Carnegie Hall

/ ˈkɑːnəɡɪ /

noun

1. a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie

Carnegie Hall

1. A concert hall, world-famous for its acoustics, in New York City.

Carnegie Hall was the home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. When the orchestra announced in 1959 that it was moving to a new building, plans were made to tear Carnegie Hall down. Because of the efforts of the violinist Isaac Stern and other artists, however, it has been preserved as a concert hall.

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In the late 2000s, as she studied acting at Carnegie Hall, she started writing down her most significant childhood memories encouraged by her instructor Wynn Handman.

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In 1945, Bartók, having fled Nazi-invaded Hungary, wrote his final piano concerto in a New York apartment on 57th Street, a block west of Carnegie Hall.

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While the hilariously inept "British" band were the brainchild of the American improvisers who play them, along with US director Rob Reiner, such has been their popularity since the first film that they have gone on to perform in real life to fans at Wembley Arena, Glastonbury Festival, the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall.

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After a 2009 performance in Carnegie Hall, Riley announced that enough was enough, he was retiring from playing it.

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“Practice and you get to Carnegie Hall” is the old saying.

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