INDUSTRY NEWS
December 2020
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
IMZ Academy Tutorial “Setting IMZ Standards on Metadata”
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Watch this + see how the IMZ is tackling one of the audiovisual industry's pain points: the need for a metadata standard compatible with existing systems + that includes information specific to music + dance films!
Setting IMZ Standards on Metadata + Copyright
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ International Music + Media Centre its members are advancing revolutionary IMZ Standards on Metadata + Copyright within the development of IMZ Online Services.
The International Emmy® Awards Winner have been Announced
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
For the first time ever, the 48th International Emmy® Awards were streamed live online on 23 November 2020 for all to watch throughout the world. The IMZ took part in the final round of judging!
This was the IMZ Academy 2020 on higher music education
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The online IMZ Academy 2020 “The Complete Performer of the Future – Embracing Media Skills in Music Education” established the importance of media skills for the next generation of musicians.
AVANT PREMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET VIENNA 2021
Present your company with an Online Exhibitor Page
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Craving more attention for your company? An Online Exhibitor Page is a highly visible section on the Avant Première Website to showcase your company + products extensively. Book it now – IMZ Members save 45%!
Present your film in an Online Market Screening
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Or are you craving more attention for your production? Online Market Screenings are streamed live + in full length to all participants + promoted across all Avant Première channels!
NEW PRODUCTIONS
A Winter Journey
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
The production combines the visual impressions of the breathtaking landscape of the Hohe Tauern National Park with one of the most important works of Austr
Alain Altinoglu, Renaud Capuçon & MPhil
Unitel
An inspiring concert with a striking musical time travel.
Beethoven and his Contemporaries
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at Schwetzingen Festival 2020. A co-production of SWR + NAXOS.
Celebrating 150 Years of Dresdner Philharmonie!
EuroArts Music International
Anniversary Concert live from the Kulturpalast Dresden.
Christmas in Vienna 2020 - Family Edition
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
The classical concert “Christmas in Vienna” will not take place as usual this year in the Wiener Konzerthaus but as a house concert at the Hotel Sacher.
Christmas Oratorio live from St. Thomas Church
Accentus Music
Accentus will be streaming Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Thomanerchor and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from empty St. Thomas Church.
Czech Philharmonic: New Year's Concert 2021
Czech Television
Let's celebrate the New Year “in dance rhythm” with works by Czech composers!
Friedemann Vogel – Incarnation of Dance
Unitel
Documentary on a German dancer at the top of the international ballet world
Ibrahim Maalouf Live in the Arena of Nîmes, in 4K
Auditorium Films
Ibrahim Maalouf exclusively offers the music from his new album during an exceptional concert behind the closed doors of the Arena of Nîmes.
Jimmy Carter – Rock & Roll President
C Major Entertainment
“Jimmy Carter - Rock & Roll President” shows how Carter‘s lifelong passion for music gave him an unexpected edge as a presidential candidate.
Montserrat Caballé sings Norma
sounding images
Brand-new “Magic Moment of Music”: First documentary about Montserrat Caballé after her death.
Rediscovering Ruggero Leoncavallo's Zazà"
Unitel
Theater an der Wien celebrates Leoncavallo’s moving lyric comedy.
Rehearsing with Franz Welser-Möst
Unitel
A personal portrait of Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst and a fascinating look behind the scenes of Salzburg’s “Elektra”.
Teatro Real, Madrid – Dvořák, Rusalka
Unitel
Asmik Grigorian enchants the public in the title role of Loy’s fascinating staging.
The Beggar's Opera - the first musical comedy
Opus Arte
Ian Burton and Robert Carsen’s new version of Gay’s comedic exploration of society “… a Beggar’s Opera for our own turbulent times” (The Guardian).
The Snow Queen, a classic fairytale for all
Opus Arte
Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale is brought to life in this new ballet full of magical characters and sumptuous designs
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
Live: Gala from Berlin 2020
EuroArts Music International
New Year’s Eve from the Philharmonie Berlin: Kirill Petrenko and Pablo Sáinz-Villegas will bring the full diversity of Spanish music to life.
Live: Lohengrin from the Staatsoper Berlin
EuroArts Music International
Calixto Bieito creates two settings on stage: the world of fairy tales and reality…
Mahler, Live - Schläpfer & van Manen
C Major Entertainment
“Mahler, Live” is a dialogue between two outstanding ballets, the world premiere of “4” by Martin Schläpfer and Hans van Manen‘s icon of dance history “Live”.
My life with Bohuslav Martinu
Czech Television
New work in progress by Czech Television with co-production with ORF + Bohuslav Martinů Foundation.
Season of 4 new “Magic Moments of Music”
sounding images
An exciting new season of “Magic Moments of Music” with Nigel Kennedy, Arthur Rubinstein, the Centenary Ring, Jessye Norman & Kathleen Battle.
NEW IMZ MEMBER
New IMZ Member: TV UNAM
Dirección General de TV UNAM
Welcome to the IMZ! TV UNAM is the channel that has been broadcasting the artistic and cultural project of the National Autonomous University of Mexico for the last 35 years.
AWARDS + SPECIALS
Become a partner of Dance for You Magazine!
Dance For You
Help us support quality dance journalism, writing, and photography. Every partnership counts!
Fedora Digital Prize 2020: Discover the winning project
FEDORA
We are delighted to announce the winner of the first time ever Fedora Digital Prize: Laila - Immersive Installation by Finnish National Opera + Ballet!
SF Dance Film Festival Announces Award Winners
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
SF Dance Film Festival is pleased to announce the award-winning films from its 2020 festival, selected by an independent jury.
- INDUSTRY NEWS