- 08/11/2010
- 03/01/2021
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Suntory Hall (??泣?潟??????若????若??)?is the most famous concert hall in Tokyo, located in The Ark Hills complex near the U.S. Embassy in the Akasaka district of northern Minato ward. It was constructed in the late 1970s with its concept ???The world???s most beautiful sounds???and opened in October 1986. It is said that it???s the first building to be created solely for music.? Suggestions and advice by world famous conductors and performers were gathered to design the hall. ???The world???s renowned maestro was moved.??? Suntory Hall was deeply associated with the maestro Herbert von Karajan, who recommended the ???vineyard configuration??? for the concert hall. The Main Hall is the great vineyard concert hall whereby the audience surrounds the concert floor with all 2006 seats arranged to face the stage in a terraced design. It makes sounds of music reach all of audience like a shower of sounds. And also, audience can see performers playing forward, backward or from both sides, so that audience and performers can share dynamic acoustic and visual experiences together. The maestro said ???I was deeply moved by the outstanding sounds and circumstances of the hall.???? Suntory Hall makes not only audience but also all performers be satisfied. ???Facilities […]