{{Short description|Concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox venue | name = Heichal HaTarbut | image = Charles Bronfman Auditorium-Israel Philharmonic Orchestra-Bernstein Festival - Honoring his 100th Birthday Year.jpg | location = 2 Huberman Street<br />Tel Aviv, Israel. | coordinates = {{coord|32.073643|N|34.779974|E|region:IL|display=inline,title}} | type = [[Concert hall]] | built= | opened = 1957 | renovated = 2011–13 | expanded = | closed= | demolished= | owner= | architect = [[Dov Karmi]], [[Zeev Rechter]] and [[Yaakov Rechter]] | construction_cost= | former_names = [[Fredric R. Mann]] Auditorium | seating_type = Reserved | seating_capacity = 2,412 | tenants = [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] | website= }}
'''Heichal HaTarbut''' ({{langx|he|היכל התרבות}}, {{Literal translation|the hall of culture}}), officially known as the '''Charles Bronfman Auditorium''' and until 2013 as the '''Fredric R. Mann Auditorium''', is the largest concert hall in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], and home to the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,862784,00.html "Music: Home for Wanderers"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. 14 October 1957.</ref>
==History== [[File:Tel Aviv Frederic R Mann Auditorium bij avond gezien vanaf het parkeerterrein , Bestanddeelnr 255-4552.jpg|thumb|Mann Auditorium, 1964]]
Heichal HaTarbut, originally named the [[Fredric R. Mann]] Auditorium, opened in October 1957 at [[Habima Square]].<ref>https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/halls/charles_bronfman_auditorium/48/ World Concert Hall. 9 June 2023.]</ref> The building was designed by [[Dov Karmi]], [[Zeev Rechter|Ze'ev Rechter]] and [[Yaakov Rechter]].<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/architects-and-architecture The Israel Briefing Book: Israel Overview - Architecture] [[Jewish Virtual Library]]. 9 June 2023.</ref> [[Leonard Bernstein]] conducted the inaugural concert, with the Israel Philharmonic and pianist [[Arthur Rubinstein]] as a soloist.
[[File:Heichal Hatarbut1.jpg|thumb|The concert hall after renovation]] Until 2013, the hall was officially known as the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, bearing the name of its donor. Renovations under the supervision of Israeli architect Ofer Kolker were undertaken from 2011 to 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hitron|first=Haggai|title=Reopening of Tel Aviv's Mann Auditorium faces delay|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-01-31/ty-article/.premium/reopening-of-tel-avivs-mann-auditorium-faces-delay/0000017f-f740-d5bd-a17f-f77ae4ad0000|work=[[Haaretz]]|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref> The new acoustics were designed by Japanese [[Yasuhisa Toyota]].
Heichal HaTarbut reopened in May 2013 with a performance of [[Gustav Mahler]]'s 5th Symphony by the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] under its music director [[Zubin Mehta]].
In 2013, the renovated venue was reopened as Charles Bronfman Auditorium, after Canadian-American businessman and donor [[Charles Bronfman]].<ref>[https://www.e-architect.com/israel/charles-bronfman-auditorium Charles Bronfman Auditorium: Concert Hall Tel Aviv. 14 May 2013.] e-architect. 9 June 2023.</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Charles Bronfman Auditorium}} *{{Official website|http://www.hatarbut.co.il}} *[[hdl:10079/fa/music.mss.154|MSS 154, Fredric R. Mann Papers]] in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University.
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