Abravanel Hall

The Utah Symphony's hall is quite impressive for a city with a population of 199,723 (2020 census; the Metro is 1.3m). The red four-story blown-glass installation sculpture in the lobby is the Olympic Tower, by glass artist Dale Chihuly (1941-). The wood reminds me of Lincoln Center (but I'm not too fond of the gold hue). We were on our way to FamilySearch, but when passing by the symphony hall, we found a Mozart concert! And they still have tickets. Lucky me. The program: 1. Mozart, Symphony #35 2. Saint-Saëns, piano concerto #2, with Alessio Bax (1977-, Bari, Italy) 3. Bartók, concerto for orchestra Conductor Christoph Koncz (1987-, Konstanz, West Germany) gave a briefing on the background, which is excellent. The latecomers are let in during the piece that is being played. Errrhhhh… I thoroughly enjoy Saint-Saëns' piano concerto; the pianist received a prolonged standing ovation. The thundering enthusiasm is rewarded with an encore: he plays with his left hand only. Couldn't remember the name of the piece. The third piece is bit too hard, so we left - ok, we did move to the back, next to the exit, preparing to leave early. We were kind of hungry - the concert started at 5:30, an odd time.

In February 2025, we visited Abravanel Hall in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We patronized the Utah Symphony Orchestra, for the "Bravo Broadway" concert. Abravanel Hall has great acoustics and lighting for these Utah Symphony concerts. Likewise, the architecture and building decorations were excellent and cleverly done. The "Bravo Broadway" concert was highly enjoyable and memorable. Thank you, Abravanel Hall, for hosting this memorable Utah Symphony concert and providing a terrific venue for different Utah performing art shows.

If you're looking for a unique-looking concert hall in the middle of Salt Lake City, with easy access by car, walking, and public transit, and that hosts the Utah symphony - that is absolutely world-class - then, you have found it at Abravanel Hall. This building is art itself both inside and out. The concert hall is truly awesome with excellent seating all around. What a wonderful building that needs to stick around forever.

Beautiful building. Wonderful Symphony. We were attending Star Wars, New Hope in Concert. It was a lot of fun. They had people in character for photo-ops and merch for sale. Watching the movie with a live orchestra is really fun.

Beautiful concert venue with Chihuly glass sculpture in the lobby. The usher said it was designed to resemble the Olympic flame when that event was held in SLC. Afterward the sculpture was moved inside the concert hall.