The building, a historical and cultural monument, has a new roof with a spire, a renewed stage and checked acoustics.
The Concert Hall of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic has been formally reopened after major repairs. The building is a historical and cultural monument of the peoples of the Russian Federation; according to the regional culture minister Olesya Polunina, it was last repaired 40 years ago.
In seven months the façade, foundations, floors and roof were renewed and a new spire was installed. In the hall the stage was repaired and the foundation beneath it strengthened, the floors were replaced and new seats installed. The acoustics were checked by measuring reverberation before and after the work. More than 81 million roubles from the federal and regional budgets were allocated for the repairs. At the opening the Governor’s Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilya Derbilov performed the programme “Masterpieces of Andrei Petrov’s Music” for the composer’s 95th anniversary.
Source (in Russian): Oblastnaya Gazeta, 25 December 2025.
