Concert hall in Berlin

Berlin’s newest concert hall, the 682-seat Pierre Boulez Saal, designed by architect Frank Gehry and acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota, opened in March. Housed in the former storage building for the sets of the Staatsoper, the hall, with seats surrounding the stage, provides a venue for young musicians from Israel and the Middle East. 

The inaugural season, through July 3, focuses on works of Schubert. Tickets for a number of performances run €15-€55 (near $16-$59) and can be purchased online (boulezsaal.de), by phone (+49 [0] 30 47 99 74 11) or at the box office (Barenboim-Said Akademie, Französische Straße 33D, Berlin), which is open only two hours before any show. 

A guided one-hour tour of the hall and the neighboring music academy costs €10 per person.

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