The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, HKPhil, will present the world's first symphonic masterpiece in the metaverse at The Sandbox.
The symphonic work, titled The Metaverse Symphony, is a work by the well-known composer of Chinese origin Elliot Leung.
The concert is organized by HKPhil, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Web3 company Artifact Labs, who have teamed up with The Sandbox to immerse their viewers and fans in a new, fully immersive Web3 orchestral experience.
The Metaverse Symphony will be the world's first symphonic masterpiece to be presented on the blockchain metaverse. The presentation of this symphonic masterpiece will take place jointly live, in the city of Hong Kong and virtually on the metaverse platform The Sandbox, in May next year.
The HKPhil Professional Orchestra at The Sandbox
HKPhil became Hong Kong's first professional orchestra in 1974. Today, this philharmonic orchestra is a partner of the Hong Kong Cultural Center and performs about 140 performances a year, including “Symphony Under the Stars,” the open-air symphony concert largest in Hong Kong, which brought together more than 12.000 people and participants this year.
In recent years, HKPhil has made several world tours, performing in countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, among others.
Now it is preparing for a new debut in the virtual world of The Sandbox, one of the most popular blockchain-based metaverses in the crypto world. The Sandbox is built on the Ethereum network, the largest blockchain for the development of smart contracts and DApps.
A historic concert in the virtual world
Speaking about The Metaverse Symphony's presentation at The Sandbox, Artifact Labs CEO Gary Liu, he highlighted which is a historic alliance between your company and the metaverse blockchain platform to offer your viewers new and innovative immersive experiences, while at the same time being able to demonstrate all the possibilities and opportunities that the metaverse and Web3 can offer to bring music to a broader audience.
The Sandbox will allow thousands of people from all over the world to enjoy the Philharmonic concert through an internet connection.
On the other hand, Artifact Labs, which is an official partner of Elliot Leung and the Philharmonic, is recreating Hong Kong's iconic Statue Plaza as a multi-use digital space with which it seeks to show the limitless possibilities that music offers in the metaverse.
Who is Elliot Leung?
Elliot Leung is one of the most prominent Chinese composers and arrangers in the music industry. Leung is a 3-time ASCAP Award winner and was the first Hong Kong composer to make it to Hollywood. This year, Leung ranked on Forbes' “30 under 30” list for his achievements within the music and film industry.
The Sandbox
Sebastien Borget, COO and co-founder of The Sandbox, commented that his platform is uniting culture and all art forms from the physical world to the virtual world, opening new opportunities for artists to express all their talent and creativity in ways never seen before. .
Several companies have partnered with The Sandbox to recreate their spaces in the virtual world, provide new digital experiences to their consumers and unlock access to Web3. For example, Hong Kong's largest newspaper, the South China Morning Post, is recreating Hong Kong's Star Ferry Pier with all its services in The Sandbox.
Likewise, the metaverse platform installed an educational space on the fifth floor of the K11 MUSEA shopping center, located in Tsim Sha Tsui, one of the main tourist areas of the city, to facilitate education and the entry of people into its virtual world. .
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