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The Jean-Deslauriers Theatre (French: Salle Jean-Deslauriers) is a Canadian concert auditorium located in Montreal, Quebec. Built by the Catholic School Commission of Montreal in the early 1930s, the hall was originally named Plateau Hall (French: Auditorium le Plateau). It was renamed in 1975 in honour of conductor Jean Deslauriers. The building is now known as Centre culturel Calixa-Lavallée. The Jean-Deslauriers Theatre seats 1,307 people and is located on Calixa-Lavallée St in the centre of La Fontaine Park. It was the principal performance venue of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from its inception in 1934 through 1963, during which time the MSO gave more than 1500 performances in the hall. The hall is also the former home of the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra and the Montreal Youth Symphony Orchestra. Many notable musicians have performed in Plateau Hall, including Warren Zevon, Marian Anderson, Kirsten Flagstad, Walter Gieseking, Vladimir Horowitz, Raoul Jobin, Wilhelm Kempff, Mstislav Rostropovich, Erna Sack, Igor Stravinsky and New York punk band the Ramones with Iggy Pop as the opening act.Other bands that played Le Plateau in the 70's include Roxy Music, Caravan, King Crimson, Curved Air and Renaissance

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Avenue Calixa-Lavallée, Montreal Plateau Mont-Royal

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Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (French pronunciation: ​[lə plato mɔ̃ ʁwajal]) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Plateau-Mont-Royal takes its name from its location on a plateau, on the eastern side of Mont-Royal and overlooking downtown Montreal, across it's southern border. The borough is bordered to the south by Sherbrooke Street; to the north and north-east by the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks; and to the west by Hutchison (north of Mount Royal Avenue), Park Avenue (between Mount Royal and Pine Avenue) and University Street (south of Pine Avenue). It is the most densely populated borough in Canada, with 101,054 people living in an 8.1 square kilometre (3¼ sq. mi.) area. There is a difference between the borough, Plateau-Mont-Royal—a political division of the City of Montreal—and the neighbourhood referred to as "the Plateau". The borough includes not only the Plateau proper, but also the neighbourhoods of Mile End (bounded by Avenue du Mont-Royal to the south and the Avenue Henri-Julien to the east) and Milton Park (bounded by University, Sherbrooke, Saint-Laurent and Pine). Both neighbourhoods are generally considered distinct from the Plateau. The Plateau is famous for being a major center for the arts, with a large concentration of artists, musicians, and creative organizations. Many artistic institutions are established in the Plateau such as the National Theatre School of Canada, the Quebec Conservatory of Music in Montreal, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and many theater such as le Rideau vert, le Théâtre de Quat'Sous, La Licorne and le Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui. The Plateau has many Parcs such as Jeanne-Mance park, La Fontaine park, Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier park, Saint-Louis Square, and Gérald-Godin plaza. The Mont-Royal parc is also accessible from the Plateau-Mont-Royal. Due to its large concentration of French expatriates who arrived in the early twenty first century, the neighborhood has been named "Le Petit Paris", la Petite-France, or ironically « La Nouvelle-France ».