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New York City's premier entertainment company. Contact us for all your musical needs. We have a twenty-five year track record of providing entertainment that will make your party rock!

Alex Donner Entertainment specializes in providing the right musical mix to make your event magical and memorable! We are a boutique that is small enough to maintain “quality control” and flexible enough to accommodate special needs. The Donner roster of musicians is among New York’s best…ready to “read” your crowd and play continuously their huge and varied repertoire. And we’re flexible on size.

Recently named “the best entertainment provider in the east…if not the country,” by the New York Times, a long list of luminaries has enjoyed the Alex Donner Orchestra over the years, including: President George H.W.Bush; George Soros; Donald Trump; Rudolph Giuliani; Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes; The Rockefeller family; Itzhak Pearlman; Kevin Klein; Lou Dobbs; Susan Lucci; Queen Noor of Jordan; the King and Queen of Sweden; the Cuomo family. The personable Donner’s cabaret show has garnered critical acclaim for his singing and charming banter and has had extended runs at both the Café Carlyle and the Oak Room of the Algonquin. His recordings have garnered Grammy Entry nominations twice.

Alex and his musicians have performed with Liza Minnelli, Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole and Jimmy Buffett, among others. Among the prestigious venues in the U.S. are: the Kennedy Center; The Plaza Hotel; the Guggenheim; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum; many of the mansions in Newport, as well as the New York Botanical Garden. In Europe, they have played at the Palace at Versailles; Annabelle’s in London; in Athens & Rome; and in 2011 for the opening of the Ballyfin manor home and resort near Dublin.

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Frequently asked questions

Are you an agency or a band?

Band

How many musicians are in your band(s)?

1 - 3
4 - 6
7+

What genres of music does (do) your band(s) play?

Big Band
Blues
Classic Rock
Classical
Dance
Funk
Hip Hop
International
Jazz
Motown
Oldies
Orchestra
Pop
R&B / Soul
Rock
Swing

What music services do you provide?

Instrumentals
Cocktail Hour Music
Learning New Songs
Liability Insurance
Willing to Travel
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User2250419 Sent on 07/31/2015
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The Alex Donner Orchestra was a fantastic choice for my daughter's wedding reception in DC! (They play all over the place.) Their playlist is enormous yet they had no sheet music in front of them...astonishing! From big band to contemporary, they covered it all and kept the dance floor hopping. Every age group got up and danced, from 8 to 80+ year olds! At one point it was the guys that dominated the floor, rather than the usual gaggle of girls, awesome!

The vocalists were terrific as were the musicians. The music was seamless and flowed from one piece to the next. We only had two real breaks, for speeches and cake cutting. I doubt that most guests noticed that the band members took some individual breaks as the music played on throughout throughout the evening. As we wanted guests to have opportunities to meet, mingle and dance, rather than focus on speeches, there was no MC or other person who jabbered at the mike. The bridal couple requested ten pieces and all were played, from Glenn Miller to NY, NY to Katy Perry to Shout! They rocked!

Tons of guests gave them rave reviews during and after the party. If you'd like to hear great reviews about your choice of band, I highly recommend the Alex Donner Orchestra as they know how to keep the focus on fun with great music.
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Nia Sent on 04/28/2010
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I couldn't imagine having any other band besides the Alex Donner Orchestra perform at my wedding.

The music at my wedding was fantastic - everyone was on the dance floor for the entirety of the wedding (people didn't even want to sit down to eat dinner) and all of my guests had such a great time thanks to the band.
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