The New York Times – Music:
The artists incorporate the history of the Lincoln Center and San Juan Hill, the largely Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood displaced by the performing arts complex.
Category: Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY)
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What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic
The New York Times – Music:
When Anthony Tommasini was a young, aspiring musician, he made his first forays into the orchestra’s concert hall. He realized it would not do.
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What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic
The New York Times – Music:
When Anthony Tommasini was a young, aspiring musician, he made his first forays into the orchestra’s concert hall. He realized it would not do.
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David Geffen Hall, Notoriously Jinxed, Is Reborn Again
The New York Times – Music:
David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center home, is reopening after a $550 million renovation aimed at breaking its acoustic curse — and adding a dash of glamour.
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The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall
The New York Times – Music:
Etienne Charles’s composition for the reopening of the hall honors the Afro-diasporic musical heritage of the neighborhood razed to build Lincoln Center.
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A Pioneering Orchestra Boss Had ‘Unfinished Business,’ So She Returned
The New York Times – Music:
Deborah Borda led the New York Philharmonic in the 1990s, and was frustrated by its subpar hall. After a 17-year run in Los Angeles, she “finally saw a path forward,” she said.
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Theater at Geffen Hall to Be Named for Two Key Donors
The New York Times – Music:
The Wu Tsai Theater will honor a $50 million gift from Joseph Tsai, a founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Clara Wu Tsai, a philanthropist.
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New York Philharmonic Agrees to Restore Pay for Musicians
The New York Times – Music:
After a stronger-than-expected season, the orchestra said it would reverse pay cuts imposed at the height of the pandemic.
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Artists Are Putting Their Stamp on Lincoln Center
The New York Times – Music:
In a partnership with the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Public Art Fund, works by Nina Chanel Abney and Jacolby Satterwhite will help reintroduce Geffen Hall this fall.