Memorial relief sculpture to Voldemar Panso

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The memorial is a bronze and granite plaque featuring an impressive relief of Voldemar Panso. The plaque bears an inscription in Estonian, which reads: 19201977VOLDEMAR PANSOLeader of the stage, founder of the theatre school in 1957, and directorEstonia's renowned music and theatre academyDrama SchoolBorn on November 30, 1920, in Tallinn, Voldemar Panso was a highly accomplished Soviet Estonian actor, director, and educator. He earned the prestigious title of People’s Artist of the Estonian SSR in 1968, and he became a candidate for art history just two years earlier, in 1964.Panso completed his studies at the Tallinn School of Theatrical Art in 1941 and went on to graduate from the directing department of the State Institute of Theatrical Arts in 1955. He worked tirelessly at the V. Kingissepp Estonian Theater in Tallinn from 1941 to 1950, again from 1955 to 1958, and once more from 1964 to 1965. In 1970, Panso rose to become the theatre's principal director. His impressive career also includes founding the Estonian Youth Theater in Tallinn, a position he held from 1965 to 1970.