The Stockholm Concert Hall ( sv, Stockholms konserthus) is the main hall for orchestral music in
Stockholm
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,
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With a design by
Ivar Tengbom
Ivar Justus Tengbom (April 7, 1878 – August 6, 1968) was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s.
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chosen in competition, inaugurated in 1926, the Hall is home to the
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. It is also where the awarding ceremonies for the
Nobel Prize and the
Polar Music Prize are held annually. The interior includes work by
Ewald Dahlskog, and the walls and ceiling in the minor hall, now known as Grünewald Hall, were painted by
Isaac Grünewald
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. The exterior is the site of sculptor
Carl Milles' 1936 bronze fountain, the Orfeus-brunnen ("the Orpheus Well").
The blue building lies to the east of
Hötorget.
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concerts by famous artists have taken place at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Construction of the concert hall was funded in part by a testamentary donation from
Rosa Nachmanson
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.
Gallery
File:Konserthuset.jpg, Stockholm Concert Hall in 1926
File:Konserthuset dec 2010.jpg, Stockholm Concert Hall in 2010
File:Milles Orfeus 2008a.jpg, Carl Milles, Orfeus-brunnen
See also
*
List of concert halls
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This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
References
External links
Official homepage
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Buildings and structures in Stockholm
Concert halls in Sweden
Music in Stockholm
Nobel Prize
Tourist attractions in Stockholm
1926 establishments in Sweden
Music venues completed in 1926