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Berliner Philharmonie
German concert hall / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Berliner Philharmonie (German: [bɛʁˌliːnɐ fɪlhaʁmoˈniː] ⓘ) is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Type | Concert hall |
Location | Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany |
Address | Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin |
Coordinates | 52°30′36″N 013°22′12″E |
Construction started | 1960 |
Completed | 1963 |
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The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is on Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The building forms part of the Kulturforum complex of cultural institutions close to Potsdamer Platz.
The Philharmonie consists of two venues, the Grand Hall (Großer Saal) with 2,440 seats and the Chamber Music Hall (Kammermusiksaal) with 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller hall was opened in the 1980s, some twenty years after the main building.