SYNTHPLEX festival in Los Angeles

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From 28-31 of March, 2019, the 1st edition of a brand new annual festival named Synthplex will be celebrated at the Marriott Convention Center in Burbank (Los Angeles, CA, USA).

Synthplex 2019 - Banner

 

This new “All Things Synthesizer” festival will bring many great experiences and events such as; Trade Show Exhibits, Educational & Technology Seminars, Synthesizer History Lectures, Master Q&A Sessions with Industry Legends, Live Synth Concerts all weekend long, and a Pop-up Synth Museum.

 

The event will be topped-off with a Saturday Night Gala Dinner Banquet featuring artist Thomas Dolby who will perform and be honored with the SYNTHPLEX Golden Ear Award for his lifetime achievements in all-things-electronic music.

 

Let’s highlight some of the key events/conferences in Synthplex:

  • 28/3/2019 – 11:30-12:15h – THU – Conference and Q&A session with Hannah Parrott entitled ‘Women In Music: I Have A Degree, Now What?’
  • 29/3/2019 – 12:45-13:30h – FRI – Conference and Q&A session with Russell Brower entitled ‘The Art of Orchestration – From Synth to Live and Back Again’
  • 29/3/2019 – 14:15-15:00h – FRI – Conference and Q&A session with Germaine Franco entitled ‘Hybrid Scoring: How to incorporate synths with live musicians and other organic instruments and elements’
  • 29/3/2019 – 16:30-17:15h – FRI – Conference and Q&A session with Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL
  • 30/3/2019 – 9:45-10:30h – SAT – Conference and Q&A session with Drum & Lace and Ronit Kirchman entitled ‘Scoring for Film and Media’
  • 30/3/2019 – 11:45-12:00h – SAT – Conference and Q&A session with Guy Moon entitled ‘Scoring For Animation In & ‘Out Of The Box’
  • 30/3/2019 – 14:15-15:00h – SAT – Conference and Q&A session with Harold Faltermeyer entitled ‘Axel F – History of a Synthesizer SMASH’
  • 31/3/2019 – 13:45-14:30h – SUN – Conference and Q&A session with Michael Abels entitled ‘coring for Get Out & Us for Jordan Peele’

 

And talking about concerts:

  • 28/3/2019 – 22:45-23:30h – THU – Concert with Alan Howarth (Synth based horror film score music)
  • 29/3/2019 – 20:00-20:45h – FRI – Concert with Reinhold Heil & Michael Levine (Immersive Improvisation)
  • 30/3/2019 – 21:30-22:15h – SAT – Concert with Mark Isham & Vinnie Colaiuta (Electronica, Ambient Jazz, Film music)

 

You can find more information about the Speakers here:

https://synthplex.com/speakers-list.php

 

You can find more information about the concerts here:

https://synthplex.com/artists-list.php

 

Tickets (Day ticket – $ 50 / Full Event $ 99):

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/synthplex-burbank-tickets-48898712365#tickets

 

Official website:

https://synthplex.com/index.php

 

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