On Sunday, February 12, 2017, CMS celebrated its Winter Festival, The Spirit of Mendelssohn, with members of the Board, Global Council, and Patrons. Guests enjoyed a concert, Mendelssohn On Fire, with Artists Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Finckel, cello; and the Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello), followed by dinner.
Board member Beth Sackler, Jeffrey Cohen, Inger Ginsberg
Jane Keegan, Board member Walter Harris, Board Secretary Peter Keegan, and Guest
Gus and Rita Hauser, Joan Harris
Global Council member Suzanne Vaucher, William Stensrud, Board member William Ginsberg, Inger Ginsberg
Vasos Papagapitos, Director of Development Sharon Griffin, Donna and Vasili Tsamis
Pauline Hadad, Arnaud Sussmann, Executive Director Suzanne Davidson, Christopher Kellogg, Global Council member Vicki Kellogg
Pierre Lapointe, Christine McInerney, Murat Beyazit
Brook Speltz, Global Council member Howard Dillon, Nell Dillon-Ermers
Board member Paul Gridley, Adam Barnett-Hart, Brook Speltz
Board member Phyllis Grann, Artistic Director David Finckel
Artistic Director Wu Han, Vasili Tsamis, David Finckel