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“Star Wars” fans lift their light sabers at a surprise concert that was also Indian American Sameer Patel’s debut performance as the San Diego Symphony’s assistant conductor at Comic-Con July 10. (Twitter photo)
By India West Staff
“Star Wars” fans received a special surprise at Comic-Con July 10 with a free special performance of the music from the franchise from the San Diego Symphony, led by Indian American assistant conductor Sameer Patel, a symphony spokesman told KPBS.
The concert was Patel’s debut performance since his appointment as assistant conductor of the San Diego Symphony in early June, according to the San Diego Symphony blog.
The University of Michigan graduate had previously served as the associate conductor for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for three seasons, where he conducted more than a hundred performances, according to Patel’s Web site.
Director J.J. Abrams, whose “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is the seventh feature film in the saga, led an exodus of more than 7,000 people from the convention center to the surprise concert at Embarcadero Marina Park South, the symphony’s public relations director Stephen Kouglas said.
The show included a fireworks display and a presentation with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and other cast members joined Kennedy and Abrams onstage as they discussed the future of “Star Wars.”
Abrams also gave fans a quick behind-the-scenes look of the making of “The Force Awakens,” which is scheduled to premiere Dec. 18.
This story originally appeared on India West.
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