The vineyard style is a design of a concert hall where the seating surrounds the stage, rising up in serried rows in the manner of the sloping terraces of a vineyard. It may be contrasted with the shoebox style, which has a rectangular auditorium and a stage at one end. Other possibilities are the fan-shaped and the arena. The design might be considered a musical theatre in the round.
Image: Philharmonie 1a
Image: Berliner Philharmoniker by Hans Scharoun
Image: Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig 2011 Alupus
Image: Pankaj Mishra im Gewandhaus Leipzig
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Berliner Philharmonie
Performance of Judas Maccabaeus (Handel) by Kulturbund Deutscher Juden orchestra, in the (Bernburger Straße) Berliner Philharmonie. Conductor: Kurt Singer. 7/8 May 1934
Berliner Philharmonie Concert Hall
Berliner Philharmonie Concert Hall Entrance in winter