Croatian Music Institute ( Croatian : Hrvatski glazbeni zavod , HGZ) is the oldest music institution in Croatia . It is the second most important concert hall in Zagreb after the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall .
12-489: Institution was founded in 1827 as " Musikverein " (English: musical society) and has had different purposes through the years: organizing concerts in its concert hall, founding a music school (today the Zagreb Academy of Music ), publishing the works of Croatian composers etc. According to writing of Večernji list , Croatian Music Institute also makes the oldest known Croatian Community association . The concert hall
24-881: Is a concert hall in Vienna , Austria, which is located in the Innere Stadt district. The building opened in 1870 and is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. The acoustics of the building's 'Great Hall' ( Großer Saal ) have earned it recognition alongside other prominent concert halls, such as the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Symphony Hall in Boston. With
36-400: Is a functionalist style of modern architecture characterised by predominantly rectilinear, orthogonal shapes, with regular horizontal rows of windows or glass walls. Dingbat apartments are an undistinguished shoebox style. The puritan and repetitive shoebox style is seen as a way to low-cost construction. Shoebox style concert halls of rectangular shape are also popular, as opposed to
48-643: Is part of the Vienna Ring Road (Ringstraße). It was erected as the new concert hall run by the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna , on a piece of land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1863. The plans were designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple , including a concert hall and a smaller chamber music hall. The building
60-415: Is serving mainly for solo and chamber music concerts and is known for its outstandingly rich acoustic. Some of the most famous artists thathave performed there include: Franz Liszt , Sviatoslav Richter , David Oistrakh , Mstislav Rostropovich and many others. Croatian Music Institute was founded in 1827 under official name: "Societas filharmonica zagrabiensis", as society of music lovers. Colloquially it
72-769: The building was protected as a "cultural monument" and in 2002, it was declared a Cultural Good of Croatia. It was again damaged in major earthquake that shook Zagreb in 2020 with new reconstruction and restoration works being underway since then. [REDACTED] Media related to Croatian Music Institute at Wikimedia Commons 45°48′44″N 15°58′19″E / 45.812252°N 15.971849°E / 45.812252; 15.971849 Musikverein The Wiener Musikverein ( German: [ˌviːnɐ muˈziːkfɐ̯ˌaɪn] or German: [ˌviːnɐ muˈziːkfəˌʁaɪn] ; German for 'Viennese Music Association'), commonly shortened to Musikverein ,
84-484: The exception of Boston's Symphony Hall, none of these halls was built in the modern era with the application of architectural acoustics, and all share a long, tall and narrow shoebox shape. The Musikverein 's main entrance is situated on Musikvereinsplatz, between Karlsplatz and Bösendorferstraße [ de ] . The building is located behind the Hotel Imperial that fronts on Kärntner Ring, which
96-705: Was called by germanism - Musikverein. Organization held its first concert on April 18 1827. In 1829, it founded its first music school. In 1887, its prominent members, such as Vatroslav Lisinski and Ljudevit Šplajt wrote its first bylaw, which described the organization as "national society which works on versatile promotion of musical art and science". Its music school eventually educated many prominent Croatian musicians, such as: Vatroslav Lisinski , Juraj Karlo Wisner-Morgenstern [ hr ] , Ivan Plemeniti Zajc and Vjekoslav Klaić . Its library, also founded in 1827, holds great value as it stores rare early scores of Croatian composers. In 1876, society moved in what
108-458: Was given there, and it is the venue for the annual Vienna New Year's Concert . The Great Hall's lively acoustics are primarily based on Hansen's intuition, as he could not rely on any studies on architectural acoustics . The room's rectangular shape and proportions, its boxes and sculptures allow early and numerous sound reflections . The Great Hall originally included a historic pipe organ built by Friedrich Ladegast . Its first organ recital
120-558: Was held by Anton Bruckner in 1872. The present-day instrument was originally installed in 1907 by the Austrian firm of Rieger Orgelbau , highly esteemed by musicians such as Franz Schmidt or Marcel Dupré , and rebuilt in 2011. In 2001, a renovation program began. Several new rehearsal halls were installed in the basement. The names of the six halls refer to gold, Johannes Brahms , glass, metal, stone and wood respectively. Shoebox style In architecture , shoebox style
132-682: Was inaugurated on 6 January 1870. A major donor was Nikolaus Dumba , an industrialist and liberal politician of Aromanian Greek - Albanian (Voskopoja) descent, whose name was given by the Austrian government to a small street ( Dumbastraße [ de ] ) near the Musikverein . The Great Hall ( Großer Musikvereinssaal ), also called the Golden Hall ( Goldener Saal ), is about 49 m (161 ft) long, 19 m (62 ft) wide, and 18 m (59 ft) high. It has 1,744 seats and standing room for 300. The Scandal Concert of 1913
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#1732780580834144-543: Was then its own newly built building, in Gundulićeva Street, in Zagreb, where it is still located today. Its archives contain the legacy of many prominent Croatian composers such as: Dora Pejačević , Lovro Matačić etc. Institute's building was severely damaged in 1880 Zagreb earthquake , so prominent architect Herman Bolle conducted restoration works on a staircase leading to the building's concert hall. Since 1989,
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