International News

SALVADOR-BAHIA, Brazil – The 16-day São João Da Bahia festival drew performers and up to 50,000 visitors per day from Brazil and beyond. Arena Áudio Eventos Ltd. was the soundco in charge of the festival's main stage. They provided Aero Series line arrays from D.A.S. Audio.

TURKU, Finland – FUNA International outfitted Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas cruise ship with a multitude of BSS Audio Soundweb London processing devices. Oasis of the Seas, the world's biggest cruise ship, is the fourth in a series of large cruise ships outfitted with Soundweb London devices by FUNA.

SERBIA and ROMANIA – When Massive Attack's international tour rolled into Eastern Europe in late June, playing the Belgrade Arena and the Bucharest Zone Arena, the audio production at both venues was a collaboration between two of the region's Synco Europe Network members – Audio Konstruktor of Serbia and Paradigma Group of Romania.

PERTH AND KINROSS, Scotland – A plethora of digital systems were used across this year's three-day T in the Park festival. Britannia Row deployed three Midas XL8 live performance systems at FOH on the main stage, while Scottish rental company EFX Audio supplied two XL8s for FOH on the Radio One stage.

HANGZHOU, Zhejiang Province, China – Running for 10 days from May 28 through June 6, the 2010 West Lake (Xihu) Music Festival took place at several venues throughout the city and concluded with a two-day outdoor concert series at the West Lake Tiandi, where the stage setup included D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 loudspeakers.

LONDON – Imogen Heap, a classically trained musician, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music ranges from rock and pop to electronica and avant-garde, is using two Avid VENUE systems-and her fans-to help in her latest charity efforts on her current Ellipse world tour.

BRESCIA, Italy – Nicola Piovani, who composed the score of the Roberto Benigni film Life is Beautiful, which won an Oscar as best music and was also nominated for a Grammy Award, performed his "Concerto in Quintetto" on July 1.

NOVI SAD, Serbia – Studio Berar deployed a full JBL VerTec line array system for the 2010 Exit Festival. The festival, one of Europe's largest, took place July 8-11 at the Petrovaradin fortress near the Danube River, drawing 165,000 music fans over a four-day span. Studio Berar was awarded contracts to support three of the largest stages of the festival.

BRASILIA, Brazil – Projesom has equipped the 400-seat SESC Gama theater with a Midas PRO6. The venue, which opened in April, hosts a variety of productions, from plays to rock concerts.

SAN TEODORO, Italy – Quadra Luce & Design equipped Bal Harbour Restaurant and Beach Bar and The Ripping Discotheque near Sardinia's Emerald Coast with Proel gear for sound reinforcement. Both venues share design touches from architect Marco Lucchi and the designers at AFA Arredamenti.