Martin Professional continues to expand their lighting team with the appointment of Sean O’Callaghan as Installed Lighting Consultant Relationship Manager, EMEA.Read More »Martin Professional Appoints Installed Lighting Consultant Relationship Manager
To provide Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm with simple but impactful lighting for their 2022 U.S. tour, Bandit Lites deployed a dynamic rig using Martin… Read More »Halestorm Tear Through Summer Touring Season with Help of Martin Professional
HARMAN Professional Solutions introduces the Martin MAC Aura XIP, premium moving head wash light raising the bar for optical quality, featuring an even wash field with soft edge, minimal stray light, and high intensity mid-air beams. It has a Radical aura filament effect, with improved light engine control, and an outdoor rating with close to zero compromises in weight, size, and aesthetics.
Here’s an introductory video on the features of the MAC Aura XIP:
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To provide the International 2021 Dota 2 World Championship with a dazzling visual display and premium broadcast lighting, Lighting Designer Alex Berry partnered with Christie Lites and THiNC Worldwide to deploy a complex Martin by HARMAN lighting rig, including state-of-the-art Martin MAC Ultra Performance fixtures.Read More »International 2021 Dota 2 World Championship Wows Viewers with Martin Professional
NASHVILLE—To bring stunning and immersive visuals to The Gather Again Tour, the Eric Church lighting crew selected the new and versatile Martin Professional MAC Ultra… Read More »Eric Church Returns to the Road On To Gather Again Tour Featuring Next-Gen Martin Professional Lighting Solutions
AARHUS, Denmark — Harman’s Martin Professional named Leading Technologies as the exclusive distributor of Martin products in Italy. The company also recently named PS TEATR as its distributor in Poland. The companies are based, respectively, in Monza, Italy and Piaseczno, Poland. Pictured here, from left, are Marco Porro, Steen Matthiesen, Giuseppe Porro and Paolo Albani. The Porros are from Leading Technologies; Matthiesen and Albani are with Martin Professional.
The MAC Quantum Wash from Harman’s Martin offers tight beams, wash fields, a wide palette of color and uniform mixing. The fixture offers 750W of RGBW LED intensity with optics that promise to optimize the 1:6 zoom (11 to 59 degrees). Measuring 17.8 by 17.8 by 22.8 inches and weighing 46.3 lbs., the fixture offers beam twister, light and color morphing and color spin effects. A “color wheel” effect offers 36 LEE-referenced colors plus white, and color ring effects include 36 split ring colors with variable speed color wheel rotation effects. There are four electronic dimming curve options along with onboard and DMX control over pan (540 degrees) and tilt (270 degrees).
NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional named Joachim Bogetvedt sales manager, Nordic, for its Martin Professional business unit. Based in Kristiansand, Norway, Bogetvedt will lead sales and initiatives for Martin Professional across Northern Europe, reporting to Steen Matthiesen, vice president EMEA Sales, Martin Professional.
ROSKILDE, Denmark — The Roskilde Music Festival, a summer tradition since the 1970s, this year featured Metallica on the festival’s Orange stage and also included performances by top acts ranging from Rihanna to Slipknot. LD Kasper Lange lit the Orange Stage with a variety of fixtures from Harman’s Martin business unit.
STAMFORD, CT — After completing its acquisition of Martin Professional A/S of Denmark, Harman announced on March 6 that Lars Dige Knudsen, a 17-year Martin veteran, most recently as CFO, would be taking over for Martin’s previous CEO, Christian Engsted, who has left the company. Knudsen’s new title at Harman is Vice President, General Manager, Lighting Strategic Business Unit. Harman also announced that Villads Thomsen, a 14-year Martin veteran, most recently as VP Sales/EMEA, had been promoted to VP of Global Sales for the Lighting Strategic Business Unit.