Pianist Balázs Havasi and his symphony performed with a 40-voice choir for a corporate event at the Budapest Congress & World Trade Centre recently. Attila Lenzsér, who served as LD, programmer and operator, used a rig provided by Lajter Light Ltd. that included 80 Clay Paky fixtures. "The Alpha Wash fixtures illuminated the symphonic orchestra because it is possible to finely control the colors and the dimming of them, and that was very important because in this event we didn't use any conventional lighting," said Lenzsér. "I tried to create very cold and very hot ambient light. Also, it is possible to change the beam size of the Alpha Wash in big areas. As for the Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200, they have a strong circle with the highest power output. They were used to highlight Balázs Havasi, as well as the conductor and the soloists.
"In the case of the luminaires below the projection screen," added Lenzsér, "it was necessary to see a very strong beam in front of the background images projected on the screen, so for that we used the Golden Spot, which is powerful enough for this purpose. The Stage Colors illuminated the scenery and the background curtain. This was important to create adequate colors."
The band's manager, who had some ideas after visiting the Budapest Congress & World Trade Centre previously, contributed to the overall design concept – to create an illuminated stage in different levels and incorporate background projection. This was combined with the Plexiglas panes in the stage and the lights from the background.
Lenzsér used WYSIWYG for previsualisation and used a grandMA full size console for control.
"While some of these particular fixtures such as the Stage Color and Golden Spot are from previous product lines in the Clay Paky catalog, it is a testament to the reliability of the Clay Paky range," said Gabor Nemeth of Pelyhe Ltd., Clay Paky's distributor for Hungary. "Every event will have a budget, so keeping Clay Paky in stock proves to pay off over the years."
The concert received a standing ovation, and the Generali-Providencia Insurance management team had good things to say about the technical production of the event as well.
