Bing Concert Hall is a performing arts facility at
Stanford University
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that opened in January 2013.
The heart of the building is the oval-shaped
concert hall
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, which has 842 seats arranged in a
vineyard style surrounding the stage in terraces. All the seats are within 75 feet of the conductor, and the seats in the center section begin at the stage level.
On the north side of the central concert hall is the smaller Bing Studio, which can be configured to accommodate a variety of performance types, e.g., cabaret, club, and theater.
The hall is named after the father of
Steve Bing, and the son of
Leo S. Bing, Peter S. Bing (Stanford 1955
) and Helen Bing, notable donors to Stanford who donated the lead gift of $50 million towards its construction
Eventual construction cost was $111.9 million.
Bing Concert Hall was designed by Richard Olcott of
Ennead Architects
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, with the acoustics done by
Yasuhisa Toyota of
Nagata Acoustics
is an international acoustical consultancy firm. In Japan they have been involved in the design of over seventy concert halls, including the Suntory Hall, Sapporo Concert Hall, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Kyoto Concert Hall and Hyogo Perfo ...
, who also worked on
Walt Disney Concert Hall in
Los Angeles, California
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and
New World Symphony in
Miami Beach, Florida
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.
[ This reference includes some more extensive info on the construction as well as many pictures.]
References
Music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford University buildings and structures
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