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Televised Republic concert/celebration “Boros:60” in Budapest lit with Chauvet

After thirty-two years and thirty top-selling albums, Hungarian band Republic is still in business. As their lighting designer, András Praksch knows the importance of keeping contemporary looks front-and-center in his shows supporting the band’s blend of traditional Hungarian folk music infused with new electro-rock sounds.

“Republic is legendary, and they’ve been around for over three decades, but they are definitely not ‘old school’”, he says. “Their sound is always evolving, and so are the looks we create for them. We use LED walls with a lot of break out patterns and pyro for their shows, except when indoors. Instead of going with traditional cues, we try to create a ‘wow’ feeling that connects to younger fans.”

When Praksch lit “Boros:60”, a nationally televised concert at the Budapest Congress Center to celebrate the 60th birthday of the band’s frontman Boros Csaba. Helping him give the show, which featured the band backed by a 20-piece orchestra, dynamic looks was a collection of 58 Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by G-Sound Limited.

Praksch positioned his eighteen Maverick MK2 Wash fixtures on three movable overhead truss structures, and used them for a variety of purposes, including back and side lighting, animated cross patterns, audience washing, and aerial effects. Joining the Maverick fixtures on the three overhead bars were 32 Colorado Par H12 IP units. An additional eight of the RGBWAUV LED washes were used for uplighting the stage curtain.

“My main goal was to color the stage, and work with the video content to create a unique mood for every song”, says Praksch. “With the 32 PARs I could make some nice dimmer chases and pixel mapping effects. Every song had its own video content, so I always followed the colors. We created a variety of looks. Some songs have theatrical scenes with blackouts or just silhouette lights. The orchestra didn’t play in every song, so in those cases, I could use the washes as backlights or downlights, depending.”

(Photos: Barnabas)

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