In 1885, a big concert hall, which the city had been lacking, was inaugurated in the Rudolfinum. It is named after Crown prince Rudolf, son of Franz Josef I. The Neo-Renaissance building was built in the years 1875 to 1885 by architects Zítek (designer of the National Theatre) and Schulz (designer of the National Museum in Prague), and it represents one of the most significant buildings of its time. The Rudolfinum remains the seat of the prestigious Czech orchestra till today. It houses a concert hall named after him, in which he conducted the first concert by the Czech Philharmonic performing the celebrated New World Symphony. The Rudolfinum is closely linked with the giant of Czech classical music – Antonín Dvořák.
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