Several major concert halls have opened their doors over the past few months, thereby making the public aware of an almost unknown guild: that of the acoustician. Without their precise calculations, architects would be lost, and prestigious buildings such as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg or the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles would be doomed to sink into oblivion.
For the documentary “Of Vineyards and Shoeboxes” (WT), director Günter Atteln and his team just accompanied the acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota to Moscow, visiting the construction of the new philharmonic hall in Zaryadye park together with Valery Gergiev. Situated in the heart of Moscow next to the Red Square, the hall will accommodate 1.500 spectators. The shooting will continue until autumn.
