Valery Gergiev Invited STG-Vostok Builders to St. Petersburg to Share Experiences

Valery Gergiev, Director General and Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, visited the construction site of the cultural and educational facilities in Orlinaya Sopka, Vladivostok.

The world-famous conductor saw the erected monolithic frame of the Mariinsky Theatre branch for the first time. Currently, reinforced concrete structures are being installed in the theatre area at the sixth floor level and the second tier of the audience space is being constructed. The area of the theatre will exceed 45 thousand square meters.

During his visit, the maestro asked a lot of questions about the premises layout. From the stage to the cloakroom.

According to him, managers of the Mariinsky Theatre were heavily involved in the completion of the cultural and educational facilities project in Aksakovskaya Street, Vladivostok. All issues are being discussed that may concern both the audience and the artists and technical staff of the future stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in these facilities.

“We are interested in all issues: those of parking, access, communication with the city center and even of the visual contact, how the city look would change,” Valery Gergiev added.

Furthermore, the maestro invited STG-Vostok experts to come to St. Petersburg and to study the experience in constructing the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall (Mariinka-3).

“We have quite a lot of experience in constructing and restoring. We have completed five restoration projects in Vladikavkaz, this is another branch of ours. “I invite those who will be involved in the completion of such construction to the Mariinsky Theatre for a few days, and we will thoroughly study and use the experience that our Theatre has gained during the construction of the Mariinka-3 Concert Hall, which opened in 2006,” Valery Gergiev said.