The Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr is a

music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Bri ...

for classical music. It is located in

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

, Germany. It was opened on 28 October 2016. The building consists of three parts: an auditorium holding up to 1026 people, the entrance area in the middle (which is in the

desacralized Deconsecration, also called secularization, is the act of removing a religious blessing from something that had been previously consecration, consecrated by a minister or priest of that religion. The practice is usually performed on churches or s ...

church of St. Marien), and a second hall which holds an audience of up to 250 people. The big hall is designed for

symphonic A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...

concerts, the smaller one for

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

The hall is the home location of the ''

Bochumer Symphoniker The Bochumer Symphoniker is a German orchestra based in Bochum. Its primary residence is the Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr. History The orchestra was founded in 1918 originally as the Städtisches Orchester Bochum , at the same time as the B ...

'' orchestra. The decision to build the Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr was made with considerable backing from the American composer,

Steven Sloane Steven Sloane (born 1958) is an Israeli-American conductor. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Sloane developed an interest in conducting at age 16. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in music. Se ...

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''Bochumer Symphoniker Orchestra''
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Concert halls in Germany Bochum Event venues established in 2016 Tourist attractions in North Rhine-Westphalia Music venues in Germany Music venues completed in 2016 2016 establishments in Germany Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia Buildings and structures in Bochum {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub