13/12/2022
***Ukrainian Prime Orchestra prepares for live tour at Pan Acoustics***
Displaced by the ongoing war, the Ukrainian PRIME Orchestra from Kharkiv has found a temporary home in Wolfenbüttel, where they feel welcome, comfortable and safe. The orchestra of dedicated young musicians is now going on a big tour and will give concerts in Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Germany. To prepare for the upcoming events, they came together at Pan Acoustics headquarters.
"The contact came about through a dedicated fellow citizen who asked if the orchestra's pianist could play the grand piano at our company, which is located in our acoustics and demonstration hall," reports Udo Borgmann, founder and CEO of Pan Acoustics. Borgmann, himself classically trained on the piano, immediately agreed, especially since he heard that the Ukrainian musician only had an electronic keyboard available in his home.
On a first visit, the Prime Orchestra pianist was immediately impressed by Borgmann's openness and by the natural room sound possible in Pan Acoustics' acoustics hall. "We just recently set up our ACS room acoustic system, which allows us to adjust the room sound variably. So acoustically, a small living room can be turned into a grand opera house in an instant at the push of a button," says Borgmann. ACS (a Pan Acoustics company), headquartered in the Netherlands, has been a market leader in the installation of virtual room acoustics for more than 30 years and has reference installations in internationally renowned concert halls such as the Royal Opera Hall London or the National Arts Theatre in Ottawa.
Pan Acoustics' acoustic hall with installed "Acoustic Control System" delivered an impressive sound quality and it was quickly clear that an ideal rehearsal environment had been found. And so it did not remain only with practice sessions of the pianist from Kharkiv alone. The last few days before the start of the tour, the team of almost 40 musicians, the conductor, the director, the DJ and the sound engineers took the opportunity to rehearse together and get in the groove for the upcoming shows. In addition to the Rock Sympho show, where strings, brass, choir and disc jockey perform well-known pieces by Metallica, Queen or Coldplay, among others, this tour will also feature Christmas and New Year's hits!
Further information about the orchestra can be found here: https://prime-orchestra.com/en/tours/
Information about the ACS system can be found at www.acs.eu