‘Lord of the Rings’ film concert to debut in Tehran
Iran’s Fidibo said on Monday it will stage the country’s first ‘Lord of the Rings’ film concert in Tehran on September 14, featuring 150 musicians and a choir performing Canadian composer Howard Shore’s award-winning score.
The two-part performance, scheduled for 7:15 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., blends live music with iconic scenes from the fantasy trilogy. Organizers said they want to create an experience that goes “beyond concert and cinema” by syncing sound and image to draw the audience into Tolkien’s world, inn.ir reported.
Tickets go on sale exclusively through Fidibo’s online platform on Monday, September 8, at 6 p.m. Orchestra conductor Sina Kheirabadi will lead the ensemble, with producer Vahid Khaleghi, artistic director Sina Salehi and project director Ali Moghadam shaping the production.
In June, Fidibo staged several nights of ‘Lord of the Rings’ concerts that featured only selected music from the trilogy without film projection. The third night on June 13 was canceled due to the war.
The September staging, however, is a full-fledged film concert, combining live orchestral performance with synchronized screening of the trilogy’s most memorable moments. Organizers say the tighter sound-image coordination and higher technical quality make it the first large-scale film concert ever mounted in Iran.
The company has branded the venture a three-part cultural project uniting literature, cinema and music, with ‘Lord of the Rings’ marking the second phase.
Shore’s compositions for Peter Jackson’s trilogy are regarded as some of cinema’s most celebrated scores.