MOSCOW – Martin Professional’s representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow. A special area was constructed in a lighting pavilion at the exhibition and outfitted with MAC Auras, MAC 101s, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 2000 Washes. Contest participants prepared and demonstrated a four-minute light show with music in real time using a Martin M1 lighting console.
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MOSCOW – Martin Professional’s representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow.
“As Martin Professional is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, we wanted to share the occasion with our friends, partners and all who work in the amazing world of dynamic lighting,” commented Anton Anufriev, product manager at Martin’s Russian office.
A special area was constructed in a lighting pavilion at the exhibition and outfitted with MAC Auras, MAC 101s, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 2000 Washes. Contest participants prepared and demonstrated a four-minute light show with music in real time using a Martin M1 lighting console.
Performances were evaluated by a jury composed of Eric Leroy, lighting designer, Lumieres Utiles; Paul Pelletier, Controllers Product Manager, Martin Professional; Peter Skytte, Moving Heads Product Manager, Martin Professional; Peter Dahlin, Area Sales Manager, Martin Professional; and Anton Anufriev, Product Manager, Martin Russia office.
The first place winner receives a visit to the Martin headquarter facilities in Denmark with the second place winner getting an M2GO controller and third place Martin M-PC software. Fourth through sixth place received a Martin One-Key with 45-day test period.
Six lighting designers from different cities in Russia met in the contest finals, held during the exhibition. The final results were as follows:
1st place – Artem Tzuranov, lighting designer, Novosibirsk
2nd place – Valery Baranchikov, lighting designer, Nizhny Novgorod
3rd place – Anatoly Gevik, lighting designer, Moscow
4th place – Paul Turutin, lighting designer, Ekaterinburg
5th place – Sergey Martyanov, LIGHTMASTER, St. Petersburg
6th place – Ivan Pishev, Lighting designer, Kirov
“We thank all participants for supporting our idea and accepting our invitation. We also want to thank them for their enthusiasm, passion and of course for the excellent lighting performances,” Anton Anufriev said after the event was finished. “All participants demonstrated a serious approach to the contest and a good level of quality and creation. They did an excellent job showing their creative thinking and of course they gave a lot of good impressions to the audience.”
Martin Professional’s Representative Office in Russia and the CIS thank Messe Frankfurt RUS, Paul Pelletier and Eric Leroy for their support in organizing and holding the competition.
Photos: Paul Pelletier
