Hamburg’s ELBJazz Festival Sound Support Includes Alcons Audio Gear

HAMBURG, Germany – The fourth ELBJazz festival, staged here in late May, drew more than 15,000 visitors from 60 countries with a roster of well-known artists including singer/pianist Jamie Cullum, saxophonist Joshua Redman and Caravan Palace— along with guitarist Mary Halvorson, trumpeter NIls Petter Molvær and pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach. ProfiMusik from Lüneburg provided lighting and sound gear, including Alcons Audio.

JOHANNESBURG — The Gearhouse Group of Companies recently provided comprehensive technical support, in the form of audio, rigging, lighting, trussing, structures and power, for a new electronic dance production, Sensation Innerspace. The event took place at the Coca Cola Dome in Northriding, a Johannesburg suburb, on Sept. 7, 2013.

PARIS – Laurent Delenclos, who joined Harman’s distributor for France, SCV Audio, less than a year ago, has been working to support the growing usage of JBL VTX systems at major events throughout France. Three companies—Pan Pot, Echo Animation and Audio Scène—have made substantial investments in the platform, and the gear has been put to use at a variety of big events.

BRESCIA, Italy — For Mille Miglia, a re-enactment of the classic sports car races that were held from 1927 to 1957 with a circuitous route through the Italian countryside from Brescia, Italy to Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo and back, rental company Acoustic Light provided Harman’s JBL VerTec line array systems for the start, mid-point and finish of the race.

SACRAMENTO, CA — David L. MacDonald conceived of Sacramento’s first “Best of Broadway” charity show in 1973. Since then, the volunteer troupe has raised money for various causes. Earlier this year, they performed The Cotton Patch Gospel in support of Sacramento Family Promise. Local audio engineer Michael Strange (pictured here), who served as sound designer for the production, relied upon gear from Lectrosonics.

SENIGALLIA, Italy — The Summer Jamboree is a festival of American Rockabilly and Swing music and culture from the 1940s and 1950s. The event, conceived and organized by the Cultural Summer Jamboree Association and promoted by the Municipality of Senigallia in collaboration with Regione Marche and private sponsors, has grown in popularity, and this year included four stages. Top Service, a rental company, provided four K-array KH15’s for the main stage and K-array KH4’s for two of the other stages.

BOLLULLOS DE LA MITACION, Seville, Spain — MFO Producciones, based here, recently took delivery of a Turbosound Flashline PA system including 24 TFS-900H four-way line array modules, 18 TFS-900B double 18-inch subwoofers and six complete amplifier racks. The gear was quickly put to use for a series of arena events during the month of August.