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Address:
Simcoe Street (at King Street West)
Phone:
Tickets:
(416) 872-4255
Box office hours:
Mon - Fri:
9am - 5pm
Sat:
12pm
- 5pm
Sun & Holidays:
Two
hours prior to performance
Music store hours:
Mon - Sat:
11am -
6pm
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Overview Tips
Named for the late Canadian newspaper mogul, Baron
Thomson of Fleet, Roy
Thomson Hall is the city’s world-class auditorium and home
to the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn Choir.
After opening in 1982, Roy Thomson Hall has accommodated
some of the world’s greatest performers (and most
influential listeners). Queen Elizabeth has
been in attendance, and the late great Leonard Bernstein
once directed
here. Countless performers have performed at Toronto’s
premiere hall,
including Kiri Te Kanawa, Nigel Kennedy, Anne Murray Yo-Yo
Ma and Jessye
Norman. Even Tom Jones played here, amid a shower of thrown
hotel keys and
panties.
Built on a 2.5-acre site at King and Simcoe Streets, Roy
Thomson Hall’s
80-foot-high glass roof pierces the downtown sky, creating a
magical
30,000-square-foot enclosure inside. What’s more, the
complex was designed
with acoustics in mind at every stage of planning. Inside
the oval hall,
special disks on the ceiling can be lowered, raised and
rotated to produce
ideal conditions for any type of music, from pop concerts to
powerful
orchestral arrangements to gentle chamber arrangements.
It has hosted competitions and festivals as well as
visiting orchestras (including the Vienna Philharmonic). It
also accommodates business meetings, charity events and
audio-visual presentations, for a capacity audience of
2,875.
And the hall’s bold architecture spills onto the hall’s
elegant outdoor
patio, which features a reflecting pool and an array of
terraces designed by
the Garden Club of Toronto. It’s a calm place amid the
hustle of the
surrounding financial and commercial district.
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