The Salle de Musique in La Chaux-de-Fonds was designed by architects René Chapallaz and Hans Bieri and built in 1951. It offers around 1100 seats.
![Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - facade](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/c0fd65fb-b9d5-4a59-af89-4613c71dc13e_rw_1920.jpg?h=cc948fb4d20d8aa4c1c37aa6901ea651)
Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - facade
With its walnut woodwork assembled using violin-making processes, the concert hall is renowned for its acoustics: more than 450 recordings for prestigious music labels have taken place here. To name just one, Keith Jarret recorded here in 1991 for the ECM label Dimitri Shostakovitch’s 24 Préludes & Fugues op.87. And the Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau even said: “From the point of view of sound, the most beautiful piano in the world is in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in a delightful little concert hall. I made my best recordings there”.
![Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - auditorium and organ](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/660c6490-10aa-4e8d-8ab5-ceb98f267759_rw_1920.jpg?h=b0b4ad94291b05a550b908ca68c27b74)
Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - auditorium and organ
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Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - auditorium
![Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - auditorium](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/a9600d1c-40cf-451c-a72f-d9f809874b93_rw_1920.jpg?h=0e11485967b7842fd9bcdc0f36ca8827)
Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - auditorium
![Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - ceiling](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/b2a776a1-33c4-4f3a-b728-cf3cbb7f2026_rw_1920.jpg?h=e686b778b62b88a0d178afea591fea63)
Salle de Musique - La Chaux-de-Fonds - ceiling
Since 2010, the Salle de Musique is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national importance. It was renovated between 2013 and 2014.