Town or city Kanazawa, Ishikawa Completed 2001 Floor area 29,754 m Owner Ishikawa Prefecture | Country Japan Cost ¥ 19, 019 million Opened 2001 Architect Yoshinobu Ashihara | |
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Alternative names Ishikawa Prefectural Concert Hall Address Ishikawa Ongakudō, 20-1 Showamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0856, Japan Similar Kanazawa Forus, Kanazawa Station, Nanatsuya Station, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Kami‑Moroe Station Profiles | ||
Ishikawa Ongakudō (石川県立音楽堂, Ishikawa kenritsu ongakudō) is a concert hall in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 2001 and has two principal performances spaces: the shoebox-style Concert Hall, which seats 1,560; and the Hōgaku Hall, with a capacity of 720, for traditional Japanese music, kabuki, and bunraku. The walls of the main auditorium are finished with urushi. Yoshinobu Ashihara was the architect with acoustic design by Nagata Acoustics, who trialled their concept with a 1:10 scale model. The organ, with sixty-nine stops, is by Karl Schuke. Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa is the resident orchestra.
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