DER THEATER VERLAG, BÜHNEN TECHNISCHE RUNDSCHAU, COMPLETE MUSICAL ENJOYMENT, BTR 2/2019

An investment in the future

“The project's schedule was tight: a few weeks directly before Christmas were available for dismantling and disposing of the previous system, installing the new system, testing all components and lines and calibrating the system. Operations continued at full capacity with almost daily renovations, rehearsals and events.

“The collaboration with everyone involved was extremely pleasant and professional,” says Thomas Lunacek, managing director of the installing company Elektroakustik Neuenhagen GmbH. This meant that the system could be handed over in time for the New Year's Eve concert with the Prague Festival Symphony Orchestra under Petr Šumnik and the soloists Akiko Yamaguchi (soprano) and Xu Chang (tenor). “We believe that with the new enhancement system in the Great Hall, a high-quality performance of orchestral music in the CCS will be possible for the next few years, if not decades, comparable to the acoustic quality of well-known concert halls,” says Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert emphasizes the flexibility: “At the touch of a button, various settings are possible that ensure acoustic conditions not only for symphonic concerts, but also for chamber and jazz concerts and also for rock and pop events. The system can be switched off for language events.”

The initial experiences and feedback confirm the assessment: “CCS GmbH is very satisfied with the result of installing this reverberation extension system,” says Diana Schneider, managing director of the Congress Center Suhl. “This is also proven by the large number of feedback from our concert visitors, who speak of a special sound experience and a perfect enjoyment of music.” And the organizer and owner of the MKGD – Central German Concert & Guest Performance Directorate, Bodo Dresen, adds: “The installation of the Amadeus acoustic system is for "It's a wonderful gift for the audience in the region and for the artists performing here in Suhl." When used as a concert hall, the Great Hall now offers visitors room acoustics that are unique in Thuringia. “Our top orchestras from Leipzig, Prague and Jena that perform here praise the new acoustics; the musicians feel very comfortable in terms of sound and playing technique.”

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Complete musical enjoyment , BtR 2/2019