The Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) is a concert hall, designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It was built between 1905 and 1908 for the Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 which was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença (Catalan Rebirth). Between 1982 and 1989, the building underwent extensive restoration, remodeling, and extension under the direction of architects Oscar Tusquets and Carles Díaz. In 1997, the Palau de la Música Catalana was declared aUNESCO World Heritage Site. Today, more than half a million people a year attend musical performances in this palace that range from symphonic and chamber music to jazz and Cançó (Catalan song).
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