INDUSTRY NEWS
October 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.
AVANT PREMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN
Benefit from attractive Early Bird Rates until 31 October 2017!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin is the international trade fair for music and dance films and the B2B event for the cultural film industry. Join us from 17-21 February 2018 in the Hotel Scandic Potsdamer Platz Berlin!
SUBMIT YOUR FILMS FOR AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS until 31 October 2017!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Do you want to present your performing arts films to an international crowd of buyers, producers, distributors, broadcasters and potential partners? Submit your films until 31 October 2017!
LOOKING FOR COPRODUCTION
Ballet Royal de la Nuit - 11+12 November 2017
CLC Productions / Tangaro
The recreation of the young Louis XIV Sun King’s Grand Divertissement created in 1653, interpreted by l'Ensemble Correspondance led by Sébastien Daucé.
Frédégonde - unreleased Opera of Saint-Saëns
Paramax Films
Frédégonde is an 1895 drame lyrique by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Louis Gallet. The Opera will be played in Ho Chi Minh on 21 October 2017.
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
BEETHOVEN’S 9th SYMPHONY AT THE BEBELPLATZ BERLIN
Unitel
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin and soloists Diana Damrau, Okka von der Damerau, Burkhard Fritz and René Pape.
DOCUMENTARY “SHORT RIDES WITH JOHN ADAMS”
Unitel
Documentary by Daniel Finkernagel & Magdalena Zięba-Schwind about American composer John Adams as Artist in Residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
HOLLYWOOD IN VIENNA 2017 – FAIRY TALES
Unitel
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Hollywood in Vienna invites you into the realm of the fantastic and enchanted
MARTINŮ-CYCLE TO BE CONTINUED WITH JAKUB HRŮŠA
Unitel
Following the footsteps of his mentor Jiří Bělohlávek, Jakub Hrůša finalizes the Martinů-Cycle with the Czech Philharmonic
SPECIAL FEATURE: GOLDEN PRAGUE FESTIVAL
IMZ CONGRATULATES THE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL GOLDEN PRAGUE TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL EDITION AND THE MANY IMZ MEMBERS AMONG THE GOLDEN PRAGUE FESTIVAL WINNERS!
Brian Large honoured with the EBU-IMZ Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
In recognition of a lifetime devoted to excellence in producing music films, EBU and IMZ honoured Brian Large with the EBU-IMZ Lifetime Achievement Award and the IMZ Honorary Membership during International Television Festival Golden Prague.
Golden Prague Festival Winners
Czech Television
The best films have been honoured at the 54th International Television Festival Golden Prague on September 30 2017.
Golden Prague gilded the film Červená
Czech Television
The highest Grand Prix award of this year’s Golden Prague was given to a documentary about an opera singer Soňa Červená.
IMZ ACADEMY FOR OPERA IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A Review
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Adapting to the continuously growing digital realm can be a challenge for a traditional live art like Opera. However, it can also fuel a creative, vitalising re-imagination of the ways in which opera houses communicate and connect with their audience.
Pitching Session by EBU + IMZ during Golden Prague
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Committed to providing business opportunities to its members, the IMZ called for proposals to be presented to the EBU Music & Dance Experts. The pitch took place in the course of the ITF Golden Prague on 27 Sept 2017.
Productions of EuroArts at Golden Prague
EuroArts Music International
Learn more about the three EuroArts Productions at Golden Prague.
“Bollywood Opera in Botkyrka“ at Golden Prague
Vanitas Stockholm
"Bollywood Opera in Botkyrka" was among the top 20 nominees at the prestigious Czech awards.
CALLS + COMPETITIONS
Applications open for The Glyndebourne Opera Cup
Glyndebourne Productions Limited
Applications for The Glyndebourne Opera Cup - a new international singing competition from Glyndebourne - open on 2 October 2017.
NEW IMZ MEMBERS
Moscow Philharmonic Society
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ is happy to welcome the Moscow Philharmonic Society as a new IMZ Member!
NEW PRODUCTIONS
Lucio Silla
Bel Air Media
One of the works chosen to celebrate the bicentennial of the Teatro Real, Mozart’s little-known opera Lucio Silla in a production by Claus Guth
Meet Evgeny Kissin, Leonidas Kavakos and many more
EuroArts Music International
Meet Evgeny Kissin, Leonidas Kavakos, Barbara Hendricks, Mischa Maisky, Bella Davidovich, Gary Graffman, Yefim Bronfman and Sir Neville Marriner!
Mikhail Pleтnev and Lucas Debargue
The Moscow Philharmonic Society (on hold)
The 9th Grand Festival of the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow Tchaikovsky Concert Hall conducted by Mikhail Pletnev. Soloist - Lucas Debargue.
Nabucco
Bel Air Media
A new production of Verdi’s Nabucco at the Arena di Verona, and probably the most exciting lyrical event of the summer 2017
RCO Opening Night 2017
C Major Entertainment
With its festive RCO Opening Night, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra kicks off the new season with a hall full of loyal listeners and new music lovers.
United Kingdom of Pop
C Major Entertainment
Let’s hope that the blessing of British pop culture is not lost to us after Brexit. After all, the UK is Europe’s number one pop nation, by a long stretch.
Verdi: Aida - Anna Netrebko at Salzburg Festival
C Major Entertainment
“Anna Netrebko storms Salzburg”, wrote the New York Times about her highly anticipated debut as Aida.
Who By Fire? First Aid Kit play Leonard Cohen
Vanitas Stockholm
The critically acclaimed concert in memory of Leonard Cohen by First Aid Kit with Friends at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
Who has stolen the Boléro by Maurice Ravel
Poorhouse International
Having been played somewhere in the world every 15 minutes Ravel´s music meant big business, but where did all the money go? An investigative documentary.
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