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Pierre Boulez Saal

A 682-seat modular concert hall in Berlin’s Barenboim-Said Akademie, built for close-range listening across classical, contemporary, jazz, and intercultural programs.

Upcoming shows
96
Address
33D Französische Straße, 10117 Berlin
Phone
030 47997411
Next show
Sun, 15 Nov 2026
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Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin

About Pierre Boulez Saal

Pierre Boulez Saal is a 682-seat concert hall in Berlin whose Frank Gehry-designed elliptical room places performers within an audience that can wrap around them. As the public face of the Barenboim-Said Akademie, it makes proximity its defining feature: the stage and seating shift between programs, while listeners sit only a few meters from the musical action. That design gives recitals, chamber groups, and medium-sized orchestras a shared, close-focus atmosphere.

A scenery depot remade for music

World War II destroyed the building that now contains the hall. Richard Paulick redesigned it in a Neoclassical style as a scenery depot for Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a role it held from the early 1950s through 2010. The Barenboim-Said Akademie was founded in Berlin in 2012, then converted the former depot into its home and performance space. On March 4, 2017, Daniel Barenboim inaugurated Pierre Boulez Saal with the newly formed Boulez Ensemble. The three-and-a-half-hour opening concert moved from solo work to a 15-player ensemble, using the room’s changing setups as part of the evening’s point; its program included Schubert, Mozart, Berg, and Boulez.

An in-the-round listening room

The programming centers on Classical and Romantic repertoire, 20th-century music, contemporary work and world premieres, with Arab and Persian music, improvised music, jazz, talks, and discussions also in the mix. The flexible hall can place musicians in the center, encircle them with loose seats, and raise fixed rows on retractable risers; a floating, perforated balcony helps the whole volume serve the acoustic. On concert nights, the bar opens an hour before the performance and stays open afterward, with Arab cuisine available through the venue’s catering partner.

Sources

  1. 360 Degrees: Salle Modulable — Pierre Boulez Saal
  2. Pierre Boulez Saal — Nagata Acoustics
  3. History — Pierre Boulez Saal
  4. Einweihungskonzert in der Barenboim-Said Akademie: Warme Akustik im Pierre Boulez Saal begeistert — Der Tagesspiegel
  5. Pierre Boulez Saal — field notes
  6. About the Pierre Boulez Saal — Pierre Boulez Saal

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