Salle De Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Concert hall in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is renowned for its acoustics. More than 450 recordings of prestigious classical music labels have taken place here. Mostly Philips but also Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Auvidis-Valois (see recordings listed through those links). The Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau even said: “From the point of view of sound, the most beautiful piano in the world is in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in a delightful little concert hall. I made my best recordings there”. Rostropovich, Rubinstein, Martha Argerich, Quatuor Vegh, Quartetto Italiano, Beaux-Arts Trio, I Musici and many other played here but it’s also very opened to local artists. Salle de Musique was inaugurated in 1955. It was built next to Théâtre de la Chaux-de-Fonds (which existed since 1837) and both were managed by the foundation Musica Théâtre, La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1953 to June 2004 when it was merged with Association du Théâtre Populaire Romand (who managed a third venue not at the same place in La Chaux-de-Fonds) and became Fondation Arc en Scène. From October 2003, L'Heure Bleue La Chaux De Fonds is the name of the Cultural Centre located 27 avenue Léopold Robert which includes Théâtre (500 seats), Salle de Musique (1200 seats) and a restaurant (see image). Recording places stated on classical music releases recorded at Salle De Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds are various : . Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds . Musica-Théâtre, La Chaux-de-Fonds . La Chaux-de-Fonds, Musica-Théâtre, Salle de Musique . Salle de Musique, L’heure Bleue, La Chaux-de-Fonds . L’Heure Bleue, La Chaux-de-Fonds . Théâtre Populaire Romand, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds . La Chaux-de-Fonds Most classical music releases on prestigious labels (Philips, EMI, Valois-Auvidis, Deutsche Grammophon, ...) with sole ‘La Chaux-de-Fonds’ mention as recording place were recorded at Salle De Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds. Those labels and their famous artists came in La Chaux-de-Fonds for top acoustics of this venue. There was no music recording in adjacent theatre (dedicated to ... theatre).