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Concert Hall Astana.
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The Astana Concert Hall (until 1999 - the Virgin Gardens) is located in the center of the old part of the city, compositionally closes the ensemble of the old square. The construction of the building was begun on October 15, 1961, and completed in 1963.
The appearance of the monument is associated with the development of virgin lands in Kazakhstan. In February, the USSR Council of Ministers decided on the construction in the city of Tselinograd, as in the center of the virgin lands, the Virgin Lands Palace.
The palace was built by the project of Latvian architects P.Yu. Vogels, O.N. Krauklis, D.K. Danneberg. It was designed for 2,355 seats and in terms of scale and system of equipment for that moment was considered the second in the USSR after the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.
For sounding celebrations, concerts, theatrical performances. The palace was equipped with modern sound amplifying equipment. A cinema workshop was located next to the radio room, and film projectors were installed in it to display panoramic, widescreen, widescreen and ordinary films.
In 1978, the Palace underwent a major overhaul with the replacement and updating of equipment. Tselinnikov Palace together with the adjacent territory occupied an area of 32 hectares. construction volume was 64,000 square meters, usable area 9500 square meters.
The first director was M. Shklyaev in 60 - 80 years last century. The palace of the virgin lands went on tour with many outstanding collectives of the country, the most famous are the Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Abay, State Academic Kazakh Drama Theater named after M. Auezova Leningrad Academic Drama Theater. Pushkin, Moscow State Operetta Theater.
In the late 90s, the building underwent a major reconstruction and modernization. The building of the Palace of Virgin Lands, now the building of the concert hall "Astana" is of great urban importance in the urban development system and is the connecting link to the central square of the city with a recreation area.
Today it meets all international standards: on its six floors there are 158 rooms and an auditorium with 1600 seats, orchestra and ballet halls. restaurant and reception hall. It has an expanded stage and make-up rooms of the luxury class.
The foyer of the palace is quite spacious and bright, made as convenient as possible for large exhibitions and fairs.