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ISE 2025 Product News Roundup

The Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 tradeshow recently wrapped up in Barcelona. This year’s show included many displays of innovation, advancements, and groundbreaking technologies for the AV and systems integration industry. Here is a roundup of the product launches that were introduced at ISE 2025, as well as some recent product launches that made their Europe or ISE debut.

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Mikki Kunttu Reflects Essence of Apocalyptica with CHAUVET COLORado PXL Curve 12  

Apocalyptica, a Finnish trio, are three classically trained musicians who fuse two different worlds, playing metal rock. Lighting Designer Mikki Kunttu has worked with them on a few occasions since 2007, and his design for their current ‘APMB4C Vol 2.’ tour includes an impressive collection of COLORado PXL Curve 12 fixtures from CHAUVET Professional. 

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Lighting the Morality Play ‘Jedermann’ in Salzburg with Robe

Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Medieval morality play ‘Jedermann’ has become a classic centerpiece of the world-renowned Salzburg Festival, staged most years in the city’s Cathedral Square. 2024 saw the staging of a new, contemporary version created by Canadian Director Robert Carsen, a master of stagecraft and innovative thinking. Lighting was designed by Carsen and Giuseppe di Iorio, with the latter specifying Robe iFORTE LTXs.

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Claypaky Sharpy X Frames Shine at First World Taekwondo Virtual Championships in Singapore

Claypaky Sharpy X Frame hybrid luminaires illuminated the inaugural 2024 World Taekwondo Virtual Championships in Singapore where more than 120 athletes from 23 countries participated in the first-ever event of its kind.  The competition took place at the Singapore Sports Hub OCBC Arena 1, November 16-17.

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Giovanni Ricciardi Works Future Magic at Kappa FuturFestival with 100 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

Accenting that music of the Kappa FuturFestival with a bold, futuristic lighting design that incorporated the gripping architectural elements of Parco Dora, was Giovanni Ricciardi. Helping Ricciardi achieve his vision at the festival were 50 COLORado PXL Curve 12 and 50 COLORado PXL Bar 16 fixtures supplied by ZaLight with services by STS Communication.

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Showlight 2025: Reduced Priced Conference Places Available to Early Career Professionals

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Diamond Sponsor Ayrton, Showlight has a limited number of reduced priced conference places available to early career freelance professionals. Showlight acknowledges all the support from its sponsors, whose generosity allows Showlight to maintain the standards education, entertainment and networking expected of this unique lighting quadrennial.

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CGS Dry Hire Adds Cameo to its Rental Portfolio

CGS Dry Hire from Denkendorf, Bavaria, has added a large selection of Cameo spots to its dry hire offering for the first time. The dry hire supplier is expanding its rental portfolio to include the OTOS wash moving head, the OTOS H5 IP65 beam-spot-wash hybrid moving head, and the new AZOR SP2 IP65 spot profile moving head. The Cameo spots are immediately available.

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