SUZHOU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Jinji Lake Concert Hall

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About the Jinji Lake Concert Hall

The Jinji Lake Concert Hall is a gem within a gem. Situated within the renowned architect Paul Andreu’s Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre, the Jinji Lake Concert is designed and built specifically to be the home of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra. Inaugurated on September 30, 2017, the concert hall is a project of architectural ingenuity and acoustical marvel. The internationally acclaimed acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota led his team of specialists who devoted their talents and expertise to this project of restructuring the current exhibition hall in the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre and building in its place a brand new structure that will occupy an area of 6,000 square meters and an acoustical volume of 8,000 cubic meters. Mr. Toyota’s previous masterpieces of acoustical engineering have inc…

Building a Concert Hall like an Instrument – Yasuhisa Toyota

The keyword in Mr. Toyota’s design philosophy is fluid dynamism, which in the application to the Jinji Lake Concert Hall means creating the seamless flow from music to architecture, using aesthetical elements of Suzhou as a kneading thread. The concept of dynamism comes from the Nineteenth Century German music theoretician Moritz Hauptmann’s classic treatise, “The Nature of Harmony and Meter”, in which he expostulated, “music is architecture in motion. The rippling edges of the tiled roofs, winding paths of beautiful stone pavement and the soft lines of the famous Suzhou silk are all elements of Suzhou’s landscape and heritage which will come into play with the music that will echo in these halls.

In Their Own Words……(Part I)

State-of-the-art AcousticsSIP Urban Redevelopment Co. Project Manager, Weiqin Chi:“The Jinji Lake Concert Hall is a very specific construction project. As a multi-functional concert hall, the space has to have a well-engineered acoustical system while aiming after architectural beauty. This construction is a ‘house within a house’ structure. In other words, an independent structure is built in an existing space located on the 2nd floor of the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre. Every element in this construction, like the walls, soffits, floors, stage, equipment, even the audience seats, has undergone the most precise and strict acoustical test. The sound insulation has reached a level of near perfection; hardly any noise from outside, except for an occasional siren or helicopter, can be per…