May 2013
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"Pursue your bliss and realize your dreams"
Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy gave the commencement address at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania this past weekend, urging the graduates to “pursue your bliss and realize your dreams.” Congrats to all the graduates! Watch the complete speech (starts at about the 00:44:00 mark) Read the complete speech
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This week on Live From Lincoln Center
Take your seats! Live From Lincoln Center host Audra McDonald takes to the stage this week, as featured performer for her own special concert on PBS. Read more about her adventures at Lincoln Center, as a student at the Juilliard School, seeing the New York Philharmonic, and performing on campus, via the New York Daily News. Don’t forget to tune in on Friday to see her perform on Live From...
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New Avery Fisher Career Grant Awardees
Last night at a special ceremony at Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, five Avery Fisher Career Grants were awarded to violinists Bella Hristova and Itamar Zorman; pianistts Kuok-Wai Lio and Andrew Tyson; and the Escher String Quartet. The Avery Fisher Artist Program, established by the late Avery Fisher as part of a major gift to Lincoln Center in 1974, serves as a monument to...
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Lincoln Center Names Next President
Just announced: Lincoln Center today announced that Jed Bernstein, a dynamic, entrepreneurial arts executive, theater producer and educator, was unanimously selected by its Board of Directors to be its next President, succeeding Reynold Levy in January 2014. The announcement was made by Katherine Farley, Lincoln Center Board Chair. Jed has been professionally engaged in the arts for more than...
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ABC Upfronts at Avery Fisher Hall
Right now: ABC is presenting its annual Upfront at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Click here to follow a live report from the event.
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This day in Lincoln Center history...
On May 14, 1959, the official groundbreaking for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts took place. The photo above is from the official ceremony, which included President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a performance by the New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein of Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man. (Photo: Bob Serating)
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AtriumFlix: director John Sayles on Tuesday
Lincoln Center’s AtriumFlix series, free monthly screenings of groundbreaking social justice films with intimate conversations with the filmmakers, continues with director John Sayles. Film critic John Anderson will speak with Sayles, and then offer a screening of his new project The Brother From Another Planet, Tuesday, May 14 at 7:00pm at the David Rubenstein Atrium.
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New Leader at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln...
Our friends at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center have announced that Suzanne Davidson has been named their new Executive Director. They also announced that celebrated artistic directors David Finckel and Wu Han will remain through the 2018-19 season. Congrats to the CMS family!
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New sculpture exhibition coming to Lincoln Center
Just announced: Fourteen site-specific sculptures by Aaron Curry will be on display around Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza, between October 2013 and January 2014. The installation is the artist’s most ambitious project to date.These monumental, outdoor, site-specific sculptures of painted aluminum will be positioned in orbit around the iconic Revson Fountain. Curry’s boldly-colored...
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's Stoeger...
Our friends at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center have announced the recipient of their biannual Elise L. Stoeger Prize to Chinese composer Zhou Long. This special award given every two years in recognition of significant contributions to the field of chamber music composition. Learn more about the prize and the composer here.
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By The Numbers: Renewable Energy at Lincoln Center
In the last number of months, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has worked to become more “green” by buying and using renewable energy for buildings on campus. Between October 2012 and March 2013, Lincoln Center used a collective 9,372,524 kWh of electricity.
The environmental benefit measure of the above is estimated at:
10,274,030 carbon dioxide (CO2, in pounds) emissions...
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Busy Spring at Lincoln Center
In the last week, Lincoln Center has been more than just music and theater, hosting a major movie premiere (The Great Gatsby), the James Beard Foundation Awards (often called the “Oscars” of the food world), and will shortly host TV upfronts for A&E and ABC. Read more about last night’s James Beard Foundation events, highlighting the best chefs and restaurants in the country,...
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Lincoln Center Institute Honored with Award
This past weekend, the Lincoln Center Institute was awarded the Arts and Culture Award from the Turkish Language Olympiads, hosted by the Turkish Cultural Center of New York. LCI was honored with this special award as a result of its work as a cultural organization connecting with local communities to change lives through the arts. Arts education and community outreach have been key parts of...
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Audra McDonald: live in concert this Thursday at...
This Thursday, five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald performs a one-night only concert live in concert at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. You can catch the performance, featuring songs from her forthcoming new album Go Back Home, later this month on Live From Lincoln Center, or see it live for yourself, of course. (Photo: Michael Wilson)
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Lincoln Center Out of Doors Jukebox
Take a listen to the sounds of Lincoln Center Out of Doors, and then make a date to come back this summer and see it all live in person!
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One last chance to see Carousel
If you missed Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel on Live From Lincoln Center this past weekend, you still have another chance to see it on PBS.org! You can view the entire production by the New York Philharmonic, starring Kelli O’Hara, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, and more, through Friday. Hurry up and don’t miss it! (Photo by Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic)
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Where Baseball and Mozart Collide...
Did you know…
Detroit Tigers First Baseman Prince Fielder comes to the plate to the sounds of Mozart’s Requiem? Read on for more details on why he chose this classic.
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April 2013
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Taking it outside...
Ready for Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2013? We announce all the details of this summer’s FREE outdoor series, considered among New York’s best by Time Out New York, tomorrow. Stay tuned….
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Television’s Upfront season is upon us!
Yesterday at Alice Tully Hall, the Scripps Network unveiled their Fall season for HGTV, Travel Channel, Food Network, Cooking Channel, DIY Network, and GAC – complete with Vanilla Ice and Darryl Hall of Hall & Oates shows. Stay tuned for information on other networks announcing their seasons in the upcoming weeks here at Lincoln Center.
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Target Free Thursdays at the David Rubenstein Atrium brings us an amazing FREE event with the music of Duke Ellington tomorrow!
An all-star ensemble of Essentially Ellington alumni play the music of the great jazz-legend, in celebration of the 18th anniversary of the annual Jazz at Lincoln Center education event. Essentially Ellington invites select high school bands from across North America to...
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Brava Nina!
Congrats to Nina Stemme, who was awarded the prize of Best Female Singer at the inaugural Opera Awards in London. The acclaimed Swedish soprano performs with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Thursday evening.
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Get those dancing feet ready...
Who feels like dancing? Check back here tomorrow when we announce the line-up for the 25th Anniversary Midsummer Night Swing Season, kicking off in July.
