Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall

Grand Concert Hall Oktyabrsky
Russian: Большой Концертный Зал "Октябрьский"

Address	6, Ligovsky Prospekt
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Type	Concert hall
Seating type	Reserved seating
Capacity	3,727 (including a balcony 1,043)
Construction
Built	1961 - 1967
Opened	November 7, 1967
Renovated	Summer 2009
Website
http://www.bkz.sp.ru (In Russian)

Grand Concert Hall Oktyabrsky is one of concert platforms in the centre of Saint Petersburg.

Concert hall it is used basically for performance of variety actors, rock musicians, and also dancing and ballet collectives.^[1]

As the director of a hall since 1988 Emma Lavrinovich works.^[2]

History

Till 1961 on a place occupied now "Oktyabrsky", there was a Greek church (1861, architect Roman Kuzmin), entitled the Greek Square and Greek Prospekt. Circumstances of a pulling down of church are described in Joseph Brodsky Ostanovka v pustyne's poem.

The new building has been constructed in 1967 under the project of the group of authors headed Alexander Zhuk. Over the project architects worked Alexander Zhuk, Valentin Kamensky, Jean Verzhbitsky, engineers Galkin, Maksimov. The building silhouette is allocated with strict geometry, the facade decorates a huge stained-glass window. Over a front entrance there is a bronze frieze of work of sculptor Mikhail Anikushin. At steps at an input in a building sculpture "October" sculptor Alexander Matveev (It is cast from bronze after death of the author - in 1968 under the original of 1927) is established.

The hall has been opened by fiftieth anniversary of October revolution, its capacity makes 3727 places (including a balcony 1,043). According to administration, attendance of a concert hall — about one million spectators in a year.

In 2009 repair was necessary for a concert hall. Works will mention all systems of a building, they will be is spent from July till October 2009.^[3]

External links

• "Official Website" (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
• Media related to Oktyabrsky Big Concert Hall at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ↑ Афиша [Playbill] (in Russian). Official Website. Retrieved 2009-08-11.  External link in |publisher= (help)
2. ↑ История зала [History of Hall] (in Russian). Official Website. Retrieved 2009-08-11.  External link in |publisher= (help)
3. ↑ Свой 40 день рождения БКЗ "Октябрьский" встретит обновлённым [40 birthday BKZ "Octyabrsky" will meet the updated] (in Russian). Fontanka.Ru information agency. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-08-11.  External link in |publisher= (help)

Sports venue and auditoriums in St. Petersburg
Open-air recreation areas	Petrovsky Stadium 21,600 capacity 1924 opened Dinamo Stadium 12,000 capacity 1929 opened Kirov Stadium 84,000 capacity 1950–2006 Petrovsky Stadium - small arena 2,600 capacity 1994 opened Krestovsky Stadium 60,000 capacity under construction
Roofed sport and concert areas	Yubileyny Sports Palace 7,000 capacity 1967 Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex 25,000 capacity 1980 Ice Palace 12,300 capacity 1999
Сoncert halls	Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall 3,800 capacity 1967 Mariinsky Theatre, Concert Hall 1,100 capacity 2006

Coordinates: 59°56′08″N 30°21′55″E / 59.93556°N 30.36528°E / 59.93556; 30.36528