Ulrike Klein’s new Ngeringa Cultural Centre has been specifically designed for the performance of chamber music.

An innovatively designed, state of the art concert venue will open in the Adelaide Hills on Saturday. The new Ngeringa Cultural Centre is the brainchild of prominent arts philanthropist and former cosmetics entrepreneur Ulrike Klein. Construction of the 200-seat concert venue has fulfilled Klein’s long-held dream of building a facility designed specifically for chamber music performance.

The new environmentally sustainable building has been designed by leading architect Anton Johnson in collaboration with Arup, which has an international reputation for excellence in acoustical engineering. The concert hall has a distinctive ‘wave diffusion’ ceiling to ensure sound is flatteringly reflected within the space to provide the best possible listening experience for the audience.

Oringally from Germany, Klein and her husband moved with their four children to the Adelaide Hills in 1983. The pair founded the international Jurlique skin care label in 1985 and in 2002 the company was first sold to Kerry Packer, and then sold again in 2011 to a Japanese company for $335 million. She and her family have been a long-term supporter of the arts. In addition to being the founder and...