The new David Geffen Hall will open in October 2022, two years ahead of its reopening schedule, according to the Lincoln Centre.

Envisioned by Diamond Schmitt Architects, in collaboration with acoustician Paul Scarbrough of Akustiks and theatre designer Joshua Dachs of Fisher Dachs Associates, the re-imagined theatre will offer improved acoustics and ?a more welcoming and intimate audience experience with optimized sightlines.?
Rendering courtesy of lincolncenter.org
By reducing the number of seats by 500 for a total of 2200 and relocating the stage forward by 25 feet, the seating will wrap around the stage and bring the entire audience 30 percent closer to performers.

The new concert hall?s hybrid of vineyard and shoebox-styles offers state-of-the-art flexibility that easily accommodates different modes of performance ? semi-staged opera, dance, film premiers, amplified pop and rock concerts and more.
Surrounded by the warmth of natural beech wood walls molded into bespoke grooves reminiscent of sound waves, the natural design fosters a warm setting. This is further expressed through a luminous veil of the mesh along the ceiling and seating upholstered in a vibrant flower petal fabric, complemented by a firefly light fixture that will create a luminous focal point above the orchestra. 
Rendering courtesy of lincolncenter.org
?When it opens this fall, the new theatre will be transformational for the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center, both in the intimacy that...