Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre 東京芸術劇場 | |
Alternate Names: | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (until 2009) |
Cost: | ¥29,100 million |
Address: | 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro |
Location Town: | Toshima, Tokyo |
Location Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.7297°N 139.7081°W |
Opened Date: | October 1990 |
Floor Area: | 49,739 m2 |
Architect: | Yoshinobu Ashihara |
Other Designers: | Nagata Acoustics |
References: | Factsheet |
is a centre for the performing arts located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1990 and is operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.[1] There is a concert hall with 1999 seats and a playhouse with 834 seats as well as a number of smaller spaces.[2] Yoshinobu Ashihara was the architect, with acoustical design by Nagata Acoustics.[3]
The organ of the great hall, built by the French organ builder Marc Garnier and inaugurated in 1991, is composed of three independent instruments of contrasting aesthetics (Dutch Renaissance, German Baroque and modern French) for a total of 126 sets and more than 9000 pipes. This organ also has the unique feature of having two facades and being able to turn.[4]