Salle Gaveau

This instrument with 39 stops (8 on the positive, 12 on the recitative, 12 on the grand organ and 7 on the pedal)[2] was subsequently installed in 1957 in the commune of Saint-Saëns in Normandy.

[3] The hall opened its doors on 3 October 1907 for the concert of the Lehrergesangverein (Teachers' Choir of the city of Bremen with one hundred and forty performers).

The concerts Lamoureux, conducted by Camille Chevillard, Vincent d'Indy and André Messager, moved to Gaveau.

During the interwar period, the hall hosted Charles Munch (28 October 1933), Wanda Landowska (7 November 1933), Rudolf Serkin (2 December 1933), and Yves Nat in 1934.

The same scenario occurred during the Second World War, when Gaveau was once again used as a gala venue, while hosting famous musicians such as Jacques Février, Pierre Fournier, Samson François, Paul Tortelier, and Raymond Trouard.

This led to the sale of the Gaveau building to an insurance company, and it was destined to be destroyed for the construction of a car park.

View of the interior of the Salle Gaveau in 2013
Stage of the Salle Gaveau seen from above during a concert in 2019
Camille Saint-Saëns at Salle Gaveau in 1913 with Pierre Monteux