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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.

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.

List of concert halls

Concert Hall Location Constructed Seating
Capacity
Resident
Organizations
Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City, Utah 1979 2,811 Utah Symphony
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center New York City, New York   1,096 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alte Oper [1] Frankfurt, Germany 1880, rebuilt and re-opended in 1981 2,500  
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, Oregon 1984 2,776 Oregon Symphony
Arlington Center for the Performing Arts Santa Barbara, California 1931 2,018 Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra
Auditorio Alfredo Kraus Las Palmas, Spain      
Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid, Spain      
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center New York City, New York 1962 2,738 New York Philharmonic
Barbican Hall, Barbican Arts Centre London, England 1982 2,026 London Symphony Orchestra
Ruth H. Barrus Concert Hall Rexburg, Idaho 1981 700 Brigham Young University - Idaho Symphony Orchestra
Bass Performance Hall Fort Worth, Texas 1998 2,056 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Benaroya Hall Seattle, Washington 1998 2,500 Seattle Symphony
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall Birmingham, Alabama 1976 3,000 Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver, Colorado 1978 2,634 Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Bridgewater Hall Manchester, England 1996 2,400  
Brooklyn Academy of Music New York City, New York 1861 2,200  
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music New York City, New York 1908   Brooklyn Philharmonic
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Hartford, Connecticut 1930 2,799 Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall New York City, New York 1891 2,804, Stern Auditorium  
City Center New York City, New York      
City Hall Concert Hall Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong 1962 1,434  
Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands 1888 2,000 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concertgebouw Brugge [2] Bruges, Belgium      
Copley Symphony Hall San Diego, California 1929 2,252 San Diego Symphony
De Doelen Rotterdam, Netherlands 1935 1,300 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Dewan Filharmonik Petronas Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia      
Edward W. Powers Auditorium Youngstown, Ohio 1969 2,303 Youngstown Symphony
Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay Singapore      
Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Vienna, Virginia (Washington, DC suburbs) 1971 7,000  
Flagey Studio 4 [3] Brussels, Belgium      
Florence Gould Hall New York City, New York      
Gewandhaus Leipzig, Germany      
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, Scotland 1990 2,500  
Gothenburg Concert Hall Gothenburg, Sweden 1935 1,300 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1971 2,662 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, Michigan 1913 3,538  
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Kowloon, Hong Kong      
Istana Budaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia      
Jones Hall Houston, Texas 1966 2,912 Houston Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Baltimore, Maryland 1992 2,443 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Joyce Theater New York City, New York      
Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y New York City, New York 1930 905  
Koger Center for the Arts Columbia, South Carolina 1988 2,256 South Carolina Philharmonic
Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park Cary, North Carolina   7,000 total; 6,000 on grass North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall Washington, DC 1971 2,442 National Symphony Orchestra
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Urbana, IL 1969 2,078  
Konzerthaus Berlin [4] Berlin, Germany      
Konzerthaus Dortmund [5] Dortmund, Germany      
Konzerthaus Freiburg [6]        
Kresge Auditorium Cambridge, Massachusetts 1955 1,226  
Kursaal Palace Concert Hall San Sebastian/Donosti, Spain 1999 1,800 San Sebastian International Film Festival
L´Auditori Barcelona, Spain      
La Guardia Concert Hall New York City, New York      
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall San Francisco, California 1980 2,743 San Francisco Symphony
Louisville Palace Louisville, Kentucky 1928 2,700 Louisville Orchestra
Lucerne Concert Hall Lucerne, Switzerland      
Massey Hall Toronto, Canada 1894 2,752  
Mechanics Hall Worcester, Massachusetts      
Merkin Concert Hall New York City, New York      
Metropolitan Performing Arts Center Spokane, Washington 1915 756 Spokane Symphony
Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois      
Morse Recital Hall New York City, New York      
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, Texas 1989 2,062 Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall Cincinnati, Ohio 1878 3,516 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Musikhuset Aarhus (Aarhus Concert Hall) Aarhus, Denmark 1983 1,600 Aarthus Symphony Orchestra
Musikverein Vienna, Austria 1870 1,744 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall Kawasaki, Japan 2004 1,997  
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg [7] Utrecht, Netherlands      
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam, Netherlands 2005 725  
Olavshallen Concert Hall Trondheim, Norway      
Orchestra Hall Chicago, Illinois     Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchard Hall[8] Tokyo, Japan 1986 2,006  
Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota 1974 2,500 Minnesota Orchestra
Osaka Symphony Hall Osaka, Japan      
Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona, Spain      
Palau de la Música de Valencia Spain      
Pasadena Civic Auditorium,Pasadena Conference Center Pasadena, California 1931 3,029 Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, People's Choice Awards
Paul Recital Hall New York City, New York      
Peter Kiewit Concert Hall, Holland Performing Arts Center Omaha, Nebraska 2005 2,005 Omaha Symphony
Philharmonia Berlin, Germany      
Pier Six Concert Pavilion Baltimore, Maryland      
Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, New Jersey 1997 2,760 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Queens College Concert Hall New York City, New York      
Ravinia Pavilion Chicago, Illinois      
Romanian Atheneum Bucharest, Romania      
Roy Thomson Hall Toronto, Canada 1982 2,812 Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall London, England      
Royal Festival Hall London, England      
Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, Florida 1983 2,180 The Florida Orchestra
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Santa Cruz, California      
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, New York   5,000 covered seats; 30,000 on lawn Philadelphia Orchestra, New York City Ballet (summer homes)  
Severance Hall Cleveland, Ohio 1931 2,100 Cleveland Orchestra
Shiroishi Concert Hall Shiroishi, Miyagi, Japan      
Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville, Tennessee 2006 1,900 Nashville Symphony
Shoreline Amphitheater Mountain View, California      
Silva Concert Hall Eugene, Oregon      
Spivey Hall Morrow, Georgia 1991 392  
St David's Hall Cardiff, Wales      
Stockholm Concert Hall Stockholm, Sweden 1926 1,770 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Nobel Prizes
Music Center at Strathmore Bethesda, Maryland 2005 1,976 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (second home)
Suntory Hall[9] Tokyo, Japan 1986 2,006  
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Sydney, Australia 1973 2,679 Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall Birmingham, England 2001 2,266 Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts 1900 2,625 Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall Springfield, Massachusetts 1912 2,611 Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Space New York City, New York      
Tanglewood Stockbridge, Massachusetts 1940   Boston Symphony Orchestra (in summer)
Teatro Monumental Madrid, Spain      
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Tokyo, Japan 1961 2,303  
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Concert Hall[10] Tokyo, Japan 1990 1,999  
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall[11] Tokyo, Japan 1997 1,632  
Tonhalle Zurich, Switzerland 1895 1,455 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Town Hall New York City, New York      
Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland 1914 2,900  
Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, California 2003 2,265 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Whitney Hall, The Kentucky Center Louisville, Kentucky 1983 2,406 Louisville Orchestra
Wiener Konzerthaus Vienna, Austria 1913 1,840 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wigmore Hall London, England 1901 554 None
Winspear Centre Edmonton, Alberta 1997 1,916 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall Atlanta, Georgia 1985 1,762 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yokohama Minatomirai Hall Yokohama, Japan   2,020  
Theatre Royal Waterford, Ireland 1832 500, but being expanded  
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center Philadelphia, PA 2001 2,500 Philadelphia Orchestra

Industry associations

  • International Association of Assembly Managers [12]
  • World Council for Venue Management [13]

See also