INDUSTRY NEWS
April 2021
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.
NEWS FROM THE IMZ
"Inviting the audience to get active": Interview with Kay Meseberg (ARTE)
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Find out more about the potential of immersive programmes, the future of cross-cultural content and digitisation in the arts + audiovisual sector on the Digital Cross Over Blog!
Fedora Digital Prize 2021: Join the Online Nominee Announcement + Donate now
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Join us this Thursday 8 April for the exclusive online nominee announcement, where the selected projects of the FEDORA Digital Prize 2021 will be presented!
Let's kick off the IMZ Academy year
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Again this year the IMZ Academy offers a bespoke + innovative programme of masterclasses for young and established professionals in the area of audiovisual music + performing arts production. Stay tuned!
Round Table “Broadcasting arts and culture 2020/2021“
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ Directorate invites IMZ Members to share their recent experiences within the network.
Special News: Let’s focus on Audience Development!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
To spread the word on how you reach out to new patrons, we reopen our Special News section, where we bundle the latest initiatives by IMZ members engaging potential audiences worldwide!
This was the IMZ Academy Session at the Karajan Music Tech Online
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
This online IMZ Academy Session "Is anybody out there? Radical new ways to reach audiences in the performing arts" explored innovative projects on how to connect with audiences.
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS
Call for Submissions for SF Dance Film Festival
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
San Francisco Dance Film Festival Invites Filmmakers, Producers, and Distributors to Submit to its 2021 Festival.
Make way for global change at Sunny Side of the Doc
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Submissions are now open for Sunny Side of the Doc 2021 to be run in hybrid format from 21-24 June exploring the central theme #StorytellingMatters.
REGISTER YOUR FILM for the Golden Prague Festival
Czech Television
Who will be the winner of 58th year? You can register to the Golden Prague until the end of June!
Venice TV Award: Call for entries
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The VENICE TV AWARD 2021, supported by the IMZ, is now accepting entries! IMZ Members receive a 25% discount for the first entry.
SPECIALS + AWARDS
Meet the 58th Golden Prague Festival Jury
Czech Television
The international Jury that will choose the winning pictures will be made up of representatives from United Kingdom, France, Slovenia and Czechia.
New funding programme: tanz digital
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
tanz digital supports virtual and immersive dance projects utilising digital strategies and is open for proposals until 10 May.
Secure a future for cultural life in Europe
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Following the open letter published by 110+ pan-European networks on 30 October 2020 “Make culture central in the EU recovery”, the group reiterates their call to the national governments and the European Commission.
The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS wins Grammy® Award
Clasart Classic
The Metropolitan Opera's recording of PORGY AND BESS, distributed by Clasart Classic, wins the renowned Award in the category Best Opera Recording.
LOOKING FOR COPRODUCTION
Ballaké Sissoko & the Kora
Auditorium Films
We follow musician Ballaké Sissoko on a journey to discover the mythical and historical origins of the kora.
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
A concert homage to Josquin des Préz
Accentus Music
500 years after his death, ensemble amarcord honors the most important early Renaissance composer in a festive concert at St. Thomas Church Leipzig.
Collegium 1704 play Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos
Accentus Music
To mark their 300th anniversary, Accentus Music will record the Brandenburg Concertos in Köthen Castle's restored Hall of Mirrors with Collegium 1704.
NEW PRODUCTIONS
G. VERDI: RIGOLETTO from the Prague State Opera
Czech Television
Barbora Horáková Joly’s new Prague Rigoletto under the baton of Italian conductor Vincenzo Milletarì - production for opera lovers the world over to enjoy.
La Maestra
Auditorium Films
Follow the first edition of the International Competition for Female Conductors in this new documentary.
Lea Salonga: Live at Sydney Opera House
C Major Entertainment
Salonga performs the songs she made famous throughout her Broadway career as well as her signature songs from the movie blockbusters, Aladdin and Mulan.
Met Stars live in concert with Anna Netrebko
Clasart Classic
Anna Netrebko performs an extraordinary recital at Vienna’s Spanish Riding School for the Metropolitan Opera’s MET STARS LIVE IN CONCERT series.
Pavarotti in Hyde Park
C Major Entertainment
Luciano Pavarotti‘s 30th-anniversary concert in Hyde Park - a selection of his favorite arias to observe 30 years of a sterling career.
Petrenko conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker
EuroArts Music International
Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in front of 1,000 visitors
The Four Seasons: Antonio Vivaldi & Giovanni Guido
Auditorium Films
The Royal Opera Orchestra plays these 8 seasons under the musical direction of the Argentinean Andrès Gabetta (violin).
The Hradec Králové Philharmonic and K.J.Erben
Czech Television
The master of imaginative verse who inspired Czech composers. A. Dvořák’s Golden Spinning-Wheel and J. Filas’s Záhoř’s Bed captured by Czech TV cameras.
Written on Water
Bel Air Media
Bel Air Media is pleased to announce you its film Written on Water world premiere at The International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal in March 2021.
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