The storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution, and its anniversary gives rise to multiple events throughout the country each year. The tenth time that the Concert de Paris classical music concert has been staged at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, this year saw Lawo once again serving live sound and live broadcast requirements for the French public broadcasting network and the Eurovision network.
In the expert hands of Radio France sound engineers, Lawo’s mixing consoles delivered audio to the huge crowd on the Champs de Mars, as well as for all listeners and viewers.
Two mc²56 MkIII consoles were used at front of house by Nadège Antonini for a premix of the soloists and choirs, and by Alexandre Martin for the orchestra and the overall mix for the sound system. A third mc²56 took care of the monitoring on the stage, arranged in a two-operator configuration with separate control surfaces to offer maximum ease to Tahar Boukhlifa and Charles Bouticourt in the execution of this complex task.
A system of passive splitters allowed the routing of 144 microphone sources independently to the Lawo mc²66 console controlled by Laurent Fracchia for the mixing of the radio and television signal in a Radio France mobile production unit.
‘It is a real pleasure to collaborate with Radio France for such a prestigious event and to see the enthusiasm deployed each year by the entire team to get a little closer to perfection,’ says Lawo Sales Director for France, Joffrey Heyraud. ‘Radio France’s renewed trust is a tremendous confirmation of the company’s technological choices in a constant search for excellence in terms of audio quality and reliability.’
The Concert de Paris on 14 July, followed by the City of Paris’ traditional fireworks display, remains one of the largest classical music events in the world. Approximately 150,000 spectators attended the event – with the Orchestre National de France, the Chœur and the Maîtrise de Radio France, as well as internationally renowned soloists – performing. The concert was followed by millions of listeners and viewers on Radio France and France Télévisions channels and was broadcast live or recorded in many countries via the Eurovision network.
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