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The Congress will take place in Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome (Viale Pietro de Coubertin). THE AUDITORIUM  The Rome Auditorium is a multi-functional complex dedicated to music, contributing to enrich the already immense patrimony of the Eternal City. The project is dominated by three “harmonic cases” that seem to fly above a sea of vegetation. A structure of this kind could not have been built in Rome's densely-packed historic centre. The site chosen for the construction of the Auditorium is on the narrow plain that stretches from the banks of the Tiber to the Parioli hill, located between the Olympic Village built for the 1960 Games and the Palazzo dello Sport and Stadio Flaminio, designed by Pierluigi Nervi. A site removed from the city centre offered the advantage of being able to welcome and easily handle a large public (thanks to pre-existing infrastructure nearby), as well as occupying a space that for a long time had been a kind of artificial fracture, a “hole” in the city fabric. The “city” of “music” thus became a new urban element. The fracture has now been absorbed in a park of some 30,000 square metres, planted with 400 trees. The luxurious vegetation that acts as a link with the Roman quarter of the Flaminio, adjacent to Villa Glori, opens to leave space for an pen-air theatre, an urban focal point that provides space for a fourth hall outdoors, designed for staging shows and concerts and capable of seating around 3,000 spectators. The complex also includes a series of spaces for commercial, recreational, exhibition and study activities. Music has been the underlying priority of the Auditorium’s architectural and urban project. All the available areas, both internal and external, have been planned according to their being functional to musical activity. More specifically, the Auditorium has not only three concert halls, but also a Theatre Studio, and Studios 1, 2, 3, a foyer and a cavea. Each of the three halls is different in size and has been constructed with the aim of satisfying the needs of any music genre. The Santa Cecilia Hall can be used for large orchestral and choral symphonic concerts. The Sinopoli Hall, because of its greater acoustic flexibility, is more apt for a great variety of musical genres. This is also because orchestra position can be modified with respect to the audience; the Petrassi Hall , finally, has been assigned to contemporary musical genres, theatre performances and cinema. This is because it has an inbuilt system that allows both the musical source and the audience to be shifted and the sound reverberation tuned. Theatre Studio, with his 350 places, is a multi-functional space. Studios 1, 2, 3 are also important musical locations. Thanks to the quality of their technical facilities and equipment, they guarantee all practice sessions optimal acoustic conditions. Even the foyer can be used, on particular occasions, to present simple musical performances. Finally, the Cavea, the open-air amphitheatre at the centre of the Auditorium, is another particularly interesting musical area welcoming up to 3.000 spectators. Apart from these areas dedicated exclusively to music, the new Auditorium also has spaces that can be used for conferences, debates, meetings with composers and musicians, research (there is a library and a listening room) and didactic purposes (vocal, musical and multimedia research workshops). Finally, there is also a bookshop, a bar and a restaurant to take pleasant rests. HOW TO GET THERE  The Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome is in Viale Pietro de Coubertin, near the Palazzetto dello Sport, off Viale Tiziano. The Auditorium Parco della Musica is in the Flaminio district of Rome, by the Villaggio Olimpico and can be easily reached by public transport: Bus Routes 910, from Termini Station and Piazza Mancini 53, from Piazza Mancini and Piazza San Silvestro 217, from Viale XVII Olimpiade and Termini Station 231, from Piazza Mancini and Piazzale Canestre (in Villa Borghese park). Only weekends Linea "M", special bus route between Termini station and Viale Pietro de Coubertin Auditorium stop. From 17h00 - every 15 mins. Last bus from the Auditorium departs at the end of last event. Tram routes 2, from Piazzale Flaminio and Piazza Mancini Trains Metro A line to the Flaminio stop then no.2 tram Or the Ferrovia Roma-Nord train to the Piazza Euclide stop By car From the G.R.A. (ring-road around Rome) take the Flaminio Saxa Rubra exit towards Corso di Francia Or from the Lungotevere Flaminio turn off into Viale Tiziano and then again at the Palazzetto dello Sport (covered sport complex) There are large car parking facilities by the Auditorium Parco della Musica with designated areas for disabled visitors. |
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