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			Abravanel Hall 123 West South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah (801) 355-2787 Capacity: 2,768

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     Abravanel Hall is home to the Utah Symphony and part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts.  Adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple Street this architectural masterpiece has become a landmark.  Besides symphony performances the hall also hosts numerous concerts and special events.

     Abravanel Hall was created specifically to provide an environment of acoustical excellence by Dr. Cyril M. Harris who was the acoustical consultant for the remodeled Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Abravanel Hall, formerly known as Symphony Hall, was so named in May of 1993 for the beloved Maestro Maurice Abravanel, conductor of the Utah Symphony and advocate for all the arts in Utah.  Abravanel Hall is actually a concrete building within a brick building.  Inside these two outer shells stands the beautiful concert hall.  Designed strictly as a concert hall the stage has no proscenium - rather, it is an extension of the audience.  The form of the hall is rectangular which is characteristic of the world's finest symphony halls (the Grosser Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Symphony Hall in Boston.)

     To reach the hall patrons pass through sound lock corridors which are designed to prevent confusion and noise from the lobby from spilling into the concert hall. The interior of the hall is dominated by convex curved surfaces for both the walls and ceilings.  Not only these designs, but also the basic materials were carefully chosen by Dr. Harris and the architects for acoustical purposes.  Suspended from the ceiling are six 16 x 16 foot brass chandeliers with 18,000 hand cut beads and prisms of Bohemian crystals imported from Austria and Czechoslovakia.  The four story lobby is crowned with a ceiling of white oak and solid brass.  To compliment this the hall is adorned with more than 12,000 square feet of 24-karat gold leaf that was brushed on by hand.  With 5,400 square feet of tempered glass made in England the lobby of the hall orients itself toward the East and the former home of the Utah Symphony, the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square. Abravanel Hall is home to the Utah Symphony & Opera.

     Abravanel Hall first opened its doors in September 1979.

     In 1998, the Hall was expanded to include new restrooms, Ticket Office, and a meeting/reception room that are all wheelchair accessible.

     The Olympic Tower, a monumental work by noted artist Dale Chihuly, was specifically designed for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Olympic Tower is on permanent loan to Salt Lake County Center for the Arts for exhibition in the lobby as a cultural legacy to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The legacy is possible due to the generous donations by local contributors. It is constructed of steel and 1,119 pieces of red glass parts and measures 27' by 10' in diameter.

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