ORCHESTRA SAILS TO A DIFFERENT TUNE

In a landmark cultural event, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performed to thousands of people around the Sydney Harbour foreshore and across the world when its concert ‘Greatest Hits from Vienna’ inside the Sydney Opera House was projected onto the sails of the iconic building on Wednesday night.

Performed inside the Concert Hall, the SSO became the first professional orchestral ensemble to feature in live real-time video projections on the sails. The spectacle on the sails was broadcast across the globe in a live web-stream and on the Sydney Symphony Orchestra YouTube channel.

Visions of Vienna was a multimedia event celebrating the rich artistic heritage of Vienna. Accompanying the projections of the Orchestra were images inspired by the art of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Rory Jeffes said the “awe-inspiring” real-time projections presented the Orchestra to the world like never before and celebrated Vienna’s musical history.

“It was just extraordinary to see the towering figures of our players on the sails of Sydney Opera House as they played inside the Concert Hall,” Mr Jeffes said.