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Exhibition Concert Hall

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Year 1908.
Concert Pavilion. No longer in existence.
Industrial Palace, Pr?myslový palác.
District: 7.
Address: Stromovka Park (east side). Now: Vystaviste Praha.
City of Prague map Gustav Mahler.

The Exhibition Grounds (near Stromovka Park) were built for the Jubilee Exhibition of Year 1891. Festival concert hall (Koncertni sin).

Gustav Mahler conducted the openingconcert for the Jubilee Exhibition of the Prague Trade and Business Chamber of Year 1908 which was organised on the occasion of the 60th year anniversary of Franz Josef I, Emperor (1830-1916) (from 1848 until 1908).

The worldpremiere of Symphony No. 7 took place here, played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra augmented by members of the Orchestra of the Neues Deutsches Theatre (State Opera) and conducted by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). After conclusion of the 1908 Jubilee Exhibition the Concert Hall was demolished.

1908 Concert Prague 23-05-1908. Opening concert.
1908 Concert Prague 19-09-1908 – Symphony No. 7 (Premiere).

Year 1908. Concert Pavilion.

Year 1908. Concert Pavilion at the 1908 Jubilee Exposition in Prague, designed by Josef Zasche (1871-1957). Gustav Mahler in rehearsal for the world premiere of Symphony No. 7 (19-09-1908) (1/3).

Year 1908. Concert Pavilion at the 1908 Jubilee Exposition in Prague, designed by Josef Zasche (1871-1957). Gustav Mahler in rehearsal for the world premiere of Symphony No. 7 (19-09-1908) (2/3).

Year 1908. Concert Pavilion at the 1908 Jubilee Exposition in Prague, designed by Josef Zasche (1871-1957). Gustav Mahler in rehearsal for the world premiere of Symphony No. 7 (19-09-1908). Detail. (3/3).