Helsinki Music Centre Concert Halls and Other Spaces

Concert Hall and Other Halls
 

The vineyard or surround Concert Hall forms the core of the building. Cafés, bars, and exhibition spaces are situated in the foyer and lobby around the concert hall.

Besides the Concert Hall, there are six smaller halls for 140–400 listeners. The acoustics in each hall have been designed to serve the function or purpose of each hall.

Concert Hall: Seating for 1,704 people
Black Box: Seating for 220+5 people. With the seats removed, terraces for 400 people.
Sonore: Seating for 206 +78 people
Camerata: Seating for 240 people
Organo: Seating for 140 people
Auditorium: Seating for 82 people
Rehearsal Hall PAAVO:  Seating for 240 people

Other Spaces

Restaurant
Main Lobby and Ticket Office
Main Foyer
Lower Foyer (Exhibition Room)
Upper Lobby and Shop
Balcony Foyer
Terrace Foyer
Side Foyer
Sibelius Academy Library
Garden Café

Sibelius Academy

The Sibelius Academy premises, both classrooms and offices, are grouped in seven storeys around the inner court facing Karamzin Park. The two lowest storeys accommodate the Academy studio facilities and an open Music Library just across the Lower Lobby.

Most of the Sibelius Academy public events will take place at the Helsinki Music Centre, in its halls specially designed for the Academy. All Music Centre halls can be used for a variety of purposes. However, the acoustics and equipment of each hall have been specifically designed to maximise audience enjoyment of different types of music. There is a hearing loop system and spaces for wheelchairs in all halls. See Accessibility.