Acknowledgments

BEETHOVEN’S NINTH FOR SOUTH ASIA would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their support, encouragement and contributions to our concert of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, on January 23rd, 2006 to benefit DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS in the relief efforts for the victims of the October 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan and India.

BEETHOVEN’S NINTH FOR SOUTH ASIA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH FOR SOUTH ASIA HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH FOR SOUTH ASIA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH FOR SOUTH ASIA MUSICAL STAFF

THE HOLLAND & KNIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, NEW YORK
CARB, LURIA, COOK AND KUFELD, LLP
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS/MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES
IRFAN KATHWARI FOUNDATION
MENEZES FOUNDATION
MICROSOFT FOUNDATION
THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
CARNEGIE HALL
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
AMHERST COLLEGE
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, NEW YORK
STOWE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
PERMANENT MISSION OF LIECHTENSTEIN TO THE UNITED NATIONS
PERMANENT MISSION OF PAKISTAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS
PERMANENT MISSION OF INDIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
PERMANENT MISSION OF SWITZERLAND TO THE UNITED NATIONS
PERMANENT MISSION OF SINGAPORE TO THE UNITED NATIONS

AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN WENAWESER OF LIECHTENSTEIN TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AMBASSADOR MUNIR AKRAM OF PAKISTAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AMBASSADOR NIRUPAM SEN OF INDIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AMBASSADOR V.G. MENON OF SINGAPORE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AMBASSADOR RAYMOND LORETAN, CONSUL GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND
HAROON SHAUKAT, CONSUL GENERAL OF PAKISTAN
NEELAM DEO, CONSUL GENERAL OF INDIA
UNDERSECRETARY-GENERAL SHASHI THAROOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS

LAURA COSOVANU
MEDIHA ALI
STEFAN BARRIGA
STEPHANIE KLESCHNITZKI
DR. OOPALI OPERAJITA
AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER
FAROOQ KATHWARI
EMILY AND ALIYAH KIESLER
AMY JOHNSON
KATHRYN FRIEST
DINYAR VANIA
CHARLES TEMKEY
DAVID GORDON
JONATHAN YATES
GEORGE FRANCOIS
ALISON GLAISTER
TRINA BASU
HERMAN  “H.R.”  ROTTENBERG
SHARMIN MAHMUD
CAROL MCGONNELL
DONALD CUNEO
NICOLE DAVIDSON
CYNTHIA KAPPIL THEK

JAIME SILVELA
SAADI ZAIN
KASHIF ZAFAR
ROBERT MANN
ROBERT GALLO
JOSEPH GIORDANO
JANET AND MARTIN BOOKSPAN
NICOLAS DE TORRENTE
JENNIFER TIERNEY
ROBERT VAN ZWIETEN
NANCY HAITCH
NANCY SHEAR
ANGELA RUTH
NICOLE VILKNER
GREGOR VILKNER
DR. MICHAEL ANDREAE
DR. DOERTHE LENCER
SIR COLIN DAVIS
SIR CLIVE GILLINSON
SIR ROGER NORRINGTON
GUNTHER SCHULLER
JENNIQUE BANGS
CARLOS ZEDILLO
GEORGE MARTYNUK
ALEC TREUHAFT
CHARLES HAMLEN
JOHN GINGRICH

ROBERT VAN ZWIETEN
NICOLAS DE TORRENTE
JENNIFER TIERNEY

HENRY FOGEL
MICHAEL LAWRENCE
JESSE ROSEN
CHRISTOPHER LYDON

WALTER FRISCH
PAUL MARTIN
MARGO TATGENHORST DRAKOS
MEENA ALEXANDER
RADHIKA GORE
SREENATH SREENIVASAN

DR. ANTHONY MARX
LEWIS SPRATLAN
JENNY KALLICK
MALLORIE CHERNIN
DR. THEODORE LEVIN

DR. JOY CHERIAN
PRADEEP KASHYAP
DR. AZAD OOMMEN
ANJALI SHARMA
AROON SHIVDASANI
INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL
MANELICK DE LA PARRA
ALONDRA DE LA PARRA

CHRISTOPHER LYDON
STEVE GESKOS
KIKU ENOMOTO
KATHLEEN TAGG
YANIV SEGAL
MICHAEL LORMAND

ZARIN MEHTA
SUSAN O’DELL
GLENN DICTEROW
ERIC LATZKY
ROBERT BOTTI
ROBERT LANGEVIN
KAREN DREYFUS
JOSEPH ALESSI
ORIN O’BRIEN
JOSEPH PEREIRA
HANNAH LACHERT
JEROME ASHBY
PHILIP SMITH
VIVEK KAMATH
ALAN STEPANSKY
KIM LASKOWSKI
LEONARD HINDELL
CHRISTOPHER LAMB
YOKO TAKEBE
MICHAEL GILBERT
RENEE SIEBERT
KEISUKE IKUMA
ELIZABETH ZELTSER
VIVEK KAMATH
NISHI BADHWAR
THEODORE WIPRUD
KRISTEN HOUKOM
BARBARA HAWS

GABRIEL GORDON
AMY OSHIRO
TINA WARD
JEREMY GEFFEN
EDWIN BARKER
MALCOLM LOWE
WILLIAM PREUCIL
KATHERINE NEEDLEMAN
DONALD LIUZZI
KIMBERLY FISHER
PAUL ROBY
LAWRENCE WOLFE
MARVIN MOON
PETER LLOYD
ERICK WYRICK
JONATHAN SPITZ
LAURA HEARN

DR. ROBERT SIROTA
RICHARD ADAMS
DAVID GEBER
TYLER LEARNED
MARIANNE BARRETT
VICTOR CATANO
TIMOTHY COBB
CATHERINE DORSETT
ERICA HANSEN
WARREN JONES
CAROL LASLEY
ROBERT MANN
ORIN O’BRIEN
ASHLEY PUTNAM
ROBERT SMITH
SEAN BAKER
ELIZABETH YOUNG
EDDIE BURNS
ANKUSH BAHL
DONATO CABRERA
STEVEN JARVI

PAUL BECK
ROSEMARY SUMMERS  

P. MATHEW SAMUEL
JACOB MATHEW
P.S. MATHEW
ESTHER MATHEW
DINUK WIJERATNE

MAESTRO RAFAEL FRUEHBECK DE BURGOS
MAESTRO KENNETH KIESLER
MAESTRO JOANN FALLETTA

MAESTRO ZUBIN MEHTA
MAESTRO SERGIU COMISSIONA
MAESTRO LEONARD BERNSTEIN


THE BEETHOVEN’S NINTH OF SOUTH ASIA ORCHESTRA is composed of musicians from the following orchestras, chamber ensembles and conservatories all of whom donated their services for the rehearsals and concert.

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
HALLE ORCHESTRA
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
NEW YORK CITY BALLET ORCHESTRA
NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HUNTSVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AMSTERDAM SINFONIETTA
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
BRENTAO STRING QUARTET
AMERICAN STRING QUARTET
ESCHER STRING QUARTET 
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC