YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011

“Tripping the light fantastic with chic geeks – San Francisco’s hot-to-trot Obscura Digital made light of some very sweet music” – Sydney Morning Herald

On the evening of March 20, 2011, Obscura Digital unveiled one of its most creative innovations to date, when it fused live experiential technology with a masterpiece of modernist architecture, transforming the dynamic Sydney Opera House structure into a visual augmentation of a live symphonic performance.

Over ten years of Obscura Digital’s technology innovations culminated in this two-hour show, in which they amplified the artistry of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale event with real-time audio-reactive graphic projections that simultaneously canvassed the interior and exterior of the iconic building with parallel projection shows.

Obscura Digital designed their own novel configuration, a more musically precise projection media, with custom interfaces, controls, and software systems that enabled them to respond to the nuance of the musical performance directed by world-class conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.