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Performing Arts with D&B Around the World Reference list Performing arts Performing arts with d&b around the world. The magic of performing arts have one thing in common; a crucial engagement between the stage and seats. Some of the most distinguished theatres and musical theatres, concert halls and opera houses across the globe use d&b systems for the most accurate reproduction. A neutral sonic character stays true to the performance on stage. Discreet cabinet design guarantees no visual distractions, while Special Colour options make the loudspeakers vanish. d&b systems are rider friendly and widely accepted by perform- ers from all musical genres. Highly dynamic performances are accurately transferred to every seat of the house, while optimization functions ensure each member of the audience stays equally enthralled. Danish Radio Koncerthuset Copenhagen, Denmark “I cannot emphasise enough about response; the rise time in the entire system, from amplifier to loudspeaker is fantastic; that’s something I’ve only seen in much smaller line arrays, the smaller com- ponents can respond that much faster, but for a ten inch system the V-Series responds like a whip. In all it’s a very powerful machine.” Per Adel Aarhus Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark Head of Sound at Aarhus Musikhuset TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands “d&b basically came in, put it up as they had designed it. Their cover- age was good and very little was changed. That’s an achievement with all the conflicting requirements.” Bruce Jackson Sound Designer, Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia Eccles Theatre Salt Lake City, USA Dubai Opera Dubai, UAE “DR Byens Concert Hall is renowned for its sonic excellence when it comes to symphonic music. An equal level for the performing of electrically amplified music has been reached with the d&b system.” Torsten Elmquist Project Manager, DR TU Production Engineering Malmo Opera Malmo, Sweden Performing Arts Americas Danish Radio Koncerthuset Copenhagen, Denmark Apollo Theater New York, USA De Warande Turnhout, Belgium Belk Theater Charlotte, USA Dubai Opera Dubai, UAE Boston Symphony Hall Boston, USA Fairfield Hall Croydon, UK Capitol Centre North Bay, Canada Finnish National Opera Helsinki, Finland Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago, USA Frankfurt Opera Frankfurt, Germany Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City, USA Gaiety Theatre Dublin, Ireland Eccles Theatre Salt Lake City, USA Gors Concert Hall Rezekne, Latvia Emerson Colonial Theatre Boston, USA Hermans Aarhus, Denmark Grand Théâtre de Québec Québec, Canada Hull New Theatre Hull, UK Hancher Auditorium Iowa City, USA Jordanki Cultural & Congress Centre Toruń, Poland Holland Performing Arts Center Omaha, USA Kiev Academic Drama Theatre Kiev, Ukraine Knight Theater Charlotte, USA Kings Place London, UK Laura Turner Concert Hall Nashville, USA KKL Luzern Lucerne, Switzerland Massey Hall Toronto, Canada Koninklijke Schouwburg Hague, Netherlands Medellín Metropolitan Theatre Medellín, Colombia L‘Auditori de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain National Arts Centre Ottawa, Canada Le Gouvy Freyming-Merlebach, France New Jersey Performing Arts Center New Jersey, USA Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, UK Orange County School of the Arts Santa Ana, USA Malmo Opera Malmo, Sweden Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, USA Musikkens Hus Aalborg, Denmark Place des Arts Montreal, Canada Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Germany Queen Anne Fine Arts Center Largo, USA National Theatre of Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville, USA Newcastle Theatre Royal Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Shubert Theatre Boston, USA Opera Nova Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz, Poland Texas Hall Arlington, USA Oslo Opera House Oslo, Norway Theatre du Rideau Vert Montreal, Canada Oulu City Theatre Oulu, Finland Théâtre Granada Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Canada Pavilion Theatre Glasgow, UK The Benaroya Hall Seattle, USA Perth Concert Hall Perth, UK The Moore Theatre Seattle, USA Rotterdamse Schouwburg Rotterdam, Netherlands The Perelman Theater Philadelphia, USA Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff, UK University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, USA Schauspiel Köln Köln, Germany Sentralen Oslo, Norway APAC Shakespeare Theatre Gdańsk, Poland Aichi Arts Center Nagoya, Japan St Davids Hall Cardiff, UK Esplanade Theatre Singapore, Singapore State Theatre of Nations Moscow, Russia Hyogo Performing Arts Center Nishinomiya, Japan Stavros Niarchos Foundation CC Kallithea, Greece Kurayoshi Mirai Chushin Kurayoshi, Japan Stormen Konserthuset Bodø, Norway Kamakura Performing Arts Center Kamakura, Japan Swedish Theatre Helsinki, Finland Laycock Theatre Gosford, Australia Symphony Hall Birmingham, UK National Theatre Beijing, China Tamper e Hall Tamper Fe, inland NHK Osaka Hall Osaka, Japan Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Italy Sapporo Culture Arts Theater Sapporo, Japan Theater An Der Parkaue Berlin, Germany Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia Theater & Philharmonic Thurangia Altenburg, Germany Zongshan Hall Taipei City, Taiwan Théâtre de Cornouaille Quimper, France Théâtre de la Renaissance Mondeville, France EMEA Theatre Vrijthof Maastricht, NL Alfredo Kraus Auditorium Las Palmas, Spain TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands Auditori de Cornellà Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt Schwedt, Germany Auditorio Ciudad de León León, Spain Volkstheater Rostock - Big House Rostock, Germany Barenboim–Said Academy Berlin, Germany Waitzinger Keller Cultural center Miesbach, Germany Berlin State Opera Berlin, Germany Waterfront Hall Belfast, NI Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham, UK Zorlu Performing Arts Centre Istanbul, Turkey Chester Cultural Theatre Chester, UK CK Theatre Grudziadz Grudziądz, Poland Cultuurcentrum De Factorij Zaventem, Belgium (07/2019) © d&b audiotechnik GmbH & Co. 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