HARRY POTTER FILM CONCERT SERIES Returns to Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert, the second film in the Harry Potter series. On Friday, February 23, 2018 the North Carolina Symphony will perform John Williams' unforgettable score from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series, which is another magical experience from J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, kicked off in June 2016 with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and is scheduled to include hundreds of performances across more than 35 countries around the world through 2018

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious house-elf pays Harry a visit to warn him of what lies ahead this year in the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes causes his friends to doubt him. It's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened." Saving Hogwarts will require all of Harry's, Ron's and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

Earning a Grammy nomination for the score, the incredible music composed by John Williams became an instant classic, conjuring beautiful and soaring motifs continuing the adventures of Harry Potter on his magical adventures.

This film concert series has been created by CineConcerts, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, and will be conducted by its creator and Producer, Justin Freer. He explains, "The Harry Potter film series continues to be a once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomenon that delights millions of fans around the world. It is with great pleasure that we introduced for the first time ever an opportunity to experience the award-winning music scores played live by a symphony orchestra, all while the beloved film is simultaneously projected onto the big screen. This will be another unforgettable event."

Brady Beaubien of CineConcerts and Concert Producer for the Harry Potter Film Concert Series added, "Harry Potter is synonymous with excitement around the world and we hope that by performing this incredible music with the full movie, audiences will enjoy returning to this magical world, and to the many wonderful characters that inhabit it."

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 6 at 12 noon via DukeEnergyCenterRaleigh.com or by calling 800.745.3000 or in person at the Duke Energy Center Box Office for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

For more information on the Harry Potter Film Concert Series, please visit www.harrypotterinconcert.com.