INDUSTRY NEWS
December 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.
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2022
Register now for Avant Première 2022
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Avant Première 2022 will take place online, with a possible hybrid extension. Find out what you can expect, how the event works and the best way to take advantage of the comprehensive programme!
Pitch your documentary or digital project
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Be bold + submit your documentary or digital project for the Sunny Side of the Doc / Pixii Festival + IMZ Pitching Sessions at Avant Première 2022!
SPEED-DATING WITH MAJOR BROADCASTERS + EXPERTS
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Young + established filmmakers pitch directly to executives from leading broadcasting companies and industry experts. Among this year's experts are representatives from Qwest TV, NHK and ZDF/Arte.
Have a look at the Market Screenings
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The perfect frame for special attention to individual productions in music + dance on screen: Have a look at the confirmed IMZ Market Screenings, broadcasted in a full-hour presentation.
MORE NEWS FROM THE IMZ
IMZ Academy 2022 on Live Multi-Camera Directing in Gothenburg
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
As an early Christmas present we extend the Early Bird Rate until 15 December 2021. Register now + join us on-site in Gothenburg!
IMZ General Assembly at Avant Première 2022
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ General Assembly, exclusively for IMZ Members, will take place online and provide us all with the opportunity to share plans + thoughts!
This was the IMZ Year 2021
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Learn about all IMZ activities, events and initiatives for the performing arts film industry in our 60 anniversary in the IMZ Activity Report 2021!
Win Prize Money for your dance film
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Submit your film by 31 January + take the chance to win up to 5.000 EUR for your dance film!
NEW IMZ MEMBERS
NEW IMZ MEMBER: Hofesh Shechter Company
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Let's welcome Hofesh Shechter Company to the IMZ Network, a boundary-breaking dance company, based in the UK!
NEW IMZ MEMBER: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ is happy to welcome yet another new IMZ Member: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, which ranks as one of the major orchestras in France!
NEW PRODUCTIONS
BE THE PHOENIX AND NOT THE FLAME
Tanzrauschen
It is almost like a Christmas story: Searching for Phoenix. A short dance film about a world yearning for change.
Christmas Concert from St. Stephen's Cathedral Vienna
ServusTV
The Vienna Boys' Choir and Vienna Symphony Orchestra perform a Christmas Concert from St. Stephen's Cathedral Vienna!
Gidon Kremer and Andris Nelsons
Accentus Music
The recording of Schnittke’s Violin Concerto No. 4 will be ready for broadcast in time for Gidon Kremer’s 75th birthday in February 2022.
Mozart’s magical opera brought to life!
Opus Arte
David McVicar’s classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work. The audience is transported by his kaleidoscopic score.
New Year’s Eve live from the Philharmonie Berlin
EuroArts Music International
Celebrate New Year's Eve with one of the best orchestras in the world: The Berliner Philharmoniker & Kirill Petrenko welcome violinist Janine Jansen
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini at Teatro Real Madrid
Auditorium Films
First seen at the Teatro Costanzi of Rome in 1900, to this day Tosca is one of the most popular and incombustible of operas.
Young Euro Classic from the Konzerthaus Berlin
EuroArts Music International
The Young Euro Classic Orchestra Germany-France-Russia performs Fauré, Prokofiev and Beethoven
LOOKING FOR COPRODUTION
Chucho Valdés & La Creación
Auditorium Films
As energetic and inspired as ever, Chucho Valdés presents La Creación, an epic work that traces the emergence of Yoruba culture in the Caribbean.
Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter with Esperanza Spalding
Auditorium Films
Iphigenia is not an adaptation of the Greek myth as much as it is an intervention into mythmaking itself, and into music and opera as we know it.
Paul Dessau: Let's hope for the best
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Violinist, composer and conductor, living through two world wars, caught between east and west, capitalism and communism: German artist Paul Dessau.
The Complaint of the Anthem of Europe
Auditorium Films
In front of an audience of young Europeans, this documentary stages a psychoanalysis session where the patient is the European Anthem in person.
TIME, NO CHANGES
Auditorium Films
The story of Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet, featuring three of the surviving members — Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter.
AWARDS
Grammy Nomination for Accentus Music
Accentus Music
Accentus Music has received a nomination for the Grammy Awards 2022 for the recording of Beethoven’s Last Three Piano Sonatas with Sunwook Kim.
Grammy Nomination for DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES
Clasart Classic
The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Poulenc’s wrenching masterpiece is nominated in the category Best Opera Recording.
Grammy Nomination for Philip Glass’ AKHNATEN
Clasart Classic
The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Philip Glass’ modern masterpiece is nominated in the category Best Opera Recording
International Emmy® Awards Winners announced
International Emmy Award
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 49th International Emmy® Awards on 21 November in New York!
Rachmaninoff Revisited wins three awards!
Classic Arts Showcase
People's Choose Award, Best Music Documentary and the Pushkin Prize.
The Carnival of the Animals
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It is his best known work. Camille Saint-Saëns did not want it to be published. The music piece itself tells its story.
OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
AEC - Strengthening Music in Society resources
AEC
Find resources to strengthen the social relevance of music education and improve access to music education.
APPLY FOR GLOBAL PITCH 2022
Sunny Side of the Doc
Sunny Side of the Doc is looking for strong Women’s Voices in the genre of documentary for its Global Pitch. Submissions are open till 5 January 2022!
Register now for the New York 2022 ISPA Congress
ISPA International Society of Performing Arts
Registration is now open for New York 2022 ISPA Congress taking place from 11-13 January 2022 hybrid!
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