5 May 1891 – the official opening of Carnegie Hall, New York. The inaugural concert was conducted by maestro Walter Damrosch and featured the music of composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was named after entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction, and it was built to serve as the home for the New York Symphony Society and the Oratorio Society of New York.
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