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There’s a moment during the Amsterdam 750 finale where Edsilia Rombley’s voice filled the cathedral-sized tent on Museumplein, but she wasn’t there. The video feed cut to her standing on top of the Johan Cruijff Arena, singing live, her voice soaring across the city through our systems. For once, I wasn’t listening critically, wasn’t mentally adjusting frequencies or worrying about latency. Just goosebumps. The voice, the presence, the audacity of the production - it all just worked. Sounded and looked terrific.

As the Muziekgebouw’s Grote Zaal dimmed, the stage was set for a night of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. But beyond the spotlight, another symphony was in play - our backstage ballet of sound engineering.

Today, I had the privilege of being both the systems engineer and the front-of-house engineer for the Wijdegat Concert. And let me tell you, it was an experience like no other.