Situated on the Krasnokholmsky Island, Moscow International Performing Arts Centre (the Centre, for short) was constructed at the joint initiative of Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov and the eminent musician and public figure Vladimir Spivakov using funds of the Government of Moscow. Before the Centre, concert halls for classical music had not been constructed in Moscow, which is a universally acknowledged world centre of music culture, for over one hundred years.
On 7th September 2000, the first stone was laid into the foundation of the future building on the spit of the Krasnoholmsky Island. The Centre was completed in 18 months by ENKA, a Turkish construction company, to a design of the Partnership of Theatre Architects (the architects Yury Gnedovsky and Vladilen Krasilnikov).
On 26th December 2002, a solemn presentation of the Centre took place. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, participated in the presentation. While opening the ceremony, the head of the state called it "an important event not only in the cultural life of Moscow, but of the entire Russia" and compared it to "a beautiful crystal cup".
The Centre, which is the main element of a large architectural ensemble, is beautifully situated in Kosmodamianskaya Embankment of the Moscow River. This spot provides a beautiful view of the ancient Novospassky Monastery.
The dome of the Centre is crowned with a symbol of the clef by the architect Zurab Tsereteli. The structure is 9.5-meter (31-feet) high. The clef itself weighs around 2 tonnes (4,500 pounds), while the additional parts weigh around 4 tonnes (9,000 pounds) more. A very complex, roller-based mechanism allows this heavy structure to spin like a weathercock.
In its final state, apart from the three concert auditoriums, the Centre will include a restaurant, a music shop, a flower shop and a shop of the Bluethner piano-manufacturing company.
In mid-March of 2003, the Centre started its concert-related activities in the Grand and Chamber Auditoriums. In May of 2003, the Theatre Auditorium was opened.
During the first months after the Centre was opened, its stage saw such world famous musicians as Kent Nagano, Luciano Pavarotti, Vladimir Spivakov, Valery Gergiyev, Yury Bashmet, Zurab Sotkilava, and Denis Matsuyev, such renowned musical ensembles as the World Orchestra for Peace, the Russian National Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, the State Academy Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Academy of Choral Art headed by Viktor Popov, the German Brass ensemble as well as such famous masters of Russian jazz as Anatoly Kroll, Igor Bril, and Aleksey Kozlov.
The Centre also hosted social events: the Nika film award ceremony and the Slava sports award ceremony.
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