Category: Art & Culture

The new building of the Elbphilharmonie’s concert hall in Hamburg’s HafenCity quarter is world famous by now, and not just for stage first-class musical performances. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, and proudly situated on the Grasbrook peninsula on the Elbe River, it is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world. It seats over 2000 people in its grand hall, offering a sound acoustic that’s second to none. Attracting big name performers in all music genres from classical music to Jazz, this is a state-of-the-art building with…a state-of-the-art organ! Its constructor Phillip Klais has actually created an organ ‘you can touch’ in the Grand Hall, honouring the idea, that ‘a concert hall is for everyone’. We absolutely love it – a true witness of how modern technology, combined with modern architecture can make music come alive from all centuries for all people (elbphilharmonie.de)