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The new unique concert complex is the first "Palace
of Music" built in Russia within more than 100
years. It is one of the largest in Europe and can be
compared with the world most famous music halls.
The complex was constructed on the initiative of the
City Mayor Mr. Yuri M. Luzhkov, as well as of the Moscow
Government. The construction costs were fully covered
by the city budget, and in return, the Moscow House
of Music is to increase the prestige of Moscow as one
of the world's cultural centers.
The Moscow House of Music comprises a symphony hall
with more than 1800 seats, a chamber hall and a multipurpose
hall with an overall capacity of more than 3000 seats.
Special attention was paid to the hall acoustics, with
all the achievements in this field taken into account.
The construction of the ten-story music complex, with
a two-story basement and total area of more than forty
thousand square meters took 18 months, and was completed
by a Turkish company ENKA, with the support of Tovarischestvo
Teatralnyh Arkhitektorov Ltd., a Russian architectural
design developing company (architects Mr. Yuriy P. Gnedovski
and Mr. Vladlen D. Krasilnikov).
Seventeen Steinway grand-pianos have already been purchased
for the Moscow House of Music, and by 2004, the largest
wind organ in Russia will appear in the symphony hall.
This year an electric organ will be installed on the
stage of the chamber hall. The Moscow House of Music
will become a rehearsal base for famous Russian orchestras,
among which Virtuosos of Moscow, Aleksander S. Voroshilo,
General director of the Moscow International House of
Music, The Russian Philharmonic. Also, the Moscow House
of Music will host Mr. Vladimir Spivakov's International
Charity Foundation.
The audio-video studio with super modern technical
equipment will enable the Moscow House of Music to record
not only concerts, but also rehearsals of the world
outstanding performers. The Moscow House of Music is
to become one of Moscow's cultural centers, as it will
include restaurants, an exhibition hall, a hotel, a
music shop and a fitness center. All this will create
the best conditions to
host prestigious music festivals and contests.
Read the press release.
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