In a transition to the newest generation of LED moving light fixtures, The Vienna State Opera has replaced its Claypaky HMI luminaires with Claypaky Arolla Profile MPs, the smallest and lightest moving head in its class. While small in stature, the Arolla Profile MP delivers powerful light output with its 470 W white LED engine (at over 22,000 lumens output) and boasts a feature set typically seen...
While many attending LDI 2022 in Las Vegas “oohed and aahed” over Claypaky’s demo of their Volero Wave LED bar, OSA International’s Mark Fetto bought the full LDI rig Claypaky’s of the innovative new fixtures. “We jumped on them,” he says. “Volero Wave was the coolest new product we saw at LDI.” Volero Wave is the latest in Claypaky’s Volero line of high-performance LED bars. A totally new...
Lighting Designers Omer Israeli & Dor Aichner of Tel Aviv-based lighting and stage design company, LEAD, chose a large complement of Claypaky fixtures to illuminate the dynamic, futuristic “ Hack the Galaxy” event held by Rapyd at the 2022 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. He utilized 96 Tambora Batten Square, 16 Mythos 2 and 48 Xtylos fixtures for the third and last event in Rapyd’s “Hack the...
ams OSRAM announces the planned divestment of Claypaky The business will become part of ARRI, a global player within the motion picture and broadcast industry With this agreement, ams OSRAM implements the last of the divestments which the company had communicated to pursue following the acquisition of OSRAM, strengthening the focus on core technology areas. Premstaetten, Austria (20 December 2022)...
UK-based Lighting Designer Durham Marenghi is no stranger to high-profile events with numerous Winter and Summer Olympics Opening and Closing ceremonies, Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee events, many citywide New Year’s in London celebrations and more to his credit. He recently lit the Opening Ceremony for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which featured large complements of Claypaky...
With Xtylos, our first laser-based fixture, we have created a completely new category of moving lights. Since 2019, we have been constantly developing this new series of products, extending the range with the weatherproof Xtylos Aqua and the ultra-compact Mini Xtylos... and more is coming! Read the Claypaky Ambassadors' experiences below! “ The Xtylos is the result of years of joint studies and...
Claypaky presented a range of advanced, innovative products at LDI 2022, many of which had been launched earlier this year. They show the extremely wide range of show lighting solutions Claypaky offers our industry today: fixtures with white and multicolor LED light sources, laser-driven moving heads, and units with discharge lamps. Claypaky also supplies equipment specifically designed for the...
Lighting Designer Ian Haslauer chose a large complement of Claypaky Xtylos and Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures for the North American leg of The Lumineers’ Brightside World Tour 2022. Christie Lites and representative Martin Kelley supplied the Xtylos fixtures, featuring Claypaky’s proprietary RGB laser source, for the arena tour supporting the American folk rock band’s “Brightside” album. The tour...
A large array of Claypaky fixtures illuminated the eighth edition of “ Flowers of the Soul: Remember Florian Pittis,” a two-day tribute concert held in Bucharest last June honoring the Romanian stage and television actor, folk singer, writer and director who died in 2007. “It can be tricky to create something for an already installed simple stage, but with the help of Claypaky fixtures we managed...
Mikki Kunttu, Finland’s most successful lighting designer and visualist, marked his 50th birthday with a four-day celebration, “ In the Light Mikki Kunttu” at Tampere Hall in Tampere, Finland. The festival saluted Kunttu’s impressive and diverse career with a concert performance of “ The Planets” by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, a gala evening, an exhibition and a professional seminar, among...