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The Palace is a former cinema in St. Gallen , which is now used as a concert and discussion venue. The building is a historical monument.

history

Prehistory as a cinema

The electrical fitter Jules Schulthess, who comes from Zurich-Oerlikon, had the “Cinema Palace Theater” built on Blumenbergplatz in the early 1920s. The architect of the house was the Jewish architect Moritz «Moses» Hauser. The building with cloakroom, foyer and balcony is massive but elegant in keeping with the construction of the 1920s.

The Cinema Palace was opened on March 25, 1924 with a gala performance. The film "Das Karussell im Prater" was shown, and Hedy Pfundmayr , the first solo dancer at the Vienna State Opera , danced . On March 16, 1930, Schulthess showed the first sound film in St.Gallen, “Sonny Boy, The Singing Fool” at the Palace. In 1983 the Swiss cinema magnate Franz Anton Brüni bought the Palace. When the city of St. Gallen acquired it in 2003, it was subject to a servitude, according to which cinemas were no longer allowed to be operated. The city council launched an ideas competition for future use.

Reopening as a concert venue

The winning projects provided for an expensive renovation of the building, which the city parliament of St.Gallen rejected. The city council then made the former operators of the Frohegg concert hall in St.Gallen and the Rorschach harbor buffet as well as Klang und Kleid available for two years: Instead of long cultural concepts, they wanted to develop the program through a trial run.

On October 27, 2006, following on from the opening in 1924, the Palace was reopened with a Viennese soiree with musicians from Vienna. Alternative country singer Digger Barnes and New York band Grizzly Bear played the next two evenings .

With a program that is unique in Eastern Switzerland, the Palace quickly developed into a concert venue that attracted attention beyond the city and national borders. The Palace was renovated in 2008, and the trial operation was followed by the definitive operating license. The Palace receives an annual loan from the city and canton of St.Gallen for its operation. In the following years the business was professionalized, at the same time the Palace secured a permanent place in the cultural landscape of eastern Switzerland.

today

program

With a varied music program, the Palace tracks down pop cultural trends, interesting niches and surprising sounds. The music program is always up to date and aims to anticipate future developments in the music scene. Surprising and experimental has just as much a place in the program as popular. The music-making guests come from near and far. The Palace succeeds again and again in engaging bands that are in tune with the times. Bands like the xx , Courtney Barnett , Future Islands , Caribou , Young Fathers , Mac de Marco and many more played their first gigs in Switzerland at the Palace. Most of the people on the Palace stage were Stahlberger , Jeffrey Lewis and Andreas Spechtl ( yes, panic ).

Every Tuesday evening the Erfreuliche Universität holds its lectures at the foot of the Rosenberg with its business academy. The Joyful University developed into an important urban discussion forum. The topics range from traffic planning to the media crisis to the end of the world - and again and again it is about a progressive migration policy. The pleasant university has hoisted a new banner every season for 10 years. a. designed by the artists André Butzer , Michaela Melián , Peter Kamm, Jutta Koether , Albert Oehlen , Cosima von Bonin , Klaudia Schifferle , Roberto Ohrt and Andy Hope .

The music and lecture program is supplemented with party series and humorous entertainment evenings. For five years, "Rap History" was devoted to one year each month in the history of hip hop. The popular soul and funk dance night “Soul Gallen” attracts hundreds of visitors to the Palace every month, while the lecture series “Worst Case Scenarios” is all about bad art. The combination of concert and discussion space in this form is unique in Switzerland.

Association

The Association Palace is the sponsor of the concert hall. The company, but also the alliance for an offensive culture and public urban life, is to be strengthened through broad support. The association employs around 50 people, plus numerous volunteers. Operational and programmatic questions are decided jointly in the responsible groups. The Palace is an open house where people with a passion for outrageous sounds and ideas come together and work together in solidarity.

criticism

The Palace also came under fire because of its political program. City MP Jennifer Deuel (FDP) submitted a proposal entitled "Who actually owns the Palace?" a. She wanted to know what goal the organizers are pursuing with the discussions at the Erfreulichen Uni and whether it makes sense to support such a politically active location with financial contributions from the city. The city council then told her that interference in the cultural investment program would be exercised with caution.

Prices

In 2007 the Erfreuliche University received a sponsorship award from the city of St.Gallen. In 2012 the Palace was awarded the sponsorship prize of the St. Gallen Cultural Foundation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Minimal gloss for the Palace - St.Galler Tagblatt Online. In: tagblatt.ch. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
  2. ^ History of the Cinema Palace - "Formerly" Palace website. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Palace operating concept of March 3, 2006, presented at the media conference website of the City of St. Gallen. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Palace program from October 2006 Palace website. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. ^ City of St. Gallen's 2009 Cultural Concept Website of the City of St. Gallen. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Palace St.GallenPalace St.Gallen - portrait. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Palace St.GallenPalace St.Gallen - portrait. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Palace St.GallenPalace St.Gallen - portrait. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  9. ^ Simple request from Jennifer Deuel City Parliament website. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ Palace for City Council not “too left” Article in the Toggenburger Tagblatt dated August 11, 2010. Retrieved on January 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ A price with an order ( Memento from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Article in the St. Galler Tagblatt from November 24, 2007. November 24, 2007.
  12. ↑ Culture prizes for palace, poetry slam and orchestra Article in the St. Galler Tagblatt dated April 19, 2012. Accessed on January 26, 2016.