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Reflections on Lincoln Center's Redevelopment
Fifty years in one's life represents most of what we are and become. For an arts institution, its first half-century is just the beginning. There are theaters in the world that have been in use for 500...
View ArticleLincoln Center to Make Avery Fisher Hall More Accessible
Lincoln Center has pledged to make Avery Fisher Hall more wheelchair accessible after the United States Attorney filed a lawsuit against the arts complex for failing to comply with the Americans with...
View ArticleAvery Fisher Hall Rehab Project to Begin in 2017
Avery Fisher Hall is to going look – and possibly sound – a whole lot different.Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic said Thursday they plan to radically overhaul the 50-year-old concert hall....
View ArticleAvery Fisher Hall's Extreme Makeover
When the news emerged last week that Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center is to finally go under the knife in 2017, reaction was swift and vocal. "Tear the place down!" wrote more than one commenter on...
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The Maestro's Ears
Recently I went to two subscription performances at the New York Philharmonic that made me sit up and listen, though for entirely different reasons. One of them featured Lorin Maazel, who will be...
View ArticleIn Philanthropy, Why Naming Rights are the Name of the Game
Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said it will name its newly remodeled plaza and fountains for David H. Koch, the billionaire conservative activist who gave $65 million towards the...
View ArticleLincoln Center to Rename Avery Fisher Hall
Lincoln Center said Thursday that it has reached an agreement to rename Avery Fisher Hall after a large donor as it prepares for a $500 million-plus gut renovation.In order to take Avery Fisher's name...
View ArticleHow Attached Are New Yorkers to the Name Avery Fisher Hall?
With the recent announcement that Lincoln Center will release Avery Fisher Hall's naming rights, the question of brand recognition comes into sharper focus.Duane Reade Hall? JetBlue Hall? It remains to...
View ArticleAvery Fisher Hall to Be Renamed David Geffen Hall
Entertainment mogul David Geffen will donate $100 million toward the renovation of Avery Fisher Hall, transforming the 1962 building into David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center said on Wednesday.Geffen's...
View ArticleFive Musicians Receive Avery Fisher Career Grants
Pianist Michael Brown, violinists Paul Huang, Kristin Lee and Simone Porter and violist Matthew Lipmanhave each been awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant, which consists of $25,000 for career...
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