INDUSTRY NEWS
January 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.
NEW PRODUCTIONS
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2Cellos at Sydney Opera House
C Major Entertainment
2Cellos at a special Sydney show, playing famous film scores, in the iconic Sydney Opera House.
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Alban Berg’s Lulu starring Marlis Petersen
Clasart Classic
The Met live in HD production of Alban Berg’s Lulu starring Marlis Petersen and in a production by William Kentridge sets new artistic standards.
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Anastasia
C Major Entertainment
Kenneth MacMillan's dramatic ballet is inspired by the story of Anna Anderson, who believed herself to be the famous Russian princess.
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
Clasart Classic
Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Strauss' Don Quixote starring Yo-Yo Ma and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.
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DAVID BOWIE: THE BERLIN TRILOGY
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
A celebration of David Bowie, based on the albums of the Berlin Trilogy: Low, Heroes and Lodger.
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Gaetano Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux
Clasart Classic
For the final opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, the Met has assembled an ideal cast with an insightful conductor, Maurizio Benini.
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Georges Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Clasart Classic
In the Met’s new production of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles Diana Damrau leads a dream cast opposite Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien.
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Gordon Getty - There Will Be Music
EuroArts Music International
Would you expect the son of one of the richest tycoons in the world to be a prolific composer?
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2
C Major Entertainment
For his first series of concerts as Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, maestro Daniele Gatti conducts Mahler's iconic Symphony No. 2
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Joseph Haydn's Creation
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
Tremendous choirs, enthralling musical portrayals of the creation of light, paradise, a stunning duet of the first people - this is Joseph Haydn's Creation
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Ralph Benatzky’s Axel at Heaven’s Gate
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
Showing opera stars Bettina Mönch and Andreas Bieber amongst others combined with a unique visual and musical design, conducted by Lorenz C. Aichner.
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Unique solo recital by Hamelin
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Phenomenal pianist Marc-André Hamelin is a virtuoso in the true meaning of the word.
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
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A dance film Closed
Czech Television
Czech Television and NordicStories (NOR) finished shooting of a co-production dance film Closed in December 2016.
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A Saint Sylvester concert of Collegium 1704
Czech Television
In co-production with Ozango Productions (FR), Czech Television participates in the recording of a concert of Collegium 1704, a Prague baroque orchestra and vocal ensemble.
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George Frideric Handel: Xerxes
Unitel
Frankfurt Opera presents Handel’s opera Xerxes in a new staging, featuring rising mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez in the title role
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Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto – St. Margarethen
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
Through his masterpiece Guiseppe Verdi provides an insight into the causes of revenge, social exclusion and the construct of misinterpreted love.
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International Baroque Days 2017
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
At the Baroque Days 2017 in Melk one musical highlight will chase the other with matinees, night concerts, musical baroque and modern cross-over events!
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Springtime in Vienna 2017
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
The musical highlights of this exceptional concert will be featured by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
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The Cleveland Orchestra performs Brahms' Requiem
Clasart Classic
As crowning point of the Brahms Cycle with The Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst, the composer’s great choral work was recorded.
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Zuzana: Music is Life – a documentary about Zuzana Ružicková
Czech Television
A co-production documentary about famous Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ružicková who will soon celebrate her 90th birthday.
AWARDS
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ICMA 2017 winners announced!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
We congratulate the awarded IMZ Members Naxos, Berliner Philharmoniker, Accentus Music and C Major Entertainment!
OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
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Golden Prague Festival 2017
Czech Television
Czech TV looks forward to welcoming you on the already 54th edition of one of the most prestigious television festivals – Sept. 27 - 30, 2017.
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RED BULL CONTENT POOL UNVEILS PREMIUM MUSIC
Red Bull Media House
Red Bull Content Pool Premium Music - A Focused and Intuitive B2B Music Licensing Platform for Film, Television and Advertising.
NEW IMZ MEMBERS
– PRESENTING AT AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017
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CICC
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
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Nordisk Drama
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
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