| Koncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski | |
 Vatroslav Lisinski Hall facade | |
 Interactive map of Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall | |
| Address | 4 Stjepan Radić Square Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Operator | Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra |
| Type | Concert hall |
| Capacity | 305–1,841 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | December 29, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-12-29) |
| Rebuilt | 1990, 1999, 2009 |
| Architect | Marijan Haberle |
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| Type | Protected cultural good |
| Reference no. | Z-677[1] |
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall (Croatian:Koncertna dvorana Vatroslava Lisinskog) is a largeconcert hall andconvention center inZagreb,Croatia. It is named afterVatroslav Lisinski, a 19th-century Croatian composer.[2] The building has a big hall with 1,841 seats and a small hall with 305 seats.[2] A large lobby doubles as an exhibition area.[2]
The decision to build a new multifunctional hall in Zagreb was made in 1957.[3] A team of architects led byMarijan Haberle won the design contest.[3] The construction began in 1961,[3] butflooding and financial difficulties pushed the completion date into the next decade.[4] The hall was finally opened on 29 December 1973.[4]
The Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall is named after the composer of the first Croatian operaLjubav i zloba (Love and Malice) -Vatroslav Lisinski. The opening ceremony took place over two days, on December 29 and 30, 1973. On 29 December, the celebration began with a concert by theZagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mixed Choir of the Opera of theCroatian National Theatre in Zagreb and the Mixed Choir of the Vatroslav Lisinski Music School in Zagreb, who performed excerpts from the opera Porin and the song Prosto zrakom ptica lati (Simply by Air, the Bird Is Flying) and Now You Should Sing from the first Croatian opera Love and Malice by Vatroslav Lisinski. The central concert was marked by Bersa's Sunny Fields, P. I. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto in B minor, Orpheus' aria from Gluck's opera Orpheus and Eurydice, and Dvořák's Ninth Symphony, From the New World with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Ruža Pospiš-Baldani, conducted by maestro Milan Horvat. Since then, for 50 years, December 29 has been celebrated as the Day of the Lisinski Hall. The concert hall has organized a number of concerts by musicians of all genres; it serves as the stage for classical music, opera, ballet and theater performances, as well as many international congresses and conventions.[2] The hall saw 10 million visitors in the first thirty years of operation.[5] In 2007, a total of 450 different shows were put together, recording over 760,000 visitors.[2]
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall was the venue of the1990 Eurovision Song Contest,[6] after its first major renovation in 1989.[7] In 1992, the hall's copper roof cover was completely replaced.[7] Further reconstruction and redecoration work was done in 1999 and 2009.[8][9]
Some of the most notable musicians that have been performing in the Hall are theBerlin Philharmonic, theVienna Philharmonic, theLondon Royal Philharmonic, theLa Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, theMunich Radio Orchestra, theShanghai Philharmonic, theBudapest Festival Orchestra, theBBC Philharmonic, theIsrael Philharmonic. The ensembles conducted at the Lisinski have been led byLeonard Bernstein,Lovro pl. Matačić,Zubin Mehta,Lorin Maazel,Valery Gergiev,András Schiff,Gidon Kremer,Riccardo Muti, Karl Richter,Mariss Jansons,Philippe Herreweghe,Sergiu Celibidache,Dmitry Kitayenko,Vasily Petrenko,Vjekoslav Šutej,Nikša Bareza,Valery Polyanski,Hugh Wolff,Plácido Domingo,Ivan Repušić and many others.
Opera soloists such asTeresa Berganza,Montserrat Caballé,Elina Garanča,Inva Mula,Krasimira Stojanova,Sumi Jo,Ruža Pospiš-Baldani,Dunja Vejzović,Luciano Pavarotti,Jośe Carreras,Dmitrij Hvorostovski,Leo Nucci,Vittorio Grigolo,Vladimir Ruždjak
Instrumental virtuososIvo Pogorelić,Marta Argerich,Maria João Pires,Claudio Arrau,Vladimir Ashkenazi,Svjatoslav Richter,Lang Lang,Daniil Trifonov,Evgenij Kisin,Michel Legrand,Vadim Repin,Maxim Vengerov,Joshua Bell,Sergej Krylov,Olivier Latry,Cameron Carpenter,Mischa Maisky,Mstislav Rostropovič,Emmanuel Pahud,Richard Galliano,Radovan Vlatković,Petrit Çeku...
Along with the world's greatest names in pop, jazz and classical music, the Hall has also hosted some of the greatest stars; (Tina Turner,Ray Charles,Sting,Nick Cave,Chris Cornell,Arturo Sandoval,Cesaria Evora,Omara Portuondo,The Platters,Dizzy Gillespie,Ella Fitzgerald,Sarah Vaughan,Dianne Reeves,Juliette Gréco,Natalie Cole,Chick Corea,Charles Aznavour,Misia,Paco de Lucía,Diana Krall,Pat Metheny,Gheorghe Zamfir,Vice Vukov,Tereza Kesovija,Josipa Lisac,Oliver Dragojević,Arsen Dedić...).[10]
| Preceded by | Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1990 | Succeeded by |
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