Robert Henke looks more like an academic than a musician. As he turned to accept the applause of the assembled audience he seemed faintly bemused to find himself on stage. His performance – the electronic utterances of a battalion of 1980s computers, orchestrated by Henke from a keyboard while sitting in his office chair – was a long way from being a traditional concert. But then, the glass-walled auditorium in the brand new Japanese-designed House of Music in Budapest is certainly a long way from being a conventional concert venue.
For a start, its roof is organically shaped and looks like a giant mushroom with holes poked in it to let the light in and trees grow through. Under that roof, besides the auditorium with its planned 500-plus live musical performances a year, it also has a sound dome
