Taking place in Independence Square, the open air event attracted over 150,000 people to formal celebrations and a military parade in the morning, followed by an afternoon and evening of live music. This consisted of three parts - traditional Ukrainian folk music performed by eight folk groups, a set by local ten-piece pop act Minus One and sets by five different Ukrainian rock bands.
Sendi's DiGiCo D5 Live 112EX console was used to mix both Front of House and monitors and was the first time a D5 has been used in the country. Configured with 68 inputs, these included nine channels of playback for the pop segment of the show. From the D5's mixer matrix, outputs were also sent to an outside broadcast facility as the show was recorded for television and radio.
"The event was complicated, as it featured a wide range of different acts and artists who were performing non-stop, says Sendi partner Svitlana Novikova. "But thanks to the D5 we were able to do very quick changeovers between acts, which was really important."
(Jim Evans)
