Aalborg Musikkens Hus is All in for Robe

	Photo: Louise Stickland

Aalborg Musikkens Hus (House of Music) stands prominently on the water in Limfjord, a new cultural district of Aalborg, Denmark's fourth-largest city.

Opened in March 2014, the building offers a 1,300-capacity main concert hall, a 600-capacity recital hall, and numerous practice rooms. It is home to the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg.

The moving lights in the main hall are now all from Robe, a combination of T1 Profiles and T1 Fresnels with LEDBeam 350s.The LEDBeams were delivered this year by Robe's Danish distributor, Light Partner.

Musikkens Hus production director Peter Klokker Iversen and head of lighting Jonas Kaerulff chose the gear, starting with 12 Pointes in 2016. They joined the inventory as part of a package for rock and pop gigs. The T1 Profile investment of 14 fixtures in 2019 was for front and key lighting.

Silent running was a key here to keep the orchestra happy, together with CRI and overall quality of light, leading the team to stay with the same family of lights, purchasing the T1 Fresnels, which arrived in 2024.

"The color continuity was a perfect match, and once again, the low operational noise was perfect for the orchestral environment," notes Iversen.

Before purchasing the 40 LEDBeam 350s, Iversen and Kaerulff assessed several options here for a small LED wash beam. The orchestra was also involved in the process; the LEDBeam 350 color-matched the other Robe fixtures and scored well on the low noise comparison.

While it was also not the cheapest option, this thorough evaluation gave Jonas and Peter the confidence to choose Robe as the best value long-term option. Initially planning to purchase 24 LEDBeam 350s, they were delighted when the budget came through to get the 40 units.

Iversen says that the resale value of Robe products remains high and he fins the gear to be reliable: "You definitely get what you pay for, which is a big thing for us and also means that we can be very cost-efficient from a service perspective."

He also recognizes Light Partner as a "seriously good and well-run company" offering outstanding support and knowledge. His interaction with the Herning-based sales and technical specialist and "crew behind the crew" dates to the early 1990s when the company first started.