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Encyclopedia > List of major concert halls

A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ...


Many larger cities have both public and private concert halls. The three finest concert halls in the world are generally considered to be Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Boston's Symphony Hall, and Vienna's Musikverein. The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdams Concertgebouw and Viennas Grosser Musikvereinssaal. ... Musikverein, 2004 The Musikverein at night, January 2005 The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6, 1870, and is famous for its acoustics. ...


List of major concert halls

YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... Avery Fisher Hall, located in New York City, is a part of the Lincoln Center complex. ... Barbican Arts Centre and lakeside terrace Interior - concert hall foyer; library and gallery above Image:Barbican New Hall with Orchestra Corp of London. ... The Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas is the permanent home to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Ballet Theater, Fort Worth Opera, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and Cliburn Concerts. ... The Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester, England. ... Brooklyn Academy of Music ( pronounced BAM! in Emerilese) is located in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, at 30 Lafayette Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue Station of the Long Island Rail Road and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, the tallest building in Brooklyn. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Manhattan, New York City. ... Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong, heading towards (From the left), the City Hall, Prince of Wales Building, and across the road Hong Kong Club Building. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,298 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54′E 52°22′N Website www. ... Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall was built in 1980 to give the San Francisco Symphony a permanent home. ... The durian-shaped Esplanade (on the left) stands out in front of the Marina Square area Artwork on display within the Esplanade The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay is a waterside building on Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River, purpose-built to be the centre for performing... The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is a music auditorium in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. ... Hill Auditorium in early spring. ... Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The Hong Kong Cultural Centre (Chinese: 香港文化中心) is located in Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÇ”lóng; lit. ... The Kennedy Center as seen from the Potomac River. ... The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large Performing Arts venue located in Philadelphia, PA. . The center contains the 650 seat recital theater, Perelman Theater, and the 2,500 seat Concert hall, Verizon Hall. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Look up Pa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Pa, PA or pa may stand for: pa, a word for dad or father (pa or paw) pa, Chinese political title meaning hegemon Pa, Maori word meaning a fortified village or redoubt, described at length in Maori Wars Per annum, p. ... // History of the Center The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts was built in 1969 at the University of Illinois as an educational and performing arts complex. ... Kresge Auditorium from rear, looking toward I. M. Peis Green Building. ... Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... Kursaal, a view from the beach Kursaal Palace is one of the most famous buildings by Spanish arquitect Rafael Moneo. ... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 15 acre (61,000 m²) complex of buildings in New York City which serves as home for 12 arts companies. ... Motto: Nickname: The Heart of the Commonwealth, The City of the Seven Hills, Wormtown, Woo-town, Wortown (war-town), The City of Diners Founded Incorporated 1673 1722  County Worcester County Borough Parrish Mayor Timothy P. Murray (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 99. ... Musikverein, 2004 The Musikverein at night, January 2005 The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6, 1870, and is famous for its acoustics. ... Ateneul Român The Romanian Athenaeum (Romanian Ateneu Român, definite article form Ateneul Român) in the center of Bucharest, Romania. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within the South Bank Centre in London. ... Interior detail of Severance Hall Severance Hall is a major concert hall located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio and home to the Cleveland Orchestra. ... A side view of the Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House at sunset, with the suns rays shadowed by the Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th century buildings... Symphony Hall is a concert venue located inside the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdams Concertgebouw and Viennas Grosser Musikvereinssaal. ... Tanglewood is a music venue located in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts . ... Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA Another view Walt Disney Concert Hall at night The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. ... The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall specialising in classical music in Wigmore Street London. ... Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center situated in a setting of rolling hills and woods located on 117 acres (47. ...

Industry associations

  • International Association of Assembly Managers [8]
  • World Council for Venue Management [9]

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Gothenburg Concert Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (193 words)
The architect for the facility was Nils Einar Ericsson, a major advocate of Functionalism.
However, the Concert Hall has a Neo-Classical exterior look, due to the surrounding area at Götaplatsen were the building is placed - the Art Museum and the City Theatre are solid classicistic buildings as well, and were built before the Concert Hall.
In contrast to the exterior, the Concert Hall's interior is modernistic.
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