Almost 200 years ago, the musician Franz Liszt was born in the small
community of Raiding in Burgenland. The hall, which was designed
specifically for Liszt’s music, can accommodate 600 concertgoers. The
minimalist building is hidden behind the walls and trees of a small
park. Its radiant white skin is a modest reference to the local
rendered facades. Five-centimetre-thick sheets of acrylic glazing
transform the foyer into what resembles an outsize aquarium. The
curvature of the wooden cassette lining to the auditorium is scarcely
noticeable. This extremely modern interpretation of the ornamentation
found in Baroque halls for chamber music ensures a »resonance volume«
with optimum acoustics and thus perfect conditions for the music of
Franz Liszt.
Architects: Atelier Kempe Thill, Rotterdam
Directed by: Peter Popp
Interview by: Sabine Drey
Language: German with English subtitles; Runtime: 9 min.
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