Valery Gergiev announced the opening of a further branch of his Mariinsky Theatre in Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Republic of North Ossetia and one of the most populous cities in the North Caucasus.
He told Russian media that Mariinsky already helped the Republic of North Ossetia to restore the Philharmonic Hall (« The hall of my childhood ») where he conducted his first concert. The new branch will be opened later this year.
In 2016 a branch of the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre was opened in Vladivostok.