Square Enix has announced that they'll be holding a concert at London's historic LSO St. Luke's Jerwood Hall on February 2nd 2014.
The music is arranged by the producers of the live orchestra performance phenomenon Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy and will include a special performance of Final Fantasy VI: Dark World, featuring composer Nobuo Uematsu as keyboard soloist and Grammy Award-winning music director Arnie Roth as violin soloist.
A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY presents fresh arrangements of music from throughout the 25+ years of the FINAL FANTASY catalogue for a variety of chamber ensembles. The programs feature string quartets, piano and guitar solos, duos, trios and other mixed groups of instrumentalists to produce an immediate and personal encounter with the extraordinary FINAL FANTASY musical themes, characters and settings.
With legendary FINAL FANTASY composer Nobuo Uematsu (keyboardist) and music director Arnie Roth (violinist) in a special performance of FINAL FANTASY VI: Dark World, and other renowned performers such as Benyamin Nuss (pianist), and the Navarra String Quartet, A New World joins Distant Worlds as an exclusive, officially licensed production with the renowned game developer SQUARE ENIX. A New World introduces audiences to the music from FINAL FANTASY on a personal and intimate scale that has yet to be experienced.
Interested? Go to http://ffnewworld.com/ to order tickets.
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Hmm, they usually play the same songs at these things, but seeing Uematsu and Roth playing instead of conducting would be cool.