SHYMKENT.  March 18. KAZINFORM  /Tatyana Pylayeva/ President Nursultan Nazarbayev who is on a working visit to the South Kazakhstan oblast at present, has participated in ceremonial opening of a new building of the regional Philharmonic Hall in Shymkent.

The new building of the Shamshi Kaldayakov Regional Philharmonic Hall is located in the center of the city. Construction work was carried out by  A-Spetsstroi  JSC under a project of Arna project LLP. The audience hall can hold 450 people.

The estimated cost of the project is KZT 900 mln 920 thousand. The funds for construction were allocated from the regional budget.