Mita Gami & Meir Briskman Orchestra Set - Mayan Warrior - Burning Man 2024

In July of 2022, Meir Briskman approached Mita Gami with a vision to create and produce a live orchestral symphonic set. After touring the show with a professional orchestra, the duo decided to bring the show to Burning Man. This ambitious project required countless hours of coordination to bring to life in the unique setting of the Nevada desert.

"Our search to find classically trained players that were going to Burning Man began through posting via our instagram stories. The message rapidly spread, and we received an overwhelming number of responses.

Despite the limited rehearsal time, we embraced the challenge and turned our dream into a magical reality, delivering a complex performance that flowed effortlessly.

Thank you to everyone who believed in this project, especially the players, we could not have done it without you. A very special shoutout to Amal for managing this vision from start to finish, Alyce our concertmaster, Tal for always making things happen and Pablo along with the MW audio/build team for giving us the platform to share our story. We hope you enjoy watching the performance as much as we enjoyed creating it.¨

Names of Musicians: Alyce Cognetta Bertz, Matthew Witmer, Widad Abdessemed, Justin Oberg, Christina Hernandez, Russ Anderson, Kelly Kerbs, Emily Ekman, Meredith Burton, Grant Gardner, Fred Chang, Alywn Spencer, John Russell, Itsi Weinstock, Saras Chauhan, Asli Kose, Alma Forgo, Monica Rosenberger, Erin Moore, Jac Høja, Hillit Aviv-Klein, Elizabeth Goldsworthy, Margot Parker Davis, Mark Ross, Cody Mendoza, Michael Osterhaus, Eric Yttri, Dillon Tostado, Dr Phil, Danielle M Mays, Annika Blom, Diego Torres, Chris Johnson, Ari Gorman, Brianna Camarda, Ethan Kahn, Liliana Urbain, Jono Green.

Electronic production by Mita Gami.
Orchestral music writing & conducting by Meir Briskman.

Instagram: @mita_gami, @meirbriskman

Lighting Design & Operation: Keala Evans
Lasers: Gera & Holder
Audio Engineer: Jesus Diaz
Visuals: Roman Hill, Andres Alexander

VIdeo Edit & Color Grading: Carlos Climaco
Video Footage: Linus Eliason, Thomas Petterson, Christian Moreno McCarthy, Carlos Climaco
Drone Footage: Matt Emmi, Keenan Hock, Johnny Wanda
Live Video Operation: Pablo Gonzalez, Julian Placencia, Gael Hiriart