MAG Wasp for a symphony concert at the old tram depot

Franz Xaver Mozart, the son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, lived in Lviv, Ukraine, for 30 years. Here, he created most of his masterpieces, conducted the choir of Saint Cecilia, which consisted of 400 amateur singers, and gave concerts all over the country, performing his own music as well as works composed by his genius father.

In 2017, in honor of Franz Xaver and the entire Mozart dynasty, Oksana Lyniv (the chief conductor of the Graz Opera in Germany, born in Lviv) launched a new international festival of classical music—LvivMozArt. The art project aims to unite musicians from all over the world and spread Mozart’s history and works of art.

On July 13-23, LvivMozArt was held for the second time. For 10 days, musicians from different countries reconstructed Mozart’s era, skillfully interweaving it with elements of contemporary art. Thus, for example, a symphony performance, “Mozarts,” dedicated to the famous family, took place in an extraordinary venue—an old tram depot. The stage, deployed in the venue, was equipped with MAG Wasp.

The tram depot building is over 120 years old, and it hasn’t been used for its designated purpose for a long time. Within LvivMozArt festival the depot became one of the concert halls: according to organizers, such an uncommon place can draw young audience’s attention to the event.

The choice fell on the MAG Wasp line array to hold a symphony concert in such an unusual place. The main PA system comprised 2 clusters, each consisting of 4 x MAG Wasp modules, passive systems based on double 8’’ drivers, and 2 x MAG Sub H12 subwoofers, based on 12’’ drivers.

The sound system also included outfills, comprising 4 modules of MAG Wasp per side.

Among the participants of the “Mozarts” performance in the tram depot were musicians of international scale: trumpeter Franz Xaver Tradler (Germany), clarinetist Andrey Chernov (Russia-Switherland), pianists Andrey Dragan (Ukraine–Switzerland) and Kristina Mikhailichenko (Ukraine), accompanied by Ukrainian Festival Orchestra, conductor Vitaliy Alekseionok (Belarus-Germany).

Besides being a newcomer, the festival is becoming an international event – perhaps thanks to the uncommon approach to classical music, which still sounds as designed even in such an extraordinary venue.

Technical support: Artmax Engineering.