The Lutheran Hall
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Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan
ザ・ルーテルホール | |
 Interactive map of The Lutheran Hall | |
| Address | 3-1 Odori Nishi 6-chome, Chūō-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan |
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| Coordinates | 43°03′33″N 141°20′55″E / 43.0592°N 141.3485°E |
| Owner | Japan Lutheran Church (Sapporo Lutheran Center) |
| Capacity | 216 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Website | |
| https://www.lutheranhall.com/ | |
The Lutheran Hall (Japanese: ザ・ルーテルホール) is a concert hall located in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The venue, housed in the Sapporo Lutheran Center building, has a fixed seating capacity of 216 and was opened in 1986. The hall is primarily used for chamber music, solo recitals, music school and student recitals, and other small- to mid-scale classical-music events. [1][2]
The Lutheran Hall is located near Odori in central Sapporo, making it easily accessible by subway or tram. The hall's timber-rich interior, sloped fixed seating, and a rounded stage (approximately 12 m wide by 7.5 m deep) contribute to its excellent acoustics — qualities well suited to chamber music, solo recitals, student recitals, recordings, and piano duos (the hall is equipped with two Hamburg-Steinway full grand pianos). [3]
The hall also includes a rehearsal room with a grand piano, and rentable rooms for meetings or lectures. [4] The venue is used for recitals, chamber concerts, music school events, and occasional recordings or smaller-scale cultural events. [5]