German composer Hans Zimmer will occur in the Roig ArenaThe new multipurpose facility of the Valencian businessman Juan Roigas part of his new tour in Europe Hans Zimmer Live – The Next Level.
The artist will pass through the city of Valencia on March 26, 2026 and sources from the Roig Arena were this Thursday “very proud that someone as prestigious in his genre as Hans Zimmer has chosen to live the experience of the Roig Arena”, a space that “is intended for all types of events, both national and international”.
This is the first concert that has been publicly announced at the Roig Arena, although “that doesn’t mean it’s the first to take place” in the space. “We’ve been marketing the spaces for a long time and new concerts will be announced soon“, they advanced from the enclosure.
Regarding Zimmer’s tour, the winner of multiple Grammy and Oscar awards for his film compositions (“The Lion King,” “Dune”) declined to give details about the tour, which will take place between 2025 and 2026. He did, however, promise “a surprising experience that will make people happy, put a smile on everyone’s face and will not be forgotten in a hurry.
Among the 33 concerts that make up the tour, Zimmer will visit Spain three times. After Valencia, it will be the turn of Barcelonaon March 27, 2026 at Palau Sant Jordi, and MadridMarch 29, 2026 at the WiZink Center.
Ticket sales will begin on September 26 this year, although it is currently possible to register for pre-sale access.
Hans-Florian Zimmer (Frankfurt, September 12, 1957) is a German composer with a long career and a unique style in which his great ability to integrate electronic music and symphonic and orchestral arrangements into his compositions stands out.
Currently considered one of the most brilliant composers in the Mecca of cinema, many Hollywood critics nickname him the omnipresent Zimmer for his multiple works.
According to his biography, Zimmer began his musical career in the 1970s behind the keyboards and synthesizer of the band Krakatoa, alongside Nigel Glockler and Dave Poxonfuture drummer and manager of Saxon, respectively.
A decade later, he was part, with Bruce Woolley (from the band The Buggles), and Thomas Dolby, the band The Camera Club, with sounds close to synthpop and new wave. Later, he also worked on the Helden project with Ultravox drummer Warren Cann and Zaine Griff.
Meccano
In addition, he collaborated with the Spanish group Mecano and produced two of their albums. In a television interview, Nacho Canocomposer of Mecano, assured that Hans Zimmer helped him to end his lack of control in the Madrid Movida. “Since then, I have not taken drugs,” Cano replied.
The Spanish composer highlighted in this interview the important role that Hans Zimmer played in these moments of his life.
“Hans put me in a place. I stayed there for a few days and when I got out I went to a museum to see Tutankhamun. I stood in front of him for a while and everything changed. From then on, no more drugs or narcotics. . I tried everything. How lucky I was. “My intense years were few and far between.”
In 1992, Zimmer composed the soundtrack for the film The strength of aa film based on the novel of the same name by Bryce Courtenay, set in South Africa and telling the story of a white boy who grows up in a world of racial segregation and becomes a human rights activist.
To do this, he created a soundtrack that reflects the country’s culture and music, using traditional African instruments like the djembe and collaborating with South African musicians like Johnny Clegg and Lebo M.according to his biography.
Thanks to this work, two years later he was selected to compose the soundtrack of The Lion King, one of the most important of his career, which earned him his first Oscar. In the creation of the musical pieces of the film with whom he collaborated Elton John and Tim Rice, those in charge of letters.
These compositions would mark the launch of a meteoric career of exceptional work in over 100 films, including some of the highest-grossing films in cinema history, such as Thelma and Louise, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Da Vinci Code, Batman, Inception, Interstellar, James Bond 007: No Time to Die, Pearl Harbor, The Last Samurai and Dunkirkamong many others.
The Roig Arena will be located in an area very close to the City of Arts and Sciences of Valenciaone of the emblems of the capital of Turia, and since its conception it was conceived to become a city project.
The name of the multipurpose facility was not chosen at random, but rather responds to a tribute to a key family in the economic development of Valencia and Spain.
The works are progressing according to schedule and this week the Roig Arena car park has already opened its doors. It is a five-storey building and three underground floors that has a total capacity of 1,034 parking spaces for vehicles.
