Digital Projection stars in the renovation of the Irkutsk Theater

This prestigious Russian theater now has two native 4K laser projectors from Digital Projection, automated lighting equipment Elation and a sound system Eaw to attract the next generation of viewers.

Despite being located thousands of kilometers east of the best-known cultural centers in Russia, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, The city of Irkutsk has a long and historical theatrical tradition of its own. Among its numerous spaces in this sense, the Irkutsk Academic Theater by N.P. Okhlopkov, the oldest in Eastern Siberia and the cultural center of the region.

Founded in 1850 and currently celebrating their 170 years as a cultural institution, Those responsible for this theater have recently completed an ambitious project to update its technical systems.

For this they have turned to the Russian specialist Light Power Design (LPD), who has installed a automated lighting equipment latest generation of Elation Professional; a sound system from the range Adaptive Systems of Eaw, and two projectors native 4K laser of Digital Projection.

How do you explain Alex Gnatyuk, Digital Projection Business Development Manager for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), “LPD has been working with our teams for many years and they have always been more than satisfied with the result.. When they received the request to update the Irkutsk Theater, They asked us for a new system, on the front line of projection technology and native 4K resolution”.

Although the Irkutsk Academic Theater has a tradition of technical excellence, The management decided that the best way to captivate the new generation of viewers was to use more modern means of communication with their audience..

When Mikhail Morozov, LPD executive director, began to consider ideas related to holograms, the head of Digital Projection suggested that Insight Dual Laser 4K was the perfect system for such an ambitious project.

“We were the only projector manufacturer DLP 4K natives with an acceptable price in the Russian market - points out Alex Gnatyuk -. We provide them with a Titan Laser 37000 WUXGA and a Insight Dual Laser 4K, as well as seven lenses for different purposes”.

The Insight Dual Laser 4K projector offers 27.000 lumens of shine and 20.000 hours laser phosphor light source, which results in minimal maintenance cost.

This equipment is capable of creating additional figures and crowd scenes using a braided silver net as a projection surface, although this is still not something very common in the theater given the difficulty of creating holographic content.

“The main problem in launching the project was to guarantee the operation of the entire system with 4K content without compromising quality - adds Alex Gnatyuk -. The goal was to ensure that the audience was totally immersed in what was happening on stage.".

Delivery difficulties and work restrictions due to the pandemic “They also increased the complexity of the project. However, despite these obstacles, The entire process was carried out without problems by the team of LPD specialists”, says Gnatyuk.

“We were looking for the best possible solution for the theater, in addition to guaranteeing the best image quality, light and sound - emphasizes Mikhail Morozov, executive director of LPD-. We needed to make sure that, first of all, the equipment was reliable. Digital Projection, with the sealed IP60 optics that its projectors incorporate and its five-year warranty, It was the best option to create the most reliable system, that will delight viewers for many years”.