Conventgarten
Address: Neustadter Fuhlentwiete No. 59/62. From 1891: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse 28. 1,100 seats. 1892 Concert Hamburg 12-12-1892. 1894 Concert Hamburg 26-02-1894. 1894 Concert Hamburg 22-10-1894 (piano). 1894 Concert Hamburg 05-11-1894. 1894 Concert Hamburg 19-11-1894 (piano). 1894 Concert Hamburg 03-12-1894 (piano). 1895 Concert Hamburg 21-01-1895. 1895 Concert Hamburg 04-02-1895. 1895 Concert Hamburg 18-02-1895. 1895 Concert Hamburg 11-03-1895. 1905 […]
Stefaniensaal
Musikverein Graz. Congress center, next to Graz’s main square. 697 seats. Year 1905. 1905 Concert Graz 01-06-1905 – Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Kindertotenlieder, Ruckert-Lieder Also: Stephaniensaal The Musikverein was founded in 1815 by a group of Grazer Akademiker – after the k.u.k. Society of music lovers of the Austrian Kaiserstaates in Vienna. The exact start date […]
Neues Opernhaus
1,900 seats. Year 1899. Year 1903. Performances 1899 Concert Frankfurt am Main 08-03-1899 – Symphony No. 1. 1903 Concert Frankfurt am Main 02-12-1903 – Symphony No. 3. The original opera house in Frankfurt is now the Alte Oper (Old Opera), a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated […]
Stadtischer Saalbau
Year 1906. 1,800 seats (main hall). 1906 Concert Essen 27-05-1906 – Symphony No. 6 (Premiere). A first concert and event venue at the same place, the so-called Stadtgartensaal, was already completed in 1864. The initiative to build such a structure, the acquisition of land and the financing, was based on private, civic engagement. In a […]
Building of Arts and Science
Year 1909 1909 Concert The Hague 02-10-1909 – Symphony No. 7 In Dutch: Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschap (K&W, Den Haag, ‘s-Gravenhage). 2,088 seats. Address: Corner of Zwarteweg and Muzenstraat. Opening 02-12-1874 and destroyed by fire on 18-12-1964. Acoustics not perfect. Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO/KCO) for decades had its own concert series (the “Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951)-concerts”) […]
Gurzenich
Year 1904. 1,500 seats (big hall) Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra Concerts 1904 Concert Cologne 27-03-1904 – Symphony No. 3 1904 Concert Cologne 18-10-1904 – Symphony No. 5 (Premiere) The Gürzenich was built on a plot of land that was owned by the aristocratic Gürzenich family, who in the twelfth century erected a mansion here, called ‘Gürzenicher […]
Gray’s Armory
Year 1910. 1910 Concert Cleveland 06-12-1910. 5,000 seats. Grays Armory is a historic building in Cleveland, Ohio. It was built by the Cleveland Grays, a private military company which was founded in 1837. This is one of the oldest standing buildings in downtown Cleveland. Gray’s Armory. Gray’s Armory. Gray’s Armory. Gray’s Armory. 1910. Gray’s Armory. Gray’s […]
Convention Hall
Year 1910. 1910 Concert Buffalo 07-12-1910. 5,000 seats. Demolished. Constructed in 1885 as the home of the 74th Infantry, the armory became vacant in 1899 when the 74th moved into its new home, the Connecticut Street Armory. The city of Buffalo acquired the building and eventually officially named it the Elmwood Music Hall. The Elmwood Music […]
Casino
Year 1890. Hungarian: Kaszinó Nemzeti (National) Casino Budapest V Seats? 1890 Concert Budapest 12-03-1890 (piano) National Casino was an association that was established to promote national public education, public debate and dialogue, and to promote the development of Hungarian society and the country. During the National Casino’s operation, national and patriotic emotions have always been […]
Nepszinhaz
Year 1889. Folk theater, People’s theater, later National theater. Lujza Blaha Square. (Blaha Lujza ter/Nepszinhaz utica 1-3). 2,400 seats. Operated 1875-1908. Demolished 1965. 1889 Concert Budapest 11-12-1889. Nepszinhaz. Nepszinhaz. Nepszinhaz. The National Theater moved into the empty building of the People’s Theatre (Népszínház) on Lujza Blaha Square in 1908. After hosting the theatre for half […]