Description of the attraction
The Summer Amphitheater is the main concert venue of the international festival of arts "Slavyansky Bazar". The festival is held annually, every summer for exactly one week.
Such an unusual summer auditorium was built for the Polish Song Festival in 1987. Its capacity today is 6,219 seats, divided into 9 sectors. Stage area 430 square meters. The author of the project is architect V. A. Babashkin.
The location for the construction of the Summer Amphitheater was chosen for a reason. It was built in a natural depression where a ravine used to be. The slopes of the former ravine reliably protect the Summer Amphitheater from the noise of the city and, on the contrary, the sounds of music from the Summer Amphitheater do not interfere with the city dwellers who want to relax.
The amphitheater did not acquire its present appearance at once. In 2007, an unusual openwork structure was erected over the open stage and the auditorium - a "visor" that protects the performing artists and spectators from bad weather. The number of seats was increased, general reconstruction and repair of the amphitheater was carried out.
The height of the openwork roof over the summer amphitheater is 25 meters, the length of the arch it forms is 120 meters. The structure consists of 18 thousand metal rods held together by 3 thousand metal balls. An artistic block is located behind the stage. This is a four-story building with all the necessary equipment for artists: dressing rooms, technical and administrative rooms. Here in 2007 a cafe “Maestro” with 60 seats was opened for artists.
In 2009, the Walk of Fame was opened with portraits of the laureates of the special presidential award "Through Art to Peace and Understanding".
