Every few years, a Broadway musical comes along that absolutely sweeps critics and audiences off their feet. This year, that production is Mean Girls, the stage adaptation of Tina Fey’s 2004 film of the same name, which received a stunning 12 nominations for June’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
In December 2017, France’s most revered educational institution, The Sorbonne, prepared to ring in the new year and a new era of highly intelligible audio with the installation of an L-Acoustics Syva system in the university’s Grand Amphitheatre.
As the eyes of the soccer world turn towards Russia for the 2018 World Cup, those fans lucky enough to watch games at one stadium in particular will enjoy state of the art audio reinforcement for such a venue.
Canadian hip hop star, actor and Jordan brand ambassador Drake recently channelled his entrepreneurial skills into the hospitality industry, opening Pick 6ix —his first combined restaurant and club, located at 33 Yonge Street in his hometown of Toronto.
Patterned after Scotland's 12th-century Melrose Abbey, Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church's Gothic-style sanctuary was completed in 1965. Recently, the congregation sought to improve the sanctuary's acoustics and replace its outdated, inadequate sound system.
The Bomb Factory, a 4,000-plus-capacity music club in Dallas’ hip downtown Deep Ellum district and site of shows by artists like Hardwell, Don Henley, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and Jack White, has been through a few iterations. Originally built as an automobile assembly plant for Henry Ford over a century ago, it later housed a WWII munitions factory, from which it derives its current name.
On a night filled with so much fun, ceremony, all underscored by an explosion of powerful music, Pepsi unveiled four of Nigeriaʼs foremost DJs as their Ambassadors. The quartet of DJ Obi, DJ Cuppy, DJ Spinall and DJ Xclusive, considered to be A-list DJs rocking the Nigerian entertainment industry, brought their A-games to what may be termed the Lituation experience.
In the heart of Finland, six hours north of Helsinki, is Kuusamo, a major centre for winter sports and one of the country’s most popular year-round tourist destinations. Along with stunning scenery, one of its attractions is Kuusamo Hall, a versatile centre that hosts meetings, exhibitions, concerts and shows.
It is 35 years since Dreamgirls first hit Broadway. It was a sensational success then and the latest production at Londonʼs Savoy Theatre is equally so. Sound designer, Richard Brooker, wanted an analogue sound to the audio, in keeping with the showʼs 1960s/70s setting, but also wanted to benefit from todayʼs digital technology.
Omnia Dayclub and Casa Calavera, two venues within the stunning Vidanta Los Cabos complex, presented a challenge for Dublin-based design and installation company Audiotek: how to provide banging nightclub sound in an open-air venue, whilst making sure that spill to the surrounding parts of the complex was minimised. The answer was a multiple source L‑Acoustics Kiva II system.
The Duisburg Theater am Marientor in Germany has experienced quite a bit in its comparatively short history - it is built in 1995. Originally the home of the popular musical "Les Misérables", it is now home to the Duisburg Philharmonic and today is mainly used for show, tour and TV productions. The main hall has 1,546 seats, which are distributed approximately evenly over parquet and rank.
High-end restaurant brand, The Galliard, has opened a second venue in the north of Istanbul, complete with a Funktion-One sound system. After five successful years operating in the affluent Etiler district of Istanbul, The Galliard restaurant was recently joined by a sister venue, located in the new Vadistanbul development in the northern suburbs of the city.
On 14th March around 60 of the UK’s most renowned live mixing engineers, theatre sound designers and representatives of audio rental companies assembled in the legendary Studio Two at London’s Abbey Road Studios for an informal workshop on Yamaha’s RIVAGE PM series digital mixing systems.
The Audio Group installs XY Series system for multi-purpose cultural hub in Leeds. Dukes Studios is an open collaborative space in Leeds city centre, housing more than 70 small creative companies. Providing a range of workspaces, creative services and facilities, Dukes also stages a range of live events in its ‘Sheaf St’ public area which comprises a cafe, bar, event space and outdoor terrace.
The Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre in Gdynia, Poland, has featured an extensive NEXUS routing network for some time. In cooperation with its Polish partner Konsbud Audio, Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of digital audio equipment, has now continued this project – a CRESCENDO platinum with 32 faders has been installed as the heart of the sound control room.
The Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center (AKKC) is one of Scandinavia's largest conference and cultural venues, welcoming more than half a million visitors each year to live music and theatre, fairs, exhibitions, conventions and other meetings. The recent installation of four more Alcons Audio systems has meant anyone can deliver the highest quality presentation, with no technical assistance required.
When a major Swedish theatre closed, following the sale of all the property around it, it took a very innovative solution to ensure that it could reopen. To complement the brilliance of the rebuilt venue’s design, an equally brilliant audio system was needed. Alcons was the obvious choice.
“The TouchMix-30 Pro is unbeatable in its design and ergonomics, and the way it sounds – which is marvelous. It is an amazing, portable tool that allows you to handle the challenges of all kinds of live sound engineering situations!”
Every seven years the Real Basílica-Santuario de la Vera Cruz in south-eastern Spain celebrates a Jubilee (or Holy) year. 2017 is such a year and, to assist worshippers during this special time, a new audio system has been installed, based on the Yamaha MTX3 matrix processor.
Alcons Audio has recently added another new territory to its global spread of users, with Polish event production company Offstage using its QR, QM and VR series pro-ribbon systems on a wide range of events. Two of the most recent have been corporate orchestral concerts in the Baltic resort of Sopot.
Fohhn Audio launches new concert sound line array at Paris Beam Steering Summit. The recent Fohhn Beam Steering Summit, held in Paris during the JTSE show, enabled hundreds of visitors to personally discover how over a decade of vision has made the German loudspeaker manufacturer a global expert in Beam Steering technology.
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, an extraordinary new music institution that opened early this year in Germany, now counts among the world’s most outstanding concert halls.
