Sunday, September 02, 2007

Uppsala meets Concert Hall

After about a hundred years of debate, the city of Uppsala finally has its own concert hall. It´s been a long road, and many people have been opposed to the project, but now it´s there. An impressive structure, perhaps not beautiful, but striking. The large auditorium, with more than 1100 seats, is surrounded by a lobby with an incredible view of the city.
Unlike our neighbouring cities, Uppsala hasn´t had a venue built specifically for concerts, and visiting and local musicians have been referred to either a gym hall or the university aula. The later is really elegant, but more suited for ceremonies or lectures than music. Being so, it should interest anyone to experience their musical flavour in the new hall.
I hear the whole thing cost about €70 million. Money well spent.

3 comments:

Martin Gumucio said...

Very nice pic bro. Can´t wait to visit it myself...

Unknown said...

Qué bonito quedó. Es muy elegante, casi como el Teatro Municipal aquí en Santiago. Lo que más me gusta es que se vea la catedral desde el interior del edificio. Ojalá pedas hacer un concierto con tu grupo allí.

Svunnig said...

Ser väldans trevligt ut. Mycket mer estetiskt tilltalande än Gävles motsvarigheten äks. "Konservhuset".