The Music Park Auditorium

The Music Park Auditorium (Auditorium Parco della Musica)  is a multifunctional complex designed by Renzo Piano dedicated to all the arts.

The Musica per Roma Foundation promotes and organizes concerts, exhibitions, international festivals and theatrical performances.

Its history begins in 1993 when the Municipality of Rome announces a new international competition indicating a publicly owned space between the Olympic village and the Flaminio stadium as the seat of the new Auditorium.

On 27 July 1994 the project by Renzo Piano and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop was proclaimed the winner. On January 15, 1995 the project was handed over to the Municipality of Rome.

The works were interrupted in November for the discovery of the remains of an ancient Roman villa.

A variant of the project, presented in June 1996, allows its complete integration into the complex.

On April 21, 2002, the Petrassi room (673 seats) and the Sinopoli room (1,133 seats) were inaugurated.

On 21 December 2002 the Santa Cecilia room (2,744 seats) was inaugurated.

To these is added the large Cavea dedicated to Maestro Luciano Berio.

Located in the center of the three rooms, it is an authentic square with the dual function of an open-air theater and a real meeting place. In the first months of 2003 the complex was completed and began to operate at full capacity.

The Archaeological Museum with the Roman Villa and the Aristaios Museum and the Museum of Musical Instruments of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia overlook the large foyer.

Map: The Music Park Auditorium