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Concert Hall

In 1993, at the Forest Opera the construction of a concert hall was commenced - a building that would house the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot, operating as part of the Baltic Artistic Agency BART. The concert hall was designed by Henryka Jakubowska.
The building comprises of a concert hall for approximately 300 audience, two small section rehearsal rooms, office and storage spaces and a hotel. The concert hall building was commissioned on 24 June 1997.
Currently, during the autumn and winter periods, regular concerts take place in the PFK Concert Hall. Thanks to the especially designed acoustics, records may be recorded in the concert hall, both with and without the participation of the audience. The concert hall is also used for organising fashion shows, banquets, balls or wedding receptions (the mobile stage and folding chairs allow a liberal modification of the interior).

Technical info

Dimensions

- area of the concert hall - 194 m² (cubage 1400 m³)
- area of the stage - max. 48 m²
- area of the balcony - 34 m²

Uses of the concert hall

• organisation of chamber concerts for up to 230 audience (of the 230 seats 38 are located on the balcony)
• orchestra rehearsals for up to 70 musicians
• orchestra rehearsals and concerts for up to 40 musicians (assuming 1.5 m2 per musician) with optional participation of the audience (192 seats in the concert hall + 38 seats on the balcony)
• recordings (e.g. CD recording) of a band of up to 40 members with optional participation of the audience
• organisation of banquets, balls or wedding receptions (some elements on the ground floor in the concert hall like the stage platforms or chairs can be dismantled which makes the whole floor area available)

Stage lighting

Eighteen theatre spots 1 kW each fixed on the side walls (9 spots on each side in rows of 3 each), operated independently of the lighting mixer console. Two leading spots located on the balcony.

In addition, by the stage and on the balcony there are 3 extra sockets with voltage controlled by the lighting mixer console. The maximum load of each socket is 5 kW.

Electroacoustic equipment

The concert hall is equipped in:

• 24-channel LX 7 SPIRIT mixer
• Column loudspeakers for the audience: 2 sets (a 600 W subbass speaker plus a 400 W broadband, two-channel speaker), one for each side. Two 200 W speakers for the balcony. All the speakers are from JBL.
• Amplifiers: two CE 2000A and one CE 1000A (all from CROWN).

The small rehearsal rooms

There are two small rehearsal rooms, one on the ground floor, the other on the first floor. Their areas are 44 m2 each and their cubage is 140 m3 each. The rehearsal rooms are constructed and equipped according to acoustic standards and guidelines.

Other facilities

Ground floor: bar, cloakroom and toilets.
First floor: 3 double hotel rooms with bathrooms.