Lincoln Center

The Lincoln Center Cultural Center in Lincoln Square

The David Geffen Hall (2015 Avery Fisher Hall) by Max Abramovitz at Lincoln Center in New York City

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is the most important and well-known cultural center of the city of New York City . It is located on an area of approx. 61,000 m² in the west of Manhattan between Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue as well as 62nd Street and 66th Street. To the north it borders Lincoln Square . This is the area where the San Juan Hill neighborhood was once located .

history

Lincoln Center was planned in the late 1950s under the direction of city planner Robert Moses as part of the measures to revitalize what is known as the Upper West Side . The master plan comes from the architect Wallace Harrison (1895–1981), who also designed the Metropolitan Opera building. All buildings were designed in the modern style; At the laying of the foundation stone on May 14, 1959, the US-American President Dwight D. Eisenhower saw in the project a future “ mighty influence for peace and understanding throughout the world ”.

In 2004 the Lincoln Center was expanded; Since 2006, further renovation and construction measures have been initiated, such as a conversion of the Alice-Tully-Hall and the construction of a new restaurant by the Diller Scofidio + Renfro office . The renovation was completed in 2009.

Sponsorship

Lincoln Center is operated by a not-for-profit private corporation ("Inc.") that is funded primarily through sponsorship money. Regardless of this, the operating result in the 2015/16 season was positive.

Cultural institutions

The Metropolitan Opera building in Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center is home to 11 cultural organizations:

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts itself.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center , which makes outstanding contributions to the performance of chamber music and awards the Stoeger Prize to composers every two years .

The Film Society of Lincoln Center , a film museum that hosts film festivals and shows, among other things.

Jazz at Lincoln Center , whose artistic director is the American jazz musician Wynton Marsalis and whose venue is the Rose Theater .

The Juilliard School , which has been based in a building by Pietro Belluschi (1899–1994) since 1969 .

The Lincoln Center Theater with its venue Vivian Beaumont Theater . The building by architect Eero Saarinen holds 1,080 spectators and was opened in 1965.

The Metropolitan Opera , which has around 3,900 seats in a building from 1966.

David H. Koch Theater , exterior view

The New York City Ballet , located at the David H. Koch Theater (formerly New York State Theater ). The building of Philip Johnson in 1964 has 2,586 fixed seats. The New York City Opera also played in this theater until 2011.
The New York Philharmonic ( New York Philharmonic ) with its venue, the David Geffen Hall , from 1962 based on a design by Max Abramovitz . It has 2,738 seats. It was given its current name after donor David Geffen in 2015. From 1973 to 2015 the concert hall was known as Avery Fisher Hall . Between 1962 and 1973 the venue was called the “Philharmonic Hall”.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The School of American Ballet , the New York City Ballet's ballet school

Alice Tully Hall

The organ in Alice Tully Hall was built in 1974 by the organ builder Theodor Kuhn (Switzerland). After the redesign of the Alice Tully Hall, the instrument, which had meanwhile been removed and stored, was rebuilt and re-voiced by the builder company. The disposition was extended by two electronic pedal registers. The slider chest instrument has 64 registers on four manual works and a pedal. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Grand Orgue C – c ⁴
1.	Bourdon	16 ′
2.	Montre	8th'
3.	Flute harm.	8th'
4th	Bourdon à chem.	8th'
5.	Prestant	4 ′
6th	Flute overture	4 ′
7th	Fifth	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
8th.	Duplicate	2 ′
9.	Fittings V.	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
10.	Cymbals III	¹ ⁄ ₂ ′
11.	Cornet V	8th'
12.	Doucaine	16 ′
13.	Trumpets	8th'
14th	Clairon	4 ′

II positive C – c ⁴
15th	Quintatön	16 ′
16.	Salicional	8th'
17th	Bourdon	8th'
18th	Prestant	4 ′
19th	Flute a fuseau	4 ′
20th	Nazard	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
21st	Duplicate	2 ′
22nd	Quinte de Nazard	2 ′
23.	Tierce	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
24.	Larigot	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
25th	Cymbals IV	² ⁄ ₃ ′
26th	Cromorne	8th'
	Tremblant

III Recit C – c ⁴
27.	Bourdon doux	16 ′
28.	Principal étroit	8th'
29	Viole de gambe	8th'
30th	Voix celeste	8th'
31.	Flute à chem.	8th'
32.	Principal conique	4 ′
33.	Flute travers.	4 ′
34.	Flute des bois	2 ′
35.	Plein Jeu V	2 ′
36.	Basson	16 ′
37.	Trumpets	8th'
38.	Hautbois	8th'
39.	Clairon	4 ′
	Tremblant

IV Positif de Chambre C – c ⁴
40.	Bourdon en bois	8th'
41.	Quintatön	8th'
42.	Flute conique	4 ′
43.	Duplicate	2 ′
44.	Fifth	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
45.	Piccolo	1'
46.	Cymbals III	¹ ⁄ ₃ ′
47.	Sesquialtera II	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
48.	shelf	8th'
	Tremblant

Pedal C – g ¹
49.	Soubasse	32 ′	(N)
50.	Flood	16 ′	(N)
51.	Principal	16 ′
52.	Soubasse	16 ′
53.	Quintatön	16 ′
54.	Principal	8th'
55.	Bourdon	8th'
56.	Prestant	4 ′
57.	Flute à chem.	4 ′
58.	Flute à bec	2 ′
59.	Fittings V.	2 ′
60.	Contrebombarde	32 ′
61.	Bombard	16 ′
62.	Basson	16 ′
63.	Trumpets	8th'
64.	Chalumeau	4 ′