Concert halls and formats in Germany
To mark the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the German Music Information Center (MIZ) is shedding light on the topic of "concert halls in Germany" - and German music academies are presenting alternatives to traditional concert formats.
At the heart of the MIZ's offering is a specialist article that asks what social significance concert halls have and what buildings and concepts are needed to make culture accessible to broad sections of the population. The organizational and management structures on which concert halls are based will be examined, as well as the question of location, their programming and artistic orientation.
In addition, the MIZ website offers detailed information on the infrastructure of the German concert hall landscape, for example on sponsors, operating forms and management structures of the individual houses, on their content orientation and performance operations as well as on hall capacities and historical facts. The new service can be accessed here
Meanwhile, the German music academies have joined forces for a special concert series: Under the artistic direction of Sebastian Nordmann, artistic director of the Konzerthaus Berlin, the students developed site-specific productions for the Konzerthaus, the Musikinstrumenten-Museum and for the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin. Their aim is to show how to respond to changes in listening behavior and new performance practices - concert schedules and performed repertoire.
