SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, June 30 (Europa Press)
The musician and composer Jean Michel Jarre is going to combine “tradition and high technology” and will stage an “authentic architecture of light” in the show by 31 July in Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela.
This is what the artist said today at a press conference, after visiting the Obradoiro, in which he explained that he will paly his old hits and other new songs in the concert. In this way, he said he hoped to have some new tracks that he will be “composing on the road” in the context of his world tour which includes Santiago as its only stop in Spain.
Jarre said that the action will involve a mix of “past and future” and stressed that “Santiago and Galicia combine this sense of being outside of time, whether you are Catholic or not, the message is universal, what drives so many pilgrims to come to Santiago. ”
Also connected to the Galician capital is the heritage of Unesco, an organization of which he is goodwill ambassadorl, and stressed that its objective “is to protect not only old stones, but to celebrate a sense of identity from the artistic and historic point of view . ” “These stones convey this sense of being outside of time, is something unique in this region of Europe,” he said.
At the same time, asked to integrate architecture and project it “as one of the achievements of mankind”, in addition to holding the environment in the event, which is to him the relationship of man with nature and urban settings.
He also noted that it will be a “special concert” because, besides the environment, he will use instruments that are part of the “mythology of electronic music, which are more difficult to play in a live situation. So, stressed that the pieces are played live, what, nuance, “will a real challenge” and that will make “more interesting.”
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As for the set will feature a combination of video, lights and new type of laser, which will provide an “authentic architecture of light”, which will create a 3-D effect but will not be necessary to use 3-D glasses.
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Regarding the video, said to be “very special” because they include animation and images shot with several cameras, one located in his glasses “to have a subjective point of view of everything that happens on stage.”
Finally, he said that the concert meant to imply also an “event in the city” with “significant cooperation” with Spanish technicians and specialists in light and sound.
Thus, he said that he will go to Santiago to establish a “genuine cooperation” with these specialists and to integrate the architecture in the event because “it will be one of the stars” in a performance that will be broadcast on television and recorded in some parts on 3D.
CONNECTION “CITY, MUSIC AND ART”
The Regional Minister of Culture, Roberto Varela, stressed that the appointment of Jean Michel Jarre in the Obradoiro will have a “live performance by one of the best artists in the music scene in the last 35 years.”
The quotation is included in the ‘Path of Music’ on the programming of Xacobeo 2010 and, as highlighted Varela, the event, free entry, will become “a magnificent spectacle which fully integrate music with the latest technology in sound, lights and visual effects “.
After noting the success of the artist in his last concert in Santiago in 1993 at Monte do Gozo, location initially intended for the appointment of 31 July but that was changed by the type of event wanted to offer by the artist, Varela noted that seeks to achieve “a unique connection between city, music and art” in Obradoiro.
