Grieg Hall

Grieg Hall
General information
Town or city	Bergen
Country	Norway
Coordinates	60°23′19.89″N 5°19′41.57″E / 60.3888583°N 5.3282139°E / 60.3888583; 5.3282139Coordinates: 60°23′19.89″N 5°19′41.57″E / 60.3888583°N 5.3282139°E / 60.3888583; 5.3282139
Completed	1978
Design and construction
Architect	Knud Munk
Other information
Seating capacity	1,500

The Grieg Hall (Norwegian: Grieghallen) is a 1,500 seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway. ^[1]

The hall is named after Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882. It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978. It was designed by the Danish architect Knud Munk.^[2]

Events

The hall is used each year for a series of concerts, ballet and opera performances. It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in mid-winter. The Grieg Hall recording studio is also famous within the black metal community, as several of the more popular Norwegian black metal albums were recorded there, with Pytten as sound technician.

References

External links

• Official website in Norwegian and English

Media related to Grieghallen at Wikimedia Commons