Symphonic Game Music Concerts

The Symphonic Game Music Concerts (shortened to: Game Concerts) are a series of award-winning orchestral video game music concerts first performed in 2003 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, notable for being the longest running and the first of their kind outside Japan.^[1][2][3] They are produced by Thomas Böcker^[4] and performed by various orchestras conducted by Andy Brick (2003–2007),^[5] Arnie Roth (2008, 2009 and 2011),^[6] Niklas Willén (2010, 2012)^[7] and Eckehard Stier (from 2012).^[8]

In Leipzig, the Game Concerts series was held as GC in Concert from 2003 to 2007 as the official, annual opening ceremony of the GC - Games Convention.^[9] From 2008 to 2012, a cooperation with the WDR and its in-house orchestra, the WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, was established, with concerts primarily held at the Kölner Philharmonie.^[10] Since 2013, the events have been presented internationally, including performances with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London.^[11]