Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

It is quite a surprising fact that Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, with the amount of respect and popularity it commands among the opera lovers in Tokyo, does not have an opera house to boast of. However Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall draws its reputation from the encouragement it gives to innovations in music. Other than a Concert Hall which is dedicated to the famous composer Takemitsu Toru, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall also has a Recital Hall and Rehearsal Room.

The Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is dedicated to late Takemitsu Toru (1930-96), who was the artistic director of Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation. He had helped in the growth of Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall with invaluable suggestions. The concert hall turned operational in September 1997 with J. S. Bach's Saint Mathew's Passion performed by Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra.

The concert hall has been most innovatively designed to make it a fully acoustic hall. The ceiling of the hall is shaped in a shoe-box style with pyramidical ceiling. The interior of the hall is completely wooden and the carefully configured lighting enhances the calm ambience of the hall.

The concert hall has a seating capacity of 1632 people.

The Recital Hall

The Recital Hall is also shaped in the form of a shoe-box style. The acoustic quality of the hall is remarkable and favors solo recitals and chamber music performances. The seating capacity of the hall is 286 people and it also has three dressing hall. The area of the hall is 13.8m(w) x 19.6m(d).

Rehearsal Room

Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall has two rehearsal rooms-
  -   Large Rehearsal Room
  -   Small Rehearsal Room

Large Rehearsal Room

The large rehearsal room has been made to suit rehearsals of chorus, ballet performances and drama. One of the mirrors of the room is covered with mirrors and there is also a bar. Also present in the room are a relaxing room and couple of locker rooms. The area of the large rehearsal room is 270 mts sq.

Small Rehearsal Room

The area of the Small Rehearsal Room is only 86 mts sq. The room is ideal for rehearsal of small ensemble.

Address of Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall is

Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation,
3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,
163-1403 JAPAN.

The nearest train station is Hatsudai station on the Keio-shinsen. The nearest landmark to the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall is Park Hyatt Tokyo.

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