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Inaugurated in October 1987, the beautiful Casals Hall of Tokyo was named after the famous Pablo Casals. This hall was originally constructed for the performances of small groups of musicians singing and playing instruments together and for chamber music. This hall has a sitting capacity of as many as 511 people. The Casals Hall was constructed by Arata Isozaki. Shaped typically as a shoe-box, it has some awesome balconies situated at the side and the ground of this hall is flat. A variety of popular music players have performed in the Casals Hall and one of the best among them was the Mito Quartet and there was a huge audience that enjoyed the performance here. Some of the other breath taking performances that occurred in Casals Hall were the Steven Isserlis Cello Recital, the Cello Recital by Janos Starker as well as the Cello Master Course by Janos Starker that was performed in the year 1999.
Location
The Casals Hall is located in the region of Chiyod-ku of Tokyo. The address of this hall is 1-6 Kanda Surugadai and the contact number of this place is 03/3294-1229. For any kind of further enquiry you can dial the given number.
The Casals Hall is considered to be one of the fine auditoriums where apart from chamber music, guitar, piano, voice soloists and cello can also be enjoyed to the hearts content. Music is the food for life and what this place gives is just this dream world of pleasant music. One of the major attractions of this hall is the acoustics or the adjustment of sound system of this hall. The ceiling of the Casals Hall is quite high and the walls are vertical and rectangular in shape and this further enhances the adjustment of the sounds. Everyday at sharp 6.30pm the hall opens and the closing hour depends on the particular performance of that day and closes after the completion of the program. French food lovers have a good time here as there is a special French Cuisine serving the people and also a coffee shop which helps in the refreshment of the visitors. Hard drinks and alcohol are usually not served on the premises of the Casals Hall. Thus a visit to the Casals Hall is bound to prove fruitful to the visitors and the music and concerts held in this place are of great quality attracting huge number of people all over.
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