Its principal conductor and artistic director is an Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church evangelist, Stephen Tong.
Its layout and design were carefully made with a strategically layered ceiling to amplify the sound, as well as filtering out excess noise to achieve the rarely-accomplished 35 dB (decibels).
[citation needed] The pipe organ is one of the oldest musical instruments with the most intricately-made components in the world.
Aula Simfonia Jakarta possesses a Casavant Frères production from 1962 with 3217 pipes, with a total weight of more than 10 tons.
[4] Aula Simfonia Jakarta is dominated by brown tones with different types of wood finishes, surrounded by paintings of celebrated composers and varied statues representing well-known musical instruments, illuminated by a crystal chandelier over the center stage.