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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