiner Sarah and Guy Peyrelongue

Michael Koch Debi Harnik and Valentin HernandezDr. Mathias Bostrom Amb. vanden Heuvel Dr. Joe Tenenbaum Barbara and Donald Tober

Amb. Peter Brezovszky

Drs. Matt Fink, Elisabeth Ross and Constantino Iadecola

Jamie Ritchie

Albena Danailova and Clemens Hellsberg

Anita Gotto, Dieter Flury, Albena Danailova, Tobias Lea, Antonio Gotto, Andreas Stadler, Andreas Kaufmann, Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky