First Session competition shortlist announced

The First Session competition received almost 200 concept ideas for Opera Beyond’s upcoming immersive art piece. Out of these innovative and impressive ideas 8 teams were chosen to develop their ideas further with a team of mentors.

We at Opera Beyond proudly present the 8 shortlisted concept ideas and teams behind them:

1. The Memory Room
   Joanna Garner, Michael Rau and Mirabelle Jones
2. SymbioScene
   Marko Tandefelt, Magnus Pind Bjerre, Rosa Karo, Jon Beilin, Chris Libertino, Jani Hietanen and Kosti Rytkönen
3. Autopoetic – Augmentscape
   Samuli Homanen, Noora Sandgren, Sami Kurppa and Johannes Aikio
4. Songs of future past
   Omid Zarei, Nigel Zabiela, Christian Munk Scheuer, Allan O Lückow, Jacob Honoré, Dimitris Tsirozoglou and Dooley Murphy
5. Displacement
   Robert Morgan and Muki Kulhan
6. Shadows of a memory
   Galit Ariel, Thomas Payette, Gonzalo Soldi, Mylène Chabrol, Antonin Gougeon and Hugues Cailleres
7. Sphere
   Essi Huotari, Joonas Nissinen, Heikki Heiskanen, Minja Axelsson, Olli Kilpi, Iina Taijonlahti and Saara Mäkinen
8. Garden of memories
   Paul Flanders, Ezra Gould, Inka Pitkänen, Matti Vesanen, Sakke Soini, Sami Kämppi, Antti Kaukinen, Ilkka Paloniemi and Aki Päivärinne

All titles are working titles that may still change. Congratulations to all the shortlisted teams!