The latest music venue in Northern Denmark, the Musikkens Hus (House of Music) is located on the waterfront of Aalborg. With architectural design by Coop Himmelb(l)au, the sound and communications contracts were won by Nordic systems integrator Exton, and required more than 20km of premier quality audio and video cabling.
The venue contains four concert halls, a restaurant and an educational section, with studios and rehearsal rooms. Exton Project Manager Gunnar Gunnarsson looked to London cable specialist VDC Trading, on grounds of quality, logistics and service for the audio and video cabling, choosing Van Damme Purple, Brown and Black series.
In the main auditorium – a 1,200 capacity concert hall – the sound system uses Tannoy Qflex series speakers, with Meyer Sound UPJuniors for stage lip and QSC ILAs for under-balcony reinforcement. The system is driven by a Meyer Sound Galileo Loudspeaker Management System. HD quality pictures are distributed from each hall over the facility’s IPTV network, so that performers and the public alike can follow productions in real time.
The iconic building has more than 20,000m2 of floor space over nine storeys, and is home to the Aalborg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Music Conservatory of Aalborg, as well as the Institute of Music of Aalborg University and the Danish Jazz History Centre. In addition,
‘Exton has become an international systems integrator of considerable renown and I am delighted that they continue to find Van Damme cable the right product for their needs,’ says VDC Trading Chairman Niall Holden.
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