Carnegie Hall

British  

/ ˈkɑːnəɡɪ /

noun

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

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Carnegie Hall Cultural  

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

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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.

Example Sentences

The first large image you see when entering the first gallery of “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,” the massive retrospective of Yoko Ono’s work currently on exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, is the large reproduction poster for her debut performance at Carnegie Hall, which took place on Friday, November 24th, 1961.

From Salon

At the MCA exhibit, I hated the fact that I was running a subconscious tally in my head that noted that Yoko Ono played Carnegie Hall before The Beatles did, and that she was an established and influential artist of international renown long before she met John Lennon, that I was checking the years listed against the timeline of The Beatles’ career in my head, as some kind of defense against the boos and the hisses back in that hotel ballroom.

From Salon

This year, DeLa has directed Monét X Change’s one-woman show “Life Be Lifin’” and Jinkx’s sold-out Valentine’s Day show at Carnegie Hall, and has stepped up as head writer and director for “The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show.”

From Los Angeles Times

The pair of concerts that William Christie and his ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, offered at Carnegie Hall this week made me a little sad.

From New York Times

Krimsky collaborated with La Monte Young, and performed in the Carnegie Hall debut of Terry Riley’s “In C” in 1967.

From New York Times