The Montreal Symphony House (french: Maison symphonique de Montréal) is a concert hall in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. The Montreal Symphony House is located at the corner of
de Maisonneuve Boulevard West and
Saint Urbain Street
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, on the northeastern esplanade of
Place des Arts
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in the
Quartier des Spectacles.
Construction began in May 2009 and the concert hall was inaugurated September 7, 2011. Initial plans were to name the 1,900-seat venue "Adresse symphonique", however the Quebec government announced on opening day that the hall would be the "Maison symphonique".
The hall is home to the
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (french: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, or OSM) is a Canadian symphony orchestra based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The orchestra’s home is the Montreal Symphony House at Place des Arts. It is the only orche ...
, the
Metropolitan Orchestra,
I Musici de Montreal
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,
Les Violons du Roy
Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, Quebec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts, the Montreal ...
and other classical music ensembles.
On May 24, 2014, the hall inaugurated a $4,000,000 organ (op.3900) by
Casavant Frères
Casavant Frères is a Canadian organ building company in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which has been building pipe organs since 1879. As of 2014, the company has produced more than 3,900 organs.
Company history
Brothers Joseph-Claver (1855–1933 ...
. The four manual, 83 rank work contains 6,489 pipes.
The instrument was a gift of Jacqueline Desmarais in memory of her husband, financier
Paul Desmarais
Paul Desmarais Sr. (January 4, 1927 – October 8, 2013) was a Canadian financier and philanthropist, based in Montreal. With an estimated family net worth of US$4.5 billion (as of March 2012), Desmarais was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the fou ...
.
[
In 2014, SNC-Lavalin sold its concession rights in a deal worth some $77.6 million. SNC will continue to operate and maintain services for the owner, ]IA Financial Group
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, until 2038.
See also
*List of concert halls
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
References
External links
Site du Gouvernement du Québec
Concert halls in Canada
Music venues in Montreal
Music venues completed in 2011
Quartier des spectacles
Public–private partnership projects in Canada
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