Concert hall in Vienna, Austria

1. Wiener Musikverein
PRESENTED BY: THEJASETUO SOTE

2. The Wiener Musikverein commonly shortened to Musikverein, is a
concert hall in Vienna, Austria. It is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic
orchestra.
The "Great Hall", due to its highly regarded acoustics, is considered
among one of the finest concert halls in the world, along with Berlin's
Konzerthaus, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boston's Symphony
Hall. With the exception of Boston Symphony Hall, none of these halls
was built in the modern era with the application of architectural
acoustics, and all share a long, tall, and narrow shoebox shape.
Concertgebouw Boston Symphony Hall
Konzerthaus

3. •Concert is held in “the Great Hall” .
•The hall has 1744 seats and standing room for 300 more and
• It is about 49 m long and 19 m wide and 18 m high.

4. •Building itself is a
neoclassical masterpiece built
in the 1870 on the land
provided by the Austrian
Emperor Franz Joseph I.
•The plans were designed by
Danish architect Theophil
Hansen in the Neoclassical style
of an ancient Greek temple,
including a concert hall and a
smaller chamber music hall.
The building was inaugurated
on 6 January 1870.

5. •The Great Hall's lively acoustics are primarily
based on Hansen's intuition, as he could not
rely on any studies on architectural acoustics.
•The room's rectangular shape and
proportions, its boxes and sculptures allow
early and numerous sound reflections.

6. The walls and the ceiling are
rhythmically arranged, forms and
colours enter into an interesting
interplay.
The ceiling paintings by August
Eisenmenger – Apollo and the
nine Muses– create a dynamic
counterpoint to the dominant
golden tone of the hall.

8. Foyer

9. Except the Great Hall that is also called Golden Hall, Musikverein has four more
halls named after materials glass, metal, stone, and wood respectively and the
second biggest hall named after composer Johannes Brahms.

10. Goldener Saal (Golden Hall)

11. Brahmssaal (Johannes Brahms Hall)

12. Gläserner Saal (Glass)

13. Metallener Saal (Metal Hall)

14. Steinerner Saal (Stone Hall)

15. Hölzerner Saal (Wood Hall)

16. Theophil Hansen (1813-1891)
Theophil Hansen went enthusiastically to
work on the commission. Hansen was not
only one of the most important
representatives of historicist architecture in
Vienna but also one of the most thorough
exponents of buildings as complete works of
art: by marshalling all ornamental, chromatic
and figurative opportunities to create a
unified design, he aimed at the aesthetic
harmonisation of both interior and exterior
designs. In the case of the Musikverein, his
efforts met with exemplary success.

17. Seating store
•Enthusiastically praised by many, and described
as unparalleled by some, the excellent acoustics
of the Großer Musikvereinssaal are the result of
the interplay between many diverse factors.
• Theophil Hansen was a renowned architect, yet
was by no means an acoustics specialist in the
modern sense. The design of spatial acoustics in
the 19th century was entirely different to that of
the present day.
•Hansen planned and described the desired sound with words rather than design principles,
relying upon past experience and continuity with tradition.
•A space that is known to contribute greatly to this phenomenon can be found beneath the
Golden Hall itself.
• Originally designed by Hansen to function as a seating storage space, it is transformed in its
empty state into a resonating space that benefits the hall above.

18. Watching this traditional concert of
classical music in the morning of New
Year's Day became the ritual for
millions of families across the globe. It
is broadcasted live in almost 100
countries. Because of the high
demands for the tickets, it is necessary
to register one year in advance to be
able to take part in the lottery for the
tickets for the following year.
Since 2001, the building has been
undergoing renovation, and several
new rehearsal halls have been installed
in the basement.