Open since 2017, this intimate concert hall was designed by Frank Gehry and conceived by Daniel Barenboim as a venue to promote dialogue between cultures through music. The musical line-up spans the arc from classical to jazz, electronic to Arab music, performed by top-flight international artists, students of the affiliated Barenboim-Said Academy as well as the Boulez Ensemble.
Pierre Boulez Saal
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