Martin will be returning to London with Video Games Live to perform at Royal Festival Hall! Thank you for your tremendous support over these past months. It has been a great honor to perform and to meet people at Video Games Live performances at Blizzcon 2008, Leipzig, Germany; Taipei, Taiwan; Indianapolis, Indiana; San Jose, California; and Brookville, New York. Danke vielmals to 4Players at the Games Convention in Leipzig! Travels with VGL earlier this year include Mexico (the Plaza Calafia Bullring!) and across the USA, Canada, and Europe. A big shout-out to the enthusiastic audiences in Orlando, St. Louis, Fort Wayne, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Ogden, Salt Lake City, New York City, Las Vegas, Houston, Austin, Louisville, San Diego, Mexicali, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Glasgow, and Paris! Sincere appreciation goes to the Cleveland Institute of Music community and friends who attended Pianofest, my senior recital, and a special performance with the CIM Orchestra and guest conductor Tito Muñoz. EMI Classics and Video Games Live is proud to announce that the 'Video Games Live - Volume One' album was successfully launched in North America to great acclaim and rave reviews last week during the sold out performance at Comic-Con International with the San Diego Symphony. To further establish the significance of video game music and the worldwide popularity and success of Video Games Live, the album made an unprecedented debut on the U.S. Billboard charts at 10. Martin's performance of Tetris is included in the album. Performances in Irvine, California, Toronto, Ontario, and Paris, France have been added to the upcoming performances page. Martin thanks everyone for attending his performances. The upcoming performances page has been updated. Martin is looking forward to visiting and performing in Wisconsin for the first time. The upcoming performances section has been updated. Thank you for stopping by the site. Please check back periodically for more updates. Martin is scheduled to perform Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 with the CIM Orchestra, conducted by Tito Muñoz. The performance will be held in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music on April 2. Regarding the Video Games Live tour, Martin will perform in Video Games Live at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida on January 24, and in another Video Games Live show at the Fox Theater in Saint Louis, Missouri, on January 26. Additional updates regarding Martin's performances with Video Games Live will appear soon. Happy New Year! Currently several dates are being worked on for Martin to perform with Video Games Live. Stay tuned! Martin has been invited to attend and perform at ROFLCon, a conference held at Harvard on April 25 and 26. There will be a various discussions about memes and Internet culture. Please see http://www.roflcon.org for more info. It's been three and half years since this video appeared on the internet! > Martin thanks all the encouragement and support from the audiences in Brazil during the Video Games Live Brazil tour. "Muito obrigado!" he says. He enjoyed the culture and eating at Brazilian barbecue buffets and sushi buffets. New dates have been added to the Upcoming Performances section. Recently Martin started his senior year at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. In a few days, he will go on a Brazil tour with Video Games Live. He thanks everyone for their encouragement and support. Martin has recorded several tracks for the first Video Games Live album in collaboration with EMI Classics. The album will be available on 15 October 2007. Please read the press release for more information. Video Games Live is planning to release a DVD. Please view the trailer for a preview and the press release for more information. Martin is looking forward to performing in Video Games Live at Houston, Texas, and going to Pianofest in the Hamptons.