Robe's lighting fills Vienna's Midsummer Night's Concert with magic

Designer Krammer used Robe lights to illuminate the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace where the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's Midsummer Night Concert was held..

One of the most important events held in Vienna is the Midsummer Night Concert offered by the city's Philharmonic Orchestra.. This year, The event was held in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace. A baroque environment that required lighting that was in line with this setting classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1996. And as in the last four years, Designer Helmut Krammer was in charge of creating an environment where the action was enhanced instead of highlighting the orchestra as the center of attention.. And to achieve this aesthetic objective, lighting played a fundamental role..

Krammer has been using solutions from Robe at work for the last five years, and for this project it once again opted for its technology, given the reliability and quality of its solutions, essential for installations like this that are outdoors.

He chose to implement lighting where the practical was fused, with the ornamental and the architectural. And to achieve this visual effect he installed around 150 moving lights. Robe technology was used in three key areas: the main stage, the flower beds located on both sides and the Neptune Fountain that was behind the stage.

Robin MMX WashBeams y LEDWash

For staging, Robe, through the rental company Niclen (Germany), supply 54 LEDWashes heads 600, 50 MMX WashBeams, 18 LEDBeam 100s, 16 MMX Spots y cinco ColorSpot 1200E ATS. And to manage all these systems he used two Hog consoles 4.

Go LEDWash 60 They were used to create an environment of colors with nuances and lights in the large flower beds that flanked the stage. Right at the back of the beds, ambosbos lasos, the small and powerful LEDBeam 100s were installed; while the MMX were in charge of producing the effects in the Neptune Fountain. Los 50 MMX WashBeams were placed at the edge of the fountains and used to produce dazzling mid-air effects. The ColorSpot 1200E AT system reinforced the lighting of the main stage, along with other moving lights, generic and LED devices.

Live broadcast

At their Midsummer Night Concert, which was celebrated on 30 of may, The Vienna Philharmonic offered a repertoire of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner under the baton of conductor Lorin Maazel.

The event was broadcast live on national television and radio to the rest of the world through various satellite channels..