Tivoli Concert Hall ( da, Tivolis Koncertsal) is a 1,660-capacity concert hall at
Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klam ...
in
Copenhagen
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Denmark
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. The building, which was designed by
Frits Schlegel and
Hans Hansen, was built between 1954 and 1956. The concert hall is used for classical music (e.g.
Tivoli Symphony Orchestra), Broadway musicals, and jazz musicians.
History
The hall used to host pop and rock concerts. Notable artists that have performed at the venue include
The Grateful Dead
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,
Country Joe and the Fish,
Ike & Tina Turner
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,
Elton John,
Procol Harum
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,
Saga,
Uriah Heep,
Cream
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,
Jerry Lee Lewis
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,
Jethro Tull and
Norah Jones
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. Today it is mostly used for classical, acoustic, and jazz music. The
Eurovision Song Contest 1964
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was broadcast from the auditorium.
The first concert hall
The first concert hall in Tivoli Gardens opened in 1843. It was expanded in 1873 and is the building now known as the
Glass Hall.
Hans Christian Lumbye
Hans Christian Lumbye (; 2 May 1810 – 20 March 1874) was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things.
Beginnings
As a child, he studied music in Randers and Odense, and by age 14 he was playing the trumpet in a ...
was music director and chief conductor from 1843 until 1872. He wrote almost 700 compositions for the orchestra, especially
polkas,
valse
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History
There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wal ...
s and
galop
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s.
The 1902 concert hall
![Kbh-museum-64616-original](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Kbh-museum-64616-original.jpg)
A new concert hall was built in "Moorish style" in 1902. The building was designed by
Knud Arne Petersen and
Richard Bergmann
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.
The current building
![Tivoli - Koncertsalen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Tivoli_-_Koncertsalen.jpg)
The concert hall was destroyed when Tivoli Gardens was hit by
schalburgtage
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on the night between 24 and 25 June 1944. The concert hall was rebuilt to a new, Modernist design by
Frits Schlegel and Hans Hansen.
In 2005 the concert hall saw a major renovation and extension by
3XN
3XN is a Danish architectural practice with head office in Copenhagen.
History
The company was founded in Århus in 1986 as Nielsen, Nielsen & Nielsen (later 3 X Nielsen) by Kim Herforth Nielsen, Lars Frank Nielsen and Hans Peter Svendler Nielse ...
where the classical 1950s style of the main
auditorium
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—including a characteristic color scheme of red, blue, yellow and green—was restored, while visitor facilities were upgraded and expanded.
Use
Classical music
Until 2009, the Orchestra was based in the Tivoli Concert Hall. Since then the
Copenhagen Philharmonic The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra ( Danish: Sjællands Symfoniorkester), also known as the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, is a Danish symphony orchestra which both serves as Danish Regional Orchestra for the region of Zealand and, for the summer s ...
has been based at the former
Danmarks Radio
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concert hall, which is now the concert hall of the
Royal Danish Academy of Music. During the summer season, while the Tivoli Gardens are open, the orchestra continues to perform in the Tivoli Concert Hall under the name ''Tivoli Symphony Orchestra''.
Musicals
* 2010–11: ''Elsk mig i nat''
* 2010–11: ''
Mamma Mia!''
* 2012: ''
Grease''
* 2014: ''Grease''
* 2014: ''Hodja Fra Pjort''
* 2015: ''
Dirty Dancing
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''
* 2016: ''
Hairspray
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* 2017. ''
Spamalot
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Like the motion pictu ...
''
* 2017: ''
Elf
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* 2018: ''Kærlighed ved første hik - the musical''
Jazz music
On several occasions, jazz recording artists performed at the venue.
See also
*
Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klam ...
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List of concert halls in Denmark
References
External links
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Concert halls in Copenhagen
Buildings and structures completed in 1956
Modernist architecture in Copenhagen
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