David Geffen Hall
The David Geffen Hall - formerly Avery Fisher Hall - is a famous concert hall in New York .
location
David Geffen Hall is part of the Lincoln Center in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan . It's on the north side of Lincoln Center Plaza on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street. It can be reached with the underground line 1 (stop “66th St./Lincoln Center Station”).
New York Philharmonic
The David Geffen Hall is home to the New York Philharmonic , which previously performed at Carnegie Hall .
history
The David Geffen Hall was built by Max Abramovitz from 1959 to 1962 . The construction costs were 16 million dollars . It was inaugurated on September 23, 1962 and was originally called the Philharmonic Hall. It was renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973 in recognition of a donation of $ 10.5 million from Avery Fisher , founder of Fisher Radio and then a member of the Philharmonic Board of Directors. The concert hall was given its current name on September 24, 2015 after the American film and music producer David Geffen paid a donation of 100 million dollars . Avery Fisher's children received $ 15 million in compensation for removing the name.
architecture
The David Geffen Hall is a classic example of 1960s modernism . The travertine façade , the glazed vestibules and the large, Roman-looking balcony facing the plaza with the tapering travertine columns are characteristic.
A monumental abstract golden hanging structure by the American artist Richard Lippold floats in the vestibule . The actual auditorium can seat 2,742 people.
Acoustics
The leading acoustic designer and professor at MIT Leo L. Beranek was commissioned to plan the acoustics for the concert hall. He recommended building the concert hall as a rectangular “shoe box” similar to the legendary Boston Symphony Hall . It should offer space for 2,400 people. The New York Harald Tribune launched a press campaign to increase the capacity of the hall. When the planning was well advanced, Baranek reluctantly gave in to the urging of the architect Abramovitz. They added concave arched side walls.
The opening of the concert hall in 1962 was "the greatest public acoustic disaster of the 20th century". Visitors and critics alike complained that the bass was way too bright and too weak. Musicians complained they couldn't hear each other during the performance. Because several attempts to improve the acoustics were unsuccessful, the interior was completely torn down in 1976. The architectural duo Philip Johnson and John Burgee then developed a completely new room concept with the help of the acoustician Cyril Harris. The Aeolian-Skinner concert organ fell victim to the renovation , so that organ concerts have not been performed in the David Geffen Hall since then. On October 19, 1976, the David Geffen Hall reopened.
The acoustic problems persisted, however: under Kurt Masur's direction, acoustician Russell Johnson and architect John Burgee installed large sound-reflecting wooden panels on the sides of the stage in 1992.
As early as 2010, the concert hall was to be thoroughly renovated for an estimated $ 300 million to improve its acoustics. There are also other problems: Many of the travertine stairs are broken, buckets are catching water from defective pipes, the cloakrooms are cramped, the lobbies are overcrowded and the air conditioning is too loud. In 2012, a new renovation plan was presented, the New York Times reported. The renovation is now scheduled for 2017 and is expected to cost $ 350 million. According to other sources, their start and costs of $ 500 million are not expected until 2019.
Web links
- Lincoln Center home page (English)
- Homepage of the New York Philharmonic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adam Hetrik, Avery Fisher Hall To Be Renamed for Music Mogul David Geffen After $ 100M Gift , March 4, 2015 ( online )
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ a b Paul Mitchinson, Bouncing off the Walls ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Lingua Franca , April 2001
- ^ Edward Rothstein, If Musik is The Architect, the Results May be less than Melodious . In: New York Times , May 22, 2004
- ↑ a b Avery Fisher Hall on nycago.org
- ↑ Allan Kozinn : Fiddling With the Sound at Avery Fisher Hall. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: New York Times. June 11, 1992
- ↑ Robin Pogrebin, Philharmonic To Give Home A New Interior ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: New York Times , May 20, 2004
- ↑ Anthony Tommasini, The Philharmonic's Double Challenge ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: New York Times , June 11, 2006
- ↑ Justin Davidson, Band on the Run ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Andante , June 2003
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/arts/music/avery-fisher-hall-to-be-renovated.html?_r=0 , accessed on January 2, 2013
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ http://www.tachles.ch/news/print/mega-spende-david-geffens-fuer-klassische-musik
Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 22 ″ N , 73 ° 58 ′ 59 ″ W.