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The nation’s major orchestras, the world’s biggest artists. At Concert Lab, our trusted, respected and decades-strong expertise lands you best-possible concert production, consultation and management support.
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Our story.
Concert Lab draws together leading artistic professionals with over 20 years of experience in the art of thrilling live concert experiences.
For more than two decades, the staff of our concert production team have been conceiving, developing, budgeting, producing and managing globally renowned concerts of the highest-possible calibre.
We achieve what others can’t: a holistic concert production approach backed by unmatched experience in every possible role. We’ve been the producer, we’ve been the presenter. We’ve budgeted, toured, won and acquitted major concert funding, and beyond.
The kicker? We’ve got the expertise, passion and drive to help you create the live concert experience you’ve always dreamed about.
Organisations and companies our team has worked with:
- Frontier Touring and Illusive Presents (The Mushroom Group), Live Nation, TEG Live
- Studio Ghibli, Walt Disney Company (Disney, Pixar and Lucas Film), 20th Century Studios, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios
- BBC UK, BBC Worldwide/Studios
- Double Fine Entertainment (a Microsoft game studio)
- Australian Football League (AFL), Australian Grand Prix, Cricket Australia, Fox Footy, Victorian Racing Club (Melbourne Cup)
- Melbourne Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, AsiaTOPA, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
- Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide, Tasmania and Western Australian Symphony Orchestras
- The New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra
- Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Opera House
- Circus Oz, Cirque de la Symphonie
- And more
Artists our team has collaborated with:
- Sting, Ben Folds, Randy Newman, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, The Tea Party, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Missy Higgins, Birds of Tokyo, Kate Miller-Heidke, Human Nature, Anthony Callea, Vera Blue, Meow Meow, Black Arm Band and The Bamboos
- Flight Facilities, Hilltop Hoods, Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Armand van Helden
- Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Patti Austin, James Morrison, Laura Mvula, Jose James, The Idea of North
- Joe Hisaishi, Tan Dun, Nigel Westlake, Peter McConnell, Joe Loduca
- Tim Minchin, Tripod, Sammy J, Eddie Perfect, Ali McGregor, Michelle Brasier, Jude Perl
- Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, The Wiggles, Wallace & Gromit
- Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, James Bond franchises
- And more
Meet our Founder and Creative Director.
For over 20 years, Andrew Pogson has delivered outstanding live concert experiences to both local and international audiences. A master of his craft and a legend to work with, he’s established a solid reputation for unmatched, effortless creative partnership in the global concert production sector.
With foundational experience as a professional musician within the Australian jazz scene, deep musicianship and respected artistic expertise lie at the heart of Andrew’s work. Andrew cut his teeth managing multi-million dollar budgets, concerts and productions for organisations including Orchestra Victoria, before climbing the ranks of Australia’s pre-eminent professional orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, to the role of Head of Presentations. Here, he spent over 10 years pitching, budgeting, managing, presenting and producing global-standard concert experiences, building the orchestra’s Specials/Commercial arm from scratch.
Key professional achievements include:
- Producing the ARIA Award-winning concert and subsequent recording Flight Facilities: Live with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2016)
- Leading major projects and collaborations nominated for multiple Helpmann Awards (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra x Flight Facilies 2016; Symphonica with Armand van Helden 2018)
- Producer of 21 World Premieres and 27 Australian Premieres along with 4x movie soundtrack recordings (Paper Planes, 2014; Babe, 2015; Blueback, 2022; Space/Time, 2023) and 5x video game soundtrack recordings (Broken Age Act 1 & 2, 2013 and 2014; Grim Fandango Remastered, 2016; Psychonauts, 2021; Stray Gods, 2022)
- Board member: Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative since 2012
Put simply, Andrew’s approach to concert development, production and management is one that’s proven, reliable and profitable. Get on the phone today - you’ll love working together.
Here’s what we’ve worked on:
Rhapsody in Blue at 100 - Melbourne International Jazz Festival (2024)
John Williams Sounds of Cinema with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2024)
The Music of Hans Zimmer with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2024)
Hans Zimmer's Greatest Hits with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (2024)
The Music of Hans Zimmer with West Australian Symphony Orchestra (2024)
TRIPOD - Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2023)
Those of you who only know Tripod from telly and radio should check out the real deal - the live show is an unforgettable mix of stunning music and big laughs.
Avatar: The Way of Water Immersive Event (2022)
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Electric Fields + MSO (2022)
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Minuscule Musical (2022)
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The Music of John Williams: A 90th Birthday Celebration (2022)
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