The Last Song of Summer

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The scene at the First Annual Watermill Benefit Concert.

The Last Song of Summer, the First Annual Watermill Benefit Concert, raised over $200K for the Watermill Center’s year-round international artist residencies and education programs. The concert was sold out and raised more than expected. The outdoor event featured a performance by Rufus Wainwright and his special guest, legendary soprano Jessye Norman, and their opening act Daniel Knox.

Guests were also treated to surprise performances by Wainwright’s mother and aunt, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and his sister Martha Wainwright. The event was sponsored by L’Oreal and Sotheby’s, with additional support from Brooks Brothers.

This is the first installment of a new annual end-of-summer benefit concert that will take place at the Watermill Center each year. The concert was created as a smaller and more casual counterpart to The Watermill Center’s great summer gala dinner. A full-house of guests were given the unique opportunity to see the pop star and the opera diva perform on an intimate outdoor stage in the beautiful landscaped and wooded setting of Robert Wilson’s center for the arts and humanities.

Event co-chairs were Lisa Anastos, Martin Dawson, Amanda Hearst, Tobias Meyer, Shamim M. Momin, Dalia Oberlander and Viktor & Rolf. The concert was produced by Jared Geller / Foster Entertainment.

Bob Colacello, Steven Klein, and Daphne Guinness

Jörn Weisbordt and Rufus Wainwright

Amanda Hearst

Arthur Wayne and Lisa Anastos

Claire Evans and Grace Evans

Elliott Ruiz and Sarah Davis

elicitas Brant and Hana Oukupovn

Hana Oukupovn

Harley Page and Alex Petrovic

Lisa de Kooning and Esther Hernandez

Laurie Sanderson

Klaus Biesenbach and Terence Koh

Luigi Tadini

Jacqueline Davis and Calvin Klein

Helin Jung and Paul William

Carsten Siebert and Mae Mougin

Elizabeth Goodman, Sara Zambrelli, and Megan Schuster

Bevin Butler, Bryna Butler, Antoine Wagner, Alix Petat Samantha Ladd, and Claire Callahan

Pia Lindstrom and Isabella Rossellini

Fiona Murray and Lianne Alcon

Barbara Goldsmith, Bob Colacello, and Linda Wachner

Jamie Gregory

Joshua Mehr and Niklas Arnegren

Jessye Norman

Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, and Martha Wainwright

Marisa Bregman and Adriel Reboh

Dr. Bruce Horten and Aaron Leiber

Michael Maloney, Beth DeWoody, Cathy Wright, and Joanne Cassullo

Marina Rosenfeld

Mika Tajima

Marcia King and Michele Gerber Klein

Sylvia Mazzola, Jörn Weisbordt, and Alison Mazzola

Nina Kulmala and John Jahnke

Olivia Sterns and James Alexander

Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin and Brian Austin

Gabrielle Oettingen, Anton Gollwitzer, and Carsten Siebert

Natasha Theis and Sherry Dobbin

Robbie Baitz

Robert Wilson, Rufus Wainwright, and Jessye Norman

Victoria Wyman

Zoe Guttman, Julian Henry, and Erica Baginski

Steven Klein and Daphne Guinness

Rufus Wainwright

Patrick McMullan, Nick Hunt, and Arthur Wayne

Dianne Benson, Skye Marigold, Lys Marigold, and Daniel Knox

Elizabeth Lind, Carsten Siebert, and Diane Lind

Mark Markham and Jessye Norman

Nick Raynes, Marisa Bregman, and Chris Brady

Galerie Gmurzynska of Zurich celebrated the opening of the exhibition of their artist: Robert Indiana a Milano at PAC-Padiglione d’Arte Contemporarnea in Milan.