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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