Every year around the beginning of February, music lovers and Italian performers
alike descend upon the small coastal town of Sanremo, situated in the Liguria
region of Italy, for the famous Sanremo Music Festival. The festival is an
immensely popular, week-long singing competition that takes place at the Teatro
Ariston in the heart of the city and is broadcast throughout the nation.

While the TV show is the main attraction, the entire town is overtaken by the
festival with concerts and live shows scattered throughout Sanremo. This year,
radio broadcasters and TV stations alike entrusted K-array for several intimate
setups littered throughout the city that were broadcasted live during the festival.

To combat the arched ceilings and narrow audience area at the old stoned Fort
Santa Tecla located along the shore, K-array’s Italian distributor, Exhibo, employed
a Pinnacle KR402 portable system for the main PA and a Pinnacle KR102 used as
side fill with the tops of the systems featuring closely-spaced, full-range
transducers without horns, waveguides or reflex for wide horizontal coverage and
narrow vertical coverage for radio and TV airtime for the broadcast company, Rai.
A KF12MT and a KF12P, both wedges, were used as stage monitors for international
acts like Michele Nuo, Ermal Meta, LP, Marianne Mirage and Lele, accompanied by
Social Band, the resident group of Fort Santa Tecla.

In addition to musical performances, Rai also hosted VIP guests of the festival in an
exclusive lounge at the Fort where they could watch the competition live from the
comfort of plush seating which were lined with meters of Anakondas on both sides
supporting the main PA, a Pinnacle KR202 system.

“The live shows and DJ sets boasted high-quality quality audio, expertly coordinated
by Exhibo,’ exclaimed the Rai staff at Fort Santa Tecla. “The performers really
rocked, the guests had a great time so we are really pleased with the outcome.’

At another location, Radio Italia hosted Fuori Sanremo by Lancome at the Grand
Hotel De Londres, in collaboration with Real Time and Vanity Fair, which was
attended by all the central figures of the 2017 festival. Radio Italia DJs Mario
Volanti, Paola Gallo, Fiorella Felisatti, Daniele Bossari, with the special participation
of Enzo Miccio, interviewed artists in the competition and guests of the festival
using the sound reinforcement of K-array’s Pinnacle KR202 portable system and an
array of Anakondas.