Janáček Philharmonic in New Concert
Halls in Poland
There are preparations for a new concert hall with a setting for one of the most significant orchestras
in the Czech Republic: the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. Where else should we seek inspiration but
in neighbouring Poland, a model destination with unique concert halls built in recent years? At the
beginning of the new millennium, construction of these concert halls was responsible for a true
boom in architecture.
The concert hall in Ostrava will be built
near the House of Culture (Dům kultury)
of the city of Ostrava. It will house the
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, which now
operates out of the House of Culture.
Built between 1956-1961 in the modern
classicist style, it does not correspond with
current demands for a modern concert
venue any more. In connection to the
planned construction of the concert hall
in Ostrava, the Janáček Philharmonic and
its management representation conducted
an important tour of five concert halls in
Poland from November 14–18, 2018.
The Janáček Philharmonic (conducted
by successful Estonian conductor Risto
Joosta) promoted exclusively Czech music.
The concert hall in Szczecin
A hundred musicians (including a thirteen
member brass “gang”) played on the best
state-of-the-art stages.
The tour started in the concert hall of
Filharmonia Świętokrzyska im. Oskara
Kolberga in Kielce, designed for an
audience of 515 people on Wednesday,
Nov. 14, 2018. The following day, the
philharmonic played in one of the best
and largest concert halls built in Europe in
recent years: in Narodowe Forum Muzyki
im. Witolda Lutosławskiego in Wroclaw,
situated in the centre of the city, near the
Opera House in the Square of Freedom.
The building of the forum consists of
a main hall, seating 1,800 visitors, and
The concert hall in Szczecin
three smaller halls. Then the orchestra
went to Gorzow Wielkopolski, whose
Gorzowska filharmonia im. Stanisława
Moniuszki has a hall, built in 2011, which
can seat nearly 600 people and enjoys
studio-quality acoustics. On Saturday, the
orchestra played in Koszaliń in a new hall
built for Filharmonia Koszalińska in 2013,
with a capacity of 500 seats. On the last
day of the tour, the Janáček Philharmonic
played in the concert hall of Filharmonia
im. Mieczysława Karłowicza w Szczecinie
designed for a thousand listeners. The new
building of the philharmonic won the Prize
Miese van der Rohe 2015 and first prize in
the Eurobuild Awards 2014 competition as
the Best Project in Architecture of the year.
The concert hall in Szczecin
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