The Kaohsiung Music Center (KMC; ) is a music hall in Yancheng District and Lingya District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
History In 2009, the Executive Yuan recognized the need to establish a music center in Kaohsiung. The Council for Cultural Affairs then commissioned Kaohsiung City Government to plan, design, and construct the center. The center was officially opened on 31 October 2021 in a ceremony attended by President Tsai Ing-wen and Culture Minister Lee Yung-te.
Architecture The center was designed in 2011 by the Spanish architecture team MADE IN Architects, a group created specifically for this competition and led by architect Manuel Monteserin. The team was initially composed of Manuel Monteserin, Javier Simó, Beatriz Pachón, María Mallo, Guiomar Contreras, Nacho Álvarez Monteserin, Antonio Alejandro, Alicia Domingo, Luis Marcos, Beatriz Crespo, Ismael García, Iñigo Redondo, Jorge López, Andrés Infantes and Lain Sarustegui. The subsequent development of the project was carried out by Manuel Monteserin, Beatriz Pachón and Javier Simó, in collaboration with Eddea The project is dedicated to the pop music industry, which holds significant cultural and economic influence in this part of Asia. It comprises an outdoor amphitheater for 10,000 people, a concert hall for 6,000 people, six live houses known as the "Whales," five restaurants connected by an elevated walkway, two towers containing offices, museum spaces, and rehearsal rooms, an exhibition center, and a network of parks and promenades that link the entire site.
The design seeks to produce a heterogeneous architectural landscape, in which each building responds to its specific program and context. During the design phases the team assigned names to the different architectures, such as the "Whales" and the "Dolphins." These names were later adopted by the citizens of Kaohsiung, who now refer to the buildings in the same way.
A key objective from the competition stage was the creation of new public spaces that function independently of performances, integrating the project into the everyday life of the city. In the area of the live houses, the accessible green roofs form gentle hills overlooking the harbor and the sea. In the exhibition center, a large open shaded platform beneath hexagonal structures provides a flexible civic space that can host markets, dance events, theater, and other activities. More than a thousand trees were planted, creating a large park at the mouth of the Love River, with the expectation that the tropical humid climate will foster abundant vegetation in the coming years.
Entertainment events +Entertainment events at Kaohsiung Music CenterDateArtistEventRef20244–5 MayMoonbyulMuseum: An Epic of Starlit Tour22 JuneSolarSolar 2nd Concert "Colours" in Asia 4 OctoberLANY a beautiful blur: the world tour16 NovemberTake ThatThis Life On Tour28 DecemberChanyeolChanyeol Live Tour: City-scapes20254 JanuaryCho Kyu-hyunKyuhyun 10th Anniversary Asia Tour [Colors]18–19 JanuaryDay6Forever Young World Tour25 JanuaryChoi Min-hoMINHO CONCERT [MEAN: of my first]15 FebruaryRainStill Raining Tour22–23 MarchGfriendGFriend 10th Anniversary Concert: Season of Memories24–25 MayCNBLUECNBLUE Live "VOYAGE into X" 1 JuneLANYa beautiful blur: the world tour14 AugustCamila CabelloYours, C Tour17 AugustPark Bo-gumFan Meeting Tour 'Be With You'20 SeptemberDAESUNGD's WAVE 2025 ASIA TOUR IN KAOHSIUNG27 SeptemberStingSTING 3.0 in Kaohsiung202631 JanuaryTWS2025 TWS TOUR '24/7:WITH:US' in Kaohsiung
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See also List of tourist attractions in Taiwan National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Taiwanese art Taiwanese music
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