Gasteig

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gasteig is a cultural center in Munich, opened in 1985, which hosts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Volkshochschule, and the municipal library are all located in the Gasteig. Most of the events of the Filmfest München take place here.The Philharmonic Hall, opening like a great wood-panelled seashell, has an intimate atmosphere and excellent acoustic qualities. The smaller hall "Kleiner Konzertsaal" offers the same qualities for chamber music. The Gasteig comprises the Carl Orff Hall with a stage for drama, the Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Black Box studio theatre, the Münchner Volkshochschule (Adult Education Centre) for further education, various cafés and shops, e.g. the 'Pappnase' (cardboard nose) offering a selection of dramatic requisites, and the central branch of the Municipal Library with its extensive stock of books and periodicals.... Mehr