The Helsinki Music Centre (HMC) is a typically stylish and striking piece of Finnish architecture. A combination of concert performance venue and educational hub for all forms of music, the HMC embeds the ethos of developing... 
According to Mr. Berkant Kuru, owner of Spectrum Show Technologies and Production Services, Lütfi Kirdar is the foremost conference centre in Istanbul, “in fact in all of Turkey”, he said. For those who imagine the cultural...
A very conventional TV theatre at the home of Singapore’s leading broadcaster MediaCorp, was looking for a slightly unconventional sound system. “MediaCorp’s audio team headed by Mr Sherman Lee (Senior Manager, Sound), stated...
Contrary to popular belief in the West, when Russian officialdom decides something needs to be done it can and will, pull it off with alacrity and precision. “The important factor is to analyse exactly what is required, identify...
As eighties theatre venues go, Salle Albert Rousseau has weathered the ravages of time better than most. It has been well cared for by the citizens of Quebec city, Quebec, Canada and despite self-imposed changes from being...
A three hundred and eighty million Euro pint of Guinness on the edge of the River Liffey? Dublin’s dazzling new Convention Centre (CCD) opened on 7th September 2010. The iconic glass atrium, locally referred to as an oversized...
Like the neighbouring conurbations of Ostrava and Havirov across the border in the Czech Republic, Rybnik identifies its cultural heritage as much as Silesian before being Polish. For many years Silesia was the coal-producing...
Arguably the busiest venue in Western Australia, Mandurah Arts Centre sits approximately one hour's drive south of Perth. With seating for seven hundred and eighty people, split between balcony and stalls, the citizens are well...
Just thirty-seven years ago one thousand seven hundred people turned up in all their finery at St George's Terrace in central Perth for a midnight till dawn event. The opening ball for Perth Concert Hall (PCH), 26th January 1973...
The remit was to create a performance space that would set an international benchmark for future acoustic design. All new concert halls should have such aspirations, few achieve them fully, but the Melbourne Recital Centre...
Kings Place Music Foundation, a new iconic building around Kings Cross and St Pancras on the Regent's Canal, opened its doors on 1st October 2008. This is the first newly built concert hall in London since the Barbican opened...
The Frankston Arts Centre is an iconic landmark in one of Melbourne's fastest growing areas. Designed by renowned Australian architect, Daryl Jackson, the Frankston is one of the largest metropolitan and regional arts venues in...
The recent renovation of the Children's School of Art in Moscow saw the almost total rebuild of the facilities, retaining only the original façade of the main buildings. This venerable establishment has been sculpting the...
Loading equipment nine days before an opening show may be grist to the mill for a touring production, but when it's a major new PA installation to Sydney's second most prestigious concert venue, the Centennial Hall on George...
Built in 1981 the original Nakaniida Culture Centre, a public theatre situated in Kami-machi in the Miyagi prefecture of northern Japan, was recently given a complete refurbishment for its 25th anniversary. One of the key...
Cardiff's St David's Hall is no ordinary civic centre entertainment venue. With two thousand seats, it is the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales. It is also home to the prestigious annual Welsh Proms and the...
Joining the management team late in the building process immediately presented Head of Sound for Hyogo Performing Arts Center Mr Akihiro Kaneko with a couple of challenges. "Hyogo Performing Arts Center which opened on the 22nd...
A wonderful example of a modern classical concert hall, Tamba Symphony Hall in Japan's Kyoto prefecture has received many compliments for its striking interior design, particularly the exquisite use of local wood, something...
For more than ninety years the Wiener Konzerthaus has been an essential part of Vienna's musical heritage. The historic building which was inaugurated on October 19th 1913 in the presence of the Emperor Franz Joseph stages over...
"Acoustically it's perfect" said Ralf Zuleeg an Applications Support specialist from d&b audiotechnik, "a typical modern, horseshoe shaped concert hall; slightly dry for a small ensemble, but ideal for a full orchestra."
