Savor Your Senses

Savor Your Senses at Soho Beach House Miami
2017-03-30 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Soho Beach House Miami, 4385 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL, United States

Savor Your Senses at Les Atelier Courbet
2017-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Les Ateliers Courbet, 175 Mott Street, New York City, NY, 10012, United States

Savor - Soho House NYC
2017-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Soho House NYC, 29-35 9th Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Barbados Classical Pops Festival
2016-12-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Apes Hill Club, Apes Hill Club, St. James, Barbados

Savor Your Senses at The Ware Center
2016-10-15 18:00 - 20:00 | The Ware Center, Millersville University, 42 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA, United States

Savor Your Senses at Soho House NYC
2016-08-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Soho House NYC, 29-35 9th Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Savor Your Senses at LA Food & Wine Festival
2016-08-26 12:00 - 17:00 | Arthur J Restaurant, 903 Manhattan Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA, United States

Savor Your Senses at Soho House West Hollywood
2016-08-24 21:00 - 23:00 | Soho House West Hollywood, 9200 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, United States

Savor Your Senses Segments at Crested Butte Wine and Food Festival
2016-07-30 15:00 - 20:00 | Big Mine Ice Arena, 620 2nd St., Crested Butte, CO, United States
The Grand Tasting of Crested Butte Wine and Food Festival offers over 500 national and international wines, with delicious food bites prepared by local chefs. On the main stage, Savor Your Senses pairings will be featured each hour, highlighting piano music paired with special wines presented by experts: Cushing Donelan of Donelan Family Wines; Edgar Torres of Bodega de Torres; Susan Mayr of Kobrand Wine & Spirits, Mark and James Blanchard of Blanchard Family Wines.

Savor Your Senses at Crested Butte Center for the Arts
2016-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Crested Butte Center for the Arts, 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States
Join Elaine Kwon and Friends for a concert of Arts in Elevation featuring dazzling combinations of classical, folk, rock, blues, pop, and aerial dancing. Delicious wine pairing provided by Blanchard Family Wines of Sonoma County

Savor Your Senses at Ludlow House NYC
2016-06-06 22:00 - 23:30 | Ludlow House NYC, 139 Ludlow St., New York City, NY, United States
Celebrate the opening of Soho House’s newest location in NYC’s Lower East Side: Ludlow House. This exclusive Wine Club event for Soho House Founding Members and special guests, features concert pianist Elaine Kwon and multi-Grammy and Tony Winner, David Bryan (founding keyboardist of Bon Jovi, and composer/lyricist of the hit musical Memphis). Soho House Wine Club experts, Laura Carlisi and Dane Clark present a collection of French wines and champagne.

YPO NYC chapter - Listen, Taste, Experience...
2016-05-11 18:30 - 21:00 | New York Vintners, 21 Warren Street, New York City, NY, United States
An exclusive event for YPO NYC chapter members – Listen, Taste, Experience…
Elaine Kwon is an award-winning concert pianist, martial artist, and Lecturer in Music at MIT, who performs annually at Carnegie Hall and renowned venues internationally, as soloist and chamber musician. She co-founded Savor Your Senses® as a performance platform for musicians/artists and wine/culinary experts to share their talents and connect people through creative, engaging pairings.
Acclaimed chef and rising star, Ryan Smith is Executive Chef of New York Vintners and has helped build it into New York’s leading wine and food education center. Ryan regularly collaborates with some of the world’s best winemakers, artists, actors, and musicians to create what he calls “alternative dining experiences.” United by adventurous spirits and slightly bizarre senses of humor, Elaine and Chef Ryan have combined their talents to create numerous Savor evenings for audiences ranging from 30 to 300. Pairing events include music & wine, music & food, music & flavor, themed evenings, theater-inspired experiences and more.
YPO NYC
The New York City Chapter is among the most diverse and dynamic in all of YPO-WPO. Its membership is limited to 80 and is by invitation only. Our goal is to be large enough to reflect a broad range of businesses in the NY Metropolitan area but small enough to offer members an intimate community for learning and networking.

Taipei American School
2016-04-24 18:30 - 21:00 | American Club Taipei, No. 47 Beian Rd, Taipei City, Taiwan
Join Elaine Kwon and Friends from Taipei American School for a special evening of intimate chamber music paired with wine and tasty appetizers at the American Club Taipei. Proceeds to benefit Taipei American School Performing Arts. For tickets, call 2 2873 9900 ext. 779

Savor Your Senses for AWGC
2016-02-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Private Residence
Celebrate the arts with wine and music at the Asian Women Giving Circle Soirée. Join Savor Your Senses founder and concert pianist, Elaine Kwon; Giving Circle member and wine specialist, Tuhina De O’Connor; and jewelry designer, Michelle Lee; for an evening of thoughtful pairings, wine, music, food and friendship.

Savor Your Senses "Eat No More"
2016-02-17 19:00 - 22:00 | New York Vintners, 21 Warren Street, New York City, NY, United States
The title says it all. This could literally be the last time you ever need to eat. Join pianist Elaine Kwon and Chef Ryan Smith to “EAT NO MORE” at New York Vintners, which will be transformed into a 1920’s era speakeasy! The event will include a sparkling wine reception, hundreds of shucked crustaceans, live performances throughout the evening by award-winning musicians and a dinner paired with music and wines. Guests are encouraged to dress up, with prizes for the best costumes. 3 floors, 3 acts, 3 courses…Eat No More…

Savor Your Senses and New York Vintners
2015-11-06 19:00 - 23:00 | New York Vintners Wine Shop, 21 Warren St, New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Savor Your Senses, New York Vintners & Kitchen Opera Company

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Angelica de la Riva, Ryland Angel (Countertenor)

Experts:
Chef Ryan Smith (Chef)

Overview:
New York Vintners, Savor Your Senses and Kitchen Opera Company invite you to Mad Libs Music Feast! at New York Vintners in NYC. Join Chef Ryan Smith and Elaine Kwon in an intimate, delicious evening featuring award-winning soprano, Angelica de la Riva, and Grammy-nominated countertenor, Ryland Angel, and a scrumptious five-course dinner paired with music, wines, and a story that unfolds with your input… Space is limited. For tickets, please visit: https://www.newyorkvintners.com/class/savor-your-senses.

Sheen Center for Thought and Culture
2015-09-26 20:00 - 23:00 | Loreto Theater, Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, 18 Bleecker St, New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Sheen Center

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Angelica de la Riva, Diego Garcia, Annaliesa Place, Dan Weiner, Annmaria Mazzini

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Celebrate the official grand opening of NYC’s newest performing arts center: Sheen Center for Thought and Culture. Listen, Taste, Experience™ with award-winning pianist Elaine Kwon in the acclaimed music and food/wine pairing concert series, Savor Your Senses®.
Joining Ms. Kwon on the Sheen stage will be master chef Ryan Smith, soprano Angelica de la Riva, cellist Diego Garcia, violinist Annaliesa Place, drummer Dan Weiner, and dancer Annmaria Mazzini. Enjoy expertly paired selections of music and flavor tastings and engage in Q & A discussions with performers. For true food enthusiasts, a limited number of tickets are available for a pre-concert VIP reception featuring a tasting menu of Chef Smith’s delicacies.
NY Times features Savor evening, Sept. 26 at Sheen Arts Center. Read the NY Times ArtsBeat segment from 8/25/15 on the in a 3-week festival celebrating the opening of the new Sheen Arts Center. Learn More

“Elevation”
Etude in G Flat Major, Op. 10 no. 5 by Frederic Chopin
(Elaine Kwon, piano)
Flavor pairing: Toques et Clochers Cremant de Limoux
“Self-Assurance”
“Meine Lippen Sie Kussen So Heiss” from Giuditta by Franz Lehar
(Angelica de la Riva, soprano, & Elaine Kwon, piano)
“Transformation”
Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio by Claude Bolling I. Baroque in Rhythm
(Diego Garcia, cello, Elaine Kwon, piano, Dan Weiner, drums)
Flavor pairing: Faux tartare
“Hope”
Corsetless by Elaine Kwon
(Annmaria Mazzini, dancer, Elaine Kwon, piano)
“Love”
Concerto no. 4 in D Minor, Op. 70, Movt. I by Anton Rubinstein / arr. by Elaine Kwon
(Elaine Kwon, piano)
Flavor pairing: “Aaah�Love!”
“Flirtation”
“Les Filles de Cadix” by Léo Delibes
(Angelica de la Riva, soprano, & Elaine Kwon, piano)
Flavor pairing: French caramel �Choc & Pop�
“Momentum” Passacaglia by Handel-Halvorsen (Annaliesa Place Garcia, violin, Diego Garcia, cello)
“Passion
Sonata in F Minor Op. 57, “Appassionata” Movt. III by Ludwig Van Beethoven
(Elaine Kwon, piano)
Flavor pairing: “Crunch & Smoke”

Savor at University of Delaware
2015-09-18 18:00 - 22:00 | Arsht Hall, University of Delaware, 2700 Pennsylvania Ave, Wilmington, DE, United States
Presented By:
A Better Chance For Our Children

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Angelica de la Riva

Experts:
Brian Freedman

Overview:
Listen, Taste, Experience an evening of delicious hors d’oeuvres, exquisite music and wine pairings, and lively Q & A conversations with the experts. This special event benefits A Better Chance For Our Children, a Delaware foster care and adoption agency, specializing in connecting special needs children with families. http://www.abcfoc.org/

Savor at Crested Butte Wine and Food Festival 2015
2015-07-24 18:00 - 22:00 | Skyland Private Residence, Crested Butte, CO, United States
Presented By:
Crested Butte Wine and Food Festival

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano

Experts:
Chef Dana Rodriguez, Chef David Wooding, Chef Tim Kuklinski, Banchard Family Wines (Family Wine Label), Alex Seidel (Chef/Owner)

Overview:
Savor Your Senses at Crested Butte Wine and Food Festival! Listen, Taste, Experience™ at a Skyland private residence at this Winemakers dinner, featuring delicious music/food/wine pairings and conversation with the experts. Enjoy musical performances by concert pianist Elaine Kwon, wine pairings by Mark and James Blanchard, founders of Blanchard Family Wines, and food pairings by Chef David Wooding, Chef Alex Seidel, Chef Dana Rodriguez, Chef Tim Kuklinski, and Pastry Chef Lonne Cunningham.

Savor at New York Vintners
2015-04-17 17:00 - 22:00 | New York Vintners, 21 Warren Street, New York City, NY, United States
Presented By:
New York Vintners and Savor Your Senses

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Moondrunk (folk trio)

Experts:
Chef Ryan Smith (Chef)

Overview:
Savor Your Senses at NY Vintners, with Executive Chef Ryan Smith and pianist Elaine Kwon, featuring Moondrunk – “a New York-based indie folk duo that jumps from heartbreak to humor before you can finish your whiskey”: Andrew Bancroft, vocals, guitar, and Ashley Pérez Flanagan, vocals. Feast on four scrumptious courses prepared by Chef Ryan Smith, while sipping four delicious wines, all paired with four music performances, at NY Vintners in Tribeca. Hot and Cold, Smoky and Sweet, Soft and Crunchy, POP!

Savor at National Music Festival
2014-04-12 17:00 - 22:00 | The Chesapeake Room, Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company, 21500 Rock Hall Avenue, Rock Hall, MD, United States
Presented By:
National Music Festival

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano

Experts:
Joe Dolce (Certified Sommelier)

Overview:
The National Music Festival presents Savor Your Senses® with concert pianist and Festival Piano Mentor, Elaine Kwon on Saturday, April 12, 2014. This elegant, unique evening of music, wine tasting and savories, will benefit the Festival Apprentice Scholarship Program. Piano Mentor Elaine Kwon will join wine expert, Joe Dolce to pair four piano works with four spectacular wines. Join us on April 12 to taste the music!

Savor at Partner Connect East
2014-03-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Grand Hyatt ballroom, 109 E. 42nd St., New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Thomson Reuters

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Tony DeSare (vocals / piano)

Overview:
Pianist Elaine Kwon and jazz singer / pianist, Tony DeSare will perform at an exclusive dinner for fund managers and institutional investors in Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge funds. Hosted by Thomson Reuters as part of Partner Connect East Conference 2014, this special event will feature several music and wine pairings, highlighting Power, Sophistication and Levity.

Savor at Olympic Towers
2013-10-21 18:00 - 22:00 | Olympic Towers, 641 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Friends Without A Border, Lao Friends Hospital for Children

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano

Experts:
Andrew Bell (President of American Sommelier)

Overview:
To celebrate the launch of Lao Friends Hospital for Children, Savor Your Senses with Elaine Kwon, piano, and Andrew Bell, CEO of American Sommelier, will be featured in a special reception with Laos UN Ambassador HE. Kommasith. Exceptional music and wine pairings will reflect the theme of the evening: Love, Hope and Dream. Founded in 1996 by photographer Kenro Izu, Friends Without A Border has brought high-quality, compassionate health care to more than 1 million children in Southeast Asia, through the Angkor Hospital For Children (opened in 1999). The Laos Friends Hospital for Children will continue FWAB’s commitment to care for and educate destitute, ill, and neglected children and their families.

Savor at Guiding Eyes
2013-10-06 15:00 - 19:00 | Guiding Eyes Headquarters and Training Center, 611 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
Presented By:
Guiding Eyes for the Blind and Savor Your Senses

Artists:
Blessing Offer (piano)

Experts:
Amy Dixon (sommelier)

Overview:
Come, meet the puppies and experience the magic at the Guiding Eyes Headquarters & Training Center in Yorktown, NY. At this 3rd annual Savor Your Senses event to benefit Guiding Eyes, get an inside look at the campus and training facilities where the famous dogs master their skills as seeing-eye professionals. Then join us for a sparkling wine reception and Big Band performance by the Norm Hathaway Band. Later, taste wines paired to music performed by Guiding Eyes graduate Blessing Offor as fellow alum and Master Sommelier Amy Dixon shares her insights on each vintage.

Savor at Liberty National Golf Club
2013-09-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Liberty National Golf Club, 100 Caven Point Road, Jersey City, NJ, United States
Presented By:
Birdies for Breast Cancer Celebrity Golf Classic, hosted by Cristie Kerr

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, The Song Project

Experts:
Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan (Master of Wine)

Overview:
Hosted by 16-time LPGA Champion Cristie Kerr, this VIP reception / dinner features concert pianist Elaine Kwon and Master of Wine, Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, presenting music and wine pairings showcasing Cristie’s Curvature wines. With a wine auction, and additional performances by Mark Rapp and Derek Lee Bronston of The Song Project, this special event kicks off the 9th annual Birdies for Breast Cancer Celebrity Golf Classic on Sept. 23. Birdies for Breast Cancer is proud to announce Fireman Capital Partners as the event’s Title Sponsor for 2013 and Duff & Phelps as its Presenting Sponsor. Corporate sponsors include Coca-Cola, Audemars Piguet, The Barclays Championship and LibertyHealth. The event will seek to raise over $500,000 for the LibertyHealth Foundation at Jersey City Medical Center, home of the Cristie Kerr Women’s Health Center.

Savor at Piano Mania
2013-06-09 19:30 - 22:30 | Gibson Arts Center, Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, United States
Presented By:
National Music Festival

Savor at Harmonie Club
2013-02-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Harmonie Club, 4 E. 60th St., New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Marnie Gelfman and Savor Your Senses

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Antoine Bleck (vocals / piano)

Savor at Opia
2012-11-16 19:00 - 23:00 | Opia Restaurant, 130 E. 57th St., New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Savor Your Senses and Opia Restaurant

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano, Antoine Bleck (vocals / piano)

Experts:
Eric Foret (wine consultant)

Overview:
Savor Your Senses at Opia Restaurant, with pianist Elaine Kwon, singer/pianist Antoine Bleck and wine consultant, Eric Foret of Verity Wine Partners. Five musical selections … Five wines … Engage with the experts! Savor performance: music and wine pairings, discussion 7 – 8:30 pm $50. Prix fixe dinner special served before 6 pm or after 8:30 pm $40. Combined “Savor” performance and dinner $80.

Power Women Gala
2012-11-15 19:30 - 22:30 | Setai Hotel, 400 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
New York Moves Magazine

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano

Savor at Carnegie Hall
2012-10-23 19:30 - 22:30 | Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Presented By:
Klingman and Associates and Best Buddies NY

Artists:
Elaine Kwon, Piano

Experts:
Andrew Bell (President of American Sommelier)

Overview:
Savor Your Senses, music and wine pairing, was at Carnegie Hall on October 23, 2012! The annual Best Buddies New York, Elaine Kwon and Friends benefit concert at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall featured a giant wine pairing with a duo piano piece right before intermission. This Savor Segment was part of the concert theme: “An Evening of Pairs”
