Erik Ochsner to Conduct Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Erik Ochsner to Conduct Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Live-To-Projection Performances March 23-24 in Indianapolis

NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York-based Erik Ochsner will conduct performances of the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: DISNEY LIVE at Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis, IN.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: DISNEY LIVE is a thrilling adventure on the high seas! The performance features the 2003 smash hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly, with score by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer. Experience this blockbuster as you never have before - accompanied live by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Indianapolis native, Erik Ochsner has led successful performances of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Live to Projection (FOTR) with the St. Louis Symphony and Tampere Philharmonic (Finland) in 2011. In early 2012 Ochsner will make his Iceland Symphony Orchestra debut conducting the Lord of the Rings Symphony and his debut in Taiwan conducting FOTR. Future 2013 engagements include Adelaide, Athens, Berlin, Indianapolis, London, Melbourne, Milwaukee, Nurnberg, Ottawa, Stuttgart and Sydney.

Erik has worked closely with the composer Tan Dun for worldwide productions and workshops, including Tea: A Mirror of Soul and as assistant conductor and chorus master for the Shanghai workshop of Tan Dun's The First Emperor, a Metropolitan Opera commission. He assisted the Boston Symphony Orchestra's world premiere performances of The Map with Yo-Yo Ma in Boston, Tanglewood, and Carnegie Hall.

Erik is music director and founder of the SONOS Chamber Orchestra. They have performed six U.S. premieres, and two world premieres. This season Erik will conduct SONOS in the U.S. premiere of Fredrik Sixten's Requiem, plus works by Jon Leifs, and Johann Christian Bach. www.SONOSchamberorch.org

Ochsner described, "When the soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is performed live and synchronized to the film, both mediums are enhanced creating a rousing, swashbuckling experience!"

CLOWES MEMORIAL HALL (ON THE BUTLER UNIVERSITY CAMPUS), INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Friday/Saturday March 23-24
Tickets: http://www.indianapolissymphony.org/season/201112/pirates.aspx
www.erikochsner.com

Please note, this movie is rated PG 13
Presentation licensed by Disney Music Publishing and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Non Theatrical © Disney

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CONTACT: Beth Krakower, CineMedia Promotions, +1-212-533-6864, beth@cinemediapromotions.com

Web Site: http://www.erikochsner.com

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