The Rudolfinum was built 1876–81 — the Dvořák hall is the usual platform of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra — in the past appearances by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Grieg, Paderewski, Reger and numerous Czech masters — often used for Supraphon recordings — many sculpted portraits of composers from Palestrina to Schumann, but no single Czech — the Dvořák monument (Jan Wagner, 1956) was erected in front of the building.