FILE - Henry Timms, President and CEO at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, poses for a portrait in the newly renovated Wsu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at the Lincoln Center in New York. The 47-year-old announced his resignation Wednesday as of the summer to become CEO of the public relations firm the Brunswick Group. He took over Lincoln Center in May 2019, becoming its sixth leader in 5 years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (Mary Altaffer, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
NEW YORK – Henry Timms is quitting as president of Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts after five years.
The 47-year-old announced his resignation Wednesday as of the summer to become CEO of the advisory firm the Brunswick Group. He took over Lincoln Center in May 2019, becoming its sixth leader in 5½ years.
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Under Timms, Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic completed a $550 million renovation of David Geffen Hall, which reopened in October 2022. The center de-emphasized classical music in the programming of the events it produced in favor of other genres.
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