As the concert hall architect Nils Einar Eriksson described it: ”This auditorium has been designed for the utmost intimacy. It has been elegantly adorned with intarsia by the artist Ewald Dahlskog, with the material primarily consisting of mahogany and plaster on lath panels.” These panels reflect the delightful tones produced by a solo piano, jazz trio, string quartet or indie band, as well as the laughter and cheers from an audience entertained by farce or stand-up comedy.
The intarsia, entitled ”The Tones of Nature”, stretches around the auditorium like an arabesque. It begins with a sea god blowing into a seashell like a trumpet, and then continues to weave its way around the auditorium in abstract patterns, leafy vines and flowers. A golden lyre flares up in the middle of the arabesque, and rows of birds, murmuring seashells and seahorses then bring the arabesque to its final destination – yet another sea god, this time with a lyre in his arms. Motifs that interact perfectly with a jazz trumpet, a melancholy singer-songwriter or a violin that is allowed to shine through the tones of a solo part.
Which concert do you choose?
In the wide range, there is something to suit everyone. Find your favourite in the concert calendar!
The Gothenburg Concert Hall
Architect Nils Einar Eriksson’s stylish functionalism from 1935, the beautiful, natural materials, the acoustics of the halls, and the food in the restaurant make a visit to the Gothenburg Concert Hall an experience for all your senses.
Beautiful rooms for beautiful experiences
The concerts are played in the Great Hall, a magnificent room world-famous for its fine acoustics, and the more intimate Stenhammar Hall, decorated with beautiful intarsia. Sometimes the Götaplats foyer and the Cloakroom also turn into venues.