From a floating stage on the romantic waters of the so called Weimarhallenpark, the orchestra “Staatskapelle des Deutschen Nationaltheaters” enchanted its highbrow audience on a warm July summer night with a fascinating musical performance of works by Russian composers from the late 19th and 20th century.
11/2004 - Madonna’s current ‘Invention’ tour is a presentation of quite staggering complexity; flanked, backed and crowned by huge LED screens which track around the stage with almost equal energy to the Queen of rock herself, the technology employed to make this all work seamlessly is needless to say, state of the art.
11/2004 - At least seven Yamaha PM1D’s are currently in use on major London West End Musicals according to theatre sound specialist Orbital who have supplied the consoles from their rental stock.
The Broadway extravaganza Bombay Dreams, the story of a slum boy who rises to fame and fortune making "Bollywood" movies, features a score combining traditional Indian rhythms, pop music, hard rock, soft ballads, lots of ethnic percussion and surround sound. Show sound designer Mick Potter is responsible for making sure these sounds – foreign to the majority of western audiences – are music to the ears of the patrons at New York’s Broadway Theatre.
„Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück““ on Tour 2003/2004: FoH sound engineer Bernd Buthe reports on the planning, rehearsals and shows for the mega production.
The enormous success of this year's concerts have proven that The Ten Tenors know how to captivate their audiences with their Australian charm and outstanding voices.
Yamaha mixing desks were much in evidence at the recent Soul Divas concerts in Germany...
07/2004 - More used to the cries of ‘Toro, Toro’ from the crowd as fearless macho matadors pit themselves against enraged Spanish fighting bulls, Madrid’s famous amphitheatre, the Plaza de Toro De Las Ventas became the scene of MTV day Spain 2004 for one day only on the 22nd of June.
07/2004 - Europe’s most prestigious music awards, the DMA ECHO Awards, has taken place on June 6, 2004 in Berlin’s International Congress Centre (ICC). About 5.8 million viewers watched the ceremony – time delayed – on TV.
07/2004 - Whilst the US celebrated Independence Day and Greece celebrated their Euro 2004 win, engineer Clive Franks commemorated the 30th anniversary of an album he recorded with Elton John (Caribou) hitting the #1 spot with a live show.
07/2004 - The highly acclaimed, 70-piece Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra will be touring with a Yamaha DM2000 digital mixer as it embarks on a hectic schedule of 30 outdoor concerts at stately houses throughout the UK this Summer. The console was supplied by leading audio supplier System Sound who purchased the mixer from Marquee Audio.
07/2004 - One of the most important sporting events on the African continent took place from 24 January to 14 February 2004 in Tunisia: the African Cup of Nations.
06/2004 - The 19th Victoires de la Musique award ceremony took place on 28 February at the Zénith arena in Paris. The French company Silence, which was responsible for the sound, collaborated with Yamaha for the event and set up an impressive array of consoles for FOH, monitors and the outside broadcast sound truck. These included two PM1Ds, six DM2000s, one DM1000 and the first PM5000 ever used "officially" in France…
06/2004 - The live show “50 Jahre Rock”, aired on April 17th 2004 by Germany’s leading broadcaster ZDF, attracted an audience of over 5,67 million TV viewers and approximately 10.000 fans at the Preussag Arena in Hannover.
06/2004 - The Blue Man Group is a phenomenon not dissimilar to that created by River Dance and it’s imitators, in that it contains no dialogue, only action, but the comparisons end there. In the US where it originated the New York show has been running for twelve years, while shows in Boston, Chicago and Las Vegas continue to draw the crowds. Now the production is making its first tentative dip of a Blue toe into the chilly waters of Europe, Blue Man opened at the Potsdammer Theatre, Berlin on May 15th.
06/2004 - The 450,000-strong crowd that flocked to Rome’s historical Circus Maximum on May 16th hear a star-studded cast of artists perform at Quincy Jones' humanitarian concert "We Are the Future" was part of multi-media event in the true sense of the word. MTV Italy broadcast the concert live and aired edited versions of the event in the UK, USA and other countries.
06/2004 - Following their triumphant appearance at the Brits, where they received a lifetime award for their “Outstanding contribution to Music”, there’s been no escaping Duran Duran of late. Since the current tour was first announced the bookings have continued to grow and grow ‐ they’ve had to visit Wembley three times to satisfy the demand for over 100,000 tickets.
04/2004 - Following their triumphant appearance at the Brits, where they received a lifetime award for their “Outstanding contribution to Music”, there’s been no escaping Duran Duran of late. Since the current tour was first announced the bookings have continued to grow and grow - they’ve had to visit Wembley three times to satisfy the demand for over 100,000 tickets.
03/2004 - As The Darkness, Busted, and a host of others received their accolades at the recent Brit Awards, Yamaha digital mixing desks and Britannia Row Productions were once again contributing to the highly effective sound in the award venue, Earls Court 2.
03/2004 - Yamaha’s award winning digital consoles look set to further consolidate their marketing leading position with the introduction of the PM5D which combines the best of the DM2000 feature set with the operating style of the PM1D.
02/2004 - While the current fashion for bringing rock stars’ work into a stage musical often sees the lyrics of specific songs woven into the narrative, the latest big hit on a London stage, Tonight’s the Night, uses a more engaging device.
