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Musikhuset Aarhus

Musikhuset Aarhus is a large concert hall complex in Aarhus, Denmark. Located in the city centre, Musikhuset is Aarhus' main venue for music and with seating for more than 3,600 people in total, it is the largest concert hall in Scandinavia. Musikhuset Aarhus was designed by Kjær & Richter and built in 1979–1982, commissioned by Aarhus Municipality.

The building complex
All in all, Musikhuset comprise six concert halls, nine stages and hosts more than 1,500 events every year for an audience close to half a million people. Musikhuset is built and equipped to also allow cultural experiences of a high quality for wheelchair users, the blind and people with hearing or vision impairments. A lofty 2,000 m2 foyer with glass facades on three sides, leads into an anteroom and then into the main auditorium of Store Sal (Large Hall). The foyer occasionally hosts shows, concerts, exhibitions and business arrangements and can house up to 1,000 standing guest or 700 seated. It is home to café and restaurant "johan r.", named after Johan Richter, the concert halls original architect. The restaurant has a small scene of its own, arranging about 300 free concerts annually. With its fully equipped stage, the main auditorium is designed for concerts, opera, ballet and musicals, but also large assemblies and meetings are held here and has seating for nearly 1,600 people. In 2011, Danish artist Mogens Gissel redecorated it in "wine red, curry yellow, mouse grey, nut brown, azure blue and pitch black". Musikhuset has four smaller halls, each individually built and equipped to host various genres. The smaller auditorium known as Lille Sal (Small Hall), has seating for 319 people and was originally designed for chamber music specifically. It has been updated with new technology and now also hosts theatre, rhythmic music concerts, conferences and cinema events. Rytmisk Sal (Rhythmic Hall) has seating for 465 people, but can accommodate up to 1,000 standing guests due to a changeable telescopic scene. The hall is known as the Rock 'n' Roll hall of Musikhuset, designed for rhythmic music specifically. Kammermusiksalen (The Chamber Music Hall) is constructed for chamber music, with wooden floors, light colours and a wall-sized window section for sunlight. With seating for 100 guests this hall is also used for meetings, lectures and warm-up events of various kinds. Musikhuset hosts free concerts performed by the music academy students every week. ==Events==
Events
The fourth edition of the Scandinavian children's song contest MGP Nordic was held at the Large Hall on November 29, 2008. == Gallery ==
Gallery
;The building File:Musikhuset (indgang).JPG|Main entrances up close. File:Musikhuset (detalje) 03.jpg|Glass and brick File:Musikhuset (detalje) 01.jpg|Cubist yellow brick facades lined with weathered copper plating File:Musikhuset (bagindgang) 01.jpg|A back entry ;Surroundings File:Musikhusparken 02.JPG|Concert Hall Park File:Musikhusparken2.jpg|Entrypath File:Musikhusparken 03.JPG|Flowers, boxwood and benches File:Musikhusparken 01.JPG|Fountains and flowers File:Århus-Aros.jpg|The amphitheatre. ==Notes and references==
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