David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center is one of New York City’s leading classical music halls. The home of the New York Philharmonic also hosts jazz and global music concerts.
David Geffen Hall Fall 2024 Season
The New York Philharmonic is in residence.
David Geffen Hall Tickets
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
(at Columbus & 64th St)
Lincoln Center, Manhattan
(212) 721-6500
It’s the big theater on the right side of Lincoln Center’s main plaza.
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Subway
(1) to 66th St – Lincoln Center
About David Geffen Hall
The hall was originally called Philharmonic Hall when it opened in 1962. The New York Philharmonic moved in from its former home at Carnegie Hall.
The hall was renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973. The Fisher family later allowed Lincoln Center to resell the naming rights to finance a long-planned renovation.
It was renamed David Geffen Hall in 2015. David Geffen is a renowned music and film producer and a philanthropist originally from Brooklyn. He co-founded Asylum Records in 1971. Geffen is a partner of movie studio DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
The renovated New David Geffen Hall reopened in 2022. Wu Tsai Theater is the main hall. It’s named for the Taiwanese Canadian owners of the Alibaba Group and the Brooklyn Nets.
The Hall reopened with Caribbean and Latin American cleansing traditions dedicated to Oyá, the Yoruba orisha of rebirth, and jazz dedicated to the people of San Juan Hill that Lincoln Center displaced (as seen in West Side Story). The Hall reopened with better acoustics, engaging seating, and more inclusive and adventurous programming. It’s a great renovation.
Dress code varies from gala fabulous to business casual, but don’t you love to dress up?
Recent Latin Programming
May
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In “Sound On,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Trinidadian Kwame Ryan, plays a World Premiere music-documentary by Armenian American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and photojournalist Scout Tufankjian, about the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Friday, May 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $34. nyphil.org 🇦🇲 🇹🇹
April
The New York Philharmonic Spring Gala features future Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 7pm. nyphil.org 🇻🇪
In “Sounds of Spain,” multiple Grammy winner and Artist-in-Residence, American violinist Hilary Hahn plays Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy,” and Ginastera’s Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Spaniard Juanjo Mena. The program includes Spanish reveries by French composers Ravel and Debussy; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Thursday-Saturday, April 25-27, 2024. nyphil.org 🇪🇸
March
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Elim Chan, plays a World Premiere NY Phil commission of Tate’s “Pisachi,” Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” with Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta playing Martinú’s Cello Concerto No. 1; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9, 2024. From $67. nyphil.org 🇦🇷
February
The New York Philharmonic celebrates the Year of the Dragon, with a Lunar New Year Gala that includes a reception, concert, and dinner with the artists; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 7pm. Concert from $60. nyphil.org
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Long Yu, plays the US Premiere of Émigré, Aaron Zigman’s oratorio about Jewish Holocaust refugees who found shelter in Shanghai, China; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall; on Thursday-Friday, February 29 – March 1, 2024. nyphil.org 🇮🇱 🇨🇳
January
In “The Movie Music of Terence Blanchard,” the New York Philharmonic featuring jazz composer Terence Blanchard and his E-Collective quintet, plays Blanchard’s scores of Spike Lee films “Jungle Fever,” “Malcolm X,” “Da 5 Bloods;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 7:30pm. Choose-What-You-Pay. On-sale, November 17, 2023 at 12 noon. nyphil.org 🇺🇸
December
HOLIDAYS
The New York Philharmonic conducted by Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, plays Handel’s “Messiah;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday-Saturday, December 12-16, 2023, at 7pm. From $66. nyphil.org 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
HOLIDAYS
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Anthony Parnther, plays the score to Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” with Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Wednesday-Saturday, December 20-23, 2023. From $48. nyphil.org 🇺🇸 🇸🇳
November
In “The Planets and Atmosphères,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, featuring African American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges and The Dessoff Choirs in Ligti’s “Atmosphères,” Perry’s “Stabat Mater,” and Hoist’s “The Planets;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Wednesday-Friday, November 22-25, 2023. From $65. nyphil.org 🇺🇸
In “The 65th Street Session,” the New York Philharmonic Creative Partner and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile brings Grammy-nominated guitarist Cory Wong, Late Show bandleader Louis Cato, and Grammy-winning German American singer-songwriter and bassist Meshelle Ndegeocello together to play their own styles and then play together; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8pm. From $38. nyphil.org 🇺🇸
October
Teatro Real, The Royal Opera of Madrid, performs a Gala Concert: from Spain to New York. Juanjo Mena conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera of Madrid in Falla’s “El amor brujo” with flamenco singer Esperanza Fernández, Dvořák’s “Cello Concerto” with soloist Pablo Ferrández, and Ginastera and Ravel; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Monday, October 16, 2023 at 8pm. From $30. lincolncenter.org 🇪🇸 🇦🇷