The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is a concert hall located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). Ranked one of the world's greatest orchestra halls,[1] it was designed by architect I.M. Pei and acoustician Russell Johnson's Artec Consultants, Inc. and opened in September 1989.

The Center is named for Morton H Meyerson, arts patron and business partner of Ross Perot, who provided $10 million in funds for its construction. It is the permanent home of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Chorus, as well as the primary performing venue of theDallas Wind Symphony as well as several other Dallas based musical organizations. The Meyerson Symphony Center is owned and managed by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs.

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center has a beautiful interior that will fascinate everyvisitor. Completely different but you will operate the hall, which is not as a modernist, notlike foajé, which looks very futuristic. During the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Centerconstruction has been using high quality materials imported from around the world. For example. There are marble from Italy or cherry wood from Africa. Morton H. MeyersonSymphony Center has 2062 seats, 50 toilets and four private suites, which are used forvarious meetings and banquets.

Statistics :

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center has: · 260,000 square feet (24,000 m2) above ground space · 225,000 square feet (20,900 m2) below ground space · 35,130 cubic yards (26,860 m3) of concrete · 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of Italian travertine marble · 22,000 pieces of Indiana limestone · 4,535 organ pipes · 2,062 seats · 918 square panels of African (Makore) cherrywood · 216 square panels of American cherrywood · 211 glass panels (no two alike) comprising the conoid windows · 85-foot (26 m) high ceiling in the concert hall · 74 concrete reverberation chamber doors, each weighing as much as 2.5 tons · 56 acoustical curtains · 50 restrooms · 4 private suites for meetings, banquets, and recitals.

Environment :
 

In the vicinity of the town appointed a number of tourist attractions, such as Austin, a distance of 295 km, Dallas, a distance of 1.1 km, World Dallas Akuariumyang is 1 km,the Texas State Capitol, a distance of 294 km, Zilker Park, a distance of 296 km, DepthRange, a distance Swimming 294 km, 6 Austin Street, a distance of 294 km, DriskillHotel, a distance of 294 km.