Transcarpathian Regional Philharmonic
Concert hall in Uzhhorod's former Orthodox synagogue of 1904, on the bank of the Uzh.
The building was raised in 1904 on the embankment of the Uzh as the Orthodox synagogue of Ungvar, to designs by the Transcarpathian architects Ferenc Szabolcs and Gyula Papp. It is a striking exercise in the Moorish manner, with banded brick and stone, horseshoe arches, a large rose window over the entrance and corner turrets. The Jewish community of the town was destroyed in 1944, and after the war the empty synagogue was rebuilt for secular use, losing its onion domes in the process.
The Transcarpathian Regional Philharmonic was founded on 19 February 1946 and has occupied the building since the 1950s. Its resident forces include a symphony orchestra and folk ensembles drawing on the mixed Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak and Rusyn traditions of the region, and the programme runs from symphonic and choral concerts to family shows and candlelit film-music evenings. The hall is one of the busiest concert venues in western Ukraine.
Highlights
- Moorish-revival former synagogue of 1904 beside the river Uzh
- Banded brickwork, horseshoe arches and a large rose window
- Resident symphony orchestra and Transcarpathian folk ensembles
- Eightieth anniversary season in 2026
