Prior to signing a financing agreement with Tartu city government, Margus Allikmaa, chair of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, will consult with the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu.
0 >A sketch of the extension to the National Opera building. Source: AB Ansambel OÜ/architect Toivo Tammik
The Riigikogu s cultural affairs committee decided to forward four cultural objects of national importance to the Riigikogu: the Narva Kreenholm Cultural Manufacturing Quarter, the extension of the current National Opera Building, the Arvo Pärt Music Hall and the Tartu Cultural Centre in the Heart of the City (Süku).
Committee chairman Aadu Must said the committee s proposal will move forward to the Riigikogu, where a final decision will be made regarding the ranking of the objects and which ones need to be developed or restored in the coming years. The objects will receive funding from the Cultural Enowment of Estonia (Kultuurkapital).