Tanglewood

Tanglewood Music Center
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Former namesBerkshire Music Center
Address297 West Street, Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
LocationLenox, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°20′57″N 73°18′36″W / 42.34917°N 73.31000°W / 42.34917; -73.31000
OwnerBoston Symphony Orchestra
CapacityKoussevitzky Music Shed: 5,700
Seiji Ozawa Hall: 1,200
Construction
Built1937–1938
OpenedAugust 4, 1938
Renovated1959
Tenants
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Tanglewood Music Festival
Tanglewood Music Center
Tanglewood Learning Center
Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Website
www.tanglewood.org

Tanglewood is a music venue and festival in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. It has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. Tanglewood is also home to three music schools: the Tanglewood Music Center, Tanglewood Learning Center, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Besides classical music, Tanglewood hosts the Festival of Contemporary Music, jazz and popular artists, concerts, and frequent appearances by James Taylor, John Williams, and the Boston Pops.