Concert Halls I Like – Part 2

Already the tempest of this last week seems a bit laughable.  I think my trips to these far off corners of the concert world are working their magic.

Here are some more halls that make me hear music.  Installment #2 of ??   I’m finding so many.

JS Bach Chamber Music Hall (temporary hall @ Manchester Art Gallery), Manchester, England
(Architect: Zaha Hadid.  2009)

Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
(Architects: Hans Hansen and Frits Schlegel, 1956; updated and expanded by 3XN, 2005)

The Orpheum, Vancouver, Canada
(Architect: Marcus Priteeca, 1927;  updated by Thomson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners, 1977)

Franz Liszt Konzerthaus, Raiding, Austria  (*built next door to Franz Liszt’s birth house)
(Architects: Atelier Kempe Thill, 2005)

Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China
(Architect: unknown, 1998)

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, Spain
(Architect: Santiago Calatrava Valls, 2005)

Philharmonie Luxembourg, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.  (In Luxembourg… I think.)
(Architect: Christian de Portzamparc, 2005)

National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
(Architect: Yang Cho-cheng, 1987)

Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt
(Architects: unknown, 1988)

Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
(Architect: Jean Nouvel, 2009)