Orchestral concert tour by Merregnon Studios | |
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Conductor | Eckehard Stier |
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Composer | Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Jonne Valtonen |
Arrangers | Masashi Hamauzu, Jonne Valtonen, Roger Wanamo |
Location | Germany, England, Japan, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, United States, New Zealand |
Album recording | Final Symphony |
Start date | May 11, 2013 |
Producer | Thomas Böcker (Merregnon Studios) |
Merregnon Studios concert chronology |
Final Symphony | |
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Studio album by London Symphony Orchestra, Katharina Treutler | |
Released | February 23, 2015 |
Recorded | December 15–17, 2014 |
Genre | Classical, Video game music |
Length | 1:34:30 |
Label | X5 Music Group |
Producer | Thomas Böcker |
Final Symphony is a symphonic concert tour first held at the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal in Wuppertal (Germany) on May 11, 2013 and continuing to date. The concert tour features arrangements of video game music selected from the Final Fantasy series, specifically Final Fantasy VI, VII, and X. It is divided into three acts: a symphonic poem for VI, a piano concerto for X, and a symphony for VII. The concert is produced and directed by Thomas Böcker, with arrangements provided by Finnish composer and musician Jonne Valtonen, along with Roger Wanamo and Final Fantasy X composer Masashi Hamauzu with consultation from Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. The original works were composed by Uematsu and Hamauzu, and an introductory piece was composed by Valtonen. The premiere concert was performed by the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra under conduction from Eckehard Stier, with guest performer Benyamin Nuss joining the orchestra on piano.
Following the initial performance, Final Symphony was performed in several other venues. It was first performed in London (United Kingdom) at the Barbican Centre by the London Symphony Orchestra on May 30, 2013. Between 2014 and 2016, additional concerts took place in Tokyo (Japan), Aarhus (Denmark), (Sweden), Tampere (Finland), Amsterdam (Netherlands), San Diego (United States), Baltimore (United States), San Francisco (United States) and in Auckland (New Zealand), with each performance location handled by a different orchestra.