SGM lights Elbphilharmonie concert hall opening
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Hamburg’s new concert hall is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced in the world. It is popularly nicknamed Elphi. The 108m tall building consists of two sections. The new glassy construction resembles a hoisted sail, water wave or quartz crystal, which is constructed on top of an old warehouse building. A terrace placed in middle, ties the new and the old sections together. This is where most of the P-5s were installed. Additionally, all balconies on the upper part were also equipped with P-5s.
The overall concept was thought-out by the global agency, Jung von Matt. Their task was to visualise the concert taking place inside the opera house on the outside of the building in real-time. Jerry Appelt was the lighting designer who ensured that the light was synchronized with the music and video content displayed on the bottom part of the building.
All lighting was supplied by PRG and their account manager for the event, Michael Casper, explains why they chose to apply P-5s over other wash lights for this event: "They are water resistant, bright and reliable – that's why we have a lot of them. They absolutely live up to all our expectations. The role of the P-5s was to bathe the new part of the building in deeply saturated colours, changing dynamically in time with the music. They certainly delivered that - and even more.”
(Jim Evans)
