National Auditorium of Music
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The Auditorio Nacional de Música (National Auditorium of Music) is a complex of concert venues located in Madrid
, Spain
and the main concert hall in the Madrid metropolitan area
. It comprises two main concert rooms: a symphonic hall and a chamber music hall.
, although it is also the main venue for the symphonic concerts of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid and the Community of Madrid Orchestra
.
The Auditorio Nacional is the main venue for guest orchestras performing in Madrid.
The smaller hall is the Sala de Cámara (Chamber Hall). This hall has 692 seats.
The Auditorio also has a small Sala General del Coro (General Choir Hall), with 208 seats, and several rehearsal and practice rooms.
and other theatres in Madrid.
The building was designed by the architect José María García de Paredes, and built as part of the Programa Nacional de Auditorios (National Auditoriums Program).
The Auditorio Nacional was inaugurated on October 21, 1988.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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and the main concert hall in the Madrid metropolitan area
Madrid metropolitan area
The Madrid Metropolitan Area comprises the city of Madridand forty surrounding municipalities. It has a populationof slightly more than 6.4 million people and covers an areaof 4.609,7 km²...
. It comprises two main concert rooms: a symphonic hall and a chamber music hall.
Resident artists
The resident orchestra at Auditorio Nacional is the Orquesta Nacional de EspañaOrquesta Nacional de España
The Orquesta Nacional de España is a symphonic orchestra based in Madrid, Spain.-History:Although working since in 1937 during the Spanish civil war, the orchestra was legally founded in 1940, by the merging of the Perez Casas' Filarmónica and the Orquesta Sinfónica of Arbós...
, although it is also the main venue for the symphonic concerts of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid and the Community of Madrid Orchestra
Community of Madrid Orchestra
The Community of Madrid Orchestra , founded in 1987, is a symphony orchestra in Madrid, Spain. The orchestra is the resident orchestra at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and performs its concert programs at the Auditorio Nacional de Música....
.
The Auditorio Nacional is the main venue for guest orchestras performing in Madrid.
Facilities
The Auditorio’s main concert hall is the Sala Sinfónica (Symphonic Hall) which seats 2324. The seats in the Main Hall are situated around the concert stage, following the tradition of the modern European concert halls, in the "vineyard configuration”. The hall also houses a large pipe organ.The smaller hall is the Sala de Cámara (Chamber Hall). This hall has 692 seats.
The Auditorio also has a small Sala General del Coro (General Choir Hall), with 208 seats, and several rehearsal and practice rooms.
History
Before the construction of the Auditorio, Madrid did not have a proper and modern concert hall, and symphonic concerts usually happened at the Teatro RealTeatro Real
The Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:...
and other theatres in Madrid.
The building was designed by the architect José María García de Paredes, and built as part of the Programa Nacional de Auditorios (National Auditoriums Program).
The Auditorio Nacional was inaugurated on October 21, 1988.
See also
- Madrid Symphony OrchestraMadrid Symphony OrchestraThe Madrid Symphony Orchestra , founded in 1903, is the oldest existing Spanish symphony orchestra not linked to an opera house in Spain.-History:...
- Community of Madrid OrchestraCommunity of Madrid OrchestraThe Community of Madrid Orchestra , founded in 1987, is a symphony orchestra in Madrid, Spain. The orchestra is the resident orchestra at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and performs its concert programs at the Auditorio Nacional de Música....
- Spanish National Orchestra
- RTVE Symphony OrchestraRTVE Symphony OrchestraThe RTVE Symphony Orchestra , also known as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra is a Spanish radio orchestra servicing RTVE, the Spanish national broadcasting network....
- Queen Sofía Chamber OrchestraQueen Sofía Chamber OrchestraThe Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra , founded in 1984, is a professional chamber orchestra based in Madrid, Spain.- History :...
- Teatro RealTeatro RealThe Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:...
- Teatro MonumentalTeatro MonumentalThe Teatro Monumental is a concert hall in Madrid. The theatre, designed by Teodoro Anasagasti Algan, was built between 1922 and 1923 as a movie theatre and later was transformed to house symphonic concerts....
- ZarzuelaZarzuelaZarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...