Auditorium Parco della Musica is a public music complex in
Rome
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, Italy, with three concert halls and an outdoor theater in a park setting. It was designed by Italian architect
Renzo Piano.
Jürgen Reinhold of Müller-BBM was in charge of acoustics for the halls; Franco Zagari was landscape architect for the outdoor spaces. Parco della Musica lies with the
Foro Italico
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in the north area of Rome's ancient center, and is home to most of the facilities of the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
The halls are: ''Sala Santa Cecilia'', with about 2800 seats; ''Sala Sinopoli'', in memory of conductor
Giuseppe Sinopoli, seating about 1200 people; and ''Sala Petrassi'', in memory of
Goffredo Petrassi, with 700 seats. Structurally separated for sound-proofing, they are nonetheless joined at the base by a continuous lobby. Their outer
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External appearance
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has led to nicknames such as “the blobs,” “the beetles,” “the turtles” and “the computer mouses”.
) The outdoor theater, called the ''Cavea'', recalls ancient Greek or Roman performance spaces
and is fan-shaped around a central
piazza
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.
During construction, excavations uncovered the foundations of a villa and an oil-press dating from the sixth century BC.
Renzo Piano then adjusted his design scheme to accommodate the archaeological remains and included a small museum to house artifacts discovered, delaying the project's completion by a year.
Parco della Musica was inaugurated on 21 December 2002. Within a few years it became Europe's most-visited music facility.
Il Messaggero, May 24th, 2011
/ref> In 2014, it had over two million visitors, making it the second-most-visited cultural music venue in the world, after Lincoln Center
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in New York.
Gallery
File:Sala Santa Cecilia interior.JPG, Sala Santa Cecilia.
File:Sala Sinopoli del Parco della Musica.JPG, Sala Sinopoli.
File:Sala Petrassi.JPG, Sala Petrassi.
File:Parco della musica.jpg, Panoramic view of Parco Della Musica.
References
External links
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Information about Auditorium
2002 establishments in Italy
Buildings and structures in Rome
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Concert halls in Italy
Music venues completed in 2002
Music venues in Italy
Renzo Piano buildings
Rome Q. II Parioli
Theatres in Rome
Theatres completed in 2002
Tourist attractions in Rome
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