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Charlie Chaplin


Program Info:
Movies of Charlie Chaplin with orchestral accompaniment

Including:
The Circus
City Lights
The Gold Rush
The Kid
Modern Times

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Last edited: 31 August 2018 - 08:40 hours





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Cinema Concerts - Eye Film Institute - Amsterdam
- Eye Film Institute


Program Info:
Eye Film Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Every Sunday at 16.00, Cinema Concert series presents silent films from EYEÂ’s collection that are screened to live musical accompaniment.

On occasion, films will be accompanied by performances on the cinema organ that was specially restored for EYE. First installed in the Passage cinema in The Hague in 1929, this wonderful theatre organ can now be admired in EYEÂ’s large Cinema 1 theatre. Each film is preceded by a brief introduction plus a short film from EYEÂ’s collections, depending on the length of the main feature.



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Golden Era Film Music Festival
The Royal Chamber Orchestra - Wierzynek Concert Hall


Program Info:
The Royal Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble consisting of outstanding musicians from Krakow, who graduated from The Academy of Music, giving performances all over the world. Their music is the combination of excellent taste, unlimited imagination and the perfect technique.

Programme:
Jerry Bock - The Fiddler on the Roof Medley
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Adele - Skyfall
Monty Norman - The James Bond Theme
John Williams - Star Wars Main Theme
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme
N. Herb Brown - Singin’ in the Rain
Ray Parker - Ghostbusters Main Theme
Alan Menken - Alladin
Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings
Michel Jackson - Thriller
John Williams - Star Wars Throne Room
Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean
Henry Mancini Moon River
Ennio Morricone - La Califfa
John Lennon - All you Need Is Love
Harold Arlen - Over the Rainbow


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Last edited: 10 December 2022 - 11:00 hours





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The Best of Ennio Morricone
Milano Festival Opera conducted by Marco Seco & Marcin Wolniewski


Program Info:
The masterpieces of the legendary film composer
The best of Ennio Morricone

THE HATEFUL 8 - DJANGO UNCHAINED - ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - KILL BILL - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - CINEMA PARADISO

100 soloists, singers and musicians of the Milano Festival Opera
Conductors: Marco Seco / Marcin Wolniewski

Oscar winner Ennio Morricone is considered one of the most productive composers in the history of film music.

The world-famous film composer has created legendary film music.

He received his latest Oscar in February 2016 for Tarantino's "The Hateful 8". Already almost 50 years ago Morricone immortalized himself with his music to "Play me the song of death". His compositions for the spaghetti western classic "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", for Roland Joffé's drama "Mission" and for Giuseppe Tornatore's film "Cinema Paradiso" achieved particular fame.

In January 2020 his fans can experience the unforgettable works of Morricone live in 16 selected cities. Over 100 musicians and singers from the Milano Festival Opera under the direction of the renowned conductor Marco Seco will be on stage and bring the rousing Ennio Morricone music to life.
ORIGINAL FILM SCENES and screen animation

The technically complex screen animation with the original film scenes condenses the gripping atmosphere into infinity and brings the famous goose bumps effect, which nobody can escape.


ENNIO MORRICONE has written over 500 film scores for cinema and television.

His most important works include the soundtracks to "The Hateful 8", "Once upon a time in the West", "Django Unchained", "Kill Bill 2", "My Name Is Nobody", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", "It Was." "Once upon a time in America "," For a Fistful of Dollars "and" The Untouchables ".


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Last edited: 11 February 2021 - 11:27 hours





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The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit – the concert
The Shire Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra & the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus


Program Info:
The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit – the concert

J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece in concert with orchestra, choir and the Tolkien Ensemble on the Oscarwinning music of Howard Shore, Annie Lennox, Enya and Ed Sheeran / Billy Boyd sings his songs “Edge Of Night” from “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Last Goodbye” from “The Hobbit” as well as for the first time the unreleased song “Before The Dawn” for Peter Jackson!

THE SHIRE

The fantastic world of hobbits and elves from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” comes as concert with symphonic orchestra and choir. In a two-hour evening performance, the legendary world of the Hobbits is brought to life in a unique musical event. From the threatening sounds of Mordor and the shrill attack of the black riders to the beautiful lyrical melodies of the elves – it will transform any concert hall into a musical setting of Middle-earth. Howard Shore, who composed the music for the film trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit”, was awarded an Oscar for it. As with Richard Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen”, his leitmotifs let the audience feel in the flesh when the ring unfolds its power and corrupts the bearer of all power: A parable that fits perfectly into today’s age. The press celebrates “The Lord of the Rings & the Hobbit – the Concert” as a “highly emotional and mythical experience” and praises: “Nearly 100 actors – from the well-playing orchestra to the vocal Shire Choir to the outstanding soloists – showed their commitment to transport the audience into Tolkien’s world-famous fantasy world… Whether bombastic with timpani and gongs or elven-like delicate flute tones: The well-known, Oscarwinning melodies by Howard Shore from the film trilogy were heard again and again, immediately providing the right “cinema in the head”…. In the end, neither the audience nor the musicians held their ground on the chairs. The audience managed to get the actors on stage for three encores with standing ovations”. J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) became world famous with his novel cycle “The Lord of the Rings”. Throughout his life he devoted himself to the ‘history’ of his fictional Middle-Earth Empire. Not only George Lucas has visibly gained inspiration for his “Star Wars” series. His stories also served as a model for many other works, whereby the remake of Peter Jackson in particular triggered a renaissance of the ring cult. In the movie trilogy “The Hobbit” this was continued. Already early J.R.R. discovered his love for languages. Welsh, Old English, Greek, French and German belonged to his preferred subjects during his school education. After his mother’s death, Tolkien was raised first by an aunt and later by a foster family. From 1911 he studied at Exeter College in Oxford, graduated in 1915 and went to war in 1918. In 1925 Tolkien was appointed professor at Oxford University, where his idea for the “Hobbit” was born. Originally intended as entertainment for his children and initially written without the idea of a commercial publication, the “Hobbit” was presented by a former student of Tolkien to the publisher Allen&Unwin, who published the story attentively in 1937. Although “The Little Hobbit” was not a bestseller, there were requests for a continuation of the story. From 1936 to 1949 Tolkien wrote “The Lord of the Rings”. The first two volumes appeared in 1954 – a cult was born. In 1973 Tolkien died at the age of 81. His son Christopher took care of the publication of further stories from Middle-earth after his death. About 25 years after his death, the production of the film trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” began with a budget of 190 million dollars. It became one of the most successful film productions of all times.

Billy Boyd (participates in selected venues)

The narrator and singer of our past shows is Billy Boyd, who played “Pippin” in the film trilogy. Beside the acting Billy Boyd works also as a singer, musician and composer. He plays some musical instruments like guitar, bass and drums and sings both, baritone and tenor. In “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” he sang the song “The Edge of Night” (in the stage play The Steward of Gondor). He also composed and sang the song “The Last Goodbye” for the conclusion of the Hobbit trilogy “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”. William (Billy) Boyd was born in Glasgow in 1968. His parents died when he was very young and he grew up with his sister Margaret with his grandmother. Before his training as an actor he worked as a bookbinder for several years. He completed his training with a diploma in Dramatic Arts at the renowned Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, where Alan Cumming and James McAvoy studied among others.

He made his first television appearance in 1996 in an episode of the Scottish television series “Taggart”. He then appeared in several television productions and played numerous stage roles, most notably at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, including William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and “Much Ado about nothing” and Émile Zola’s “Thérèse Raquin”. He became known to an international audience in 2001 for his role as the Hobbit Pippin in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Since then he has been featured in “Master & Commander – To the End of the World” alongside Russell Crowe and in several English cinema productions.

Composers

The Tolkien Ensemble

The idea to found the Danish Tolkien Ensemble and the complete musical interpretation of the poems and songs from the legend “The Lord of the Rings” came from the composer Caspar Reiff. Caspar Reiff was the first composer to receive permission to set the poems and ring verses to music 25 years after Tolkien’s death. Together with the Danish guitarist and composer Peter Hall they divided the poems from The Lord of the Rings into different genres. Lyrical songs by elves and people and folkloric songs attributed to hobbits, dwarves and bombadils were created. The ensemble interprets the songs and poems partly in a classical style and partly in an Irish folkloristic style. In addition to the contemplative Elven songs and the atmospheric festive Hobbit songs, there are also some melancholic ballads.


Howard Shore

Howard Shore is one of the most important composers of film music ever. Among his incredibly versatile works are the settings of “The Silence of the Lambs”, “Philadelphia”, “Seven”, “Panic Room” and “The Aviator”. The long-standing collaboration with the Canadian director David Cronenberg, for whom he wrote, among others, the music “Die Fliege”, “Naked Lunch”, “Spider” and “A History of Violence”, plays an important role in his work. His most famous work, however, is the music for Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Only through Shore’s sophisticated leitmotif technique, for which he intensively studied the “Rheingold” by Richard Wagner, the films reach their dramaturgical depth. For the music to “Die Gefährten” Shore received his first Oscar and a Grammy. In 2004 he received a Grammy, two Golden Globes and two Oscars, and in 2005 he received two Grammys again for the third part of the trilogy. In 2005 Shore received the Golden Globe for the soundtrack to “Aviator”.


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The magical music of Harry Potter - Live in Concert
London Philharmonic & Symphonic Film Orchestra


Program Info:
THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER – LIVE IN CONCERT

One of a kind film and music experience: The Magical Music of Harry Potter – Live in Concert with the Weasleys! The best music of all Harry Potter films and the musical with the London Philharmonic & Symphonic Film Orchestra.

The Harry Potter films are one of the most successful films in the history of Cinema. The award-winning film music is now coming as a unique concert evening for the first time with the Weasleys to Europe! Original actors, star soloists, a choir and symphony orchestra will bring the magical music of Harry Potter to life. Visitors will experience the most significant musical moments of Harry Potter. The program includes the film soundtracks of four-time Oscar winner John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicolas Hooper, and Oscar winner Alexander Desplat as well as the best of music from “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”, which has received many awards in London and New York, while being the most successful play in the world.


UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
Only a selected few concerts are conducted by the Oscar winner Alexandre Desplat, who will be conducting this magical music experience. Our audience favorites, the members of the Weasley family, will attend all the shows in order to make the concert unforgettable with all kinds of fun and good humor. The evening presents a musical journey into a magical world with friendship, adventure, love and cohesion in the dangerous world of magicians. Visitors can expect to be immersed into a world of enchantment through the most advanced technology of light, sound, and laser staging as well as a unique sound dimension that is guaranteed to leave them with goosebumps. The visual and magical effects is set to let the hearts of all Harry Potter fans beat a little faster.
THE MUSIC

The audience will experience the musical “Best of Harry Potter” from all the eight films and the musical works written by four talented composers. John Williams (Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park) composed the music for the first three films, like the famous Hedwig’s Theme, the leitmotif of the Harry Potter films and Double Trouble – the classic Hogwarts motif with a Children’s choir, as well as the funny Aunt Marges Waltz and Witches, Wands and Wizards. Titles like the “Hogwarts Hymn” by Patrick Doyle, from the fourth Harry Potter film will bring the audience into the mysterious and dark world of the Triwizard Tournament. Nicholas Hooper has composed the “Dumbledores Farewell” in the fifth and sixth Harry Potter film. He helped to shape and mature the Harry Potter music and Alexandre Desplat with “Lily`s Theme”, who has composed the music for the last two works of the film series, has created a grandiose and unforgettable final and musical experience.


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Last edited: 11 February 2021 - 11:42 hours





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The music of Hans Zimmer & others
Hollywood Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Karavaev


Program Info:
THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER & others

The unique film music experience “THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER & OTHERS”. The symphonic world of Hans Zimmer with music of The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar and more!

No other composer has influenced the film world in the past two decades as much as the Oscar, Globe and Emmy winner Hans Zimmer with his staggering compositions for films such as The Lion King, Pirates of the Carribean, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Inception and Interstellar. The visitors may expect a magnificant musical evening with a symphonic orchestra, choir, soloists, a lightshow and selected film excerpts.

Hans Zimmer became famous with his score for “Rain Man” and since then has helped to leverage numerous Hollywood mega-hits to success and dramatic-emotional impact. For the film score for Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” Hans Zimmer received his eleventh Oscar nomination in 2018.

The audience will also learn about interesting background stories, such as how Hans Zimmer completely altered the beginning of Gladiator with Ridley Scott and smuggled a message against apartheid in the song text for Lion King in the native language and told the big Disney corporation that it was about butterflies. Hans Zimmer often named Ennio Morricone as his idol and role-model, whose repertoire will be feautured with excerpts from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “Once Upon a Time in America”.

Zimmer followed Morricones example of composing the film music before instead of after filming and shaped the entire work. For example he changed the beginning of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator”, subsequently the world-famous director moved into the studio of Hans Zimmer, who is an artist with a social conscience and who also composed a song for the victims of the Batman cinema shooting in Aurora, as well as music against climate change – all of which will be heard in the program.

“The Music of Hans Zimmer & Others – A Celebration of Filmmusic” will be performed by the Hollywood Symphonic Orchestra and Choir, as well as soprano Johanna Krumin, who will perform Gladiator and Ennio Morricone’s “Ecstasy of Gold” – in an impressive show with light installations, laser projections and selected film clips. Starsoloists from Broadway will perform excerpts from The Lin King, Zimmers most recent boxoffice-smash-hit.

“The Music of Hans Zimmer & Others – A Celebration of Filmmusic” is an unforgettable audiovisual event for all age groups, film enthusiasts, music lovers and families.
Excerpt from the musical program:

The Lion King
Pirates of the Caribbean
Gladiator
Pearl Harbour
Interstellar
The Dark Knight
Dunkirk
Inception
Earth
Da Vinci Code
Man of Steel
Spider-Man

Ennio Morricone:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once upon a time in America

COMPOSER
HANS ZIMMER

Hans Florian Zimmer (*September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt on Main) is a German film composer, arranger and music producer. The Oscar winner works in Hollywood.

He was nominated eleven times for the Oscar, fourteen times for the Golden Globe Award and ten times for the Grammy Award. He received his first Oscar nomination in 1989 for the film Rain Man. In 1995 he was awarded with an Academy Award for The Lion King. In 2010 he got a star unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Zimmer’s soundtrack albums are sold with more than 19 million copies worldwide.

ENNIO MORRICONE

Ennio Morricone (*November 10, 1928 in Trastevere, Rome) is an Italian composer and conductor. He composed the film music of more than 500 films. His name is primarily associated with the Italowestern film genre of the, as he has written the music for 30 such films. He also composed film music for other genres.

The film music for the italowestern classics “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (original: Il buono, il gross, il cattivo), the Western-Epos “Once Upon a Time in the West”, Roland Joffé’s drama “The Mission” and Giuseppe Tornatores movie “Cinema Paradiso” brought him special fame. In 2007, Morricone received an Academy Honorary Award and in 2016 for the music for the film The Hateful Eight.

KLAUS BADELT

Klaus Badelt (*June 12, 1967 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer who specializes in television and film music.

In 1997 he began an internship at Hans Zimmer’s Studio Mediaventures in California and worked with him on several movies in the following years, for instance Gladiator, Hannibal and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Klaus Badelt has been composing for big names ranging from Steven Spielberg to Ridley Scott, creating music for films such as X-Men and Astrix & Obelix as well as for the Olympic Games in Peking 2008.

His studio is called Wunderhorn Music.

CREDITS
Orchestra and choir

The Hollywood Symphonic Orchestra cooperates in Europe with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Chorus of the Republic of Belarus. This orchestra fascinates listeners with “its unleashed desire to make music” throughout Europe . For several years, the ensemble has also performed successfully at the most famous opera houses and concert halls in Germany, such as the Alte Oper (Old opera) Frankfurt, the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Munich Philharmonic Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and the Hamburg Music Hall.

The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus was founded in 1927 as one of the oldest institutions of the Soviet Union. The “Belarusian State Philharmonic Society” was launched ten years later, to which today the orchestra belongs. The Symphony Orchestra has always been one of the leading orchestras in Russia. Some of the most sought-after soloists of the twentieth century were always happy to accept the invitation of this symphony orchestra, such as David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Victor Ashkenazy or Isaac Stern.

YURI KARAVAEV
Conductor

Yuri Karavaev, born in 1985, studied violin and conducting at the Belarusian State Music Academy. He attended masterclasses with Y. Simonov (Moscow, Russia) and Howard Griffiths (Frankfurt on Oder, Germany).

Since 2011 Yuri Karavaev is conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company Minsk / Belarus. Since 2013 Yuri works as a regular guest conductor of the State Chamber Orchestra of the Belarusian State Philharmonic hall.

He won an international award, a privilege of conducting an exclusive gala concert of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. At the same time he deepened his experience as a violinist in the symphony orchestra of the Moscow Music Academy.

JOHANNA KRUMIN
Soprano

For the role of Manon / Massenet, she was nominated for Best Newcomer of the Year (Critics Award) and is one of the best Sopranos ever to sing the music of Hans Zimmer.

She has performed all over the world and was born same as Hans Zimmer in Germany, where she regularly has an artistic-musical cooperation with the German Parliament, the Federal Foreign Office, the Goethe-Institut and performances at the Olympic Stadium and with the Leadership Orchestra.

Apart from regular pedagogical activity, Johanna Krumin accepts international invitations to conduct workshops, publish articles and give lectures on the subject of singing.

Her current solo CD has won the “Supersonic Award”.

artist with a social conscience and who also composed a song for the victims of the Batman cinema shooting in Aurora, as well as music against climate change – all of which will be heard in the program.


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The Music of Harry Potter Live in Concert
Cinema Festival Symphonics conducted by Stephen Ellery


Program Info:
The magical music experience live in concert
The Music of Harry Potter

Soloists, singers and musicians of the Cinema Festival Symphonics

For 20 years the "Harry Potter" films have been captivating people all over the world and for generations. The iconic film music, which was composed by John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicolas Hooper and Alexander Desplat, contributes in particular to this. The famous "Hedwig's Theme", which is now considered the main melody of the film series, can probably be hummed by almost everyone - and it gives goose bumps!

"The Music of Harry Potter - Live in Concert" is a magical evening of a very special kind. It sums up the musical highlights of the "Harry Potter" films and the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" into a unique experience.
Spectacular light and screen animation

Using state-of-the-art technology, the huge ensemble of the Cinema Festival Symphonics under the direction of the renowned conductor Stephen Ellery will take Harry Potter fans on a musical journey through all 8 "Harry Potter" films. Soloists, choir and orchestra celebrate a unique powerful sound that immerses you fully in the world of magic and, together with elaborate screen animations and visual effects, ensures a rollercoaster of emotions.

The program
Pure goosebumps when "Hedwig's Theme" takes the audience to Hogwarts or the choir performs "Double Trouble".

"The Night Bus" brings a relaxed atmosphere with the rapid ride of the traveling knight.

It becomes mystical with "Black Lake" when the audience dive into the Black Lake and the realm of the aquatic people with Harry.

After all, when Hermione disappears from her parents' life with "Obliviate" and at "Dumbledores Farewell" all of Hogwarts say goodbye to his beloved headmaster.


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The Music of Star Wars Live in Concert
Cinema Festival Symphonics conducted by Stephen Ellery


Program Info:
The galactic music experience with spectacular film animation
The Music of Star Wars Live in concert

100 soloists, singers and musicians of the Cinema Festival Symphonics
Artistic director: Stephen Ellery
The best of the brilliant, multi-award-winning Star Wars films live

The "Star Wars" films triggered an unprecedented global hype that is more relevant today than ever. Experience the poignant music of multiple Oscar winner John Williams live - that's the greatest thing for fans of science fiction culture. The performances trigger storms of enthusiasm across Europe.

"The Music of Star Wars - Live in Concert" is a very special kind of live show. An orchestra, a large choir and solo artists will present the musical highlights from the films for the first time and let them grow together into a harmonious whole. Screen animations and visual effects should make the "Star Wars" hearts beat faster.
About John Williams

The American composer John Williams has won 5 Oscars, was nominated for 49 (!) Oscars and created his masterpiece with his “Star Wars” soundtracks and made cinema history.

Enter the world of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Darth Vader, the Jedi Knight and Princess Leia with The Music of Star Wars - Live in Concert - a rousing musical and visual experience that brings the world of Empire to life with extraordinary intensity awakened.

Stephen Ellery with a gigantic ensemble

Using the most modern technology, the huge "Star Wars" ensemble of the renowned Cinema Festival Symphonics with orchestra, soloists and choir will take the fans on a musical journey through the highlights of the Star Wars films - accompanied by unique screen animations that Immerse yourself in the Star Wars universe.


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The music of the Lion King
Broadway Symphony Orchestra & the State Academic Symphony Orchestra


Program Info:
The Music of Lion King

The Greatest Hits from The Lion King by Elton John and Hans Zimmer / star soloists from Broadway and a Symphony Orchestra present “Circle of Life”, “Can you Feel the Love Tonight”, “Hakuna Matata” and more.

Excerpt from the musical program:

Circle of life
Can you feel the love tonight
Hakuna Matata
He lives in you
Battle for pride rocks
I just can’t wait to be king
Nants’ Ingonyama
Spirit of Africa
Waka Waka by Shakira

HANS ZIMMER

Hans Florian Zimmer (*12. September 1957 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German film composer, arranger and music producer. The Oscar winner works in Hollywood.

He was nominated eleven times for the Oscar, fourteen times for the Golden Globe Award and ten times for the Grammy Award. He received his first Oscar nomination in 1989 for the film Rain Man. In 1995 he was awarded the Academy Award for the filmscore of The Lion King. In 2010 he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Zimmer’s soundtrack albums sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.

ELTON JOHN

Sir Elton Hercules John (*12. September 1947 in Pinner, Greater London, Great Britain) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. With over 900 million records sold, he is one of the most successful artists worldwide. In 1994, Elton John composed part of the music for the Disney movie The Lion King and was awarded the Oscar for best song for Can You Feel the Love Tonight.

In addition to this Oscar, Elton John also earned six Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and a Tony Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the appointment as “Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire “.
PAUL SIMON (The lion sleeps tonight)

Paul Frederic Simon (*13. Oktober 1941 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter. In 1957 he formed the duo Simon & Garfunkel together with his friend Art Garfunkel. The commercial breakthrough came in 1965 with the song The Sound of Silence.

Paul Simon has received a total of 12 Grammys and was nominated for the Oscar and Golden Globe for the song “Father and Daughter” from the children’s film “The Adventures of the Gooseberry Family”.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is a multi-artist song that was composed in 1939 by South African Solomon Linda and sung in the same year by Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds as a Mube. In various cover versions (inter alia, Wimoweh) changed it several times the song.

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR

The Broadway Symphony Orchestra cooperates in Europe with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Chorus of the Republic of Belarus. This orchestra fascinates listeners with “its unleashed desire to make music” throughout Europe . For several years, the ensemble has also performed successfully at the most famous opera houses and concert halls in Germany, such as the Alte Oper (Old opera) Frankfurt, the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Munich Philharmonic Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and the Hamburg Music Hall.
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus was founded in 1927 as one of the oldest institutions of the Soviet Union. The “Belarusian State Philharmonic Society” was launched ten years later, to which today the orchestra belongs. The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus has always been one of the leading orchestras in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Some of the most sought-after soloists of the twentieth century were always happy to accept the invitation of this symphony orchestra, such as David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Victor Ashkenazy or Isaac Stern.

SOLOISTS
Orlando (David Louis)

Orlando is known in Europe for his role as Mufasa in the Julie Taymors Broadway musical version of The Lion King. In this context he also recorded a studio album.
He has toured the stages of the world with international No.1 bands like Boney M and has sung for Jean-Paul Gaultier, among others.

Solani Portia Manyike

Solani Portia Manyike is an award-winning singer – trained in classical singing – and traditional zullu dancer who has performed on international stages for the world-famous choreographers Vincent Mantose (South Africa) and Savitry Naair (India).
As a singer and actress, Manyike has performed the role of Raffiki in Julie Taymor’s Broadway musical The Lion King and has also performed in Paris.
Her career highlights includes performances for the South American companies Kuma Group, Drum Café and Company Talipot, among others, which also brought Solani Portia Manyike many awards.


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Video Games Live - Worldwide Concert Tour
Various top orchestras & choirs


Program Info:
Christopher Tin's "Baba Yetu" from Civilization IV Wins Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)"

Song Appears on Video Games Live PBS Special, Albums, DVD & Blu-Ray

Video Games Live would like to congratulate fellow video game composer Christopher Tin for the first ever video game song to win a Grammy Award! "Baba Yetu" has been performed in Video Games Live since the song had its live world premiere debut at the Hollywood Bowl in 2006. A special duet version of the song appears on the recently released Video Games Live DVD, Blu-Ray, album and highly acclaimed PBS Special The song originally appeared as the opening song for Sid Meiers' PC hit Civilization IV as well as Tin's classical/world fusion album "Calling All Dawns" which also won the Grammy for the "Best Classical Crossover Album".

Composer Christopher Tin said, "The fact that this song has had a life outside of the game is owed almost entirely to Video Games Live. They were the first to bring this music to concert stages around the world and to places I had never dreamed possible." Video Games Live CEO Tommy Tallarico added, "We're so proud of Christopher's Grammy Award victory and what he has accomplished. This historic moment will continue to bridge the gap between mainsteam music and video games. It is an honor to perform his music in our show."
For further information about Christopher Tin and his Grammy nominated album "Calling All Dawns", please visit: http://christophertin.com


Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!

This is a concert event put on by the video game industry to help encourage and support the culture and art that video games have become. Video Games Live bridges a gap for entertainment by exposing new generations of music lovers and fans to the symphonic orchestral experience while also providing a completely new and unique experience for families and/or non-gamers. The show is heralded and enjoyed by the entire family. It's the power & emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to amazing cutting edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.

If you or someone you know is into video games you won't want to miss this highly acclaimed one-of-a-kind concert experience. Or maybe you are looking for something cultural and exciting that the whole family will enjoy? Video Games Live™ is not just a concert, but a celebration of the entire video game industry that people of all ages will adore.

Video Games Live™ is created and produced by industry veteran and world famous video game composer Tommy Tallarico.

Video Games Live™ features the best music and exclusive synchronized video clips from the most popular games from the beginning of video gaming to the present.


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Last edited: 10 February 2021 - 10:52 hours









Maintained and produced by Flip Jansen & Ingmar Kohl. Copyright 2010-2024.
Editors: Anton Smit, Keld Jörgensen, Stefan Bosman



Kindly supported by the European FilmPhilharmonic Institute

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