After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate
Judgments on the hall’s acoustics at this early stage are provisional, but a mighty improvement is already obvious.
David Geffen Hall Reopens, Hoping Its $550 Million Renovation Worked
The New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center home was gutted and rebuilt to try to fix the acoustic woes that have long plagued it. To inaugurate the hall, officials are using a new playbook.
The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall
Etienne Charles’s composition for the reopening of the hall honors the Afro-diasporic musical heritage of the neighborhood razed to build Lincoln Center.