Former names | Berkshire Music Center |
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Address | 297 West Street, Lenox, Massachusetts, United States |
Location | Lenox, Massachusetts, United States |
Coordinates | 42°20′57″N 73°18′36″W / 42.34917°N 73.31000°W |
Owner | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
Capacity | Koussevitzky Music Shed: 5,700 Seiji Ozawa Hall: 1,200 |
Construction | |
Built | 1937–1938 |
Opened | August 4, 1938 |
Renovated | 1959 |
Tenants | |
Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus Tanglewood Music Festival Tanglewood Music Center Tanglewood Learning Center Boston University Tanglewood Institute | |
Website | |
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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.