An Autumn Benefit with hosts Vladimir & Elena Pleshakov

RSVP: 518 263 3330 or 518-263-2063

Date: October 4, 2008
6PM: Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
8PM: Dinner and dessert

Come to the Pleshakov Piano Museum for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with special musical guest, charismatic jazz pianist, Louis Landon and celebrated harpsichordist William Carragan will introduce his 1539 Gironimo da Firenze Michelangelo-era harpsichord.

Enjoy a fabulous dinner complemented by fine wines and featuring exceptional cuisine by CMF Executive Chef Paul Morales—directly across the street from the Pleshakov Piano Museum—at the CMF Performing Arts Center (Red Barn).

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Please select a Donor's Club level below. Your contribution will be used to support
the operations of the Pleshakov Piano Museum in the coming year.

IMPERIAL TISCHNER CLUB:
$5,000 Includes 8 tickets to the Benefit, Premium Table, Seating of your choice, 2 bottles of French Champagne selected by the Pleshakovs, a full page in the Benefit Program, and 8 tickets to one of the 2009 Piano King of Instruments Series events.

BEETHOVEN'S BROADWOOD CLUB:
$2,500 Includes 4 Benefit tickets, prominent table seating, 1 bottle of French Champagne selected by the Pleshakovs and ½ page in the Benefit Program.

MOZART'S LONGMAN AND BRODERIP CLUB:
$1,000 Includes 2 Benefit tickets, prominent table seating, ¼ page in the Benefit Program.

CIVIL WAR STEINWAY CLUB:
$250 per person Select table seating, 1/8 page ad in the Benefit Program.

MASON AND HAMLIN BENEFACTOR:
$125 per person

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LIVE AUCTION!

To help support the Pleshakov Piano Museum's programs and operations...

• Stay at a restored chateau in Provence in the South of France, the former home of the Pleshakovs
• Tickets to the Met Opera - your choice of opera and dates
• Private performance in your home by William Carragan on the oldest known playable harpsichord in the world
• Private dinner for eight at the home of Vladimir and Elena Pleshakov in Jewett
• Dinner for six hosted by superb chefs David Herman and Richard Philp, Pleshakov Piano Museum trustees, at their riverfront home in Catskill
• Original oil painting by Thomas Locker
• Private concert for 16 by the Pleshakovs with home-made desserts and wine at the Pleshakov Piano Museum
• and many more items!

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Fall Fanfare Benefit Committee

William Carragan
Danièle Doctorow
David Herman
Linda Nicholls
Ruth Pettinichi
Richard Philp
Elena & Vladimir Pleshakov
Anne & Skip Pratt
Betsy Riley
Alice Timothy
Pam Weisberg
Tom Wilson

For more information on the Pleshakov Piano Museum visit www.pleshakov.com

_{photo of Steinway piano by Vincent Bilotta}