02 · GALLERY
Five frames.
The Recital Centre is wrapped in a plywood fractal-lattice that looks like tree bark from across the road and reads as a deliberate acoustic surface from inside. ARM Architecture designed the building in 2009, Arup did the acoustic engineering, and the result is a 1,000-seat shoebox that working soloists treat as a reference room for chamber and recital programming. The Elisabeth Murdoch Hall is the main room. The smaller Salon, 150 seats, runs Friday-lunchtime concerts that are free or pay-as-you-can and acoustically the venue's purest space. Australia's only purpose-built dedicated chamber-and-recital hall.
Friday lunchtime concerts at the Salon are free or pay-as-you-can. The Salon is the acoustic gem of the building.
Architecturally singular and acoustically referenced internationally. Australia's chamber-music anchor.
Year-round chamber and recital programming. Friday lunchtime Salon concerts are free or pay-as-you-can and consistently strong. Melbourne Festival in October is the headline week.
Box office Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:00. Performances most evenings. Salon Friday lunchtime concerts at 13:00.
Tram 1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72 to Sturt Street/Southbank. From Flinders Street Station, fifteen-minute walk over the Yarra. From Melbourne Airport, 30 minutes by SkyBus to Southern Cross then tram.