An old joke that has become part of the folklore of one of New York City’s most famous concert venue runs as follows. A pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street, Manhattan, stopped violinist Jascha Heifetz and inquired: – Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall? – Yes, said Heifetz. Practice! That’s indeed an option, but there are other ways […]

In October 2011, Carnegie Hall celebrates Tchaikovsky – the superstar who opened the Hall in May 1891. In the July episode of from the Carnegie Hall Archives, Museum Director and Archivist Gino Francesconi explores the connections between Carnegie Hall, New York, and Tchaikovsky. Gino reveals how—amidst the turmoil of the decline of the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s—Carnegie Hall […]