Maestro Hans Zimmer will welcome two of the film industries great musicians and vocalists Lebo M and Lisa Gerrard to the stage on his upcoming Australian tour.
South African producer, composer and vocalist Lebo M was the voice of The Lion King. Hans Zimmer recommended his to Disney for the project. He has also worked on The Power of One, Congo, Tears of the Sun and The Legend of Tarzan.
Australia’s Lisa Gerrard is the Golden Globe Award winning performer who worked with Zimmer on Gladiator and made her name in the 80s as part of Melbourne art-rock band Dead Can Dance.
Hans Zimmer Revealed will feature the classic music scores Hans Zimmer has worked on over the decades including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception.
“Performing a concert series like this is something that I have always wanted to do, and I am thrilled to visit Australia and New Zealand and return to Europe where we had so much fun playing in the summer.” said Zimmer. “I am very excited to get some of my very talented friends together and give our audiences an experience unlike any concert they have ever been to before.”
HANS ZIMMER REVEALED 2017
29 April – Vector Arena – Auckland
02 May – Qudos Bank Arena – Sydney
04 May – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne
06 May – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Brisbane
10 May – Perth Arena – Perth
ABOUT HANS ZIMMER
Hans Zimmer has scored more than 120 films, which have, combined, grossed over 24 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. His upcoming film projects include Sean Penn’s The Last Face and 20th Century Fox’s Hidden Figures, with Pharrell Williams and Ben Wallfisch out January 2017. Zimmer has been honored with an Academy Award®, two Golden Globes®, three Grammys®, an American Music Award, and a Tony® Award. His most recent Academy Award-nomination for Interstellar marks his 10th career Oscar nomination with the Academy. In 2003, ASCAP presented him with the prestigious Henry Mancini award for Lifetime Achievement for his impressive and influential body of work. He also received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010, and in 2014 was honored with the Zurich Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. Zimmer recently completed his first concerts in the UK, “Hans Zimmer Revealed,” at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo, and concluded his first ever European tour, “Hans Zimmer Live,” on June 5, 2016.
Other recent releases include: Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Mark Osborne’s The Little Prince, Peter Sollet’s Freeheld, Simon Curtis’ Women in Gold, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Ron Howard’s Rush, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, History Channel’s miniseries The Bible, the Christopher Nolan-directed films Inception, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises; and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Some of Zimmer’s most notable works include his scores for Rain Man, Driving Miss Daisy, Thelma & Louise, Crimson Tide, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, Mission: Impossible II, Hannibal, Pearl Harbor, Tears of the Sun, Spanglish, The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, the Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar films, The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon, and The Lion King, for which he won the Academy Award.
