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Paganini Auditorium

Named after Niccolo Paganini, considered the greatest violin virtuoso of all time, the Paganini Auditorium was built on the site of an old sugar factory and converted in late 2001 by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano, who left the building’s original brick exterior untouched. It was inaugurated with a concert of the Scala Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti. The project cost 14 million Euro and was funded by the Italian government, Parma city council and local pasta multinational Barilla.