Malmö Old Concert Hall
Malmö Old Concert Hall is a 1,200-seat concert hall located in Lugnet, a central neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden that opened in 1985. The architect was Sten Samuelson. Malmö Symphony Orchestra used to be resident at the building. The building was also used for congresses and conferences. Malmö Old Concert Hall was completely renovated in 2017-2018.
Previous concert venues
As early as 1919, the Malmö Concert Hall Foundation had begun working to establish a concert hall in Malmö.Between 1944 and 1985, orchestra concerts were held at Malmö City Theater, the building now used by Malmö Opera. Before 1944, concerts were held at St. Petri School and at the Palladium cinema.
Even when the concert hall was newly built, there were problems with, among other things, transport elevators that were too small and poor acoustics. It was therefore replaced with a new concert hall.