52 The Cité de la Musique et de la Danse de Soissons, designed by the architect Henri Gaudin and inaugurated in February 2015, is an establishment administered by the GrandSoissons Agglomération, which co-financed its construction with the European Union, the Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie (now Hauts-de-France) and the Département de l’Ain. The Cité, which comprises the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Intercommunal and a large 513-seat auditorium, aims to combine pedagogical activities and the dissemination of music to the highest artistic standards. Among other activities, it has presented since it was opened an annual season of around twenty concerts organised in collaboration with the Conseil Départemental de l’Aisne and the Ville de Soissons, with the support of the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication and the Conseil Régional des Hauts-de-France. The auditorium is much admired for its natural acoustics, its excellent sound isolation, its wood panelling, its 200m² stage and its volume of almost 6,000m3. All these characteristics make it particularly suitable for sound recording and broadcasting.
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