• Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a white man with short light brown hair wearing a black suit, holding up his arm and conductor's baton
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a white man with short light brown hair wearing a black suit, holding up his arm and conductor's baton
Special Events

Maria Manetti Shrem and Elizabeth Segerstrom, honorary co-chairs

Cal Performances’ 2025 Gala

featuring the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

JOIN US FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING!

Cal Performances invites you to join us on Friday, March 7, 2025, for an unforgettable evening featuring the renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Our spring Gala will be a highlight of the 2024–25 Bay Area cultural season that you won’t want to miss! Designed to highlight Maria Manetti Shrem and Elizabeth Segerstrom’s California Orchestra Residency at Cal Performances, the evening’s program will feature the esteemed pianist Yefim Bronfman for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Strauss’s symphonic poem, Ein Heldenleben. Under the direction of the beloved Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the event will be one to remember!

All sponsors and their guests will enjoy a festive cocktail reception, priority seating for the performance, and an elegant dinner. The best seats at the performance will be reserved for Gala guests.

The 2025 Gala is produced by Cal Performances under the direction of co-chairs Janice Brathwaite and Sara E. Wilson. The honorary chairs and presenting sponsors of the 2025 Gala, Maria Manetti Shrem and Elizabeth Segerstrom, will both be honored by receiving the California Performing Arts Visionary Award at this year’s event.

There is still time to give to this year’s Fund-a-Need. Raise your paddle virtually and make a gift that sustains our critical educational programs.

($95,350 is tax-deductible)

Limited availability

This package includes:

  • Gala festivities for 10 guests (1 full table), including: cocktail reception, priority choice of premium performance seating, Gala dinner, and complimentary valet parking
  • Invitation for 4 to attend a private Sponsor Party on Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Member of Vienna Philharmonic leadership will be seated at your private table at the Gala dinner (optional)
  • Recognition in print and digital promotional and marketing materials and Gala program

($45,350 is tax deductible)

Limited availability

This package includes:

  • Gala festivities for 10 guests (1 full table), including: cocktail reception, priority choice of premium performance seating, Gala dinner, and complimentary valet parking
  • Invitation for 4 to attend a private Sponsor Party on Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Member of Vienna Philharmonic will be seated at your private table at the Gala dinner (optional)
  • Recognition in print and digital promotional and marketing materials and Gala program

($20,350 is tax-deductible)

This package includes:

  • Gala festivities for 10 guests (1 full table), including: cocktail reception, premium performance seating, Gala dinner, and complimentary valet parking
  • Invitation for 2 to attend a private Sponsor Party on Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Recognition in print and digital promotional and marketing materials and Gala program

($12,510 is tax-deductible)

This package includes:

  • Gala festivities for 6 guests (1 partial table), including: cocktail reception, premium performance seating, Gala dinner, and complimentary valet parking
  • Invitation for 2 to attend a private Sponsor Party on Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Recognition in print and digital promotional and marketing materials and Gala program

($2,085 is tax-deductible)

This package includes:

  • Gala festivities for one guest, including cocktail reception, priority choice of prime performance seating, Gala dinner, and complimentary valet parking
  • Recognition in the Gala program

If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, please contact our special events team at 510.642.8653 or cpevents@calperformances.org.

($585 is tax-deductible)

This package includes:

  • Gala festivities for one guest, including cocktail reception, prime performance seating, Gala dinner, and complimentary valet parking
  • Recognition in the Gala program

If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, please contact our special events team at 510.642.8653 or cpevents@calperformances.org.

($285 is tax-deductible)

This package includes:

  • Cocktail reception
  • Prime performance seating

If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, please contact our special events team at 510.642.8653 or cpevents@calperformances.org.

Thank you! Your gift directly benefits Cal Performances’ education and community programs.

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If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, please contact our special events team at 510.642.8653 or cpevents@calperformances.org.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Gala Wine Sponsor

Logo of Hess Persson Estates

Community Sponsor

Logo of Wells Fargo: The Private Bank
5:30pm Cocktail Reception, Lower Sproul Plaza
7pm Performance, Zellerbach Hall
9pm Gala Dinner, Zellerbach Playhouse
Mar 7, 2025, 5:30pm
Add to Calendar 03/07/2025 05:30 pm 03/07/2025 07:00 pm America/Los_Angeles Cal Performances’ 2025 Gala https://calperformances.org/events/2024-25/special-events/cal-performances-2025-gala/
5:30pm Cocktail Reception, Lower Sproul Plaza
7pm Performance, Zellerbach Hall
9pm Gala Dinner, Zellerbach Playhouse
Mar 7, 2025, 5:30pm
Add to Calendar 03/07/2025 05:30 pm 03/07/2025 07:00 pm America/Los_Angeles Cal Performances’ 2025 Gala https://calperformances.org/events/2024-25/special-events/cal-performances-2025-gala/
HONORARY CHAIRS
GALA CHAIRS 
Janice Brathwaite
Sara E. Wilson
HONORARY COMMITTEE
John Adams and Deborah O’Grady
Another Planet Entertainment: Gregg and Laura Perloff
Susan Bloch and Igor Khandros
Yefim Bronfman
Camille A. Brown
Julia Bullock
Diana Cohen and Bill Falik
Beth DeAtley
Joyce DiDonato
Jerome and Thao Dodson
Renée Fleming
Gordon P. Getty
Louise Gund
Jake Heggie
Michael P. N. A. Hormel
John Kongsgaard
Chancellor Richard K. Lyons
Helen and John Meyer
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Bernard and Barbro Osher
Frederica von Stade
Joan and Sanford I. Weill
Diane B. Wilsey
Ann Ziff
GALA COMMITTEE 
Jake Heggie
Cary Koh
Sylvia Lindsey
Jen Lyons
Taylor Marcus
Helen Meyer
John Piane
Carol Upshaw
Caroline Winnett
2024–25 Season Calendar

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