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The Shenzhen Concert Hall is a concert hall in Futian District,Shenzhen,Guangdong,China. [1]
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The Shenzhen Concert Hall is a concert hall in Futian District,Shenzhen,Guangdong,China. [1]
The city government of Shenzhen funded it. Almost 160,000 people attended performances there in 2017. [2]
Arata Isozaki and Associated built it in 2008. [3]
The Teatro Colón is a historic opera house in Buenos Aires,Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acoustics expert Leo Beranek among leading international opera and orchestra directors,the Teatro Colón has the room with the best acoustics for opera and the second best for concerts in the world.
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Shenzhen Cultural Center includes Shenzhen Concert Hall and Shenzhen Library and is located in the Futian district of Shenzhen,Guangdong,China. It was designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The vineyard-style concert hall seats 1800 and was opened in 2007.
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