Barcelona Auditorium
Spain - Barcelona - Seville - Valencia - Madrid
The Barcelona Auditorium had been conceived in the 1980s as a part of the process of reshaping the city with new public organizations and projects. The auditorium was a new addition to Barcelona’s landscape as the huge construction was intended to be a part of the city’s cultural scenario. True to its initial purpose, the Barcelona Auditorium continues be an integral part of Barcelona’s entertainment, sharing the major events in the city’s cultural calendar.
The Barcelona Auditorium is a stately construction, standing by the Plaça de les Glòries and thus adding to the importance of importance of the Eixample, an old section of the city. The auditorium is an impressive mansion placed within a grid of streets. Rows of trees fringe the building giving it a serene and charming appearance. Designed by Rafael Moneo, the auditorium offers every element to make a performance a success. The building encloses a large symphonic hall and a multi-purpose hall to accommodate every form of performance or presentation here.
The Barcelona Auditorium is equipped with a world class acoustic arrangement so that the audience here can relish a performance to its fullest. The Symphonic Hall is designed like the classical concert halls to deliver an excellent audio quality. The spacious hall has a large capacity for 2,340 audiences. The hall is designed so that each of the audience can enjoy an equal visibility from any corner of the hall. The 260 square meter stage is suited to any sort of performance as even an orchestra can be accommodated on it.
The multipurpose hall here possesses a large elongated stage of about 334 square meters. With arrangements for nearly 500 guests, the hall has excellent lighting and sound arrangements. A separate Chamber Music Hall is a popular choice for music concerts as the hall provides the perfect acoustics for the type of performance. The auditorium is also the seat of the Catalonia Higher School of Music.
Address: C Lepant, 150, bxs
Eixample
Barcelona 08013