Norway-The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Concert will take place tonight-11 December-at the 9,700-capacity Oslo Spektrum arena.An annual musical spectacular,broadcast to more than 100 countries worldwide,this year's concert will feature Meyer ...
UK - We have become accustomed to Harvey Goldsmith catching the wave; a man more finely tuned to the entertainment desires of the general public is hard to imagine. His latest venture, set within earshot of the London Television Centre on ...
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Italy - Rome recently played host to The David di Donatello Awards, presented annually for cinematic production and performances. The Taviani brothers led the night and took home awards including Best Picture, Producer and Director for ...
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Japan - Located in the lively Shibuya Ward near the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, the Toho Gakuen Performing Arts College has recently been visited by one of its old Alumni; Shinichiro 'Yone' Yonekura. Yonekura is better known to the ...
Tags: d&b, audiotechnik, loudspeaker, sound engineers
USA - Sinsinawa is a Native American term for 'rattlesnake' or 'home of the young eagle'. But Sinsinawa Mound, Wisconsin is better known as the home of the Congregation of Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. Since 1847, more than 3,200 women have ...
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France - Nexo has just conducted the first 'official' audio demo of a full STM Series PA, its new flagship sound reinforcement system. Joining forces with Yamaha Music Europe, the sister companies used the JTSE Live trade show event in ...
Tags: PA, digital control, audio, sound reinforcement system
Spain - Prolific jazz singer, composer and guitarist George Benson packs the house wherever he plays, be it in New York, Paris, or most recently Valencia, where the artist performed this summer as part of his 2012 Spanish tour. The concert, ...
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UK-Maintaining a cutting-edge technical inventory can be an expensive business when you run a turnkey live events production company. But for Wetherby-based AV-Matrix it is certainly paying off-and the demand to service increasingly ...
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UK - On Monday 10 September, in front of a packed audience at the PLASA Awards Ceremony at Earls Court John Meyer was announced as the winner of the 2012 Gottelier Award. John Meyer is one of the original pioneers of the modern sound ...
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UK-The PLASA Awards for Innovation,sponsored by AED Rent and Lighting&Sound>/I>,were presented at the PLASA Show in London yesterday evening,along with the announcement of the prestigious Gottelier Award. During the show's opening two ...
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UK-German manufacturer of loudspeaker systems and electronics for sound reinforcement,AD-Systems,has entered into an agreement with pro audio distributor POLARaudio. POLARaudio has been appointed to handle the full range of AD-Systems ...
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USA-Peavey Electronics,one of the music industry's largest manufacturers and suppliers,will open a West Coast factory showroom,artist relations headquarters and multimedia dealer education centre on Sunset Boulevard in ...
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USA-For three days in August,an estimated 100,000 fans converged at the sold-out Outside Lands festival in San Francisco.With acts including Stevie Wonder,Neil Young,Metallica,and Foo Fighters,this year's lineup at the Lands End main stage ...
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Japan-Martin Audio's award-winning MLA system is continuing to wow audiences in the Far East,having completed a successful tour of duty at Japan's largest festival,Rock in Japan. Promoted by music magazine publishers,Rockin'On,and an ...
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UK - A full-volume demo area dedicated to the demonstration of loudspeakers will give visitors to PLASA 2012 the chance to listen to products in a real-world environment. "The famous Funktion One demo room has got some company at this ...