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Details of Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt's Wedding - AceShowbiz

August 25, 2012 01:30:33 GMT

The likes of Alan Cumming, Julianne Moore, Yoko Ono, Mark Ronson and Lou Reed attended the nuptials in New York and left with a jar of local plum jam.
Rufus Wainwright, Jorn Weisbrodt
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Congratulations are in order for . The 39-year-old Grammy-nominated singer has tied the knot with his longtime partner, the artistic director of Toronto's Luminato Festival Jorn Weisbrodt, in a Montauk ceremony attended by a group of family members and close friends.

In obtained by PEOPLE, the musician wore a white custom Viktor & Rolf Monsieur attire, while the German arts administrator donned a dark suit. The couple was married by a close friend, artist Justin Vivian Bond, at the reception in Long Island, New York.

The guests included , , 's widow Yoko Ono & son Sean Lennon, artist Marina Abramovic, Antony Hegarty of the , Ingrid Sischy, Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren, & Laurie Anderson, , and & Natasha Lyonne.

The nuptials took place on Thursday, August 22 at the Clam Bar in nearby Napeague, according to Rolling Stone. PEOPLE reported the Salome Chamber Orchestra and David Aron Carpenter performed and so did Rufus' sister, singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright. DJ team AndrewAndrew and Ronson provided music on the dance floor.

The guests dined lobster rolls, local corn, cherry tomatoes, steamers, chowders and clams, and enjoyed Nicolas Feuillatte champagne. They listened to speeches from Marina Abramovic and Irving Benson, and left in the wee hours with a jar of local plum jam with "Rufus + Jorn's Hochzeit" inscription. "Hochzeit" means "wedding" in German.

Wainwright and Weisbrodt were engaged in 2010. They have an 18-month-old daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, in a parenting partnership with 's daughter, Lorca Cohen.

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