NIPPON STEEL Kioi Hall, Concert hall in Kioichō, Japan.
NIPPON STEEL Kioi Hall is a concert venue in Tokyo with a shoe-box design and wooden materials chosen to enhance acoustics. The space holds 800 seats and was specifically designed to host chamber music and classical performances.
The hall opened in 1995 under the Nippon Steel Arts Foundation to support musical arts in Japan. Since then, it has become an established venue for classical performances in Tokyo.
The foundation runs its own series: the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra (until 2017 Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo) subscription concerts, "Kioi Akebono no Tobira" for young Japanese players, and "Quartet no Kyōen" for string quartets. The 250-seat small hall on the fifth floor is one of few in Japan built for hōgaku; its 0.8-second reverberation suits shamisen, koto, jōruri and song.
The venue is centrally located in Tokyo with good public transport access. Arriving early allows you to settle in comfortably and explore the surroundings before the performance begins.
The main hall's ceiling is made of rigid reinforced fiber concrete, and its early reflections arrive too fast for the ear to hear them as an echo, producing what designers call a tight sound. The reverberation time is 1.8 seconds in the mid-range when full. Backstage, instrument shelves were installed for the first time in Japan.
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