The Bob Moog Foundation has announced plans for a live streaming event, featuring a recording of the Synth Legends symposium, originally held April 19th, 2005.
The ‘synthposium’ features synthesizer pioneers Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Marcus Ryle and moderator Roger Linn. The once-in-a-lifetime event was Moog’s last public appearance before he died.
The live streaming event is scheduled for 8 pm (EDT) on August 21st, the 20th anniversary of Moog’s death. Tom Oberheim, Denise Smith (Dave Smith’s widow), Marcus Ryle, and Michelle Moog-Koussa will be participating and answering questions from the audience.
During the one-hour and thirty-eight-minute symposium, each of the four synth pioneers reflect on their unique histories and innovations, before the group answers a series of questions collectively.
This is the first time the event will be broadcast in its entirety, with audio enhancement provided by Harold LaRue Mastering.
The event is being made possible by an exceptional group of industry sponsors:
- Platinum Sponsors: Moog Music, Sequential/Oberheim, Spectrasonics
- Gold Sponsors: Arturia, Korg, Roland
- Silver Sponsors: Cherry Audio, GForce, ILIO, RosenSound, and Softube.
Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation
“The Bob Moog Foundation is honored to share this historical symposium with our supporters worldwide,” notes Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “This is not only an opportunity to remember Bob Moog on the 20th anniversary of his passing, but it is a chance to celebrate all four synthesizer innovators and hear them lend insight into their illustrious careers and accomplishments.”
“We are deeply grateful for our sponsors, who made this event possible,” adds Moog-Koussa. “We are honored by their particiation, given their various connections to Bob, including Moog Music’s continuation of his technical legacy, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim having been inspired by his early work, Spectrasonics paying tribute to his legacy through the Bob Moog Tribute Library, and Arturia’s parntership with him on one of the last projects that he worked on before his passing.”
For details on the event, see The Bob Moog Foundation site.
To celebrate the event, the Foundation has recreated a limited-edition t-shirt that synth designer Axel Hartmann designed for the original symposium. The t-shirts are printed in Asheville, NC, and are priced at $35.
Proceeds from the sale of the shirt go to support the Foundation, an independent 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of Bob Moog, and its key projects, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Moogseum, and the preservation of the Bob Moog Foundation Archives.
