Growing up for a while in Sydney, I can’t relate to living in a town without a really impressive opera house.

But, as always seems to be the case, it has taken middle America a little longer than the rest of the world to appreciate the beauty of a kickarse concert hall. (Europeans nailed this, like, 300 years ago…)

The New York Times are running an interesting piece on the new American passion for concert halls including the amusing (to some, perhaps) story of the new concert hall in NASHVILLE. Yes, Nashville.

Along with the Grand Ole Opry and other bluegrass and country music sites, “this particular symphony hall frankly finishes out that range of venues, of special places, that we had to have…”

We’re awaiting news on whether Vienna has been overrun by saloon bars…

In Cities Across the United States, It’s Raining Concert Halls [New York Times]