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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The Kimmel Center
for the Performing Arts
Kimmel Center Concert Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania LCCN2011630486.tif
Address 300 South Broad Street
Philadelphia
US
Public transit Walnut-Locust: 12th-13th & Locust + 15th-16th & Locust:
Owner Kimmel, Inc.
Type concert hall
recital theater
Capacity Verizon Hall: 2,500 seats
Perelman Theater: 650 seats
Production Verizon Hall:
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops
Perelman Theater:
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, Philadanco, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Construction
Opened December 16, 2001
Architect Rafael Viñoly Architects, PC
Website
www.kimmelcenter.org

Coordinates: 39°56′48″N 75°09′56″W / 39.9467°N 75.1656°W / 39.9467; -75.1656

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue located at 300 South Broad Street at the corner of Spruce Street, along the stretch known as the "Avenue of the Arts", in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by Kimmel Center, Inc., an organization which also manages the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The center is named after philanthropist Sidney Kimmel.

The Center is the home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of America's "Big Five" symphony orchestras and regarded as one of the best in the world. Kimmel Center is also the home venue of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Philadanco, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and a performance series known as Kimmel Center Presents, which hosts a variety of jazz, classical, and world pop performers.


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