Eminence Symphony return from triumphant video game soundscape

Mike Bantick
Thursday, 26 July 2007 04:38

Your IT - Entertainment

Australia’s Eminence Symphony Orchestra returns from enthusiastic audiences in the US and ‘sell outs’ in Japan.  The quintet’s Destiny Reunion show featuring music from video games and anime, announces dates in Sydney and Melbourne.

The Australian musicians were treated to numerous standing ovations at the ‘sell out’ Japan concert and again at the performances they delivered in the USA at Otakon – the world’s largest anime convention

Eminence Symphony Orchestra founder, 26 year old Hiroaki Yura (a renowned violin virtuoso and keen gamer) is thrilled to see that his vision of making classical music more appealing to the younger generation is now spreading beyond the local Australian market. By re-orchestrating the music created for video games and anime, the Eminence Symphony Orchestra musicians are creating a new genre of classical music that is appreciated and ‘loved’ by a generation that may otherwise see classical music as staid and unappealing.

The Destiny Reunion quintet – comprising world class Australian musicians from the Eminence Symphony Orchestra – are performing pieces in this concert tour that have been specifically arranged by international composers Hitoshi Sakimoto and Yasunori Mitsuda to suit a quintet and as such, have never before been played in the same manner.

From the press release:
Event:        Destiny Reunion

Presented by The Eminence Symphony Orchestra - Australia’s only specialist game and anime orchestra

Venues:       Sydney Conservatorium of Music
                    Saturday 28 July
                    6.30pm (doors open 6.15pm)

                    BMW Edge
                    Federation Square
                    Saturday 11 August
                    7.00pm (doors open 6.45pm)

Ticket prices:                Concession        Adult    
    A Reserve                 $45.00            $50.00
    B Reserve                 $35.00            $40.00

    *plus booking fee and other charges as applicable
    At the door
               
                                    Concession        Adult   
    A Reserve                 $50.00            $55.00
    B Reserve                 $40.00            $45.00
   
Musicians / instruments:   
    Hiroaki Yura            Violin
    Kenny Kao            Violin
    Andrew Marciniak        Viola
    Minah Choe            Cello
    Kumiko Ito            Piano


Destiny Reunion will feature the musical scores – specially arranged to suit the quintet – from My Neighbour Totoro, Chrono Cross, Noir, Gundam Seed, Princess Mononoke, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Xenosaga, .hack/Liminality, Romeo x Juliet and many, many more.
Bookings through:    The Eminence website – www.eminenceonline.com (both concerts)

Sydney concert only – Books Kinokuniya, George Street Sydney (opposite the QVB) or via www.eminenceonline.com

   
Sponsored by:    Madman Entertainment, Japan Airlines and Books Kinokuniya.

For more information:    Visit www.eminenceonline.com