The Concert Auditorium – one of the most distinctive in the world – has been for more than a hundred years the privileged setting for the musical life, both national and international, of the city of Barcelona. It has hosted world premieres and is a landmark for symphonic and choral music. Dominated by the organ over the stage and with a central skylight portraying the sun, the auditorium is filled with natural light. A mystical, paradoxical hall, packed with figures like the muses which surround the stage, a bust of Anselm Clavé on one side and Beethoven on the other, and hundreds of natural motifs, including flowers, palms, fruit, jars and cases filled with jewels.