Sala Ollin Yoliztli, Theatre building in Tlalpan district, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sala Ollin Yoliztli, officially Sala Silvestre Revueltas, is a concert hall in the Ollin Yoliztli Cultural Centre in southern Mexico City. Built in the 1970s, it seats 1,200 people and is the home venue of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra. The cultural centre also holds the Sala Hermilio Novelo, the Sala Andrea Palma and instrument repair workshops.
The hall was built in the 1970s as the concert venue of the Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, in the south of Mexico City. Its official name honours the composer Silvestre Revueltas, while the centre's name comes from Nahuatl words for life and movement. It seats 1,200 and serves as the seat of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra.
The name Ollin Yoliztli comes from Nahuatl and means "life and movement"; the hall's official name honours composer Silvestre Revueltas. The same cultural centre houses the Sala Hermilio Novelo, home of the Orquesta Típica de la Ciudad de México, and the Sala Andrea Palma, used for film screenings and conferences.
The hall seats 1,200 and stands in the Ollin Yoliztli Cultural Centre in southern Mexico City. Within the complex, the concert hall is the Sala Silvestre Revueltas; the Sala Hermilio Novelo serves as the assembly hall of the Mexico City Typical Orchestra, and the Sala Andrea Palma is used for film screenings and lectures. The documentation centre holds a library, sound archive and video collection, and the instrument workshops handle repair and tuning.
The theatre houses the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, which regularly performs its season there and uses the space for training. This combination makes it an important hub for professional music education and artistic performances in Mexico.
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