About the Publishers
GRAMOPHONE
Gramophone is the world's leading classical music publication. From its peerless - and fearless - reviews to its penetrating interviews with the world's leading classical music artists Gramophone magazine is simply unmatched. Since its first issue in April 1923, Gramophone has grown up alongside the classical record industry, followed the latest technical developments and the greatest talents, watching the repertoire expand to embrace music that the founding editors would have dreamed possible. Gramophone writers are acknowledged as experts in the respective fields and the publication is acclaimed globally for the independence and intelligence of its editorial.
CARNEGIE HALL
For music lovers worldwide, Carnegie Hall is the ultimate musical destination, an international byword for excellence, and an institution whose rich history chronicles the defining moments of so many of the world's most admired and beloved artists. Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is the most famous venue in the United States for classical music and popular music, renowned for its beauty, history and acoustics. Carnegie Hall presents more than 200 performances in its three concert halls as well as close to 500 education and community events at the venue and throughout the New York metropolitan area each year.
NEW YORK CITY
The Big Apple, Gotham, The City That Never Sleeps; New York City is the musical heart of America. It is also the second largest center for the film industry in the United States. The city has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes. The city government funds the arts with a larger annual budget than the National Endowment for the Arts. Wealthy industrialists in the 19th century built a network of major cultural institutions, such as Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York City boasts Broadway and 42nd Streets, showcasing a new stage form that came to be known as the Broadway musical. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet, the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, the Juilliard School and Alice Tully Hall, is the largest performing arts center in the United States.