Concert hall acoustics: Interview at Arup Acoustics' SoundLab

With an eclectic programming ethos, and some of the finest acoustics in the Netherlands, the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ is about as adaptable as it’s possible for a modern concert hall to be.

When the idea of a new concert hall for Amsterdam was hatched in 1881, the omens were not good. But the Concertgebouw is now at the heart of Amsterdam’s culture, with its acoustic considered one of the very best in the world.

What makes Suntory Hall, Disney Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie and 28 others sound the way they do? The work of Yasuhisa Toyota and Nagata Acoustics. We learn more...

The architect of Hungary's National Concert Hall tells the story of the hall, its distinctive features and about his plans for the future.

The Toronto-born composer talks about new work Romanza for piano and orchestra, theatricality in music, taking influences from psychology, and the effect on his music of working for the United Nations.

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Jonathan Payn talks about The Green Table by Kurt Jooss, first performed in Paris in 1932 – and how choreography can respond to political collapse and the threat of war.