A Distinguished Legend Amid Midtown New York Hotels

• Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer, one of the world's greatest pianists, international humanitarian, and first Prime Minister of a free Poland after World War I
• Victoria de los Angeles, soprano opera singer
• Rosalyn Tureck, classical pianist, known worldwide as the "High Priestess of Bach"
• Giuseppe De Luca, lead baritone at the Metropolitan Opera for more than 30 years
• Giovanni Martinelli, one of the world's greatest tenors
• Albertina Rasch, dancer and international choreographer for Broadway shows and Hollywood films
• Dmitri Tiomkin, Academy Award-winning Hollywood composer
• Paul Schöffler, bass-baritone opera singer
• Renata Tebaldi, one of the world's great dramatic sopranos
• Gato Barbieri, legendary jazz saxophonist
• Regina Resnik, a living legend, the only opera star to transform her repertoire from Soprano to Mezzo and achieve renown as both
• Sherill Milnes, perhaps America's greatest baritone
• Ben Heppner, one of the leading lights of this generation's opera singer, a Heldetenor
• David Daniels, countertenor opera singer, winner of Musical America's prestigious award Vocalist of the Year
• Hersh Felder, author and star of Broadway's "George Gershwin Alone"
• Bobby Van, Broadway choreographer and dancer star
• Marcus Haddock, winner of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and one of the most sought-after tenors of the new generation
• Angela Marambio, sensational young Chilean Mezzo Soprano, whose operatic career burst powerfully onto the New York stage in 2003 at the City Opera with La Bohéme and Carmen only weeks after her discovery in Latin America
• Lang Lang, China's sensational piano prodigy
• Childe Hassam, painter and etcher, truly one of the most accomplished American Impressionists
• John Sloan, American painter, member of The Eight, and cofounder of the Ashcan School, who specialized in urban street scenes, New Mexico subject matter, and nude portraits
• Stuart Davis, cubist painter, whose colorful compositions echoed distinctly American themes
• Marc Chagall, Russian-born lithographer, whose work appeared in the Museum of Modern Art, the Paris Opera, the United Nations Building in New York, the Musée du Louvre, the Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter, best known for her landscapes and abstract images of plants and desert flowers
• George Grosz, a German-born American caricaturist and artist, closely associated with the Berlin Dada movement, best known for his satiric cartoons of the 1920's
• Arbit Blatas, a Lithuanian-born painter, printmaker, sculptor, and scene designer, whose work appeared at the Carnegie Institute, the Santa Barbara Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the Rhode Island School of Design

Rich Cultural Heritage At Our Midtown New York City Hotel

• 1928. The first foundations of the Buckingham Hotel are laid by the Uris brothers.
• 1929. The Buckingham Hotel first opens its doors to the public.
• 1929–1941. Ignacy Jan Paderewski makes the Buckingham his official home.
• 1932. Albertina Rasch and Dmitri Tiomkin set up residence at the Buckingham.
• 1939–1940. Guiseppe De Luca resides at Buckingham during his tenure at the Metropolitan Opera.
• 1939–1969. Giovanni Martinelli chooses the Buckingham's penthouse as his home during his 30-year residency at the Met.
• 1941. Padrewski is laid in state at the Buckingham, and a long line of mourners pay their respects, stretching east across 57th Street.
• 1950–1965. Paul Schöffler makes the Buckingham his home while performing at the Metropolitan Opera.
• 1951. Victoria de los Angeles makes her debut as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust at the Metropolitan Opera, residing at the Buckingham.
• 1955–1973. Renata Tebaldi takes up residence at the Buckingham, following her Metropolitan Opera debut on January 31, 1955.
• 1965. Bobby Van resides at the Buckingham, while dancing and choreographing on Broadway.
• 1980s. Gato Barbieri calls the Buckingham home between jazz-saxophone tours.
• 1991. A plaque commemorating the 100th anniversary of Paderewski's U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall is unveiled at the Buckingham.
• 2002. The Buckingham unveils its magnificent stained-glass window, entitled 'Dancing King' by artist Jose Ortega, in honor of the hotel's heritage and West 57th Street artistic tradition. David Daniels and Regina Resnik take up residence at the Buckingham. Resnik generously loans two stunning oil portraits by artist Arbit Blatas for display in the hotel lobby.
• 2003. The Buckingham celebrates its diamond anniversary. A number of prominent musicians and artists pay a visit to the hotel, including Angela Marambio, Lang Lang, Robert Vaughn, Hersh Felder, Sherrill Milnes, and the Jerusalem Symphony.