THE ACOUSTIC OF FATRA HOUSE OF ARTS IN ZILINA, SLOVAKIA

Abstract

In this article, we present a concert hall of The Fatra House of Arts in Zilina Slovakia, describe the hall itself and examine the acoustical quality of the hall. The concert hall primarily serves for symphony, chamber orchestra and soloist but hosts various cultural and social events as well. The hall is being considered as acoustically exquisite space by many professional musicians and conductors all around the world for a long time. However, real measurement of the objective acoustical quality parameters, that could confirm the subjective assessment, has never been carried out. We per-formed the measuring and evaluated the reverberation-based, energy-based, spectral-based, and spatial impression-based objective criteria. The measured results of objective parameters prove the correlation with the recommended values of specialized literature for chamber orchestra performances.