
Case.
World Music Contest
Custom opening
Music production
Client - Live Impact
Venue - Parkstad Limburg Stadium
People - 12000

The challenge
Create an opening for one of our themes in the opening ceremony.
The World Music Contest is an international wind music festival that takes place every four years and brings together thousands of musicians from all over the world. The opening ceremony took place at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade and was divided into five theme blocks corresponding to the continents. Each theme block was opened on a grand scale. We were asked to open the Africa theme block in a spectacular way.



the result
The solution
Let's get 12,000 people moving with 1 performer.
We devised a concept using contrasts and recognition to make a difference. One of the biggest contrasts we could create was to suddenly leave the field almost completely empty amidst all the entertainment frenzy, shifting the focus to a single person. The recognition lay in the sudden blackout, after which, to the sounds of the well-known intro to The Lion King, we created a goosebumps moment by simulating a sunrise and a birth. On the center spot, a figure dressed in white awoke, surrounded by four laser harps reaching high into the sky. Next, a swirling Beambox percussion show erupted, allowing us to interact with 12,000 people.
