Royal Festival Hall [London]
type: Item
label: Royal Festival Hall
description: theatre building, United Kingdom
description: bouwwerk in Londen @nl
alternative label: Festival Hall
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 133646
Wikidata source: Q647390
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.1168 51.5058)
Web: royal-festival-hall
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2518
city section: Lambeth
opening date: 1951-05-03T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q1060829
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q189092
Carthalia ID: 1132
Note: Concert hall, built 1949-1951 by Sir Robert H. Matthews and Leslie Martin with E. Williams and Peter Moro (acoustics consultants: Hope Bagenal with H. R. Humphreys, P. H. Parkin, and W. A. Allen) as a contribution of the London County Council to the Festival of Britain 1951. Opened 1951 with a concert of British music, attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The concert hall can be converted into a theatre by erecting a proscenium arch. 1954 installation of the Festival Hall Organ by Ralph Downes. 1964 installation of an assisted resonance system. Home to the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Used for symphonic concerts, and jazz, rock, dance, and world music performances. Operated as part of Southbank Centre. 2909 seats.