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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 22:34:00

A pin dropped on the stage can be heard from any of the 2,262 seats, a demonstration of the acoustics that put Symphony Hall on the world map. Opened in Birmingham in 1991, with its first concert given by Sir Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on 15 April and an official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 June, the hall was built with sound placed ahead of architecture in a way that was unprecedented in Britain at the time. The interior was modelled on the great shoebox...