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Hanabi Fireworks
Unique in Europe: on Thursday 9. July 2009 about 40 gigantic "fire flowers" (= "Hanabi" in Japanese) will be shot into the nightly sky one by one. Each explosion is a grand masterpiece of art by itself, a living sculpture of up to 950 meters height with up to seven changes of shape and colour and a diameter of up to 500 meters.
Every Hanabi flower is a short fireworks by itself.
The best Hanabi designers of Japan, Italy, Spain and Portugal hand-produce the largest (up to calibre 600 mm!) and most sophisticated fireworks shells of the world exclusively for the PYROMUSIKALE.
For the 750 year anniversary celebration of Berlin there was a Hanabi fireworks performed at Tempelhof Airport - iimpressing an audience of 1.2 million excited fireworks fans.
What is better - Hanabi or mega-pyromusicals?
Both are fantastic, and they can't be compared. But for the pyro maniacs all over Europe the Hanabi definitely is the main reason to come to Berlin. Hanabi is absolutely outstanding and shown in Europe only once in ten years. Don't miss it!
Difference between European fireworks and Hanabi
European style
Since the baroque times European pyro artists have created their fireworks as pictures, which are composed of various fireworks effects that are exploding at the same time and that are choreographed like a ballet. Their pyro pictures are set up like a theater stage with props and acting figures. This "stage" in the sky and the "play" shown there consist of fore- and background and also display different vertical levels - from ground effects over a medium height level to the spectacular aerial effects unfolding on top of all.
During the baroque period the art of fireworks was alway directly linked to architecture.. Complete castles very built exclusively (!) for fireworks events.
Many ideas of the baroque are still used in contemporary european fireworks. Contemporary European fireworks artist show an abstract fire theater on the infinite stage of the nightly sky - volupturous, highly dramatic and synchronous to fireworks music.
Japanes style
Quite different is the Japanese tradition of Hanabi: only on single fireworks shell rises to the sky. But what a shell! It is designed by a artistic genius, the Hanabishi, and then this piece of art is manufactured by highly skilled craftsman.
When such an Hanabi shell expodes in a height of 550 m a huge fire flower (= "Hanabi" in Japanese) unfolds with an unbelievable radius of up to 500 m! Within seconds this pyro flower changes shape and color up to seven times - a true miracle of pyro art.
The European pyro artist is close to the musical theater - the Hanabi artist might rather be compared with a sculpturer.
Comparison of sizes of European and Hanabi fireworks
With a diameter of up to 60 cm and a weight of up to 65 kg per piece the Hanabi shells are far bigger and more powerful than the material that is used in European style fireworks. The largest shells used in European pyromusicals are calibre 30 cm and weigh 8 - 12.5 kg. And even seeing such a shell in the sky you get the impression that this is the greatest effect possible. Well, Hanabi tops it all by far - you have to see it to believe it!
The Hanabi artists of the PYROMUSIKALE
Only a few family owned manufacturers in the world are able to produce the delicate and sophisticated Hanabi shells. By the way, high-tech is not used here. Today as hundreds of years ago fireworks shell consist of rather simple materials: black powder, pure or with ingrediences like metal salts, magnesium or copper for propulsion, explosion and color; paper, cardboard, textile strings and glue for the "housing" of the shell.
Exclusively for the PYROMUSIKALE the best Hanabi designers of the world created unique Hanabi shells that premiere in Berlin. Look forward to see the art of the Hanabi superstars from Japan, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Unique in Europe: on Thursday 9. July 2009 about 40 gigantic "fire flowers" (= "Hanabi" in Japanese) will be shot into the nightly sky one by one. Each explosion is a grand masterpiece of art by itself, a living sculpture of up to 950 meters height with up to seven changes of shape and colour and a diameter of up to 500 meters.
Every Hanabi flower is a short fireworks by itself.
The best Hanabi designers of Japan, Italy, Spain and Portugal hand-produce the largest (up to calibre 600 mm!) and most sophisticated fireworks shells of the world exclusively for the PYROMUSIKALE.
For the 750 year anniversary celebration of Berlin there was a Hanabi fireworks performed at Tempelhof Airport - iimpressing an audience of 1.2 million excited fireworks fans.
What is better - Hanabi or mega-pyromusicals?
Both are fantastic, and they can't be compared. But for the pyro maniacs all over Europe the Hanabi definitely is the main reason to come to Berlin. Hanabi is absolutely outstanding and shown in Europe only once in ten years. Don't miss it!
Difference between European fireworks and Hanabi
European style
Since the baroque times European pyro artists have created their fireworks as pictures, which are composed of various fireworks effects that are exploding at the same time and that are choreographed like a ballet. Their pyro pictures are set up like a theater stage with props and acting figures. This "stage" in the sky and the "play" shown there consist of fore- and background and also display different vertical levels - from ground effects over a medium height level to the spectacular aerial effects unfolding on top of all.
During the baroque period the art of fireworks was alway directly linked to architecture.. Complete castles very built exclusively (!) for fireworks events.
Many ideas of the baroque are still used in contemporary european fireworks. Contemporary European fireworks artist show an abstract fire theater on the infinite stage of the nightly sky - volupturous, highly dramatic and synchronous to fireworks music.
Japanes style
Quite different is the Japanese tradition of Hanabi: only on single fireworks shell rises to the sky. But what a shell! It is designed by a artistic genius, the Hanabishi, and then this piece of art is manufactured by highly skilled craftsman.
When such an Hanabi shell expodes in a height of 550 m a huge fire flower (= "Hanabi" in Japanese) unfolds with an unbelievable radius of up to 500 m! Within seconds this pyro flower changes shape and color up to seven times - a true miracle of pyro art.
The European pyro artist is close to the musical theater - the Hanabi artist might rather be compared with a sculpturer.
Comparison of sizes of European and Hanabi fireworks
With a diameter of up to 60 cm and a weight of up to 65 kg per piece the Hanabi shells are far bigger and more powerful than the material that is used in European style fireworks. The largest shells used in European pyromusicals are calibre 30 cm and weigh 8 - 12.5 kg. And even seeing such a shell in the sky you get the impression that this is the greatest effect possible. Well, Hanabi tops it all by far - you have to see it to believe it!
The Hanabi artists of the PYROMUSIKALE
Only a few family owned manufacturers in the world are able to produce the delicate and sophisticated Hanabi shells. By the way, high-tech is not used here. Today as hundreds of years ago fireworks shell consist of rather simple materials: black powder, pure or with ingrediences like metal salts, magnesium or copper for propulsion, explosion and color; paper, cardboard, textile strings and glue for the "housing" of the shell.
Exclusively for the PYROMUSIKALE the best Hanabi designers of the world created unique Hanabi shells that premiere in Berlin. Look forward to see the art of the Hanabi superstars from Japan, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
