With David Geffen Hall open, Lincoln Center’s leader is working to diversify programming, staff and audiences and engage the city. But some worry about what’s being lost.
The entertainment mogul has given $1.2 billion to institutions around the nation, including the New York Philharmonic’s transformed Lincoln Center home.
Deborah Borda led the New York Philharmonic in the 1990s, and was frustrated by its subpar hall. After a 17-year run in Los Angeles, she “finally saw a path forward,” she said.