2026 Chairman’s Dinner | Carnegie Hall

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2026 Chairman’s Dinner

On Thursday, February 26, Carnegie Hall Chairman Robert F. Smith hosted a private event for Trustees and Patrons that featured a performance by Grammy Award–winning vocalist Samara Joy.

Robert F. Smith with Hope, Eliana, and Zuri Smith

Clive Gillinson and Robert F. Smith

Samara Joy

Senator Chuck Schumer, Robert F. Smith, Zuri, Hope, and Eliana Smith

Samara Joy, Robert Couturier, Mercedes T. Bass, Robert F. Smith

Peter Marino and Hope Smith

The Honorable Julie Menin and Elizabeth Alexander

Clive and Anya Gillinson

Orlene and Roger Arrieux, Senator Chuck Schumer, Michael and Kathleen Dowling

Olivia Tournay Flatto and Andrew Martin-Weber

Robert F. Smith and Samara Joy

Robert F. Smith

Sarkis Jebejian, Clarke Murphy, Emily Rafferty, Whitney Murphy, and Roy Weathers

Emily Dreas and Shania Weir-Fanelli

Benjamin Weil, James B. Stewart, Carlos Tome, and Theresa Kim

Kameron Kordestani and Andrew McKuin

Senator Chuck Schumer

Charlotte Gollubier

Samara Joy

Clive Gillinson

Kurt and Lisa Strovink, Jessica Hopfield

Rosalind and Eugene Glaser

Choongja Maria Kahng, Suki Sandler, and Stephen Kahng

Richard and Dana Reimer

Tracy Chutorian-Semler, Eric Semler, Orlene and Roger Arrieux

Fernand Lamesch and Mary Pisacane

Adriana Herrera and Mario Chamorro

Carnegie Hall's Chairman's Dinner is generously sponsored by Cartier

Shining Sung and Nassarin Zahedi

Thomas Maheras, Sarkis Jebejian, Mercedes T. Bass, Sabrina Fung, Robert Couturier, Ila Paliwal, and Esmina Becovic

Nii Osae and Fatima Tambajang

Samara Joy and Veronica Bulgari

Jacqueline Doyle-Budzyna and John Budzyna

Photography by Julie Skarratt.