The Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 Reveals Shortlist for Concert Touring and Events

	Tim Routledge is one of the shortlisted designers in the Concert Touring and Events category for his work on Jeff Lynne's ELO. Photo: Kris Goodman

The judging panel of the Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 Concert Touring and Events category has announced its shortlisted designers for the highly-anticipated ceremony next month at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.

The panel, led by new chairperson for this year, Coral Cooper, is made up of deputy editor of Lighting and Sound International magazine Claire Beeson; head of lighting design at creative agency Imagination, Jonny Milmer; editor of Total Production International magazine Kelly Murray; and formally-trained lighting designer and experienced video content creator Miguel Ribeiro. Beeson, Milmer, and Ribeiro are also new to the process for 2016.

"The incredibly high standard of entries for the KOI Awards Concert Touring and Events category made selecting a shortlist a real challenge," says Beeson. "It's been an honor to witness the vast and varied array of work from nominated lighting designers and I would like to wish all shortlisted entries the best of luck."

The Concert Touring and Events shortlist is as follows:

The Ambersphere Solutions Award for Arena -- Al Gurdon for Madonna, Tim Routledge for Jeff Lynne's ELO, and Patrick Woodroffe for Adele

The HSL Award for Club -- Francis Clegg for Krept and Konan and Public Service Broadcasting and Tom Webber for Charlie Puth

The MA Lighting Award for Events -- Adam Bassett for The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism, Dave Cohen for Arcadia at Glastonbury Festival, and Al Gurdon for The Brit Awards 2016

The Ayrton Award for Stage -- Tobias G Rylander for The 1975, Rob Sinclair for Pet Shop Boys, and Squib Swain of Cassius Creative for Years & Years

The d3 Technologies Award for Video Electronic Content -- Luke Halls for Adele, Jamie King with Moment Factory, and Veneno Inc. for Madonna, and Ben Miles for Coldplay

"My first year as Chairperson of Concert Touring and Events for KOI has been really exciting," says Cooper. "It's great to get the inside view on the process and to bring some new ideas for next year. Roll on September!"

The Knight of Illumination Awards, originally conceived by Clay Paky, is organized by lighting designer Durham Marenghi and his partner Jennie, industry organizations the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and the Society of Television Lighting and Design (STLD) and content creation, communications and events agency The Fifth Estate Ltd.

The headline sponsors of this year's edition are Clay Paky and Osram. The awards are also generously supported by the following spotlight sponsors: Ambersphere Solutions, Ayrton, d3 Technologies, Elation Professional, ETC, FIX8Group, Hawthorn, HSL, Light Initiative, MA Lighting, Philips Vari-Lite, PLASA Media and Events, PRG XL Video, Robert Juliat, SGM, and VER Aurora TV.

The Concert Touring and Events winners will be announced at the sparkling ceremony and awards dinner on September 18th at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.