Live from Lincoln Center
- ️Fri Jan 30 1976
Live from Lincoln Center was a seventeen-time Emmy Award-winning series that broadcast notable performances from the Lincoln Center in New York City on PBS starting 1976. The program aired between six and nine times per season. Episodes of Live from Lincoln Center featured Lincoln Center's resident artistic organizations, most notably the New York Philharmonic. Funding for the series was made possible by major grants from the Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust, Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum, the Robert and Renee Belfer Family Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, Mercedes T. Bass, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Production of new episodes has been suspended indefinitely since 2019.
The show was originally developed in the mid-1970s by John Goberman, who served as executive producer from 1976 until 2011.[8] In 2012, current Executive Producer Andrew Carl Wilk took over. Through 2012, the show was, in fact, live (or delayed slightly to accommodate PBS scheduling).
Through Goberman and Wilk's leadership, Live from Lincoln Center has gone on to win 17 Emmy Awards, 2 George Foster Peabody Awards, and several other accolades over its time on PBS.[9][10][11] The current team of directors for the program is made up of Habib Azar, Dana Calderwood, Alex Coletti, Matthew Diamond, Brad Fuss, Annette Jolles, Lonny Price, Alan Skog, Glenn Weiss, and Andrew Carl Wilk. Kirk Browning is credited as the longest-running director of the series, contributing to the production of 185 episodes, and winning two Primetime Emmys as well as two Daytime Emmys. The show's full-time production team, led by Wilk, is composed of Douglas Chang (Series Producer), Kristy Geslain (Producer, Lincoln Center Media Productions), Danielle Schiffman (Director, Business and Legal Affairs), Daisy Placeres (Line Producer), Gillian Campbell (Manager, Rights and Media), and Nick Palm (Post-Production Supervisor; Lead Editor).
| Season | Performance(s) | Nomination(s) | Result(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–76 | New York Philharmonic, Andre Previn/Van Cliburn, January 30, 1976 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Technical Crafts (Mark Schubin & John Leay) | Nominated |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Won | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Tape Sound Mixing (John E. Pfeiffer) | Nominated | ||
| New York City Opera, "The Barber of Seville", November 3, 1976 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design (Jan Skalicky) | Won | |
| 1976–77 | New York Philharmonic, Rafael Kubelick/Claudio Arrau, November 20, 1976 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction (Rafael Kubelick) | Nominated |
| American Ballet Theatre, "Swan Lake", June 2, 1977 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (David Blair) | Nominated | |
| Great Performances: "Arthur Rubinstein at 90" January 26, 1977 | Television Critics Circle Award: Achievement in Music | Won | |
| 1977–78 | American Ballet Theatre, "Giselle", June 2, 1977 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Won |
| New York Philharmonic, Mehta/Verrett, September 24, 1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Zubin Mehta) | Nominated | |
| New York City Ballet, "Coppelia", January 31, 1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (George Balanchine & Alexandra Danilova) | Nominated | |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Technical Crafts (Mark Schubin) | Nominated | ||
| Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House, Luciano Pavarotti, February 12, 1978 | Daytime Emmy Award for Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement | Won | |
| American Ballet Theatre, "Evening of Repertory", May 17, 1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | |
| 1978–79 | Recital at Avery Fisher Hall, Sutherland/Pavarotti, January 22, 1979 | Nominated | |
| American Ballet Theatre, "The Sleeping Beauty", May 2, 1979 | Nominated | ||
| 1979–80 | New York Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti, January 14, 1980 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Technical Craft; "Technical Design of Stereo Simulcast" (Mark Schubin) | Won |
| 1980–81 | "Isaac Stern's 60th Birthday Celebration", Stern/Perlman/Zukerman, Avery Fisher Hall, September 24, 1980 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with Orchestra) | Won | ||
| "Beverly! Her Farewell Performance", New York State Theater, January 5, 1981 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | |
| "Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti" Recorded from the Trio Concert Telecast, Avery Fisher Hall, March 23, 1981 | Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | Won | |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | ||
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Technical Crafts (Mark Schubin) | Nominated | ||
| 1981–82 | "An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic", Avery Fisher Hall, September 23, 1981 | George Foster Peabody Personal Award to Danny Kaye | Won |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or a Music Program (Robert Scheerer) | Nominated | ||
| Itzhak Perlman and the New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, February 10, 1982 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | |
| 1982–83 | New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta & Leontyne Price, September 15, 1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (Leontyne Price) | Won |
| 1983–84 | New York City Ballet, "Tribute to George Balanchine", October 10, 1983 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| New York Philharmonic, James Galway, Zubin Mehta, February 29, 1984 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Classical/Music/Dance Program (Emile Ardolino) | Nominated | |
| "Marilyn Horne's Great American Songbook", Avery Fisher Hall, December 23, 1983 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Limited Series or a Special (Matty Powers & Frank C. Cernese) | Nominated | |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Leonard Slatkin; Jonathan Tunick; William D. Brohn; Glenn Osser; Paul Chiara; Jack Gale) | Nominated | ||
| Sigma Alpha Iota Award ('84) for Outstanding Television Series (Live from Lincoln Center" | Won | ||
| 1985–86 | Live From Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Society: Worth/Gutierrez, January 12, 1986 | Daytime Emmy Award for Special Class Program Area | Won |
| Aaron Copland's 85th Birthday with the New York Philharmonic & Zubin Mehta, November 14, 1985 | Sigma Alpha Iota Award for Outstanding Television Series | Won | |
| Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | ||
| New York Philharmonic Celebration with Zubin Mehta, Stern/Perlman/Caballe, April 29, 1986 | Nominated | ||
| "Juilliard at 80" featuring Kelly McGillis, John Rubinstein, May 3, 1985 | Monitor Award for Best Achievement in Broadcast Entertainment | Won | |
| Monitor Award for Best Camera | Won | ||
| Monitor Award for Best Director | Won | ||
| George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award for Significant and Meritorious Achievement (Live From Lincoln Center) | Won | ||
| "An Evening with Plácido Domingo" Avery Fisher Hall, February 18, 1987 | International Film and Television Festival of New York Silver Award | Won | |
| 1987–88 | New York Philharmonic, New Year's Eve Celebration, Zubin Mehta/Kathleen Battle/The Boys' Choir of Harlem | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| American Ballet Theatre, Prokofiev, "Romeo & Juliet", May 7, 1988 | Nominated | ||
| International Film and Television Festival of New York Silver Award | Won | ||
| Ray Charles in Concert with the New York City Ballet, May 12, 1989 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | |
| 1989–90 | A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis, December 22, 1989 | Nominated | |
| Mostly Mozart with Itzhak Perlman, July 12, 1989 | Nominated | ||
| Sigma Alpha Iota Award for Outstanding Single Program | Won | ||
| Sigma Alpha Iota Award for Outstanding Television Series (Live from Lincoln Center) | Won | ||
| 1990–91 | "Yo-Yo Ma in Concert" October 14, 1990 | Daytime Emmy Award for Special Class Program Area | Won |
| New York City Opera, "A Little Night Music", November 7, 1990 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | |
| Sigma Alpha Iota Award for Outstanding Television Series (Live from Lincoln Center) | Won | ||
| Great Performers at Lincoln Center, "Pavarotti Plus!" January 30, 1991 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated | |
| Mozart Bicentennial Birthday Serenade, January 27, 1991 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated | |
| 1991–92 | The 100th Telecast, "Pavarotti Plus!" February 24, 1992 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| 1993–94 | Live from Lincoln Center Season 18 | Sigma Alpha Iota Award for Outstanding Television Music Series | Won |
| 1994–95 | New York City Opera, "La Traviata" New York State Theater, March 28, 1995 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Program | Won |
| Sigma Alpha Iota Award for Outstanding Television Music Series | Won | ||
| 1996–97 | Mostly Mozart 30th Anniversary Opening Night Concert with Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, July 10, 1996 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
| "A Celebration of the American Musical" Avery Fisher Hall, April 7, 1997 | Nominated | ||
| New York City Opera, Puccini's "La Bohème" New York State Theater, March 26, 1997 | Won | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special | Nominated | ||
| 1997–98 | Live from Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society: "A Celebration of Johannes Brahms with Jessye Norman and Pinchas Zukerman", May 4, 1997 | Daytime Emmy: Special Class Program | Nominated |
| 1998–99 | New York Philharmonic + Jazz at Lincoln Center: "Ellington at 100", April 7, 1999 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
| New York City Ballet: Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", May 5, 1999 | Nominated | ||
| 1999–2000 | Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night: James Galway and Frederica von Stade, July 28, 1999 | Nominated | |
| Live from Lincoln Center: "Perlman at the Penthouse" Itzhak Perlman and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, January 5, 2000 | Nominated | ||
| 2000–01 | The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: "An Evening of Beethoven" October 14, 2001 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated |
| 2001–02 | The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" with the New York City Opera, March 20, 2002 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Nominated |
| Mostly Mozart Festival 2001, "Mozart's Requiem", September 20, 2002 | Nominated | ||
| 2002–03 | Lincoln Center Theater "Contact", September 1, 2002 | Won | |
| New York Philharmonic All-Gershwin New Year's Eve Concert, December 31, 2002 | Nominated | ||
| Live from Lincoln Center "Perlman at the Penthouse", January 22, 2003 | Nominated | ||
| 2003–04 | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos, December 14, 2003 | Won | |
| 2004–05 | Live from Lincoln Center: American Songbook: Stephen Sondheim's PASSION, March 31, 2005 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program | Won |
| Live from Lincoln Center: "Vivaldi, Haydn, & Yo-Yo Ma" April 29, 2004 | Nominated | ||
| New York City Ballet: Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100, May 5, 2004 | Won | ||
| Live from Lincoln Center: Jazz at Lincoln Center Grand Opening of Frederick P. Rose Hall – "One Family of Jazz", October 18, 2004 | Nominated | ||
| 2005–06 | Jazz at Lincoln Center "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit" September 17, 2005 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety (Alan Skog) | Nominated |
| 2006–07 | A Lincoln Center Special: "30 Years of Live from Lincoln Center", May 25, 2006 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated |
| 2007–08 | New York City Opera, "Madam Butterfly" March 20, 2008 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program | Won |
| 2010–11 | Live from Lincoln Center "Baroque Holiday with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center" December 13, 2010 | Daytime Emmy: Outstanding Special Class Directing (Alan Skog) | Nominated |
| 2011–12 | Live from Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet, George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker" December 14, 2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Director for a Variety Special(Alan Skog) | Nominated |
| 2012–13 | Live from Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, April 26, 2013 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Rob Fisher) | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography (Warren Carlyle) | Nominated | ||
| 2014–15 | "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" In Concert with the New York Philharmonic, September 26, 2014 | Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Emma Thompson) | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Alan Gilbert) | Nominated | ||
| 2015–16 | Lincoln Center Festival, "Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton", October 30, 2015 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Danny Elfman) | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special (Paul Bevan, Production Mixer; Ken Hahn, Re-Recording Mixer; Skip Kent, Production Mixer; Lawrence Rock, Music Mixer) | Won | ||
| New York Philharmonic, "Sinatra: Voice for a Century", December 18, 2015 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Alan Gilbert) | Nominated | |
| 2016–17 | Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba (Live from Lincoln Center) | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (David Lai) | Nominated |
Traditionally, Live from Lincoln Center has never been made available on home video due to rights issues. A notable exception was a series of selected classic episodes licensed to Paramount Home Video and released under the "Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Presents" banner through its Bel Canto Video division in the late '80s. Kultur International Films also released a few episodes on videocassette without any branding.