NAXOS AND IDÉALE AUDIENCE ANNOUNCE COOPERATION

Productions by Idéale Audience to be distributed by Naxos.

From September 2017, the Naxos Music Group will act as the exclusive distribution partner for all Idéale Audience’s future performing arts productions. These will include selected concerts from the 2017 Verbier Festival and a full-length documentary on Mstislav Rostropovich. Naxos will also distribute selected items from Idéale Audience's back catalogue.

Under this new arrangement, Naxos will handle worldwide licensing and programme sales to broadcasters and VOD platforms, plus the release of Idéale Audience’s DVD and Blu-ray recordings, which will be distributed via Naxos' international network.

“We look forward to handling future prestigious programmes from Idéale Audience as one of the foremost producers of outstanding music and arts films. I am sure that Idéale Audience's history of achievement will prove a highly complementary enrichment of our programme portfolio,” said Klaus Heymann, Chairman of the Naxos Music Group.

“This partnership with Naxos opens a new chapter for Idéale Audience, which has been operating now for more than 25 years. It will no doubt increase Idéale Audience’s presence in the key markets and boost sales of its performing arts programmes. Idéale Audience is proud to be joining such a strong and well established partner as Naxos,“ commented Pierre-Olivier Bardet, President of Idéale Audience.