Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara ( 札幌コンサートホールKitara ) , is a municipal musical venue located in Nakajima Park , Sapporo , established in 1997, the building is owned by Sapporo City, known for having a huge organ built by Alfred Kern & Fils Manufacture D'Orgues in the main music hall. When Simon Rattle visited with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1998, he described the hall as "the best modern concert hall in the world".
6-649: Kitara can refer to: Kitara , the nickname for the Sapporo Concert Hall . Empire of Kitara , a legendary East African empire founded by the Tembuzi dynasty and later ruled by the Chwezi dynasty. Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara , an East African kingdom founded by the Biito dynasty. Kithara (musical instrument) , ancient Greek lyre. Kithara (Harry Partch) ,
12-542: A third-bridge zither created by Harry Partch. Misa Kitara , a guitar-shaped touchpad MIDI controller and musical instrument. Runyakitara , a standardized language in Uganda. Kitara FC , a football club in Bunyoro , Uganda. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kitara . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-680: The building. The arena-style large main hall has a capacity of 28,800 m³, and installs 2,008 seats for audiences. Above the main hall, a huge pipe organ is installed. The organ was manufactured by an organ builder, Alfred Kern & Fils Manufacture D'Orgues based in Strasbourg, France , and annually an exclusive organ player is invited from overseas. Having 4,976 pipes, the pipe organ is modelled after needle leaved trees in Hokkaidō prefecture. The shoebox style small chamber music hall has seating capacity of 453. The restaurant with terrace
24-676: The concert hall. The concert hall is home to the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra , and its regular concert is held in the hall each year. The hall is one of the venues of the Pacific Music Festival (PMF), an event started with the idea of Leonard Bernstein in 1990. The building of the Sapporo Concert Hall houses a large main hall, small chamber music hall, and rehearsal rooms. A restaurant, nursery room, and museum shop are also located in
30-435: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitara&oldid=1214826891 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sapporo Concert Hall The building was built on July 4, 1997. Prior to its construction,
36-619: The nickname for the concert hall "Kitara" had been chosen in March 1995. The nickname is derived from " Kithara ", an ancient Greek musical instrument in the zither family, and also the term "Kita", which means "north" in Japanese. The building area covers 8,383,291 m² in total, the number of floors is 3 above ground and 2 underground, and the Hokkaido Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd is the main builder for
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