Photo Gallery
The unbridled talent, exuberance and generosity of the incomparable Maestro Iván Fischer emanated from his heart, to his hands, to the Budapest Festival Orchestra musicians, and the captivated audience at David Geffen Hall, Sunday afternoon. “Joyous,” we heard Ellen Burstyn exclaim, after the standing ovations. “He takes such obvious delight,” Barbara Tober enthused to Mary McFadden and Peter Thomas Roth, at the Budapest Festival Orchestra Gala Dinner that followed.

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Ivan Fischer, Nancy Brinker, and Eric Brinker

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Joanna Fisher and Ellen Burstyn

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Stephen Benko, Alexandra Nicklas, and Sylvia Hemingway

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Leila Pinto, Paul Winum, Sylvia Hemingway, Adam Gyorgy, and Andrew Komaromi

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Noreen Buckfire, Monika Mclennan, Stephanie Stokes, and Jason Crosby

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Jonathan Marder and Kathy Sloane

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Maureen Van Zandt, Steven Van Zandt, and Layla Diba

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Jean Shafiroff, Edgar Batista, and Susan Gutfreund

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Margo Langenberg, Edgar Batista, and Layla Diba

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Daisy Soros, Willem Kooyker, and Beth Jacobs

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Peter Thomas Roth and Mary McFadden

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Lee Fryd

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David M. Tobey and Radka Benko

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Philip Reeker, Nancy Brinker, Vera Blinken, The Honorable Donald Blinken, and Oroslya Erdody

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Ellen Burstyn and Andre Fratto

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Heidi Lee Komaromi and Andrew Komaromi

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave and Sophia Spiropoulos

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Stephen Benko

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Gioia Zwack and Tamas Major

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Elizabeth Jacoby

(Photo: John Sanderson from Annie Watt Agency)
Peter Thomas Roth, Jason Crosby, Monika Mclennan, and Stephen Benko