Thank You

The Knights acknowledge the following contributors in support of its concert and educational activities in the 2026-2027 season, including gifts received as of September 5, 2026.

Concert sponsors

The Achelis and Bodman Foundation
James Attwood and Leslie Williams
Deanna Bittker
Hugo Cassirer and Sarah Buttrick
Celia and Silas Chou
Laurence Costin
Andrea and Guillaume Cuvelier
Judy and Tony Evnin
Noralee Frankel
Mela and Paul Haklisch
Howard Gilman Foundation
Debra and Dale Lewis
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
Joseph B. Rose
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha Preuss
The Zakaria Family Foundation

soloist sponsors

Mimi and Barry Alperin
Mary and Brad Burnham
Jun and Matt Brumberg
John Buttrick and Alexandra Ching
The Giving Bee Family Foundation
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Trevor Morris
Musicians Advocacy Fund
Linda Nelson
Graham Parker and Adam Benson
Steven Perles
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Paul Sekhri and Mark Gude
Tarisio Auctions LLC
Hannelore Wilfert and Karl Moschner

musician sponsors

Amy Adams
Lora Aroyo and Chris Welty
Jane and Robert Barkei
Elizabeth Beier
Audrey Francis and John Hodges
Randall Frank
David B. Golub
Diana and Robert Graziano
Roy Niederhoffer
Susan and Elihu Rose
The Scout Fund
Connie Steensma and Rick Prins
Carlos Tome

advocates

Allan J. Arffa and Kathryn Matschullat
Carol and Robert Braun
The Clinton Family Fund
Tina Gentzkow and John Ray
Heather and James Higgins
Mark Jackson and Karen Hagberg
Peter Kend and Kate Wehrle
Sonja and Lowell Noteboom
Daniel Pincus
Mark Ptashne and Lucy Gordon
Richard Replin and Elissa Rae Stein
John Sargent
Erika Christensen Scully
Melanie Shorin and Greg Feldman
Diane and Tom Tuft
Phyllis and Bud Wulliman
Simon Yates and Kevin Roon

Supporters

Karen Adler and Laurence Greenwald
Claude Arpels
Saar Banin
Michael Berland
Jamie Bernstein
Kim Bleimann
Susan Bloom and Edmund Jacobsen
Barbara Brailowsky
Christine Bratton and John Barnard
Caitlin Sullivan and Nicholas Britell
Susan and Duncan Brown
Katie and Paul Buttenwieser
Linda Conway
Robert Croonquist
Ken Davidson and Marya Martin
Melissa Eisenstat and Jonathan Blau
Ali Elam
Katherine Elliot
Peter Ezersky
Bridget Fahey and Alex Hemmer
David Feinberg
Michael S. Feldberg
Victoria Ferenbach
Andrew Feuerstein
Cindi and Gregg Fisher
Nancy and Lincoln Fitzpatrick
Fredric Friedman and Cathy Demain Mann
Mort and Judy Goldfein
George and Laurence Gorayeb
Beth Gordon and Woody Heller
Alva Greenberg
Augusta Gross and Leslie Samuels
Sharon Gurwitz
Diana Huang
James and Edwina Hunt
Joan and James Hunter
Anita and Robert Jacobson
Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Fund
Jennie Kassanoff
Andrea Kay
LaVon Kellner and Tom Roush
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Karin and Paul Kingsley
Laura and Fritz Kraber
Rosanne Leshner
Mary R. Lockhart
Naila Makhdumi
Anthony Malkin
Evan Marwell
Randy Mastro
Ann D. McChord
Karen McLaughlin and Mark Schubin
Audrey and Danny Meyer
Ellen Meyers
Paula Michtom
Chris Min
David Moore
Julia Ann Murphy
Melvin and Amy Okamura
Lindsay O’Donovan
Barbara and Joel Packer
Carol and Steven Packer
Kate Peck
Penny and Claudio Pincus
Rajika Puri
Jennifer Raab
Richard Resnick
Sally Richardson
The Ripple Foundation
Emily Rose
Samuel Rosenblatt
Irene Rothschild
Thomas Safran
Melissa Salten
Gabrielle and Fabio Savoldelli
Louise and Leonard Schaper
Sara Lee and Henri Schupf
Susan and David Shapiro
Seth Sholes
Brenda and John Sielaff
Sarah and David Stack
Stairway Fund
Galia and Axel Stawski
Jacqueline Taylor and Steven Sobol
Roger Tilles
Ceci and James Tripp
Susy and Jack Wadsworth
Vicky Ward
Maria Watson and David Reid
Jennifer Weis
Tod Williams
Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet

Friends

Diane Fried Ariker
Daniel Baldini
Jennifer Behr
Deborah Berke
Nancy Bynum
Lori Cohen and Christopher Rothko
Jacob Cohen
Denise Dailey
Keith Gollust
Maria Gotsch
Joseph Gramley
Frank Holozubiec
Simon Hooper
Kathryn Johnson and Marshall Hagins
John Klumph
Lisa Liman
William Lukashok
Sara Jane and Saleem Muqaddam
Paul Neely
Heather Noonan
Quent Capital
Susan and Kanti Rai
Ron Ramin
Amy Rosen and Arthur Weisberg
Nikolai Savas
Jane Short

The Knights’ New York performances are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Project support has been provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts-Art Works and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.