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A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. Many concert halls exist as one of several halls or performance spaces within a larger performing arts center and, where appropriate, the name of the arts centre is included.

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.[citation needed]

The list is organized alphabetically by continent and then by country within each continent.

Asia

Country Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Hong Kong Hong Kong Island City Hall, Hong Kong Hong Kong Concert Hall 1962 1,434
Kowloon Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall 1989 2,019 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Japan Fukuoka Acros Fukuoka Symphony Hall 1995 1,867 Kyushu Symphony
Kawasaki Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall 2004 1,997  
Nagoya Aichi Arts Center Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Concert Hall   1,800 Nagoya Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Osaka Festival Hall [1] 1958 2,709 Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Osaka Symphony Hall     Kansai Philharmonic, Osaka Symphoniker, Century Orchestra Osaka
Sapporo Sapporo Concert Hall Saporo Concert Hall, Main Hall 1997 2,008 Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
Shiroishi, Miyagi Shiroishi Concert Hall      
Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall 1986 2,006  
Suntory Hall 1986 2,006  
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 1961 2,303  
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Concert Hall 1990 1,999  
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall [2] 1997 1,632  
Yokohama Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall 2,020 New Japan Philharmonic
Malaysia Johor CHS Multipurpose Building Auditorium 1996 300 CHS Chinese Orchestra, CHS String Ensemble, CHS Symphony Band
Kuala Lumpur Dewan Filharmonik Petronas Petronas Concert Hall 1998 864 Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Istana Budaya 1999 1,412  
Singapore Singapore Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay Esplanade Concert Hall 2002 2,000 Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Singapore Conference Hall SCO Concert Hall Singapore Chinese Orchestra
University Cultural Centre of National University of Singapore Cutural Centre Concert Hall 2000 1,700 University of Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall Victoria Concert Hall 1905 883 Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore Conservatory Concert Hall 2006 600 The Conservatory Orchestra
Thailand Bangkok Thailand Cultural Centre Main Hall 1987 2,000 Bangkok Opera, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra

Europe

Country Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Austria Vienna Musikverein 1870 1,744 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Konzerthaus 1913 1,840 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Belgium Bruges Concertgebouw Brugge
Czech Republic Prague Rudolfinum Dvorak Hall 1881 1,100 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Denmark Aarhus [[[Musikhuset Aarhus]]] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: dk (help) 1983 1,600 Aarthus Symphony Orchestra
England Birmingham International Convention Centre Symphony Hall, Birmingham 2001 2,266 Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall 1991 2,260 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
London Barbican Arts Centre Barbican Hall 1982 2,026 London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall 1871 7,000 BBC Promenade Concerts, "The Proms"
Royal Festival Hall 1951 2,900 Philharmonia Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta
Wigmore Hall 1901 554
Manchester Bridgewater Hall 1996 2,400 Halle Orchestra
France Paris Théâtre Mogador 1913 1,800 Orchestre de Paris
Germany Berlin Berliner Philharmonie 1963 2,440 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Konzerthaus Berlin 1984[1]   Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester
Dortmund Konzerthaus Dortmund
Frankfurt Alte Oper 1880[2] 2,500
Freiburg Konzerthaus Freiburg 1996 1,744 SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus 1981 1,900 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Ireland Dublin The Helix The Mahony Hall 2002 1,260 National Chamber Choir (Ireland)
The National Concert Hall Main Auditorium 1981 1,200 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Wexford Theatre Royal 1832 500[3] Wexford Festival Opera
Italy Rome Auditorium Parco della Musica
Netherlands Amsterdam Concertgebouw 1888 2,000 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Muziekgebouw 2005 725
Rotterdam De Doelen, Grote Zaal De Doelen 1966 2,700 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Utrecht Music Centre Vredenburg Muziekpaleis      
Norway Trondheim Olavshallen Concert Hall 1989 1,200 Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Portugal Oporto Casa da Musica 2005 1,238 National Orchestra of Porto
Romania Bucharest Romanian Atheneum 1888 652  
National Theatre Bucharest Sala Mare ("large hall") 1973 1,155  
Scotland Glasgow Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 1990 2,500  
Edinburgh Usher Hall 1914 2,900  
Spain Barcelona Palau de la Música Catalana 1908 2,200  
Las Palmas Auditorio Alfredo Kraus Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Symphonic Hall 1997 2,000 Festival de Música de Canarias
Madrid Auditorio Nacional de Música Sala Sinfónico 1988 2,324  
Teatro Monumental
San Sebastian / Donosti Kursaal Palace Palacio de Congresos, Auditorio Kursaal 1999 1,800 San Sebastian International Film Festival
Torrent L'Auditori de Torrent L'Auditori 1997 606  
Valencia Palau de la Música i Congressos de Valencia Sala José Iturbi 1987 1,793  


Sweden Gothenburg Gothenburg Concert Hall 1935 1,300 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Stockholm Stockholm Concert Hall 1926 1,770 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Nobel Prizes
Switzerland Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 1998 1,892 Lucerne Festival
Zurich Tonhalle 1895 1,455 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Wales Cardiff National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales St David's Hall 1982 2,000 BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Oceania

Country Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Australia Brisbane Queensland Performing Arts Centre[3] QPAC Concert Hall 1985 1,800 The Queensland Orchestra
Melbourne The Arts Centre Hamer Hall 1982 2,700 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sydney City Recital Hall Angel Place 1999 1,238 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall 1973 2,679 Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
New Zealand Wellington Michael Fowler Centre Auditorium 1983 1,238 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

North America

Canada

Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Calgary EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts Singer Concert Hall 1985 2,000 Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Edmonton Winspear Centre 1997 1,916 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Place des Arts Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier 1963 2,900 Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Ottawa National Arts Centre Southam Hall 1969 2,323 National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lyra Ottawa
Toronto Massey Hall 1894 2,752  
Roy Thomson Hall 1982 2,630 Toronto Symphony Orchestra

United States

State Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Alabama Birmingham Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall 1976 3,000 Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Alaska Anchorage Alaska Center for the Performing Arts Atwood Concert Hall 1989 2,000 Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
California Escondido California Center for the Arts, Escondido California Center for the Arts Concert Hall 1994 1,523  
Los Angeles Los Angeles Music Center Walt Disney Concert Hall 2003 2,265 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
UCLA Live Royce Hall 1929 1,834
Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 1986 6,500  
Pasadena Pasadena Civic Auditorium Pasadena Conference Center 1931 3,029 Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, People's Choice Awards
San Diego Copley Symphony Hall 1929 2,252 San Diego Symphony
San Francisco San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall 1980 2,743 San Francisco Symphony
Santa Barbara Arlington Center for the Performing Arts 1931 2,018 Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 1940 2,021 Santa Cruz County Symphony
Colorado Denver Denver Center for the Performing Arts Boettcher Concert Hall 1978 2,634 Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Connecticut Hartford Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Mortensen Hall 1930 2,799 Hartford Symphony Orchestra
New Haven Yale University Woolsey Hall 1901 3,000 New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Yale Symphony Orchestra
Stamford Stamford Center for the Arts Palace Theatre 1983 1,580 Stamford Symphony Orchestra
Florida Clearwater Richard B. Baumgardner Center for the Performing Arts Ruth Eckerd Hall 1983 2,180 The Florida Orchestra
Jacksonville Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Jacoby Symphony Hall 1997 1,800 Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Georgia Atlanta Woodruff Arts Center Atlanta Symphony Hall 1985 1,762 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Morrow Spivey Hall 1991 392  
Idaho Rexburg Eliza R. Snow Center for the Performing Arts Barrus Concert Hall 1981 700 Brigham Young University - Idaho Symphony Orchestra
Illinois Chicago Metro 1927 1100  
Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion 2004 4,000[4] Grant Park Music Festival
Symphony Center Orchestra Hall 1904 2,500 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Highland Park Ravinia Festival Ravinia Pavilion 1906 3,500 Chicago Symphony Orchestra (summer home)
Urbana Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Foellinger Great Hall 1969 2,078  
Iowa Grinnell Bucksbaum Center for the Arts Sebring-Lewis Recital Hall 1999    
Kansas Wichita Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center Concert Hall 1969 2,178  
Kentucky Louisville The Kentucky Center Whitney Hall 1983 2,406 Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Palace 1928 2,700 Louisville Orchestra
Louisiana Baton Rouge Baton Rouge River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts   1,900 Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
Shaw Center for the Arts Manship Theatre   325
New Orleans The New Orleans Orpheum Theatre 1921 1,780 Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Saenger Theatre 1927 2,800
Maryland Baltimore Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 1992 2,443 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Pier Six Concert Pavilion 1991    
Hagerstown Maryland Theatre 1915 1,300 Maryland Symphony Orchestra
Rockville Strathmore Arts Center Music Center at Strathmore 2005 1,976 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (second home); Washington Performing Arts Society
Massachusetts Boston Symphony Hall, Boston 1900 2,625 Boston Symphony Orchestra
Cambridge Kresge Auditorium 1955 1,226  
Springfield Symphony Hall, Springfield 1912 2,611 Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Stockbridge Tanglewood 1940   Boston Symphony Orchestra (in summer)
Worcester Mechanics Hall      
Michigan Ann Arbor Hill Auditorium 1913 3,538  
Detroit Max M. Fisher Music Center Orchestra Hall 1919 2,014 Detroit Symphony Orchestra
East Lansing Michigan State University Wharton Center for Performing Arts Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Minneapolis Orchestra Hall 1974 2,500 Minnesota Orchestra
Missouri Kansas City Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center 2009[5] 1,600 Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Ballet
St. Louis Powell Symphony Hall 1968 2,689 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Montana Billings Alberta Bair Theater Billings Symphony Orchestra
Nebraska Lincoln Lied Center for Performing Arts Main Stage 1990 2,210  
Omaha Holland Performing Arts Center Peter Kiewit Concert Hall 2005 2,005 Omaha Symphony
New Jersey Newark New Jersey Performing Arts Center Prudential Hall 1997 2,760 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
New Mexico Albuquerque University of New Mexico Popejoy Hall Center for the Arts 1975 1,950 New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
New York Albany The Egg Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre 1978 982
Buffalo Kleinhans Music Hall 1940 2,839 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
New York City Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gillman Opera House 1861 2,109  
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 1908   Brooklyn Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium 1891 2,804  
City Center Mainstage 1943 2,750  
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Merkin Concert Hall 1978 451  
Florence Gould Hall 1968 400 Alliance Francaise; New York Theatre Ballet
Joyce Theater 1982 472  
Juilliard School Morse Recital Hall      
Juilliard School Paul Recital Hall 1969 278  
Kaufmann Concert Hall 92nd Street Y 1930 917  
LaGuardia High School LaGuardia Concert Hall 1984    
Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall 1,096 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall 1962 2,738 New York Philharmonic
Queens College Colden Center for the Performing Arts 1961 2,127  
Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 1978 1,520 New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
The Town Hall 1921 1,500  
Rochester Eastman School of Music Eastman Theatre 1922 3,094 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center 1966 5,000[6] Philadelphia Orchestra, New York City Ballet (summer homes)
North Carolina Cary Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park Booth Amphitheatre 2001 7,000[7] North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Charlotte Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Belk Theater 1992 2,100 Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Raleigh Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts Meymandi Concert Hall 2001 2300 North Carolina Symphony
Ohio Cincinnati Aronoff Center for the Arts Procter & Gamble Hall 1995 2,719 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall Springer Hall 1878 3,516 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Severance Hall 1931 2,100 Cleveland Orchestra
Columbus Ohio Theatre 1921 2,779 Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Youngstown DeYor Performing Arts Center Powers Auditorium 1969 2,303 Youngstown Symphony
Oregon Eugene Hult Center for the Performing Arts Silva Concert Hall 1982 2,500 Eugene Symphony
Shedd Institute for the Arts The Shedd 1926 816 The American Symphonia, Oregon Ballet Academy
Portland Portland Center for Perfoming Arts Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1984 2,776 Oregon Symphony
Pennsylvania Bethlehem Zoellner Arts Center Baker Hall 1997 946
Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex The Forum 1931 1,763 Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Kimmel Center Verizon Hall 2001 2,500 Philadelphia Orchestra
Pittsburgh Heinz Hall 1971 2,662 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
South Carolina Columbia Koger Center for the Arts Gonzales Hall 1988 2,256 South Carolina Philharmonic
Tennessee Nashville Schermerhorn Symphony Center Laura Turner Concert Hall 2006 1,900 Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Texas Dallas Meyerson Symphony Center 1989 2,062 Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Turtle Creek Chorale, the Dallas Wind Symphony, Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Fort Worth Bass Performance Hall 1998 2,056 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Fort Worth Opera
Houston Jones Hall 1966 2,912 Houston Symphony Orchestra
Utah Provo Harris Fine Arts Center Gerrit de Jong Jr. Concert Hall 1964 1,485 BYU Philharmonic Orchestra; BYU Choirs
Salt Lake City Abravanel Hall 1979 2,811 Utah Symphony
Virginia Vienna Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Filene Center 1971 7,000
Washington Seattle Benaroya Hall 1998 2,500 Seattle Symphony
Spokane Metropolitan Performing Arts Center 1915 756 Spokane Symphony
Washington, DC Washington, DC Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center Concert Hall 1971 2,442 National Symphony Orchestra
Wisconsin Madison Overture Center for the Arts Overture Hall 1980 2,251 Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Opera, Madison Ballet
Milwaukee Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Uihlein Hall 1969 2,305 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet Company, Florentine Opera Company

South America

Country Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Brazil São Paulo Sala São Paulo 1999 1,600 São Paulo State Symphony
Venezuela Caracas Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex Ríos Reyna 1983 2,400 Venezuela Symphony orchestra

Middle East

Country Location Venue Room Date built Seating capacity Resident organizations
Israel Tel-Aviv Fredric R. Mann Auditorium 1957 2,900 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Turkey Ankara Bilkent University University Concert Hall Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

Footnotes

  1. ^ Rebuilt
  2. ^ Rebuilt and re-opened in 1981
  3. ^ 500 now, but being expanded
  4. ^ 4,000 fixed; 7,000 on lawn
  5. ^ Estimated groundbreaking Fall 2006; opening December 2009
  6. ^ 5,000 covered seats; 30,000 on lawn
  7. ^ 7,000 total; 6,000 on lawn

Industry associations

  • International Association of Assembly Managers [4]
  • World Council for Venue Management [5]

See also

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