Pierre Boulez Saal, Concert hall in Berlin, Germany

Pierre Boulez Saal is a chamber music hall inside the Barenboim-Said Akademie on Französische Straße in Berlin-Mitte. Its oval auditorium seats up to 682 people around a central stage, with two curved balcony levels and walls clad in light Canadian cedar. The 320-tonne double-ring balcony appears to float, anchored at only five points.

The building was rebuilt between 1951 and 1955 by Richard Paulick as a scenery depot for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a role it held until 2010. Berlin granted Daniel Barenboim a 99-year lease for one euro per year, and renovation began in 2014. The Pierre Boulez Saal opened on 4 March 2017 with a concert conducted by Barenboim, attended by President Joachim Gauck.

The hall is the main venue of the Barenboim-Said Akademie, a music college named after Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said that teaches up to 90 scholarship students from the Middle East and North Africa. Its orchestra debuted here in April 2023 under Barenboim, and students give regular academy concerts in the hall.

The hall occupies the rear section of the former State Opera scenery depot on Französische Straße in Mitte, near Humboldt University. The 2014–2015 conversion kept the exterior while the interior was rebuilt, so the entrance is through the preserved corner building. The hall seats up to 682, and the tiered rows can be raised or lowered to suit the ensemble.

Architect Frank Gehry and acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota designed the space so musicians perform at eye level with the audience. This unusual arrangement creates a direct connection between performers and listeners that is rare in most concert halls.