 The hall on 25 September 2022 | |
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| Location | Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 50°10′51″N 08°30′52″E / 50.18083°N 8.51444°E |
| Capacity | 550 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2017 |
| Opened | 2022 |
| Architect | Volker Staab |
Casals Forum is the concert hall for chamber music of the Kronberg Academy in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, Germany. Designed by Volker Staab from Berlin, building started in 2017 and the hall opened in 2022. It is named in honour of the cellist Pablo Casals. The complex includes rooms for teaching and practising for the students of the academy. Per the requests from the acoustic engineer, the architect designed the hall in a free form with curved convex and concave walls, to spread the sound widely. The acoustics have been compared to those of the hall of the Curtis Institute of Music and Wigmore Hall in London.[1]