New venue for the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra

Provision of basic infrastructures for rehearsals of the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra

What does it consist of?

This project tackles the need to provide a new home for the Balearic Islands’ symphony orchestra, as its current home has insufficient basic infrastructure, affecting on rehearsals and the musicians’ technical preparation.

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Data

PROJECT TITLE IN THE CALL
New venue for the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra
LOCATION
Mallorca (Palma de Mallorca)
Entity submitting the PROJECT
Govern de les Illes Balears
Entity that executes the project
Fundació Orquesta Simfònica de les Illes Balears (FOSIB)
Project code
ITS2016-045
Total project amount
1.000.000 €
ITS granted amount
1.000.000 €
Executed amount
985.097 €
Call year
2016
Execution status
Executed
Purpose
Cultural heritage
Budget execution
Executed: 98.51%
Last data request
30.06.2022

The project

The Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra is a public organisation established as a foundation. The ownership of the orchestra is held by the Government of the Balearic Islands with the participation of the Island Councils and Palma City Council.

The orchestra represents the main showpiece worldwide of the musical culture of the Balearic Islands and has a long historical trajectory of renowned prestige on international stages. It is often considered to be the main cultural ambassador of the Balearic Islands and is also an important tourist attraction due to the quality and variety of its performances and its first-class repertoire.

However, the orchestra is currently suffering from a lack of basic infrastructure, given that its headquarters have become obsolete and do not enable the necessary rehearsals and technical preparations for performances, with the minimum essential acoustics.

Therefore, the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra Foundation has raised the need for a new venue that would meet the rehearsal requirements of the musicians, and which could also be used as a place for the artistic creation of composers from the Balearic Islands and have the capacity to host rehearsals and small performances of other international orchestras or different musical groups.