The Tribute to Pavarotti

“SALUTE PETRA: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF LUCIANO PAVAROTTI”
A Tribute Concert Featuring Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Sting,
Andrea Bocelli, Angela Gheorghiu and other international performers
SCREENING IN U.S. CINEMAS IN JAN 2009; LAEMMLE MUSIC HALL is exclusive CA venue

Emerging Pictures is proud to launch its 2009 season in January with "Salute Petra", a wonderful charity tribute concert to the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

This event was presented on October 12th 2008, Pavarotti's birthday, in front of an exclusive invited audience of royalty, classical and popular music stars at the world heritage site Petra, Jordan. The combination of inimitable and mesmerizing settings with performances from some of the world's most respected and revered musicians made it one of the musical events of the decade.

The concert will screen on HD in surround sound at Laemmle Music Hall (9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310-274-6869, www.laemmle.com) on Sunday, January 25 at 11:00am and on Thursday, January 29 at 7:30pm. Set against a breathtaking natural amphitheatre, the 90-minute presentation features Placido Domingo and José Carreras, who famously performed with Pavarotti as the Three Tenors for more than 17 years; Domingo and Carreras sang together for the first time since Pavarotti's passing.

This extraordinary event also featured performances by Sting, Angela Gheorghiu, Andrea Bocelli, Cynthia Lawrence and Sherrill Milnes, flutist Andrea Griminelli, Jovanotti and Laura Pausini, and thirteen year old violin sensation Aleem Kandour. Italian rock star Zucchero performed 'Misere' as a duet with Pavarotti on screen. The sublime Prague Philharmonic Orchestra accompanied all the stars.

Proceeds from this concert benefit the following charities: A Centre for People with Special Needs in Petra, Children of Petra Village Project, A joint World Food Programme and UNHCR (world-wide protection of refugees) project for Afghan refugees.

The concert "Salute Petra, Celebrating the Life of Luciano Pavarotti" is part of Emerging Pictures' Second Season of acclaimed "Opera in Cinemas" series and will be screened in cinemas throughout the U.S. in January 2009.