- Philharmonie Luxembourg
The Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte Concert Hall ( _fr. Salle de Concerts Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte), known more usually as the Philharmonie Luxembourg, is a
concert hall inLuxembourg City , in southernLuxembourg . The hall is located in the Kirchberg quarter, in the north-east of the city. Its principal tenant is Luxembourg's nationalorchestra , theLuxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra .Designed by French
Pritzker Prize -winnerChristian de Portzamparc , the building is in the shape of an oval, and its external appearance is provided by acolonnade screen formed by 823steel column s. Stretching 126 metres (384 ft) at maximum length, and 109 at maximum width, the building dominates the "Place de l'Europe". The building cost €113,500,000, and is owned by Luxembourg's Ministry for Public Works.Structurae | id = s0016911 | title=Philharmonie Luxembourg (2005) | accessdate=2006-12-10] The grandauditorium has a maximum capacity of 1,506 seats, but the standard capacity is set at 1,226.fr icon cite web | url=http://www.kirchbergonline.lu/mmp/online/website/content/24/38/index_FR.html | title=Salle de Concerts Grande-Duchesse Joséphine Charlotte | year= | publisher=Kirchberg Online | accessdate=2006-12-10] Even at that reduced size, the auditorium is large for a city with a population of under 80,000. Two further halls, with capacities of 302 and 120 people, increase the capacity of the site further.The Philharmonie
concert organ was constructed and installed by the Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt. Thepipe organ features 4 manuals plus 2.5octave pedalboard , 81 registers, and 6738 pipes. [cite web | author= | title=The Organ | url=http://www.philharmonie.lu/en/philharmonie/orgel.php?PHPSESSID=14443e2659589cb93f2ded1abdf8c25c | publisher=Philharmonie Luxembourg | date= | accessdate=2007-08-17]The Philharmonie Luxembourg is one of a series of major public cultural centres built by the Luxembourgian government in recent years. The project was launched in
1995 , the year in which Luxembourg City was last European City of Culture, with a view to it being completed by the time Luxembourg would hold the honour (which, unknown at the time, it will in2007 ). [cite web |url=http://www.philharmonie.lu/en/philharmonie/rede_minister.php |title=Opening Speech, François Biltgen |accessdate=2006-12-10 |year= |publisher=Philharmonie Luxembourg ] The building was inaugurated on26 June 2005 , as a culmination of Luxembourg's six-monthpresidency of the Council of the European Union .It is named for Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte, the consort of former Grand Duke Jean. Joséphine-Charlotte died on
10 January 2005 : five months before the concert hall's grand opening.ee also
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List of concert halls Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.philharmonie.lu/ Philharmonie Luxembourg official website]
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