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Casals Forum is the concert hall for chamber music of the Kronberg Academy in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, Germany. Designed by Volker Staab from Berlin, building started in 2017 and the hall opened in 2022. It is named in honour of the cellist Pablo Casals. The complex includes rooms for teaching and practising for the students of the academy. Per the requests from the acoustic engineer, the architect designed the hall in a free form with curved convex and concave walls, to spread the sound widely. The acoustics have been compared to those of the hall of the Curtis Institute of Music and Wigmore Hall in London.

History
The Kronberg Academy, an international educational institution for string players, has been located in Kronberg since 1993. It runs concerts and an annual festival. The Casals Forum was built as a concert venue and study facility for the institution. The Casals Forum will be the new home of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, which is moving from London. The opening was celebrated with a festival of 24 concerts, including students and soloists such as Gidon Kremer, András Schiff and Tabea Zimmermann. Ensembles included the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Kremerata Baltica, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, and Ensemble Resonanz. After the opening, the hall was regarded as a place for highest musical demands ("Ort für höchste musikalische Ansprüche"), and its quality was compared to those of the hall of the Curtis Institute of Music and Wigmore Hall in London. == Building ==
Building
The hall is located next to the , and to the municipal park. It was designed by the Berlin architect Volker Staab, who collaborated with the acoustic engineers Martijn Vercammen and Margriet Lautenbach from the Dutch consultancy Peutz. The main hall seats an audience of 550, the Bechstein hall seats 150, and a study centre is located in an adjacent building. == References ==
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