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☆ Inside hedge funds' big Lincoln Center bash: caviar, acrobats, and a professed love for New York 'even if we move to Florida'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The alternatives industry's annual fundraiser for Lincoln Center had David Geffen Hall stuffed with acrobats, dancers, jugglers, and magicians — to say nothing of the billionaires sipping cocktails and noshing on hors d'oeuvres such as a potato bite topped with caviar and crème fraîche. The event pulled in hundreds of traders, bankers, and lawyers despite a rainy, windy night on Manhattan's Upper West Side. It was a celebration of New York, according to one of the gala's chairs, Ilana Weinstein, a longtime hedge-fund recruiter born in the city. Steve Tananbaum, Ilana Weinstein, and Steve Cohen. Guests at Lincoln Center's Alternative Investment Industry Gala were entertained by dancers, musicians, jugglers, and acrobats.

Persons: David Geffen, —, Ilana Weinstein, Point72, Steve Cohen, Steve Tananbaum, Dave Kotinsky, Ken Griffin, Steves, Weinstein, Hunter Point's Bennett Goodman, York, Jamie Dinan, Axel Capital's Anna Nikolayevsky, Lincoln, partygoer Organizations: Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall, Business, Lincoln Center In, Sunshine State, Citadel Securities, Citadel, Lincoln, Alternative, Industry Locations: New York, Florida, Lincoln Center In Florida, Miami, West Palm, Chicago, Balyasny

NEW YORK (AP) — Gushing after the New York Philharmonic performed Leonard Bernstein’s music, Bradley Cooper talked about creating the film “Maestro ″ in hopes of drawing more attention to the composer and conductor. They were joined by Carey Mulligan, who played Felicia Montealegre, the actor and wife of Bernstein. Nézet-Séguin, a 48-year-old Canadian who is music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, served as a consultant to Cooper on conducting. Cooper, who is not Jewish, also faced scrutiny for wearing a prosthetic nose as part of his transformation into Bernstein, who was. What’s next for Cooper, a biopic of Herbert von Karajan, the iron-willed leading conductor of the second half of the 20th century?

Persons: Leonard Bernstein’s, Bradley Cooper, Maestro ″, don’t, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen, Leonard Bernstein, ” Yannick Nézet, Séguin, Cooper, Bernstein, Carey Mulligan, Felicia Montealegre, Maestro ”, Mulligan, Taylor Swift, ”, “ Bradley Cooper, Jamie, Nina, Alexander, Bayoh, “, Edward R, Murrow, Stevie Sondheim, —, Cooper didn’t, hadn’t, Gounod’s “ Roméo, Bernstein’s, Lenny, ” Cooper, What’s, Herbert von Karajan Organizations: New York Philharmonic, Lincoln, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, Associated Press, Venice, Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, “, England’s Ely Cathedral, Lincoln Center, philharmonic Locations: New York City, America, “ Chichester, England’s

Mary AltafferFILE - Henry Timms, President and CEO at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, poses for a portrait in the newly renovated Wsu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at the Lincoln Center in New York. The 47-year-old announced his resignation Wednesday as of the summer to become CEO of the public relations firm the Brunswick Group. He took over Lincoln Center in May 2019, becoming its sixth leader in 5½ years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Persons: Mary Altaffer, Henry Timms, David Organizations: Lincoln Center, Performing, Wsu Tsai, David Geffen Hall, Brunswick Group Locations: New York

☆ Lincoln Center’s Leader, Henry Timms, to Depart After Five Years
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Henry Timms, who guided Lincoln Center through the turmoil of the pandemic and helped complete the $550 million renovation of David Geffen Hall, will step down as its leader this summer after five years, he announced on Wednesday. Timms will become chief executive of the Brunswick Group, a global public relations firm. He said he had always intended to stay at Lincoln Center for five to seven years, and that the Brunswick Group, which advises top companies and cultural groups, had approached him about a position there at the end of last year. “I feel proud of what we’ve done,” he said in an interview in his office above the Lincoln Center campus. “But I also always believe that change is a good thing.”Steven R. Swartz, the chairman of Lincoln Center’s board, said in an interview that Timms had been a “transformational leader” who had helped drive innovation and played a critical role in accelerating the renovation of Geffen Hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, during the pandemic.

Persons: Henry Timms, David Geffen Hall, Timms, “, ”, Steven R, Swartz, Lincoln Organizations: Lincoln Center, Wednesday, Brunswick Group, Geffen Hall, New York Philharmonic

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts of music from the Academy Award-nominated “Maestro,” on the life of former music director Leonard Bernstein, on Feb. 14. Bradley Cooper, the movie's star and director, will participate in a post-performance conversation at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall. Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who coached Cooper for the movie and led music for the soundtrack, will conduct the performance in his New York Philharmonic debut and join the conversation, the orchestra said Wednesday. The program will include excerpts from "West Side Story,” “Candide," “On the Town,” “Trouble in Tahiti,” “A Quiet Place," “Chichester Psalms” and Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish.”“Maestro” was nominated for seven Oscars, including for best picture and best actor, for Cooper.

Persons: “ Maestro, ”, Leonard Bernstein, Bradley Cooper, Lincoln Center's David Geffen, Yannick Nézet, Cooper, “, Maestro ” Organizations: New York Philharmonic, Academy, Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, Metropolitan Opera, Associated Press Locations: Tahiti, “ Chichester

The fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families, will also feature comedians and musicians including Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng, Shane Gillis, The War and Treaty and Rita Wilson. This year's event will take place Nov. 6 at David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Since its inception, Stand Up for Heroes has raised $70 million to help all veterans and military families. Stand Up for Heroes was first held in 2007 and is produced by the New York Comedy Festival and the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Political Cartoons View All 1145 ImagesTickets for Stand Up for Heroes go on sale Wednesday through bobwoodrufffoundation.org and the Lincoln Center box office.

Persons: Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng, Shane Gillis, Rita Wilson, Stewart, David Geffen, Bob Woodruff, Woodruff, ” Woodruff, ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, Performing Arts, New York Comedy, ABC News Locations: New York City, Iraq, bobwoodrufffoundation.org

☆ Review: At Mostly Mozart, the Sense of an Ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Seth Colter Walls | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Change is coming for the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and for its longtime music director, Louis Langrée — this month is the beginning of the end of his tenure with the orchestra. When the ensemble appears at Lincoln Center next year it will be with a freshly conceived name, and with the conductor Jonathon Heyward at the helm. So there is a sense of finality hovering over this summer’s offerings, which began last weekend with a free outdoor concert in Damrosch Park. On Tuesday night, Langrée and his players resumed their more typical places in the recently refurbished David Geffen Hall — renovations that kept the festival orchestra out of that theater last year. In remarks before the concert, Langrée warmly recalled his two-decade relationship with the orchestra and with New York audiences.

Persons: Louis Langrée, Jonathon Heyward, Heyward, Langrée, David, Amir ElSaffar, Mozart Organizations: Orchestra, Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall Locations: Damrosch Park, New York

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. 1. tomtit — any of several small birds:The Audubon Society would file a complaint in defense of tomtit virility. But, such is the state of Massenet’s reputation, I doubt that many sophisticated operagoers would rush to defend him. When I have busy days and am running around, I throw some on an avocado with tamari as a quick snack. — Cheap(ish) Thrills: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Favorite Everyday Things (June 8, 2022)And the list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: tomtit, Massenet — Minor, moratoria, —, rototill, torii, David, Julia Wolfe’s, “, ”, tallit —, Liverman’s, Crane’s, Chili Crisp, I’ve, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Organizations: Audubon Society, ”, David Geffen Hall Locations: California, Mycenae, Greece, Brandenburg

☆ The New York Philharmonic’s Season of Mixed Boons
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic’s gut-renovated home at Lincoln Center, isn’t perfect. The decorating tends cheesy and clashing — even if seating that wraps around the stage has done wonders for intimacy. But for the orchestra, which ends its first season in what is essentially a new hall this weekend, Geffen has been a kind of talisman. Sales have been robust all season. In February, another talisman appeared: the star conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who was named the orchestra’s next music director.

Persons: David Geffen, Geffen, Gustavo Dudamel, Dudamel won’t, won’t Organizations: David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, Geffen Locations: York

☆ Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gustavo Dudamel began his reign at the New York Philharmonic on Friday with an ending. The program was planned long before Dudamel’s appointment, but it turned out to be ideal for this moment. Nearly an hour and a half long, Mahler’s Ninth fills a concert on its own. On Friday it provided a long, focused communion between a conductor and the players he’ll be leading in the years to come. (Dudamel’s predecessor, Jaap van Zweden, finishes next season and, because of classical music’s ludicrously slow planning cycles, Dudamel, currently at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, won’t officially start his five-year contract until 2026.)

☆ The Refreshed David Geffen Hall Hits the Right Notes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Michael J. Lewis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New YorkWhen Max Abramovitz revealed his plans for Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall in 1959, the public was told that “the matter of acoustics has been given preference to every other consideration.” If only this had been true. He designed the building to seat 2,400, far more than he thought ideal, but even that number fell short of Carnegie Hall, the orchestra’s previous home. He was pushed to enlarge the auditorium past the breaking point, accommodating 2,646 seats. So much for acoustics being the primary consideration.

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