Turku Concert Hall (, ) is located on the north side of the Puutori market square in

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

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. The hall was designed by architect

Risto-Veikko Luukkonen Risto-Veikko Luukkonen (25 June 1902, Mikkeli – 7 September 1972, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect. He is best known for designing the Töölö Sports Hall and the Olympia Terminal in Helsinki together with Aarne Hytönen, both of which are li ...

and constructed in 1952. It was the first concert hall in Finland. The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra primarily performs at the concert hall but there are many top international venues that perform there as well. There is one

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in the building and it was designed for concerts. Its audience capacity is 1,002. The

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are excellent. In addition to concerts, conferences, plays, fairs and other events take place in the hall.

External links

Meet Turku: Turku Concert Hall

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra & Turku Concert Hall
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