CNN.com: As pretty on the eyes as they are dramatic on the ears.
That's how we should appreciate some of the world's concert halls, according to building data company Emporis.
The Hamburg-based company has put together a list of what it's calling the world's most spectacular concert halls.
5 comments:
Playing in such iconic and beautiful venues is surely an unbelievable experience, however I imagine it could take away from the art of the music itself. A building so elaborate and beautiful is sure to compete for attention, tugging the audience's emotions in a rather specific direction. If the music's mood does not complement that of the architecture, the piece's intended meaning is going to be skewed. It would be interesting so see one of these large-scale concerts within a very expressionless piece of architecture, and even more interesting in a ratty, run down shack of a venue.
I very much enjoy when architecture, really takes on a creative aesthetic of its own, not only to serve the functional purpose of the building, but to a work or art in itself. As it relates to theater design, or entertainment design more generally, the architecture of the space that the piece takes place in some times has a dramatic effect on its interpretation, and some shows really take this into account, I sight Ka as an example. These performance halls i think are more suited to being an artistic expression in themselves that a circus show is, that their elegance and beauty can support an orchestral performance more than it can a musical possibly.
I have seen a total of one of these venues, The Disney Concert Hall, and I can say it definitely belongs on this list. The other venues on the list are amazing and I really hope to see a few of them in my lifetime. I think that spectacularly unique venues really add to the experience and make it that much more special. I don't know about the other venues but the Disney Concert Hall is not only beautiful on the outside but just as beautiful on the inside as well as technologically and acoustically advanced.
For the longest time when I was younger I grew up wanting to be an architect. I loved architecture and the different ways that people interpreted buildings. I loved thinking of creative and unique ways to style a building or how to make something more efficient for everyone. I think that these buildings are incredibly unique and very stylistic to where they are located and who designed them. It's always interesting to think about how performing halls always seem to be the most unique buildings of all the other buildings surrounding them.
These buildings are all very architecturally stunning! Similarly to the rest of the people who commented i think that it is quite amazing when I walk into a concert hall and I am completely immersed in the beauty of the building, it sort of takes you into a totally different place. This being said, I am kind of disappointed in this articles lack of attention to how each building makes the best acoustic environment for performers on the stage. When you think about it, the hall can look as beautiful as you want but if it doesn't give the audience something nice to listen to is it really serving it's purpose? Look at the Radio City Music Hall for example, architecturally it looks nothing like any of these amazing halls, BUT if I do so much as drop a pin on that stage you can hear it all the way in the back of the top balcony.
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