Commemorative Ceremony

May 11, 2009

Lincoln Center officially launched a year-long celebration on May 11, 2009. On that day, key artistic, civic and government leaders, and invited guests paid tribute to Lincoln Center’s celebrated past and to its next generation of artists and audiences in a program commemorating the original groundbreaking ceremony with then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Performing artists included: Alan Gilbert, Music Director Designate of the New York Philharmonic and Members of the Orchestra, renowned singer and actress, Audra McDonald, acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman with Alumni of The Perlman Music Program, members of The Juilliard Orchestra, and jazz icon Wynton Marsalis with Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.