"Rezo Production's Official Press Release provides Technical Details about Jean Michel Jarre's 'WATER FOR LIFE' Concert, as well as an insight into the design and look of the Stage. The Official Press Release is as follows:-
JEAN MICHEL JARRE 'WATER FOR LIFE' CONCERT - FACT SHEET
* Production comprises 125 people from Jean Michel Jarre's side.
* 50 people from Rezo Production in Morocco.
* 50 people to build the stage.
* The show will be filmed by Alfacam in HD.
* The week after the show, it will be post-produced and the show will then be offered to TV's for broadcasting.
* 60 Moroccan artists will participate:-
The Modern Arab Orchestra from Casablanca.
The Philharmonic Orchestra from Morocco.
A traditional choir.
The Choir des Azilees.
Soloists (Oud/Flute/Arab Violin).
Percussionists (Darboukas/Tambourines).
Gnawas.
Dancers.
* Musical director: Claude Samard.
* 18 semi trucks have already taken all the material to the site.
* The stage, front of dunes, will be surrounded by 9 vertical screens "the doors of the desert" (some 14x7 metres/others 8x5 metres) on which images will be projected in HD, related to water/nature.
* At the back of the stage, in the middle, a balloon 10 metres in diameter, 20 metres high will project images from a projector inside the balloon.
In addition to the above facts and figures, Jean Michel Jarre's Production Team have confirmed to JARRE UK, that Jean Michel Jarre will be joined on Stage by Francis Rimbert (
www.francisrimbert.com) & Claude Samard (
www.claudsamard.com), who will perform 20 Tracks during the Concert's 1 Hour 50 Minutes duration, to an expected audience of 15,000 spectators.
As information regarding the broadcasting of Jean Michel Jarre's 'WATER FOR LIFE' Concert has not exactly been forthcoming, JARRE UK has been in contact with both Moroccan National TV, TVM (
www.snrt.ma), and the Belgian HDTV Media Group, Euro1080 (
www.euro1080.com), and can now confirm that it will be broadcast 'LIVE' by Moroccan National TV Channel, TVM International, from 21:00 (9pm) (Local Time) on December 16th 2006.
However, despite Euro1080 announcing that Jean Michel Jarre's 'WATER FOR LIFE' Concert would be broadcasted 'LIVE' by their High-Definition TV Channel HD-1 (
www.hd-1.tv), there has been some issues regarding this, and JARRE UK has been told that negotiations will continue throughout the week to try to get a resolution, and therefore there is no confirmation whether the Concert broadcast will go out with a possible 1 Hour delay on December 16th 2006, or whether it will be broadcast in a few weeks time, in the new year. Euro1080 have promised to keep JARRE UK informed on any progress they make this week with regards to this issue, but they have confirmed that the Full Concert will be broadcast on their HDTV Channel HD-2 from 20:30 (8:30pm) (Local Time) on both December 21st & 22nd 2006"
JarreUK
