INDUSTRY NEWS
March 2017
The monthly update on business news for professionals in the performing arts and audiovisual industries:
posting new productions, industry previews, calls, deadlines or job ads while connecting coproduction partners, vendors and buyers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
New management at the IMZ
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
IMZ Director Katharina Jeschke was unanimously voted the new Secretary General on 14 February 2017 by both IMZ Board and member assembly at Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin 2017.
NEW PRODUCTIONS
Billy Budd
Bel Air Media
New production of Billy Budd by the Teatro Real de Madrid, conducted by Britten music expert, Ivor Bolton, and staged by renowned director Deborah Warner.
Closed - A Ballet from Real Life
EuroArts Music International
A stunningly brilliant ballet performance with a very unusual "soundtrack": Truls Mørk plays Zoltan Kodály’s Sonata for solo cello Op. 8!
COSÌ FAN TUTTE at Paris Opera
Telmondis Distribution
NEW PRODUCTION by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Opera Buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: The Inauguration Concert
C Major Entertainment
“A striking building, a scintillating concert!” (The New York Times)
Ghosts
Bel Air Media
The critically-acclaimed dance drama Ghosts after the play by Henrik Ibsen by the Norwegian national Ballet.
Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew’s Passion
Accentus Music
In the year of Luther, the new Gaechinger Cantorey under Hans-Christoph Rademann performed the key work of the Protestant church.
King Arthur
Bel Air Media
New production of King Arthur staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and Julian Crouch, conducted by the internationally renowned musician René Jacobs.
Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia
C Major Entertainment
Documentary showing the return to his native Russia of Mstislav Rostropovich.
The Nutcracker
C Major Entertainment
This all-time ballet favourite is gloriously put on stage in Peter Wright’s production, with a choreography by Lev Ivanov.
The Nutcracker and the Cuddly Mouse
Czech Television
A new dance production was created by Petr Zuska, Artistic Director of the Czech National Ballet.
THERE ARE NO MORE FOUR SEASONS
Moment 22 Film & Video
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons recomposed for Violin and live electronics like you have never heard it before.
LOOKING FOR COPRODUCTION
Bohuslav Martinu documentary
Czech Television
Czech Television has started the preparations of the documentary devoted to the famous composer Bohuslav Martinu.
DANIEL BARENBOIM: THE COMPLETE SCHUBERT SONATAS
Unitel
As part of the opening festival of the new Pierre Boulez Concert Hall, Daniel Barenboim will perform Schubert‘s Piano Sonatas in Berlin.
GRAFENEGG MIDSUMMERNIGHT'S GALA 2017
Unitel
Open Air Live Broadcast from the Grafenegg Festival featuring Aida Garifullina, Khatia Buniatishvili & Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
Call me Josephine
Poorhouse International
A documentary about Josephine Baker who was not only a successful artist but also a spy in the French Resistance, a Civil Rights Activist and mother of 12.
Franco Zeffirelli - Directing from Life
Poorhouse International
A portrait of Franco Zeffirelli directed by Chris Hunt.
Igor Stravinsky - Funeral Song
Telmondis Distribution
World Premiere
Work in memory of Rimsky-Korsakov, found after 100 years. Musical Direction by Valery Gergiev.
Karajan - The Maestro and his festival
Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut
Herbert von Karajan and his own festival, Salzburg Easter Festival. The new film by Hannes M. Schalle - celebrating 50 years of passion for music.
RICHARD WAGNER: DIE WALKÜRE
Unitel
On the occasion of the Salzburg Easter Festival‘s 50th anniversary:
A special re-creation of Karajan’s musico-theatrical vision of Wagner’s masterwork.
Tosca - Live from the Easter Festival Baden-Baden
EuroArts Music International
Kristine Opolais as Tosca, a spectacular staging by Philipp Himmelmann and the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle.
AWARDS
Accentus Music receives prestigious ARD award
Accentus Music
The award honors the documentary “Satiesfictions” for its quality and achievements.
Two ICMA Awards 2017 for Accentus Music
Accentus Music
Best Video Performance: Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" with Christian Gerhaher; Best Collection: NOSPR Katowice and Alexander Liebreich
IMZ NEWS
New IMZ Member: Moment 22
Moment 22 Film & Video
Moment 22 is a production company with passion for arts and anything creative.
Thank you! This was Avant Première 2017!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Over 500 delegates from all over the world made this year’s Avant Première another highlight edition.
OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
#KARAJAN Music Tech Conference Salzburg, April 13
Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut
Join the inaugural Karajan Music Tech Conference in Salzburg, April 13, 2017 and discover the intersection of classical music and technology.
International Television Festival Golden Prague
Czech Television
Golden Prague Festival 2017 competition: Call for entries to be launched soon.
Interview with Jan Schmidt-Garre
PARS Media
Barbara Eckle in conversation with director Jan Schmidt-Garre about the perpendicular moment in time, ecological theatre, charged props, unyielding scenes and the mysteries of second reality.
Karajan/FH Salzburg – 4th Classical Music Hack Day
Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut
Join the 4th Classical Music Hack Day Salzburg, April 8-9 2017 and hack the classics!
Rose d'Or Eurovision Award
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Nominations for the 2017 Rose d’Or Awards open on March 15.
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