INDUSTRY NEWS
May 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.
NEXT IMZ ACADEMY 2017: RE-IMAGINING THE ORCHESTRA FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
On 21 & 22 August 2017 the next edition of IMZ Academy will take place at Barbican Centre in London. Registration is now open: Profit from an Early Bird Rate & special Rates for IMZ Members!
NEW PRODUCTIONS
Female Art is Dangerous - Women Artists
EuroArts Music International
This is a portrait of four women artists, who teach us to perceive the history of female art through
the eyes of a female artist.
From the New World
Accentus Music
Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in concert with Dvorák’s Ninth and arias by Dvorák and Smetana
Giselle at Mariinsky Theatre
Telmondis Distribution
Music by Adolphe ADAM
Choreography by Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT and Marius PETIPA
with Diana VISHNEVA and Mathieu GANIO
Juan Diego Flórez as “Werther” at Opernhaus Zürich
Accentus Music
Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez embodies a tortured and nuanced Werther in a stunning one-room staging by Tatjana Gürbaca.
Now Distributed by EuroArts: Zuzana – Music is Life
EuroArts Music International
ZUZANA: MUSIC IS LIFE is a story of love, tyranny and triumph and it is the story of world-famous harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova told by herself.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Thomas Hengelbrock
C Major Entertainment
RCO: Hengelbrock conducts Schubert "Unfinished" & Mozart Requiem.
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai at Mariinsky Theatre
Telmondis Distribution
Choreographic poem in four acts by Rostislav Sakharov.
The Snow Maiden
Bel Air Media
The new Paris National Opera production of Rimski-Korsakov The Snow Maiden directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov with Aida Garifullina in the title role.
Verdi: Il Trovatore from Royal Opera House
C Major Entertainment
The first revival of David Bösch’s Royal Opera production of Verdi's masterpiece "Il Trovatore".
Wagner: Die Walküre - Salzburg Easter Festival 2017
C Major Entertainment
On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Salzburg Easter Festival presents a very particular staging of Wagner’s Die Walküre under the baton of Christian Thielemann (shot in 4K/UHD).
LOOKING FOR COPRODUCTION
Chucho Valdes in Alpha Jazz Festival
Paramax Films
Filming Chucho Valdes in Alpha Jazz Festival in June 2017 in Ukraine.
Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Unitel
Rossini’s rarely performed masterpiece in a spectacular new production from the Bregenz Festival featuring Andrew Foster-Williams and Mandy Fredrich.
Pjotr I. Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Unitel
Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito’s new production of Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterwork for the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Shot in 4K UHD.
NEW IMZ MEMBERS
ARD
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
ARD (Consortium of public broadcasters in Germany) is a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters.
Kurt Brazda
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Kurt Brazda is an Austrian director, cinematographer and photographic artist.
OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
IMZ at the Master of Art Film Festival Sofia
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Master of Art – the international Film Festival on the Balkans for art documentaries.
Magazine Musica celebrates 40th birthday
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Musica, Italy’s oldest and most read classical music magazine, celebrates its 40th birthday in May.
Music Film Festivals: WORLDWIDE HIGH-CLASS FESTIVALS
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Music film festivals programmed by the IMZ invite everyone around the globe to enjoy high-class music films.
Sivert Høyem Live At Acropolis
Peiling Film & TV
We are proud to announce that this Hektor Grammofon / Peiling production will be distributed by Windrose.
Zubin Mehta, Denis Matsuev and the Israel Phil.
Paramax Films
Paramax Films is filming live the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with solist Denis Matsuev conducted by Zubin Mehta. The live concert stream is available on 27 May 2017.
CALLS
54TH GOLDEN PRAGUE 2017 – COMPETITION NEWS UPDATE
Czech Television
The festival competition has been launched on 1 April 2017 and Golden Prague is currently accepting sumbissions.
54TH GOLDEN PRAGUE 2017 – NON-COMPETITION SECTION
Czech Television
Become part of the International Television Festival Golden Prague legendary Video Library.
III. FILM & OPERA ACADEMY SYQUALI CROSSMEDIA
Syquali Crossmedia
III. Film & Opera Academy Villa Emden, Lago Maggiore, Switzerland
17 to 23 September 2017, Isole di Brissago.
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