STOCKHOLM – Grammy award winning singer/songwriter The Weeknd kicks off his 2017 world tour this month in Stockholm, with concert dates scheduled through July in Europe and the Americas. The dynamic stage design boldly features 88 new Solaris Flare Q+ LR linear fixtures. Lighting designer Sooner Routhier of SRae Productions Spec’d the new Flare LR Fixtures.
FRANKFURT – Two projects have been chosen for this year’s Opus – German Stage Award. An Opus in the stage and lighting design category honours the ‘Get Loud Open Air Tour 2016’ by Rea Garvey. Additionally, an award is to be given in the Technical Realisation category for Ulrich Rasche’s production of Schiller’s ‘The Robbers’ at the ‘Residenztheater’ in Munich. Opus is one of the foremost awards in the field of theatre and stage production and will be presented during Prolight + Sound, International Fair of Technologies and Services for Entertainment, Integrated Systems and Creation, in Frankfurt from 4 to 7 April 2017.
EUROPE – Elation Professional is pleased to announce that the company is now offering the complete ArKaos product line of software and media servers in several European countries and serve as the main value-added dealer of ArKaos Pro products in the UK. ArKaos professional solutions for the show and lighting market are used all over the world by leading designers and rental companies. Elation Europe’s first opportunity to represent the ArKaos Pro product line will be February 7-10 at the ISE trade show in Amsterdam on Elation Stand 12-F40.
CZECH REPUBLIC – The quarterly spotlight series from MILOS continues with a focus on temporary roofs! From January until the end of March, MILOS will release a total of four technical videos from their experts Marc Hendriks (A4I R&D Director) and Dipl.-Ing. Norbert Tripp (A4I Technical Director). The videos will cover a range of important information about temporary demountable outdoor structures, such as applicable regulations, loads, the effects of wind, etc.
BLACKPOOL, UK – Lighting designer Andy Webb seized a recent pantomime production of “Aladdin” staged at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool, UK as the opportunity to design an all-LED moving and specials lighting rig which was all Robe. Andy had been working on an LED lighting concept for the last two pantomime seasons … with an increasing percentage of the rig becoming LED, and this year he felt the time was right to make a complete switch to LED moving lights and specials.
AMSTERDAM – tvOne has added the 1/2 RU CORIOmaster micro to its CORIOmaster video processing product range. The company is exhibiting at ISE in Amsterdam (stand 5-S60). Other featured CORIOmaster systems include CORIOmaster (4RU) and CORIOmaster mini (1RU) video processors.
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UAE – Nearly 200 Robe fixtures were used by award-winning lighting and show designer Terry Miranda of Lighthouse Productions to light a special production of musical “Fakhrak Ya Watan” (The Pride of a Nation) for the 2016 Ras al-Khaimah National Day Celebrations on the eve of the United Arab Emirates 2016 National Day event. Ras al-Khaimah (RAK) is one of the seven Emirates making up the UAE.
AMSTERDAM – Leading Czech lighting brands Robe and Anolis will share Stand in Hall 7 at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2017 in Amsterdam, Feb. 7-10 2017. As a major European expo for integrators and installers, Robe and Anolis will highlight new products for these markets including Anolis Ambiane fixtures, pictured here. Some of these will be incorporated into the booth design as well.
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VALETTA, Malta — The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC), the youth version of the international televised music competition, took place at the end of 2016. LD Anton Borg Olivier designing a fully networked Avolites control and dimming system to power broadcast-ready stage and green room lighting. Hosted by Malta in the capital city of Valetta, JESC ‘16 reported a total live average audience of 3.9 million viewers across 14 markets; the biggest audience for four years.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Aca Lukas’ unique blend of rock-fused Balkan folk music has garnered the Serbian artist a loyal following. The popular singer’s diverse musical talents were on full display recently at Slovenia’s Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, where he played two and a half hours of hits. Accenting the colorful performance chord for melodious chord, was a vivid multi-faceted light show created by Mario Curkovic, using a collection of CHAUVET Professional Rogue and Maverick fixtures supplied by Akustika Bahun.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – More than 100 Claypaky Scenius Profile luminaires accompanied German hard-rock legends Bad Uncles on a winter tour of their homeland in support of their first new album in ten years ‘Memento’, with longstanding production designer Jerry Appelt selecting the innovative fixtures to create spectacular, multi-layered lighting looks. Appelt has worked with Bad Uncles since 2002. As a result, he is accustomed to creating the high production values the band desires.
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AARHUS, DENMARK—An array of creative video panels from Martin by HARMAN provide a visually dazzling backdrop for Danish rock band Superloader’s video for the song “City Light.” Award-winning Croatian cinematographer, Vedran Rapo, who is well-versed in capturing the full potential of lighting fixtures on camera, deployed Martin by HARMAN solutions because of seamless integration between video, lighting and control products.
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