Salle Pleyel

The Salle Pleyel was inaugurated on October 18, 1927. It takes its name from Ignace Pleyel, composer, and founder in 1807 of the famous Pleyel piano factory. In 1925, Gustave Lyon, a polytechnician and engineer, took over the reins of the company and launched the La Salle construction site. The construction was entrusted to the architect Jacques Marcel Auburtin but, following his death, André Granet and Jean-Baptiste Mathon replaced him. The construction site then begins in December on land located at 252 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The only symphony concert hall in the capital, Pleyel is considered one of the largest French halls of the 20th century.