Rebecca Maloney
Americas Press Office ,Boston
The opening of this concert hall represents a nine year relationship with the City of Wrocław in the development of this landmark performing arts facility.
The National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland celebrated its grand opening on 4 September. The multi-venue facility includes an 1,800-seat concert hall; three chamber halls intended for chamber orchestra, chamber music, pop, and jazz performances; and spaces for the facility’s ten resident companies and seven resident festivals.
Arup provided pre-design planning, auditorium design, theatre consulting, acoustic consulting, and theatre technical systems design services as part of the specialist client advisory services. Pre-design planning services included visioning of the facility, programming, feasibility consulting, cost consulting, operations and business case consulting, and architectural competition support around core services in the area of designing for the performing arts.
“The National Forum of Music has been a decade in the making and we are ecstatic the opening date is here. Arup’s support, advice, global experience, and multidisciplinary skillset were indispensable throughout development. We chose them for the amazing track record they have in concert hall design around the world and they’ve really delivered a fantastic facility for us. They’ve been a great partner in this project.
- Dr. Andrzej Kosendiak, CEO of the National Forum of Music.
The National Forum of Music is the new home to several resident orchestra and ensembles including the National Forum of Music Orchestra, the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, the Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra, the Lutoslawski Quartet, and the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir. In addition to the Wratislavia Cantans Festival, it will also host other internationally recognised festivals such as Musica Polonica Nova, Musica Electronica Nova, Leo Festival, Jazztopad, and Forum Musicum, as well as hosting performances by major touring ensembles and orchestras.