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 young Polish harpsichordist with the Cohaere Ensemble talks about the Early music scene in Poland, her investigations into music of 18th-century Danzig, one of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities.

Renowned Japanese conductor returns to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra to perform unusual music from Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda – an influence on Robert Schumann, who described him as “unique in the world of symphonies”.