Tanglewood

Tanglewood Music Center

Former names	Berkshire Music Center
Address	297 West Street, Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Location	Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°20′57″N 73°18′36″W / 42.34917°N 73.31000°W / 42.34917; -73.31000
Owner	Boston Symphony Orchestra
Capacity	Koussevitzky Music Shed: 5,700 Seiji Ozawa Hall: 1,200
Construction
Built	1937–1938
Opened	August 4, 1938
Renovated	1959
Tenants
Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus Tanglewood Music Festival Tanglewood Music Center Tanglewood Learning Center Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Website
www.tanglewood.org

Tanglewood is a music venue and festival in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. It has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. Tanglewood is also home to three music schools: the Tanglewood Music Center, Tanglewood Learning Center, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Besides classical music, Tanglewood hosts the Festival of Contemporary Music, jazz and popular artists, concerts, and frequent appearances by James Taylor, John Williams, and the Boston Pops.