REMEMBERING PAVAROTTI BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY ANDREA BOCELLI & REN?E FLEMING

Legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli and renowned soprano Renée Fleming were joined on stage by Plácido Domingo who performed a surprise encore performance to a standing ovation at the spectacular benefit concert and gala dinner at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center Friday, September 25, celebrating the life and legacy of the most outstanding tenor of his day, the beloved Luciano Pavarotti, who died tragically of pancreatic cancer. A gala dinner chaired by Goldie Hawn, Steve Kaplan and Ogden Phipps, III, followed the concert.

Funds raised by the William H. Isacoff, M.D. Research Foundation for Gastrointestinal Cancer will be directed toward pancreatic cancer research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where leading-edge research in the Gene Expression Laboratory, led by Dr. Ronald M. Evans, is yielding promise for treatments for the lethal disease. For more information on the research being conducted at the Salk Institute, please visit www.salk.edu.