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THIS WEEK ’S PROGRAM

Trifonov Plays Brahms Franz Welser-Möst, conductor PRO GR AM NOTE S:

Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

by Sergei Prokofiev • PAGE 10

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

by Johannes Brahms • PAGE 14

Conductor & Artist Biographies • PAGE 21 PAG E 35

TCO S POT LIG HT A Conversation with Robert Walters PAG E 39

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ARTISTS’ FINAL WORKS ARE AN INTRIGUING TOPIC . Whether illness, death, or personal

choice causes creators to place a period on their output, final artistic statements can vary widely in approach and tone. In some instances, these works are suffused with quiet acceptance, neatly crowning a lifetime of artistic experience. In other cases, it’s a “rage against the dying of the light,” filled with frustration, questions, and desperation. (A bit of both can be seen above in Van Gogh’s final painting from 1890, titled Tree Roots.)

Tonight’s program, led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, pairs two final statements from two different composers: the Seventh Symphony of Sergei Prokofiev and the Second Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms.

Prokofiev had been ill in the years leading up to the composition of his Seventh Symphony. Despite doctors’ orders for him to cease composing —“I am only vegetating,” the composer grumbled — Prokofiev completed this, his final major work, the year before his death in March 1953. The tone of the symphony is sweetly nostalgic, and although Prokofiev was encouraged to compose a boisterous finale to improve his chances of winning the prestigious Stalin Prize, he preferred the work’s original, quiet ending — the version we hear in these performances.

On the other hand, Brahms lived 15 more years — and composed many more works — after the premiere of his Second Piano Concerto in 1881, but it would still end up being his final statement in the concerto genre. Though the composer jokingly referred to it as a “tiny, tiny piano concerto” in a letter to Clara Schumann, the work is massive, spanning four movements over a symphony-length 45 minutes. The music itself is worlds apart from his stormy First Piano Concerto, generally inhabiting a mood of joy and celebration. Even so, the work presents a rigorous workout for pianists. If anyone can rise to the challenge and conquer its tricky terrain, tonight’s soloist, Daniil Trifonov, certainly can. — Kevin McBrien Kevin McBrien is The Cleveland Orchestra’s editorial & publications manager.

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Trifonov Plays Brahms Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 7:30 PM Friday, October 10, 2025, at 7:30 PM Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 7:30 PM

Concert Preview with Eric Charnofsky Reinberger Chamber Hall one hour prior to performance

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

30 minutes

I. Moderato II. Allegretto III. Andante espressivo IV. Vivace

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

I N TERM IS SI ON

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

45 minutes

I. Allegro non troppo II. Allegro appassionato III. Andante IV. Allegretto grazioso Daniil Trifonov, piano Total approximate running time: 1 hour 35 minutes

PHOTO OF DANIIL TRIFONOV BY DARIO ACOSTA

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Richard K. Smucker during Thursday’s concert (see page 39).

PLEASE NOTE: These performances of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7 are being recorded for future audio release.

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Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

by Sergei Prokofiev BORN : April 23, 1891, in Sontsovka, Ukraine DIED : March 5, 1953, in Moscow

▶ COMPOSED: 1952 ▶ WORLD PREMIERE : October 11, 1952, with Samuil Samosud conducting the All-Union Radio Orchestra ▶ CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PREMIERE : October 15, 1953, led by Music Director George Szell ▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, woodblock, xylophone, glockenspiel), piano, harp, and strings ▶ DURATION : about 30 minutes

SERGEI PROKOFIEV’S LAST YEARS were anything but happy. Barely 60 years old, his health had already begun to decline.

He suffered from a number of physical ailments, but the psychological consequences of a 1948 Communist Party hearing were equally serious. Prokofiev was devastated by that attack, which had branded his music as “formalistic.” He was still officially acknowledged as the Soviet Union’s greatest composer, but most of his works — some of which he thought quite highly of — could not be performed. For instance, he was never to see a staging of his massive opera War and Peace, which he worked on for the last 12 years of his life.

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Prokofiev was sustained during these difficult years by one thing alone: his work. To the end of his life, he composed as prolifically as he had always done. He completed his Piano Sonata No. 9 in 1947, a sonata for cello and piano in 1949, and numerous pieces on official commission.

He also revised some of his earlier works, such as the Fourth Symphony and the Cello Concerto (which became the Symphony-Concerto), generally considered the greatest work of Prokofiev’s final period.

This 1941 portrait of Sergei Prokofiev, created by Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar, depicts the composer working on his opera War and Peace. Though considered Prokofiev’s magnum opus, it was never fully staged until after his death.

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The Seventh Symphony was commissioned by the Soviet Children’s Radio Division, whose task was to create musical programs for young people.

Prokofiev wanted to write something light and simple for this occasion, but this wasn’t going to be another Peter and the Wolf. The humor and immediacy of a children’s story were replaced by a nostalgic view of youth from the perspective of old age. Prokofiev wanted to avoid complications in his harmonic language so that he could be easily understood, even by children (inaccessibility was one of the charges leveled at him in 1948). As a result, the work is

been quite alien to Prokofiev’s earlier style. A sprightly third idea is introduced by staccato woodwinds and glockenspiel, which is more in character with the old Prokofiev. These three ideas provide the basis for a largely lyrical and contemplative movement.

The second movement is a scherzo with many waltz elements. It begins with a leisurely Allegretto that gradually escalates into a faster Allegro as the excitement builds. The trio, by contrast, is more laid back. Its expressive melody is played by muted violins and then by oboe. The scherzo-waltz returns, accompanied by a new variation in which the

Prokofiev wanted to avoid complications in his harmonic language so that he could be easily understood, even by children. ... As a result, the work is akin to a second-summer day; the sun, no longer scorching as in August, is mild and gentle, evoking feelings of warmth and serenity. akin to a second-summer day; the sun, no longer scorching as in August, is mild and gentle, evoking feelings of warmth and serenity. The Seventh Symphony was to be the last major work Prokofiev completed, and its first performance also marked his last public appearance.

The symphony begins with an expressive melody that Prokofiev develops by adding some fast-moving countersubjects in sixteenth notes.

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theme is reinforced by the brass. After a varied repeat of the trio, the waltz returns and develops into a frantic closing section.

The third movement, Andante espressivo, is again based on two contrasting ideas. The first is of a legato character, emphasizing long melodic phrases (Prokofiev’s biographer, Israel Nestyev, was reminded here of Friar Laurence’s music from the composer’s ballet Romeo and Juliet). The second is staccato and uses rhythm as its primary propelling force. The two ideas are

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Despite ill health in his final years, Prokofiev continued to compose, believing that “a day spent without work [is] a day wasted.”

combined, and the legato melody returns, played by flute and accompanied by piano and harp. A quiet brass chord closes the movement.

The finale is full of Prokofiev’s typical humor, recalling the upbeat days of Lieutenant Kijé (1934). But the fun and frolic are soon interrupted, as the broad romantic theme from the first movement returns, followed by the staccato theme from the same movement. The music takes a more serious turn at this point; clevelandorchestra.com

the tempo slows, and the brass play loud notes that threaten to destroy the cheerful atmosphere that has prevailed so far.

The symphony’s original ending was soft and wistful, but Nestyev recalls that during rehearsals, Prokofiev was persuaded to write an alternative ending that brings back the playful first theme, ending the symphony on a loud, boisterous note. However, the composer always preferred his first ending, and it is that one we hear in these performances.

— Peter Laki Peter Laki is a musicologist and frequent lecturer on classical music. He is a visiting associate professor of music at Bard College.

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

by Johannes Brahms BORN : May 7, 1833, in Hamburg DIED : April 3, 1897, in Vienna

▶ COMPOSED: 1878–81 ▶ WORLD PREMIERE : November 9, 1881, with the composer as soloist and Sándor Erkel conducting the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra ▶ CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PREMIERE : April 16, 1931, featuring pianist Harold Bauer, led by Music Director Nikolai Sokoloff ▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings, plus solo piano ▶ DURATION : about 45 minutes

IF ONE COULD CHOOSE a handful of works to exemplify why Johannes Brahms has captivated listeners over the years, that list would include the Second Piano Concerto, completed in 1881 at the height of his maturity. Here, all the elements of Brahms’s art come together. There is the joining of the grandly Olympian with the intimately songful. There is the virtuoso command of large-scale musical architecture, for a composer, one of the rarest gifts in the world. More subtly, in this work one finds on display the singular mysteriousness of Brahms — music at once powerfully communicative and elusive.

For soloists proposing to master this gigantic concerto, it lives up to one of Brahms’s puckish nicknames for it: “the Long Terror.” Pianists speak of the

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exquisite anxiety of stepping onto the stage with the Alpine steeps of the first movement in your head, wondering how you’re going to find the place in your mind and fingers to attack it.

For Brahms himself, the Second Piano Concerto was probably, from its first inspiration during a sunny vacation in Italy, one of the most untroubled major efforts of his life. No composer had ever faced greater expectations, starting from when Robert Schumann declared the 20-year-old Brahms to be the virtual messiah of German music. From then on, Brahms had to live with that forbidding prophecy hanging over him. But by the time of the Second Concerto, This photograph of Johannes Brahms was taken by Erwin Hanfstaengl around 1884, a few years after the premiere of the composer’s Second Piano Concerto.

PHOTO BY ERWIN HANFSTAENGL / COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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Brahms loved the outdoors and picturesque Alpine scenes like the one in this 1877 painting by Gustave Courbet (located at The Cleveland Museum of Art) might have inspired the opening of the composer’s Second Piano Concerto.

The Second Piano Concerto begins with one of the most beautiful movements of Brahms’s output, its expressive import without any of his familiar touches of tragedy or fatalism. The piano textures range from massive to delicate, interwoven with rich orchestral textures.

The soloist steadily changes roles, their music moving from long, unaccompanied solos to lacy filigree accompanying the orchestra. While there are towering proclamations and moments of drama, the overall tone is lofty and magisterial.

The opening horn call reminds us of

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he had more or less fulfilled Schumann’s prophecy and had little left to prove — though he never rested on his laurels.

One by one, he had painstakingly mastered most of the traditional genres and produced historic masterpieces in each.

Already in the First Piano Concerto, the essential elements of the Brahmsian concerto were in place. The scale and style are symphonic as much as concerto-like, with the soloist less the heroic voice of Romantic concertos and more a participant in a symphonic dialogue.

The structural approach of these two works is also distinctive, particularly in the Second Concerto, which is set across four movements rather than the genre’s traditional three.

Brahms’s love of the outdoors, of climbing Alpine peaks. Perhaps the whole first movement can be heard as music of rocky summits and spreading forests — and in that respect, a complement to the composer’s idyllic Second Symphony.

Next comes the movement Brahms described to a friend as a “tiny, tiny wisp of a scherzo.” When Brahms said things like that, he was usually joking; this D-minor movement (the only one to depart from B-flat major) is immense, dark-toned, and impassioned. It brings to the concerto a new emotional gravitas and a relentless rhythmic drive. In fact, this movement was originally drafted for the Violin Concerto, but Brahms may have jettisoned it because that work needed the opposite — something lighter.

The slow movement begins with one of those sighing, exquisite melodies that Brahms invented and owned. Here we witness one of the innovations of this concerto: a slow movement in which the first section is dominated by a solo cello; only in the middle does the piano come to the fore, spinning out languid quasiimprovisatory garlands. The scoring is intimate and chamber-like — another kind of contrast to the first movement.

The concerto comes to rest on a rondo finale of marvelous lightness, whimsy, and dancing rhythms. British musicologist Donald Francis Tovey caught the effect of the finale in programmatic terms: “We have done our work — let the children play in the world which our work has made safer and happier for them.” For the listener, clevelandorchestra.com

the charm of the finale is its glittering instrumental colors and its ravishing melodies.

Brahms dedicated the Second Piano Concerto to Eduard Marxsen, his childhood piano and composition teacher in Hamburg. After the premiere in Budapest in 1881, Brahms and conductor-pianist Hans von Bülow took the piece on the road. The composer’s old friend Clara Schumann wrote in her journal: “Brahms is celebrating such triumphs everywhere as seldom fall to the lot of a composer.” To keep themselves amused, Bülow and Brahms gave concerts that included both piano concertos, switching off at piano and podium as the mood struck them.

Despite the decline of Brahms’s once-brilliant piano skills to what Clara bemoaned as “thump, bang, and scrabble,” somehow he was always able to play — or at least fake — his way through his concertos, which remain among the most beloved but also most difficult in the repertoire.

— adapted from a note by Jan Swafford Jan Swafford has written biographies of Ives, Brahms, and Beethoven and contributes regularly to Slate. He is a long-time program writer and pre-concert lecturer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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NOW IN HIS 24TH SEASON , Franz Welser-Möst continues to shape an unmistakable sound culture as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra. Under his leadership, the Orchestra has earned repeated international acclaim for its musical excellence, reaffirmed its strong commitment to new music, and brought opera back to the stage of Severance Music Center. In recent years, the Orchestra also launched its own streaming platform, Adella.live, and a recording label. Today, it boasts one of the youngest audiences in the United States.

In addition to residencies in the US and Europe, Welser-Möst and the Orchestra perform regularly at the world’s leading international festivals. Welser-Möst will remain Music Director until 2027, making him the longest-serving music director of The Cleveland Orchestra.

Welser-Möst enjoys a particularly close and productive artistic partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic. He regularly conducts the orchestra in subscription concerts at the Vienna Musikverein, at the Salzburg Festival, and on tour in Europe, Japan, China, and the US, and has appeared three times on the podium for their celebrated New Year’s Concert (2011, 2013, and 2023). At the Salzburg Festival, WelserMöst has set new standards in interpretation as an opera conductor, with a special focus on the operas of Richard Strauss.

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Daniil Trifonov, piano

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GRAMMY AWARD–WINNING PIANIST

Daniil Trifonov is a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer.

Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of wonder to audiences and critics alike. He won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Solo Album with Transcendental, the Liszt collection that marked his third title as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist.

Trifonov’s 2025 – 26 season includes North American and European performances of Schubert’s great song cycles with Matthias Goerne. In November, Trifonov returns to Carnegie Hall with Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France for concertos by Saint-Saëns and Ravel. Other season highlights include a duo tour in Sweden and Austria with violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto with The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, three performances with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Daniel Harding, and Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto with both the Cincinnati and Chicago symphony orchestras.

Trifonov’s Deutsche Grammophon discography includes 2024’s My American Story: North (which received the UK’s Presto Music Award); the Grammynominated live recording of his Carnegie clevelandorchestra.com

recital debut; Chopin Evocations; Silver Age (for which he received Opus Klassik’s Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano Award); the Grammy-nominated double album Bach: The Art of Life; and three volumes of Rachmaninoff works with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (with two receiving Grammy nominations and the third winning BBC Music’s 2019 Concerto Recording of the Year). Named Gramophone’s 2016 Artist of the Year and Musical America’s 2019 Artist of the Year, Trifonov was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2021.

During the 2010 – 11 season, Trifonov won medals at three of the music world’s most prestigious competitions: Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition, First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition. He studied with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. | 23

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Since 1918, seven music directors — Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodziński, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst — have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound. Through concerts at home and on tour, broadcasts, and a catalog of acclaimed recordings, The Cleveland Orchestra is heard today by a growing group of fans around the world.

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THE CLEV EL AN D ORC HESTR A

Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR FIRST VIOLINS

SECOND VIOLINS

CELLOS

PICCOLO

Joel Link

Stephen Rose* Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair

Mark Kosower* Louis D. Beaumont Chair

Mary Kay Fink Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

CONCERTMASTER

Blossom-Lee Chair

Liyuan Xie FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Chair Jung-Min Amy Lee ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Stephen Tavani ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Dr. Ronald H. Krasney Chair

Wei-Fang Gu Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair Kim Gomez Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair Chul-In Park Harriet T. and David L. Simon Chair Miho Hashizume Theodore Rautenberg Chair Jeanne Preucil Rose Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair Alicia Koelz Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair Yu Yuan Patty and John Collinson Chair Isabel Trautwein Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair Katherine Bormann

Eli Matthews1 Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair Jason Yu2 James and Donna Reid Chair Sonja Braaten Molloy Carolyn Gadiel Warner Elayna Duitman Ioana Missits Jeffrey Zehngut^

Charles Bernard2 Helen Weil Ross Chair Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair Tanya Ell Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair Ralph Curry

Kathleen Collins

Brian Thornton William P. Blair III Chair

Beth Woodside

David Alan Harrell

Emma Shook Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair

Martha Baldwin

Yun-Ting Lee Deborah L. Neale Chair

Dane Johansen Marguerite and James Rigby Chair

OBOES Frank Rosenwein* Edith S. Taplin Chair Corbin Stair Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair Jeffrey Rathbun2 Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair Robert Walters

ENGLISH HORN Robert Walters Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair

CLARINETS

Paul Kushious

Afendi Yusuf* Robert Marcellus Chair

Gawon Kim

BASSES

VIOLAS

Maximilian Dimoff* Clarence T. Reinberger Chair

Robert Woolfrey Victoire G. and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Chair

Wesley Collins* Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Charles Paul1 Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair

Daniel McKelway2 Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Stanley Konopka2

Derek Zadinsky2

Amy Zoloto

Mark Jackobs Jean Wall Bennett Chair

Mark Atherton

Lisa Boyko Richard and Nancy Sneed Chair

Henry Peyrebrune Charles Barr Memorial Chair

Jiah Chung Chapdelaine

Thomas Sperl

Richard Waugh

Charles Carleton

Lembi Veskimets The Morgan Sisters Chair

Scott Dixon

Analise Handke Gladys B. Goetz Chair

Eliesha Nelson^ Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair

Zhan Shu

Joanna Patterson Zakany

Youngji Kim Paul and Lucille Jones Chair

William Bender Thomas Lauria and Christopher Lauria Chair

Genevieve Smelser

Richard Weiss1 The GAR Foundation Chair

Gareth Zehngut^

This roster lists full-time members of The Cleveland Orchestra.

The number and seating of musicians on stage varies depending on the piece being performed. Seating within the string sections rotates on a periodic basis.

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Brandon Mason

HARP Trina Struble* Alice Chalifoux Chair

E-FLAT CLARINET Daniel McKelway Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

BASS CLARINET Amy Zoloto Myrna and James Spira Chair

BASSOONS John Clouser* Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair

FLUTES

Gareth Thomas

Joshua Smith* Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair

Jonathan Sherwin

Saeran St. Christopher

Jonathan Sherwin

Jessica Sindell2^ Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair Mary Kay Fink

CONTRABASSOON

HORNS

TROMBONES

PERCUSSION

CONDUCTORS

Nathaniel Silberschlag* George Szell Memorial Chair

Brian Wendel* Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair

Marc Damoulakis* Margaret Allen Ireland Chair

Christoph von Dohnányi †

Thomas Sherwood

Taichi Fukumura

Tanner Tanyeri

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Jesse McCormick Robert B. Benyo Chair

Richard Stout Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair

Hans Clebsch

Shachar Israel2

Richard King

BASS TROMBONE

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Meghan Guegold Hege^

Luke Sieve

TRUMPETS

EUPHONIUM & BASS TRUMPET

Michael Mayhew§ Knight Foundation Chair

Michael Sachs* Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

Carolyn Gadiel Warner Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED

TIMPANI

Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

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Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

Michael Miller

PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR & MUSICAL ADVISOR OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Lisa Wong

Lyle Steelman2^ James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Michael Sachs* Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

James Feddeck

Michael Ferraguto* Joe and Marlene Toot Chair

TUBA

CORNETS

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair

LIBRARIAN

Jack Sutte

Michael Miller PHOTO BY AIREONNA McCALL-DUBE

Richard Stout

Peter Nichols

MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Zubin Hathi* Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair

Sandra L. Haslinger Chair

Peter Nichols2 Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair

Sunshine Chair

Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair * Principal § Associate Principal 1

First Assistant Principal

2 Assistant Principal

^ Alum of The Cleveland

Orchestra Youth Orchestra

† In Memoriam

Rudolf Serkin Chair

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A Conversation with

Robert Walters English Horn SAMUEL C. AND BERNETTE K. JAFFE CHAIR

In early November, the English horn receives the spotlight as The Cleveland Orchestra’s own Robert Walters performs the US premiere of Geoffrey Gordon’s Mad Song (November 13 – 15). We caught up with Walters to learn more about this fascinating concerto, the preparation involved, and what makes the English horn such a unique instrument.

TCO: How did you come across Geoffrey Gordon and his music? Why did you pick this concerto specifically?

ROBERT: He actually came across me!

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He reached out and said, “I’ve got this new English horn concerto. Would you be interested in giving the US premiere?”

I had heard his name but didn’t know his music, so I said, “Sure, I’ll listen.”

I was immediately struck by how well he writes not just for my instrument, but also for the orchestra. It’s masterful the way he uses every section. Usually, with new music, it takes me a while to form an opinion, but I was taken with this piece right away and knew I wanted to play it.

Principal Trumpet Michael Sachs (left) and Robert Walters (right) share a bow after a performance of Copland’s Quiet City with John Adams and The Cleveland Orchestra in fall 2018.

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What has your preparation process looked like?

Preparation is very important to me. My family has a house in upstate New York, and I spent a lot of time this summer immersing myself in the music. The first stage is to learn the piece, but you also have to practice performing it. Gordon made me a piano reduction so I can play it in various settings and identify problem areas before the first rehearsals with the Orchestra.

Leading up to the Severance performances, I’ve played it for a Bard College masterclass, for my studio at Oberlin, and for several friends and colleagues.

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What makes the English horn stand out as an orchestral instrument and also as a solo voice?

The English horn is sort of the cello version of an oboe. One of the things I love about my job is that my seat on stage is almost part of the cello section.

I have a lot of melodies in unison with the cellos; I watch their bows and the way they vibrate as my model.

In Italian opera houses, an early version of the English horn was called voce umana — the human voice. There is something very human and vocal about the instrument. In general, it’s used for slow, mournful melodies.

My mother used to jokingly call it the “anguish horn” — there’s a lot of pain and pathos that the English horn range is particularly good at expressing.

What I love about this concerto is that there are heartbreaking melodic gestures that are typical for English horn, but there’s also fleet, technical material that breaks out of our typecast.

The construction of the work feels like the William Blake poem it’s based on (Mad Song). There are three stanzas in the poem and three movements in the piece, but it’s through-composed like a Wagner opera. It’s almost like a storyboard for a film — there’s a real sense of narrative and journey.

What are some of the other solo works you’ve played with the Orchestra?

You hear English horn solos a lot if you come to Severance, but you don’t hear it as a concerto instrument that often.

In Italian opera houses, an early version of the English horn was called voce umana — the human voice. There is something very human and vocal about the instrument.

What can audience members listen for in this work? How does it complement the rest of the program?

When I learned the concerto would be paired with Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, I was thrilled. Mahler is one of the undisputed masters of orchestration; his music is fantastic, gripping, and immediate. There’s a similarity with how Gordon writes for orchestra that I think the audience will really hear.

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The first concerto I played in Cleveland was by Ned Rorem, and I did a beautiful concerto by Pēteris Vasks in 2011.

Another career highlight occurred 10 years ago: Oberlin commissioned Bernard Rands to write a concerto for me on the occasion of the Conservatory’s 150th anniversary. I premiered it with The Cleveland Orchestra and then recorded it with the Oberlin Orchestra a few months afterward.

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I love the chance to stand in front of the Orchestra, and the work I put into a concerto certainly raises the level of what I do when I sit inside the Orchestra.

The week after this concerto, we’re performing Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony [November 20–23]. I’m sure playing that famous English horn solo is going to feel much better than usual, having just done the concerto.

Besides this concert, what other ones are you looking forward to this season?

Definitely Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 in Cleveland [January 8 – 10, 2026] and then at Carnegie Hall [January 21, 2026]. There’s a huge English horn solo, clevelandorchestra.com

Robert Walters playing the prominent English horn solo in Ravel’s Boléro, as seen during the recent Adella broadcast of The Cleveland Orchestra’s season-opening concert.

which is one of the great moments in the repertoire. And we’re also doing Sibelius’s The Swan of Tuonela in Miami [March 27 – 28, 2026]. It’s one of the biggest English horn solos there is, almost like a mini concerto. It’s funny: When I joined The Cleveland Orchestra, I came from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. At that point, I hadn’t played in a symphony orchestra for a long time, and The Swan of Tuonela was on the first rehearsal of my first week on the job in Cleveland! I’m very excited to revisit it again. | 37

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Richard K. Smucker Honored with 2025–26 Distinguished Service Award & Named Leadership Chair THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IS PROUD

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to honor Richard K. Smucker, Chairman Emeritus of The J.M. Smucker Company, with the 2025 – 26 Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his extraordinary leadership as he concludes his tenure as Chairman of the Orchestra’s Board of Trustees. Established in 1996, the institution’s highest award celebrates individuals whose exceptional commitment and service have shaped the Orchestra’s success.

Smucker has served as a Trustee of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1989, contributing his expertise to numerous committees, including Finance, Blossom Board of Overseers, Personnel, Campaign Steering, Nominating and Governance, and Patron Experience. In 2017, he was elected the Orchestra’s 13th Board Chair, succeeding Dennis W. LaBarre, and has since worked in close partnership with the Board’s officers, Executive Committee, and Trustees to provide steady guidance and direction.

As he steps down as Board Chair following a remarkably successful nineAs Richard K. Smucker concludes his tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Cleveland Orchestra honors his decades of leadership and dedicated service with its Distinguished Service Award.

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year tenure, The Cleveland Orchestra also recognizes Smucker’s inspirational stewardship and generosity by creating the Richard K. Smucker President & CEO Chair, its first-ever permanently CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ▶ ▶ ▶

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS 1996 – 97

Dorothy Humel Hovorka, trustee

1997 – 98

David Zauder, trumpet and Orchestra personnel manager

1998 – 99

Ward Smith, trustee

1999 – 2000 Christoph von Dohnányi, music director emeritus 2000 – 01

Gary Hanson, executive director

2001 – 02

John Mack, oboe

2002 – 03

Richard J. Bogomolny, trustee

2003 – 04

Thomas W. Morris, executive director

2004 – 05

Alex Machaskee, trustee

2005 – 06

Klaus G. Roy, program editor and annotator

2006 – 07

Amb. John D. Ong, trustee

2007 – 08

Gerald Hughes, chorus

2008 – 09

Louis Lane, assistant conductor

2009 – 10

Clara Taplin Rankin, trustee

2010 – 11

Robert Conrad, trustee and president of WCLV

2011 – 12

Richard Weiner, percussion

2012 – 13

Milton and Tamar Maltz, trustees

2013 – 14

Pierre Boulez, conductor

2014 – 15

James D. Ireland III, trustee

2015 – 16

Rosemary Klena, assistant to the executive director

2016 – 17

Robert Vernon, viola

2017 – 18

Dennis W. LaBarre, trustee

2018 – 19

Franz Welser-Möst, music director

2019 – 20

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

2021 – 22

Joela Jones, keyboard

2022 – 23

Jane B. Nord, philanthropist

2023 – 24

Robert P. Madison, architect and entrepreneur

2024 – 25

Nancy McCann, cultural arts activist

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named staff position. This endowed chair will forever associate the position of Cleveland Orchestra President & CEO, currently held by André Gremillet, with Smucker’s name and honor his remarkable service, philanthropy, and transformative impact on The Cleveland Orchestra.

“It has been a privilege to work alongside Richard. His passion for music and steadfast belief in the importance of The Cleveland Orchestra, both locally and internationally, have inspired us all.

He has guided this institution with wisdom, generosity, and a deep commitment to our musicians, our audiences, and our community. Establishing this chair in his name in perpetuity is our

way of thanking him for his outstanding leadership and decades of support,” said Gremillet.

Smucker’s leadership and philanthropy have left a lasting impact on the Orchestra’s artistic excellence, financial strength, and deep connection to the community.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE Katherine T. O’Neill, chair Richard J. Bogomolny Helen Rankin Butler David J. Hooker Richard J. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Nancy W. McCann Meredith Smith Weil

S. LEE KOHRMAN , Honorary Trustee for Life of The Cleveland Orchestra, passed away on August 20, just shy of his 98th birthday.

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Lee joined the Board of the Musical Arts Association in 2002 and offered guidance as a member of its Investment Committee (since 2003), Audit Committee (since 2005), and Finance Committee (since 2005). He was elected Trustee Emeritus in 2019 and named Honorary Trustee for Life in 2022.

Lee was not only a dedicated and trusted steward of this institution but also a cherished member of the Cleveland community. His integrity, wisdom, and leadership left lasting impressions on all who crossed his path. We extend our deepest condolences to Lee’s family and join them in celebrating his legacy.

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IN MEMORIAM : S. Lee Kohrman

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IN NYC & MIAMI | 2026 Carnegie Hall

Adrienne Arsht Center

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MIAMI

JANUARY 20

JANUARY 23 & 24

VERDI’S REQUIEM

VERDI’S REQUIEM

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Asmik Grigorian, soprano Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Asmik Grigorian, soprano Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

VERDI Requiem

VERDI Requiem

JANUARY 21

JANUARY 28

MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONY

ITZHAK PERLMAN: CINEMA SERENADE

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Taichi Fukumura, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin

MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”

JANUARY 30 & 31

BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN For more information about all upcoming TCO events — in Cleveland and around the globe — visit clevelandorchestra.com

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

MARCH 27 & 28

THE RITE OF SPRING Rafael Payare, conductor Sergey Khachatryan, violin with members of the New World Symphony PERLMAN

SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela SIBELIUS Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

MARCH 29

THE PRINCESS BRIDE

WELSER-MÖST

Lucas Waldin, conductor Full film with live orchestral underscore

GRIGORIAN BRONFMAN

PAYARE

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CALE N DAR FALL OCT 23 – 26 BEETHOVEN’S ODE TO JOY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano Miles Mykkanen, tenor Dashon Burton, bass-baritone The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus SIBELIUS Tapiola BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

NOV 28 – 30 YUJA WANG PLAYS RAVEL

FEB 5 – 7 HADELICH PLAYS MENDELSSOHN

Petr Popelka, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

Antonello Manacorda, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin

RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand LIGETI Concerto for Piano and Orchestra MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”

DEC 4 – 6 HANDEL’S MESSIAH

FEB 12 & 14 HANNIGAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN Barbara Hannigan, conductor Johanna Wallroth, soprano

RECITAL OCT 29 BEATRICE RANA IN RECITAL

Bernard Labadie, conductor Liv Redpath, soprano Tim Mead, countertenor Andrew Haji, tenor Philippe Sly, bass-baritone The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Beatrice Rana, piano

HANDEL Messiah

CRUMB A Haunted Landscape RUGGLES Sun-Treader BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915 GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)

WINTER

RECITAL FEB 17 MAO FUJITA IN RECITAL

Works by Prokofiev, Debussy, and Tchaikovsky

OCT 30 & NOV 1 – 2 OHLSSON PLAYS MOZART Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano TYLER TAYLOR Permissions MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 R . SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”

NOV 13 – 15 MAHLER’S SIXTH SYMPHONY Tugan Sokhiev, conductor Robert Walters, English horn GEOFFREY GORDON Mad Song MAHLER Symphony No. 6, “Tragic”

NOV 20 – 23 DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Dalia Stasevska, conductor REVUELTAS La Noche de los Mayas* DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

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JAN 8 – 10 MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”

JAN 15, 17 & 18 VERDI’S REQUIEM Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Asmik Grigorian, soprano Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus VERDI Requiem

Mao Fujita, piano Works by Beethoven, Wagner, Berg, Mendelssohn, and Brahms

FEB 19 – 21 FRENZIED TANGO John Adams, conductor Aaron Diehl, piano IVES From Greenland’s Icy Mountains* TIMO ANDRES Made of Tunes JOHN ADAMS Frenzy: a short symphony PIAZZOLLA La Mufa (arr. Adams)* PIAZZOLLA Oblivion (arr. Adams)* PIAZZOLLA Libertango (arr. Adams)

FEB 26 – 28 STRAUSS’S DON JUAN Alain Altinoglu, conductor Alisa Weilerstein, cello UNSUK CHIN Cello Concerto R . STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks R . STRAUSS Don Juan

clevelandorchestra.com MAR 5, 7 & 8 BRAHMS’S THIRD SYMPHONY

APR 9 – 11 SCHUBERT & SHOSTAKOVICH

MAY 7 – 9 WAGNER’S GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

Jakub Hrůša, conductor

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor Sol Gabetta, cello

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Jörg Widmann, clarinet

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, “The Great”

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical” OLGA NEUWIRTH Zones of Blue* WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 MARTINŮ Symphony No. 3 KAPRÁLOVÁ Military Sinfonietta

MAR 12 – 15 BEETHOVEN’S FATEFUL FIFTH Elim Chan, conductor Michael Sachs, trumpet STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella HAYDN Trumpet Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

RECITAL MAR 17 THE KANNEH-MASONS IN RECITAL Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Works by Mendelssohn, N. Boulanger, R. Schumann, and Clarke

MAR 19 – 21 CHAN CONDUCTS BARTÓK Elim Chan, conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin DANIEL KIDANE Sun Poem* BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 1 BARTÓK Dance Suite* SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy

SPRING APR 2 – 4 DEBUSSY’S LA MER Daniele Rustioni, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ FAURÉ Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande POULENC Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani CASELLA Italia DEBUSSY La mer

RECITAL APR 16 ALEXANDRE KANTOROW IN RECITAL Alexandre Kantorow, piano Works by J.S. Bach, Medtner, Chopin, Scriabin, and Beethoven

APR 23, 25 & 26 BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEM Daniel Harding, conductor Tamara Wilson, soprano Andrew Staples, tenor Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus BRITTEN War Requiem

APR 30 & MAY 2 MENDELSSOHN’S REFORMATION SYMPHONY Jörg Widmann, conductor JÖRG WIDMANN Fanfare for Ten Brass Instruments JÖRG WIDMANN Con brio JÖRG WIDMANN Danse macabre MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

RECITAL MAY 5 MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN & MARIA JOÃO PIRES IN RECITAL

MAY 16, 21 & 24 BEETHOVEN’S FIDELIO Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Malin Byström, soprano (Leonore) David Butt Philip, tenor (Florestan) Tomasz Konieczny, bass-baritone (Don Pizarro) Martin Summer, bass (Rocco) Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Don Fernando) Ashley Emerson, soprano (Marzelline) Owen McCausland, tenor (Jaquino) The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus BEETHOVEN Fidelio Opera presentation sung in German with projected supertitles

MAY 22 HERO’S SONG Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Trina Struble, harp ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed BACEWICZ Symphony No. 4 JÜRI REINVERE Concerto for Violin, Harp, and Orchestra DVOŘÁK Hero’s Song

* Not performed on the Friday matinee concert

Marc-André Hamelin, piano Maria João Pires, piano Program to be announced

Generous support for the 2025 – 26 Recital Series provided by the Art of Beauty Company, Inc.

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THAN K YOU

Behind every powerful performance is a community of supporters who bring the music to life. We are deeply thankful for the generosity of every member of The Cleveland Orchestra family.

To learn more, visit clevelandorchestra.com/give Adella Prentiss Hughes Society Gifts of $1,000,000 & more Mr. & Mrs.* Geoffrey Gund Haslam 3 Foundation Joan Y. Horvitz* Anne H. & Tom H. Jenkins Milton & Tamar Maltz Mrs. Jane B. Nord Mr. & Mrs.* Richard K. Smucker Gifts of $200,000 to $999,999 The Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra (in-kind contribution for community programs and opportunities to secure funding) Bruce* & Eleanor Kendrick Dr.* & Mrs. Anthony T. Lauria Mrs. Norma Lerner Jan R. Lewis Robert Lugibihl Deborah L. Neale Mr. & Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Jenny & Tim Smucker Richard & Nancy Sneed Roy C. Waas* Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999 Art of Beauty Company, Inc. Mr. Yuval Brisker Rebecca Dunn Dr. Michael Frank & Patricia A.* Snyder Dr. Hiroyuki & Mrs. Mikiko Fujita Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Kloiber (Europe) Thomas & Jessica Lauria (Miami) Ms. Beth E. Mooney Estate of Bernadette Norwood Jim & Myrna Spira Mr.* & Mrs. Donald W. Strang, Jr. Ms. Ginger Warner Paul & Suzanne Westlake Tony & Diane Wynshaw-Boris Anonymous (3)

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Lillian Baldwin Society Gifts of $75,000 to $99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler Mr.* & Mrs. Bernard H. Eckstein JoAnn & Robert Glick Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. Kern Richard & Christine Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Ms. Cathy Lincoln Mr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. George Szell Society Gifts of $50,000 to $74,999 Randall & Virginia Barbato Brenda & Marshall B. Brown Mr.* & Mrs. Robert W. Gillespie Ms. Alexandra Hanna Richard & Michelle Jeschelnig Elizabeth B. Juliano Cynthia Knight Mr. & Mrs. Ben Mathews Nancy W. McCann The Oatey Foundation (Cleveland, Miami) William J. & Katherine T. O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin N. Pyne Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.* Ilana & Chuck Horowitz Ratner Saul & Mary Sanders (Miami) Astri Seidenfeld The Seven Five Fund R. Thomas & Meg Harris Stanton Holly Strawbridge (Miami) Mr. & Mrs. Franz Welser-Möst Barbara & David Wolfort Mrs. Jayne M. Zborowsky Elisabeth DeWitt Severance Society Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999 Victor & Abby Alexander Mr. & Mrs. A. Chace Anderson Gerrie E. Berena Dr. & Mrs. Wolfgang Berndt (Europe) Robin Dunn Blossom Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny & Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Dr. Ben H. & Julia Brouhard Jeanette Grasselli Brown* & Glenn R. Brown*

Dr. Robert Brown & Mrs. Janet Gans Brown J. C. & Helen Rankin Butler Irad & Rebecca Carmi Jim & Mary Conway Judith & George W. Diehl Budd & Judy Dworkin Mary Jo Eaton (Miami) Drs. Wolfgang & Gabi Eder (Europe) Peter & Christina Gold (Miami) David & Robin Gunning Sondra & Steve Hardis Iris & Tom Harvie Mary & Jon* Heider (Cleveland, Miami) Mrs. Lynn Heisler Amy & Stephen Hoffman David & Nancy Hooker Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman-Horvitz (Cleveland, Miami) Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey* Allan V. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Rob & Laura Kochis Jon A. & Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD Mr. Stephen McHale Loretta J. Mester & George J. Mailath Randy & Christine Myeroff Jennifer & Alexander Ogan The Honorable John Doyle Ong Mr. J. William & Dr. Suzanne* Palmer Catherine & Hyun Park Douglas & Noreen Powers Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ratner James & Marguerite Rigby Mark & Shelly Saltzman The Ralph and Luci Schey Foundation Mr. Eric A. Seed & Ms. Ellen Oglesby Donna E. Shalala (Miami) Dr. Elizabeth Swenson Dr. Russell A. Trusso Herbert Wainer & Jody Bernon-Wainer Tom & Shirley* Waltermire John & Deborah Warner Anya Weaving & Tom Mihaljevic Meredith & Michael Weil Tony & Christine White Anonymous (2)

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Dudley S. Blossom Society Gifts of $15,000 to $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. William Winfield Baker Ms. Viia R. Beechler Mr. & Mrs. Jules Belkin Mel Berger & Jane Haylor Mr. & Mrs. C. Perry Blossom Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton Dr. Christopher P. Brandt & Dr. Beth Sersig Mr. D. McGregor Brandt, Jr. Meghan & Trent Brown Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Callahan Ellen E.* & Victor J. Cohn Kathleen A. Coleman Ted & Donna Connolly Mr. & Mrs. Kevin C. Conway Mrs. Barbara Cook Mr. & Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford Maureen A. Doerner & Geoffrey T. White Nancy & Richard Dotson Peter & Sandy Earl Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ehrlich (Europe) Mr. Brian L. Ewart & Mr. William McHenry Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Fedorovich Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra Richard & Ann Gridley Gary L. & Cari T. Gross Mr. & Mrs. Harley I. Gross Ms. Marianne Gymer Kathleen E. Hancock Jack Harley & Judy Ernest Matthew & Elizabeth Horvitz Gerald Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Brinton L. Hyde Sarah Liotta Johnston & Jeff Johnston Eeva & Harri Kulovaara (Miami) Mr. & Mrs. S. Ernest Kulp Ms. Heather Lennox In honor of Emma Skoff Lincoln Linda Litton Mr. Jeff Litwiller Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love Mr. & Mrs. Alex Machaskee Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Malone Alan Markowitz MD & Cathy Pollard Mr. Fredrick W. Martin Mr.* & Mrs. Arch J. McCartney Miba AG and Dr. & Mrs. Peter Mitterbauer (Europe) Ann Jones Morgan Sally S. & John C. Morley* Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Mueller Richard Organ & Jamie Nash Mr. Winthrop Quigley & Ms. Bonnie Crusalis Dr. Isobel Rutherford Rachel R. Schneider Dr. & Mrs. James L. Sechler

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Meredith M. Seikel Hewitt & Paula Shaw Robyn Shifrin Roy Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stovsky Kathryn & Duncan Stuart Alan & Barbara Taylor Bruce & Virginia Taylor Philip & Sarah* Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Umdasch (Europe) Karen Walburn Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Molly Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery J. Weaver Robert C. Weppler Sandy* & Ted Wiese Katie & Donald Woodcock Max & Beverly Zupon Anonymous (3) Frank H. Ginn Society Gifts of $10,000 to $14,999 Dr. & Mrs. D. P. Agamanolis Mr. & Mrs.* Eugene J. Beer Deena & Jeff Bellman Laura & Jon Bloomberg Mrs. Catharina M. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Chester F. Crone Mr. & Mrs. Manohar Daga Allan* & Connie Dechert Gregory Dobbins Michael Dunn Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr. Joan Alice Ford Dr. Edward S. Godleski André & Ginette Gremillet Calvin & Sherry Griffith Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gröller (Europe) Alfredo & Luz Maria Gutierrez (Miami) Robin Hitchcock Hatch Dr. Robert T. Heath & Dr. Elizabeth L. Buchanan Dr. Fred A. Heupler Donald* & Joyce Ignatz Donna Jackson Barbara & Michael J. Kaplan Jonathan & Tina Kislak (Miami) John D. & Giuliana C. Koch David C. Lamb Dr. Edith Lerner Dr. David* & Janice Leshner Drs. Amy & James Merlino Claudia Metz & Thomas Woodworth John & Rebecca Minnillo Mr. Bert & Dr. Marjorie Moyar Brian & Cindy Murphy Patricia Perry Nock Mr. & Mrs. John Olejko Mr. David A. Osage & Ms. Claudia C. Woods Dr. Roland S. Philip & Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus Julia & Larry Pollock

Ms. Rosella Puskas* Beth & Clay Rankin Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Rankin Mrs. Vicki Ann Resnick Amy & Ken Rogat Kim Russel & Dirk Brom Dr. & Mrs.* Martin I. Saltzman David M. & Betty Schneider Gary Schwartz & Constance Young Kenneth Shafer Rev. George Smiga Sandra & Richey* Smith Taras Szmagala & Helen Jarem Joe & Marlene Toot Dr. Gregory Videtic & Rev. Christopher McCann Susanne Wamsler & Paul Singer (Europe) Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Watkins Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Sandy Wile* & Sue Berlin Anonymous (7) The 1929 Society Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Ms. Nancy A. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Todd C. Amsdell Mr. James Babcock Claudia Bacon Robert & Dalia Baker Thomas & Laura Barnard Dr. James Bates Fred G. & Mary W. Behm Marilyn & Jeffrey Bilsky Dr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Blackstone Doug & Barbara* Bletcher Laurel Blossom Jeff & Elaine Bomberger Mitchell & Caroline Borrow Ms. Kristina E. Boykin Mr. & Mrs. David* Briggs James & Mary Bright Dr. Thomas Brugger* & Dr. Sandra Russ Frank & Leslie Buck Mr. Gregory & Mrs. Susan Bulone James Burke Michael & Linda Busta Joseph & Susan Carney William & Barbara Carson Ms. Maria Cashy Victor A. Ceicys MD & Mrs. Kathleen Browning Ceicys Mr. & Mrs. James B. Chaney Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Chelm Ellen Chesler & Matthew Mallow (Miami) Drs. Wuu-Shung & Amy Chuang Drs. Mark Cohen & Miriam Vishny Diane Lynn Collier & Robert J. Gura Marjorie Dickard Comella * DECEASED

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Mr.* & Mrs. Ralph Daugstrup Ronald J. Davis & Cheryl A. Davis Pete & Margaret Dobbins Henry & Mary* Doll Brian & Renae Durdle Carl Falb Regis & Gayle Falinski Dagmar & Frederick Fellowes Mr. & Mrs. Mark Filippell Bruce* & Nancy Fisher Jan & John Fitts Ms. Nancy Flogge Mr. & Ms. Dale Freygang Barbara & Peter* Galvin Joy E. Garapic Mr. James S. Gascoigne & Ms. Cynthia Prior Anne* & Walter Ginn Brenda & David Goldberg Mrs. Florence Goodman Barbara H. Gordon Nancy Hancock Griffith Candy & Brent Grover The Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Charitable Foundation Nancy* & James Grunzweig Agnes Gund Graham* & Ann Gund (Miami) Mr. Arthur C. Hall III Mr. Newman T. Halvorson, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. David P. Handke, Jr. Gary Hanson & Barbara Klante Clark Harvey & Holly Selvaggi Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hatch Barbara L. Hawley & David S. Goodman Matthew D. Healy & Richard S. Agnes Anita & William Heller Ms. Susan K. Hemry Malcolm & Vivian Henoch Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Herschman Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Hoke Dr. Keith A. & Mrs. Kathleen M. Hoover James* & Claudia Hower Elisabeth Hugh Ms. Mary Joe Hughes David & Dianne Hunt Ms. Kimberly R. Irish Dr. & Mrs. Paul C. Janicki Richard & Jayne Janus Robert & Linda Jenkins Mr. David* & Mrs. Cheryl Jerome Mr. Jeremy V. Johnson Karmendot Fund Andrew & Katherine Kartalis Rod Keen & Denise Horstman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Kirtz* Audrey Knight Mr. & Mrs. S. Lee Kohrman* Dr. Ronald H. Krasney & Vicki Kennedy*

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Douglas & Monica Kridler Peter* & Cathy Kuhn Dr. Jeanne Lackamp Mr. & Mrs.* Arthur J. Lafave, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John R. Lane Kenneth M. Lapine & Rose E. Mills John N.* & Edith K. Lauer Charles & Josephine Robson Leamy* Michael Lederman & Sharmon Sollitto Joan & Young Sei Lee Mr. & Mrs. Roger J. Lerch in Memory of Carl J. & Winifred J. Lerch Judith & Morton Q . Levin Dr. Stephen B. & Mrs. Lillian S. Levine Dr. Alan & Mrs. Joni Lichtin Drs. Todd & Susan Locke Eric Logan David & Janice* Logsdon Joan C. Long Caetano R. Lopes (Miami) Neil & Susan Luria Peter & Pamela Luria (Miami) Dr. Kalle J. Lyytinen David Mann & Bernadette Pudis Janet A. Mann Diann & Tom Mann Mr. Ryan T. Marrie Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. McKenna Ms. Nancy L. Meacham Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Meany Dr.* & Mrs. Dale Meers James & Virginia Meil Dr. Susan M. Merzweiler Lynn & Mike Miller Drs. Terry E. & Sara S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Andy Moock Ms. Nancy C. Morgan Amy & Marc Morgenstern Elizabeth Morris Eudice M. Morse Mr. Raymond M. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Myers Richard & Kathleen Nord Mr. & Mrs. Forrest A. Norman III Courtney & Michael Novak Thury O’Connor Richard* & Elizabeth Osborne Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Osenar Mr. Henry Ott-Hansen Dale & Susan Phillip Dr. Marc A. & Mrs. Carol Pohl Dr. & Mrs. John N. Posch Mr. Robert & Mrs. Susan Price Sylvia Profenna Pysht Fund Lute & Lynn Quintrell James* & Donna Reid Mr. & Mrs.* Robert J. Reid David J. Reimer & Raffaele DiLallo Mr. D. Keith* & Mrs. Margaret B. Robinson

Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Ross Robert* & Margo Roth Dr. Adel S. Saada Dr. Vernon E. Sackman & Ms. Marguerite Patton* Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Satre Sandra Sauder Bob & Ellie Scheuer Ms. Beverly J. Schneider John* & Barbara Schubert Sally & Larry Sears John Sedor & Geri Presti Deborah Sesek Mr.* & Mrs. Michael Shames Mr. Philip & Mrs. Michelle Sharp Elizabeth & Timothy Sheeler Mr. John F. Shelley & Ms. Karen P. Fleming Paul & Betsy Shiverick (Miami) Zachary & Shelby Siegal Howard & Beth Simon Mr. James S. Simon The Shari Bierman Singer Family Drs. Charles Kent Smith & Patricia Moore Smith Mrs. Gretchen D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. William E. Spatz Diane M. Stack Maribeth & Christopher Stahl George & Mary* Stark Sue Starrett & Jerry Smith Bill & Trish Steere Ms. Lorraine S. Szabo Robert & Carol Taller Mr. John R. Thorne & Family Bill & Jacky Thornton Brian & Elizabeth Tierney Mr. & Mrs. Gary B. Tishkoff Mr. Christopher Towe Mr.* & Mrs. Robert N. Trombly Steve & Christa Turnbull Dr. & Mrs. Wulf H. Utian Robert & Marti* Vagi Bobbi & Peter* van Dijk Mr*. & Mrs. Lee Vandenberg Mr. & Mrs. Les C. Vinney Kenneth Kirtz* George & Barbara von Mehren Mr. Randall Wagner Randall E. Wagner Ron Wakser John & Jeanette Walton Greg & Lynn Weekley Tilles-Weidenthal Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mark Allen Weigand Paul & Nancy Wellener Dr. Edward L. & Mrs. Suzanne Westbrook Dr. Paul R. & Catherine Williams Ms. Linda L. Wilmot Bob & Kat Wollyung Mr. Graham Wood Anonymous (3)

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Composer’s Circle Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Abbey Mr. Leonard H. Abrams* David & Sharon Anderson Sarah May Anderson Gabrielle Aryeetey Jack & Darby Ashelman Ronen Avinir (Miami) Ms. Bonnie M. Baker Don Baker* Eric Barbato & Elisha Swindell Lucy Battle Kathryn & Gerald Berkshire Mr. Jeffrey & Dr. Sheila Berlin Margo & Tom Bertin Zeda W. Blau Marilyn & Lawrence Blaustein Ms. Pamela M. Blemaster Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra Howard & Arlyne Bochnek Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Bohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bole David & Julie Borsani, in memory of Marissa I. Borsani Dwight Bowden Lisa & Ronald Boyko William & AnnaMarie Brancovsky Adam & Vikki Briggs Matthew D. Brocone Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Brogan Dale & Wendy Brott Bennett Brown Mrs. Nancy E. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. Brownell Mr. Felix Brueck & Ms. Ann Kowal Smith Mrs. Frances Buchholzer Douglas M. Bunker William Busta & Joan Tomkins Dr. & Mrs. William E. Cappaert Peter & Joanna Carfagna Mr.* & Mrs. John J. Carney Dr. Ronald Chapnick* & Mrs. Sonia Chapnick Gertrude Kalnow Chisholm & Homer D.W. Chisholm Dr. Gary Chottiner & Anne Poirson Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Chuhna Natalie Cipriano Robert & Judy Ciulla Pete Clapham & Anita Stoll Mr. & Mrs. David Clark Richard J. & Joanne Clark Drs. John* & Mary Clough Mary* & Bill Conway Mr. John Couriel & Dr. Rebecca Toonkel (Miami)

Laura Cox Jane Cronin Dr. Lucy Ann Dahlberg Karen & Jim Dakin Mrs. Jane Dangler Dr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Daniel Mrs. Lois Joan Davis Jeffrey Dean and Barbara & Karen Claas Prof. George & Mrs. Rebecca Dent Michael & Amy Diamant Dr. & Mrs. Howard Dickey-White Ms. Marlene Dirksen Do Unto Others Trust (Miami) Carl Dodge Jack & Elaine Drage Ms. Mary Lynn Durham Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Duvin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Dziedzicki Erich Eichhorn & Ursel Dougherty Mr. Mike S. Eidson, Esq. & Dr. Margaret Eidson (Miami) S. Stuart Eilers Peter & Kathryn Eloff Louis* & Patricia Esposito Andy & Leigh Fabens Anne Ferguson & Peter Drench Mr. William & Dr. Elizabeth Fesler Joan & Philip Fracassa Mr. & Mrs. Larry Frankel Howard Freedman & Rita Montlack Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne bon Haes (Miami) Robert Friedman & Elizabeth MacGowan Mr. William Gaskill & Ms. Kathleen Burke Mr. & Mrs. Bengt Gerborg Mr. & Mrs. M. Lee Gibson Daniel & Kathleen Gisser Holly & Fred Glock Dr.* & Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg Lawrence Goodman & Stephanie Betts Ms. Aggie Goss Mr. Robert Goss Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gould Bob Graf & Mia Zaper Mr. James Graham & Mr. David Dusek Dr. Ruffin Graham Robert K. Gudbranson & Joon-Li Kim Mr. & Mrs. John E. Guinness Mr. Davin & Mrs. Jo Ann Gustafson Mr. Ian S. Haberman Mary Louise Hahn Dr. James O. Hall Megan Hall & James Janning Dr. Haifa & Dr. Michael A. Hanna John Hannon

Mrs. Martha S. Harding Mr. Samuel D. Harris Thomas & Darlene Hawkins Dr. Toby Helfand In Memory of Hazel Helgesen Drs. Gene & Sharon Henderson T. K.* & Faye A. Heston Eric & Karen Hillenbrand Richard & Jean Hipple Arnold & Janice Hirshon Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Holler Charles M. Hoppel & Marianne Karwowski Hoppel Lois Krejci-Hornbostel & Roland Hornbostel Xavier-Nichols Foundation / Robert & Karen Hostoffer Phillip Huber Dr. Diane Huey Mr. Brooks G. Hull & Mr. Terry Gimmellie Dr. & Mrs. Grant Hunsicker Mrs. Laura Hunsicker Mr.* & Mrs. J. David Hunter Ms. Melanie Ingalls Bruce & Debbie Jarosz Dylan Jin Eric & Susan Johnson Joela Jones & Richard Weiss Steven Jones Dr. Eric Kaler Mr. Donald J. Katt & Mrs. Maribeth Filipic-Katt Dr. Richard* & Roberta Katzman The Kendis Family Trust: Hilary & Robert Kendis and Susan & James Kendis Joanne Kim & Jim Nash Mrs. Judith A. Kirsh Steve & Beth Kish Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Kline Michael Kluger & Heidi Greene Stewart Kohl Mr. Ronald & Mrs. Kimberly Kolz Ursula Korneitchouk Margaret Kotz & Ed Covington Dr. & Mrs. John P. Kristofco Mr. & Mrs. David S. Kushner Alfred & Carol Lambo Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr. Dr.* & Mrs. Roger H. Langston Mrs. Susan D. LaPine Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Larrabee Mrs. Sandra S. Laurenson Richard & Barbara Lederman Mr. Elliot & Mrs. Christine Legow Michael & Lois Lemr Robert G. Levy Mr. & Mrs.* Thomas A. Liederbach Eva & Rudolf Linnebach

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Patrick J. Holland Drs. Raymond R. Rackley & Carmen M. Fonseca Dr. James & Lynne Rambasek Mr. Todd J. Reese Dr. Robert W. Reynolds David & Gloria Richards Joan & Rick Rivitz Mr. & Mrs. Jay F. Rockman Michael & Jodi Rogoff David & Mitsuko Rosinus (Miami) Steven & Ellen Ross Drs. Edward & Teresa Ruch Nathan & Marie Rutherford Anne Sagsveen Ms. Patricia E. Say Bryan & Jenna Scafidi Don Schmitt & Jim Harmon Richard B. & Cheryl A. Schmitz Mr. Don Schriver & Mrs. Jane Schriver Mr. James Schutte Nicklaus Schwenk Ms. Kathryn & Mr. Michael Seider Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Selden Dr. Judith Sewell & Mr. Donald Sewell Caltha Seymour Lee Shackelford Donald Shafer & Katherine Stokes-Shafer Steve & Marybeth Shamrock Ginger & Larry Shane Harry & Ilene Shapiro Ms. Frances L. Sharp Larry Oscar & Jeanne Shatten Charitable Fund of the Jewish Federation Dr. & Mrs. William C. Sheldon Mr. Richard Shirey MindCrafted Systems Jim Simler & Dr. Amy Zhang Dr. Edward & Mrs. Barbara Sivak G. Michael & Kathy* Mead Skerritt Bruce L. Smith Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Michelle Smith David Kane Smith Mr. Joshua Smith Mr. Eugene Smolik Drs. Nancy & Ronald Sobecks Drs. Thomas & Terry Sosnowski SPÄNGLER PRIVATSTIFTUNG Edward R. & Jean Geis Stell Foundation Ryan & Melissa Stenger Ronald & Lauren Sterbank Janet Stern Ms. Natalie Stevens Frederick & Elizabeth Stueber Nancy & Patrick Sullivan

Mike & Wendy Summers Mr. Marc L. Swartzbaugh Mr. Robert D. Sweet Mrs. Mary L. Sykora Mr. & Mrs. Michael Taipale Rebecca & Jeffrey Talbert Eca & Richard Taylor Dr. James Taylor & Ms. Susan Slugg Jill & Jim Taylor Caroline Theus Ms. Aileen Thong-Dratler Dr. & Mrs. Thomas* A. Timko Dr. & Mrs. Michael B. Troner (Miami) Drs. Anna* & Gilbert True Ms. Christeen Tuttle Dr. Doug Van Auken & Mr. John Corlett Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Venezia Teresa Galang-Viñas & Joaquin Viñas (Miami) Philip Volpe Neha & Sanjay Vyas Mr. & Mrs. Eric Wald Jessica & James Warren Margaret & Eric* Wayne Mr. Peter & Mrs. Laurie Weinberger Emily Westlake & Robertson Gilliland Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wilhelm John & Nancy Woelfl Mr. James M. Wood Sr. Dale & Cynthia Woodling Ms. Jennifer Wynn Rad & Patty Yates Ms. Carol A. Yellig Dr. Rosemary Gornik & Dr. William Zelei Mr. Paul Zraik Mr. Kal Zucker & Dr. Mary Frances Haerr John & Jane Zuzek Anonymous (8)

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Mr. Henry Lipian Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lissauer Dr. George I. Litman Ms. Agnes Loeffler Mary Lohman Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Miami) Virginia Lovejoy Linda* & Saul Ludwig Elsie* & Byron Lutman Mr. & Mrs.* Robert P. Madison Herbert L. & Ronda Marcus Dr.* & Mrs. Sanford E. Marovitz Ms. Dorene Marsh Kevin Martin & Hansa Jacob-Martin Ms. Amanda Martinsek Ms. Judith E. Matsko Stephen & Christine McClure Bruce & Karen McDiarmid Mr. & Mrs. Sandy McMillan Mr. James E. Menger Leah Merritt-Mervine Dr. Miloslava Mervart Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Messerman Mr. Glenn A. Metzdorf David Michel & Lynne Killgore Beth M. Mikes Amy Miller & Nikhil Rao Mr. & Mrs. David S. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Leon Miller Mr. Tom Millward Anton & Laura Milo Michael Milo Jon Morrell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Morris Ken & Sharon Mountcastle Susan B. Murphy Dave & Nancy Murray Karen & Bernie Murray Joan Katz Napoli & August Napoli Dr. Anne & Mr. Peter Neff Karen Nemec Andrea Nobil (Miami) Mark & Paula Nylander Richard & Jolene O’Callaghan Robert & Mary Ann Olive Dr. & Mrs. Paul T. Omelsky Harvey* & Robin Oppmann Dr. Douglas Orr & Ms. Kimberley Barton George Parras & Mary Spencer Drs. James & Marian Patterson Dr. Lewis E. & Janice B. Patterson David Pavlich & Cherie Arnold Matt Peart Alan & Charlene Perkins John Perko Robert S. Perry Mark & Eve Pihl Mr. Richard W. Pogue Mr. & Mrs. Frank Porter

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To Our Gala Supporters We thank the following donors for their generous and continued support of The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025 Gala.

DIAMOND SPONSOR Mrs. Norma Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Mr. and Mrs.* Richard K. Smucker

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GOLD SPONSOR Haslam 3 Foundation KeyBank Foundation Richard and Christine Kramer Milton and Tamar Maltz SILVER SPONSOR Randall and Virginia Barbato J. C. and Helen Rankin Butler Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler Dr. Michael Frank Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, NACCO Industries, Inc. Richard and Michelle Jeschelnig Park-Ohio Holdings

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Parker Hannifin Foundation R. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton Suzanne and Paul Westlake BRONZE SPONSOR Meghan and Trent Brown Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Case Western Reserve University Peter and Sandy Earl Dr. Hiroyuki and Mrs. Mikiko Fujita Matthew and Elizabeth Horvitz Jones Day Foundation Elizabeth B. Juliano Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern Nancy W. McCann Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Mueller Catherine and Hyun Park Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Pyne Thompson Hine LLP Astri Seidenfeld

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Corporate, Foundation & Government Support The Cleveland Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to these generous organizations and partners who bring concerts and educational programs to life for our community.

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Gifts of $300,000 & more The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Hyster-Yale, Inc. NACCO Industries, Inc. Gifts of $200,000 to $299,999 Jones Day Foundation Ohio CAT The J. M. Smucker Co. Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999 KeyBank White & Case (Miami) Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 FirstEnergy Foundation NOPEC Parker Hannifin Foundation PNC Quality Electrodynamics Thompson Hine LLP Anonymous Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999 Acme Fresh Markets Akron Children’s BakerHostetler Buyers Products Company Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Cuffs Clothing Company Dealer Tire LLC DLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky Frantz Ward LLP The Giant Eagle Foundation Lake Effect Health Miba AG (Europe) Northern Haserot Olympic Steel, Inc. Park-Ohio Holdings RPM International Inc. RSM US LLP Welty Enterprises Westfield Anonymous

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Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 BDI Berkadia Blue Technologies, Inc. BNY Wealth Brothers Printing Company The Cedarwood Companies The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation Consolidated Solutions Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Eaton Evarts Tremaine The Ewart-Ohlson Machine Company GPD Group Gross Residential Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Hunsicker Family Dental Jones Group Interiors Inc. Karlie Newton II Insurance Agency Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, LLP KPMG LLP The Lincoln Electric Foundation MGM Resorts Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation Northern Trust Ohio Real Title The Sherwin-Williams Company Sikich Ver Ploeg & Marino (Miami) Warby Parker Young Presidents’ Organization

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Gifts of $1,000,000 & more The Brown and Kunze Foundation The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation David and Inez Myers Foundation State of Ohio The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Richard & Emily Smucker Family Foundation Timken Foundation of Canton

Gifts of $500,000 to $999,999 The William Bingham Foundation Mary E. & F. Joseph Callahan Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Ohio Arts Council The Payne Fund Gifts of $250,000 to $499,999 Kulas Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. (Miami) Gifts of $100,000 to $249,999 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation Park Foundation Wesley Family Foundation Anonymous Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation The Jean, Harry and Brenda Fuchs Family Foundation, in memory of Harry Fuchs GAR Foundation The George Gund Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999 The Abington Foundation Akron Community Foundation The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami) The Bruening Foundation The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust The Sam J. Frankino Foundation The Gerhard Foundation, Inc. The Catherine L. & Edward A. Lozick Foundation

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With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners The Nord Family Foundation PWC Foundation The Esther and Hyman Rapport Philanthropic Trust The Reinberger Foundation Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation The Veale Foundation The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust The Welty Family Foundation The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust Anonymous Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 The Bernheimer Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation The C.R.E.W. Foundation The Frances G. and Lewis Allen Davies Endowment James Deering Danielson Foundation Dorn Family Foundation Fisher-Renkert Foundation The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Hankins Foundation The Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation The Kirk Foundation (Miami) The Laub Foundation The Lehner Family Foundation The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund The M. G. O’Neil Foundation The O’Neill Brothers Foundation Paintstone Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation SCH Foundation Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation The South Waite Foundation Sterling Chamber Players Third Federal Foundation Uvas Foundation The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation The Wuliger Foundation Anonymous (2)

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The Cleveland Orchestra Board of Trustees O FFI CERS Richard K. Smucker Chair Richard J. Kramer Vice Chair & Treasurer André Gremillet President & CEO Dennis W. LaBarre Immediate Past Chair Richard J. Bogomolny Chair Emeritus Norma Lerner Honorary Chair David J. Hooker Secretary RES I DE N T TRUSTEES Victor Alexander Robin Dunn Blossom Yuval Brisker Helen Rankin Butler Nancy Slocum Callahan Irad Carmi Matthew V. Crawford Michael Frank, MD JD Hiroyuki Fujita Robert Glick Arthur C. Hall III Iris Harvie Dee Haslam Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michelle Shan Jeschelnig Sarah Liotta Johnston Elizabeth B. Juliano Nancy F. Keithley Douglas A. Kern John D. Koch Richard J. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Heather Lennox Cathy Lincoln Robert W. Malone Ben Mathews Nancy W. McCann Stephen McHale Beth E. Mooney Scott C. Mueller Christine Myeroff Katherine T. O’Neill Hyun Park Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Charles A. Ratner Zoya Reyzis

Richard K. Smucker James C. Spira R. Thomas Stanton Richard Stovsky Russell A. Trusso Daniel P. Walsh Thomas A. Waltermire Jeffery J. Weaver Anya Weaving Meredith Smith Weil Paul E. Westlake Jr. David A. Wolfort Anthony Wynshaw-Boris N ATIO N AL TRUSTEES Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Mary Jo Eaton (FL) Michael J. Horvitz (FL) Thomas E Lauria (FL) Loretta Mester (PA) Benjamin N. Pyne (NY) Geraldine B. Warner (OH) Tony White (OH) I N TERN ATIO N AL TRUSTEES Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria) Herbert Kloiber (Germany) E X-O FFI C IO TRUSTEES André Gremillet Todd Diacon Lisa Fedorovich Eric Kaler Judith E. Matsko Beverly J. Schneider TRUSTEE EMERIT US Thomas F. McKee HO N O R ARY TRUSTEES FO R LI FE Richard J. Bogomolny Charles P. Bolton Robert D. Conrad Alexander M. Cutler Richard C. Gridley Norma Lerner Virginia Lindseth Alex Machaskee Robert P. Madison John D. Ong Milton S. Maltz Audrey Gilbert Ratner Hewitt B. Shaw Luci Schey Spring

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AGE GUIDELINES Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the

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performance. Classical Season subscription concerts are not recommended for children under 8.

However, there are several ageappropriate series designed specifically for children and youth, including Music Explorers (for 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).

FOOD & MERCHANDISE Beverages and snacks are available at bars throughout Severance Music Center. Only bottled water is permitted in the hall. For Cleveland Orchestra apparel, recordings, and gift items, visit the Welcome Desk in Lerner Lobby.

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The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to the following organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra: the State of Ohio and Ohio Arts Council and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to have its home, Severance Music Center, located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership. ©2025 The Cleveland Orchestra and the Musical Arts Association Program books for Cleveland Orchestra concerts are produced by The Cleveland Orchestra and are distributed free to attending audience members.

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