Performance Center by Bernard Tschumi urbanistes Architectes (BTuA) inaugurated in Bordeaux/Cenon

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010: A new state-of-the-art music venue by Bernard Tschumi urbanistes Architectes (BTuA) opened its doors with a 24-hour-long marathon concert of performances of music from around the world on Friday, September 24th, including a Senegalese opera sung in French and Wolof. The new center in the Bordeaux suburb of Cenon cost just under 17 million Euros and will draw aficionados from around the region as well as having national significance as a center for world music. The new performance center is the realization of a commission won from a design competition in 2006.