{"id":7766,"date":"2016-09-08T12:37:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7766"},"modified":"2016-09-08T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T13:24:18","slug":"university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"University alumna finds herself at Abbey Road studios as part of Final Fantasy XV launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University alumna and singer <strong>Suzannah Lipmann<\/strong> found herself at Abbey Road studios yesterday, as part of a special livestream broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7767\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah-1024x501.jpg\" alt=\"London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah\" width=\"450\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>For one night only, there was a special performance to launch the soundtrack to the new <em>Final Fantasy XV<\/em>\u00a0game by composer Yoko Shimomura, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Terry Davis; the composer herself was present at the performance. Pictured above, Suzannah is on the front row of the sopranos, eight from the left.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long event presented highlights of music from the forthcoming game soundtrack, and can be watched here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T0dabzg9GbM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Whilst reading Social Anthropology (including a year abroad in Japan) at Kent, Suzannah was a regular performer featuring prominently in the former Jazz @ 5 sessions on the former foyer-stage in the Gulbenkian, as well as singing with the University Chamber Choir and Chorus.<\/p>\n<p>Using the skills developed as an undergraduate,\u00a0she now handles the Japanese side of her family business in metal-trading, whilst slo learning Japanese at SOAS, and travels to Japan for three weeks each year on business. As well as the London Philharmonic Choir, Suzannah sings with the Godwine Choir and in a band.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7770\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah_02.jpg\" alt=\"London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah_02\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah_02.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah_02-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2016\/09\/London_Phil_Choir_Suzannah_02-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The LPC gets to do some pretty exciting gigs,&#8221; she enthuses, &#8220;like this one, the BBC Proms and others at the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall!&#8221; Suzannah is next in action singing in a\u00a0performance of Verdi&#8217;s <em>Requiem<\/em> at the Royal Albert Hall on 24 September.\u00a0Fantastic to see she\u2019s still keeping up her music in Life After Kent in such a spectacular fashion!<\/p>\n<p><strong>With thanks to the London Philharmonic Choir for the images.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/&amp;t=University alumna finds herself at Abbey Road studios as part of Final Fantasy XV launch' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=University alumna finds herself at Abbey Road studios as part of Final Fantasy XV launch%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/&amp;title=University alumna finds herself at Abbey Road studios as part of Final Fantasy XV launch' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/&amp;title=University alumna finds herself at Abbey Road studios as part of Final Fantasy XV launch' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University alumna and singer Suzannah Lipmann found herself at Abbey Road studios yesterday, as part of a special livestream broadcast. For one night only, there was a special performance to launch the soundtrack to the new Final Fantasy XV\u00a0game by composer Yoko Shimomura, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Choir, conducted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/09\/08\/university-alumna-finds-herself-at-abbey-road-studios-as-part-of-final-fantasy-xv-launch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">University alumna finds herself at Abbey Road studios as part of Final Fantasy XV launch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":7767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1110],"tags":[151809,807,151810,151808],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7766"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7775,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7766\/revisions\/7775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}