Concert Halls in Japan - Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Suntory Hall, Sapporo Concert Hall, Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse, Nhk Hall (Paperback)

Chapters: Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Suntory Hall, Sapporo Concert Hall, Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse, NHK Hall, Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo International Forum, NHK Osaka Hall, Festival Hall, Osaka, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Umeda Arts Theater, Aichi Arts Center, Bunkamura, Aichi Kinro Kaikan, Tokyo K sei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Japanese: ) is a Performing arts center in the city of Nishinomiya, Hy go Prefecture (Japan). The Center was opened in 2005 to mark the ten-year anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake which largely devastated Nishinomiya and the surrounding cities. The Hyogo Performing Arts Center (HPAC) produces opera, ballet, theater, orchestral and chamber music performances, and is home to the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra. Official LogoThe logo of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center is fully symmetrical, appearing the same way from any angle. Representing "Rebirth," "Liveliness" and "Creativity," the design aims to embody the HPAC's goal to serve as a venue for interaction between the community and artists through cultural and artistic events. The Hyogo Performing Arts Center contains three performance venues, all of which are connected by the main public lobby, or piazza. The Center features two restaurants: Igrek Theatre, a French restaurants for patrons of the Center, and an artist cafe for employees and performers. In an effort to offset the Center's carbon footprint, the building's roof contains solar panels and a garden. Rainwater is recycled for use in watering the rooftop garden. The HPAC features state of the art audio electronic systems produced by d&b audi...http: //booksllc.net/?id=24942777