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The Symphony project employs virtual reality (VR) technology to offer spectators a chance to experience and enjoy classical music as they have never done before, inviting them to feel like one of the musicians in the orchestra.

Under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel and accompanied by the more than one hundred musicians that make up the internationally acclaimed Mahler Chamber Orchestra, audiences will have the opportunity to hear music in a way they have previously never been able to, and even travel through the interior of the instruments.

The premiere of the two films that comprise this itinerant project – written and directed by Igor Cortadellas – will take place at CosmoCaixa, where they can be seen up to 8 October before beginning a tour which will last ten years and take in around a hundred towns and cities in Spain and Portugal.

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From left to right: the orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel; the deputy general director of ”la Caixa” Foundation, Elisa Durán, and the founder of Igor Studio and project director Igor Cortadellas, have presented Symphony, a virtual journey to the heart of classical music.

From left to right: the founder of Igor Studio and project director Igor Cortadellas, the orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and the deputy general director of ”la Caixa” Foundation, Elisa Durán, talking about Symphony, a virtual journey to the heart of classical music.

The orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel, watching Symphony.

The orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel inside one of the mobile pop up unit.

For the first time ever, members of the audience will be able to place themselves amidst a symphony orchestra in this state-of-the-art immersive experience made possible by virtual reality technology, which will be premiered in CosmoCaixa.

The original idea for the project arose four years ago in the Music Department of ”la Caixa” Foundation, who commissioned the creator and musician Igor Cortadellas to be its artistic director.

The first of these mobile pop up units is dedicated to the large-screen projection of a panoramic recording (12 minutes), while the second space is reserved for the virtual reality film (12 minutes).

Symphony comprises two mobile pop-up units which are assembled to make two cinemas, each covering a hundred square metres.

The first of these screens a panoramic film which introduces the audience into this journey, guiding it on the basis of nothing more than sounds. The second unit is dedicated to living the virtual reality experience.

Final filming took place in the Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona in August 2019.

Symphony rehearsal at Gran Teatro del Liceo (Barcelona) with the orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

The latest technology was employed to record the sound for Symphony. Rehearsal at Gran Teatro del Liceo (Barcelona) with the orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

Igor Cortadellas, the founder of Igor Studio and project director Symphony, a virtual journey to the heart of classical music.

The visual concept of this virtual reality experience combines live-action 360º real imagery with computer generated imagery (CGI) and visual effects created through VFX.. Symphony.

David Bagué, luthier. Symphony.

From the outset, ”la Caixa” Foundation opted for virtual reality as the best way to tell the story.

A virtual journey to the heart of classical music. A film by ”la Caixa” Foundation. With music by Beethoven, Maher y Bernstein.

After four years in production, ”la Caixa” Foundation announces the world premiere of this emotional experience delivered through virtual reality technology.

Symphony project employs virtual reality (VR) technology to offer spectators a chance to experience and enjoy classical music as they have never done before, inviting them to feel like one of the musicians in the orchestra.

The premiere of the two films that comprise this itinerant project – written and directed by Igor Cortadellas – will take place at CosmoCaixa, where they can be seen up to 8 October.

After CosmoCaixa, Symphony start a tour which will last ten years and take in around a hundred towns and cities in Spain and Portugal.

Symphony will begin a ten-year tour which will include a hundred towns and cities in Spain and Portugal.

Symphony comprises two mobile pop-up units which are assembled to make two cinemas, each covering a hundred square metres.

In all, more than 250 people worked and collaborated to make this project a reality. Symphony.

Three young musicians from different parts of the world take centre stage in this introductory production, filmed in Colombia, New York and on the Mediterranean coast.

This immersive experience lasts about forty minutes, divided into two stages.

Isidro Fainé, chairman of ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation.

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