Enjoying concerts in a place of democracy: the Goldsaal in the Funkhaus am Dornbusch was built as a plenary hall for the Bundestag.
In 1949, architect Gerhard Weber, who had trained at the famous Bauhaus, was commissioned to build a plenary hall for the future German Bundestag. However, it was not Frankfurt that became the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, but Bonn – and the shell of the building was quickly converted into the studio building and headquarters of Hessischer Rundfunk (hr). Its centrepiece is the 1950s-style Goldhalle, which was once conceived as a plenary hall.
Two high-calibre music ensembles regularly perform here in the listed Großer Sendesaal: The hr-Bigband is regarded as one of the world's best professional big bands and the hr-Sinfonieorchester is a musical jack-of-all-trades with an enormous range of concert formats. Both orchestras give concerts all over the world, but their home is the Großer Sendesaal.
The guided tours of the Funkhaus am Dornbusch are also exciting. In addition to the Gold Hall, you can also see the building where the US broadcaster American Forces Network (AFN) had its European headquarters until 1994.
In 1949, architect Gerhard Weber, who had trained at the famous Bauhaus, was commissioned to build a plenary hall for the future German Bundestag. However, it was not Frankfurt that became the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, but Bonn – and the shell of the building was quickly converted into the studio building and headquarters of Hessischer Rundfunk (hr). Its centrepiece is the 1950s-style Goldhalle, which was once conceived as a plenary hall.
Two high-calibre music ensembles regularly perform here in the listed Großer Sendesaal: The hr-Bigband is regarded as one of the world's best professional big bands and the hr-Sinfonieorchester is a musical jack-of-all-trades with an enormous range of concert formats. Both orchestras give concerts all over the world, but their home is the Großer Sendesaal.
The guided tours of the Funkhaus am Dornbusch are also exciting. In addition to the Gold Hall, you can also see the building where the US broadcaster American Forces Network (AFN) had its European headquarters until 1994.
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