Among the most exciting acts currently on the Italian music scene, Coez & Frah Quintale’s album Lovebars recently saw them selling out arenas throughout the country. They chose to use immersive audio for the shows, pairing L-Acoustics’ L-ISA spatial audio with the L Series line array for the first time.

‘The use of L-ISA was a huge upgrade in terms of spatialisation, focus, sound impact and sound definition,’ says Sound Designer Valerio Motta, who worked to help adopt the two technologies. ‘Adding L Series was the icing on the cake. L2 is a huge advance in many ways – small footprint, easy to rig and low weight which is crucial for several hangs in an immersive configuration.’

Milan-based renowned pianist, composer and sound recordist, Andrea Manzoni is part of a movement aiming to redefine the musical landscape with an approach that blurs the boundaries of traditional music styles. He recently made a transformative journey into Icelandic wilderness for the sound design of Qivittoq, a theatrical production set in the North Pole of a world rapidly depleting its resources.

Working from a draft script from the director, Manzoni secured a 30-day residency in the remote town of Isafjordur in the Westfjords, in order to make 12 excursions to locations devoid of human presence. Here, he was to capture raw environmental sounds with shotgun mics.

Early March saw sound designer Simon Honywill using TiMax SoundHub and TiMax TrackerD4 performer stagetracking to bring spatial treatment to the Paraorchestra performance of The Nature of Why.

Composed by Will Gregory and choreographed by Caroline Bowditch under the artistic direction of conductor Charles Hazelwood, the production is an interpretation of the interview with physicist Richard Feynman asks in empirical terms why certain physical properties occur. Performed within the confines of a 14m circular space on the Lyric Stage at Theatre Royal Plymouth, with 100-120 audience members mingling amongst the players and dancers for each performance this is the first occasion that it has called on TiMax spatialisation.

In 2003, Theatro Marrakech was the first music hall to open in Africa. Today, it ranks among Morocco’s best nightclubs and reckons to offer one of the most exceptional nightlife experiences in the world in the setting of its mainly original décor – a mix of dramatic theatrical and dynamic Moroccan themes.

The 2,000-capacity venue recently installed a L-Acoustics K2 sound system to attract leading international artists inspired by a visit to Omnia Las Vegas. The Theatro management worked with Paris-based nightclub consultant Timothée Renard of the Fox Agency and L-Acoustics Certified Provider Integrator Potar Hurlant for the upgrade.

Widely regarded as Cirque du Soleil’s most iconic touring production, Alegría iwas recently staged at London’s Royal Albert Hall as Alegria: In a New Light, before moving on to the Big Top at the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona. For this latest tour, its music has been re-arranged and modernised, and with different instrumentation.

Alegria is also Cirque du Soleil’s most streamed and purchased album of all time – a tribute that is down to Cirque du Soleil Head of Sound, Francois Lanteigne.