CONSUMER NEWS
January 2025
Your monthly update on performing arts releases, live streams, previews and specials - directly from the producers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2025
Avant Première: Programme Schedule and Participant List Out Now
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The annual trade fair for cultural broadcasting + performing arts on screen is back form 15 - 19 February. Explore our Programme and Participant List to see what and who awaits you.
NEW RELEASES
CD: A Celebration for the Duke
EuroArts Music International
A tribute concert to Duke Ellington by the BigBand and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Fola Dada and Tony Lakatos.
CD: Amilcare Ponchielli - I LITUANI
Accentus Music
This February, Accentus Music is releasing a CD box set featuring a rare masterpiece of Italian opera, Amilcare Ponchielli's I Lituani.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Handel: Brockes Passion / Oper Halle
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Acclaimed staged version of Handel’s Brockes Passion oratorio directed by Walter Sutcliffe at the Oper Halle features a star cast of the soloists.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Handel: Theodora / Staged by Stefan Herheim
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Handel's Theodora staged by award-winning director Stefan Herheim featuring Jacquelyn Wagner, La Folia Barockorchester and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor.
CD + Blu-Ray: Hollywood Gala – Award Night at the Symphony
EuroArts Music International
The DR Symphony Orchestra, DR Concert Choir and Christian Schuman take us on a musical journey through the sounds of oscar-winning films.
Blu-Ray: Oscar Peterson: Easter Suite
MONARDA Music GmbH
The Easter Suite remains one of the lesser-known compositions by Oscar Peterson, even though virtually all sources mention it as one of his major works.
DVD: RSC: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Opus Arte
Coming in February 2025: On Midsummer’s Night, the real and fairy worlds collide...
CD: Stefan Pop: Canto per te
EuroArts Music International
Stefan Pop brings back famous canzonette songs together with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Pier Giorgio Morandi and more.
DVD + Blu-Ray: The Royal Ballet's Don Quixote 2023
Opus Arte
Teeming with comedy, wit and an abundance of bravura choreography, Carlos Acosta's production brings the Spanish heat and romance of Don Quixote to life.
LIVESTREAMS
A Special Return: Das Spitzentuch der Königin
VBW International GmbH
18 2025: Johann Strauss’ Das Spitzentuch der Königin returns to stage at Theater an der Wien with a live TV-broadcast on 3sat and a radio-transmission on Ö1.
S.-J. Cho at Carnegie: Complete Ravel Piano Works
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
6 2025: Few pianists today are better equipped to tackle Ravel’s piano music than Seong-Jin Cho, and this will be brought to bear live from Carnegie Hall.
A Film by Andrew Staples featuring Alice Sara Ott
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
15 2025: Dive into the world of John Field's Nocturnes as interpreted by pianist Alice Sara Ott in this film, directed by filmmaker and tenor Andrew Staples.
VIDEO ON DEMAND
Anastasia Kobekina | Now or Never!
sounding images
Many share the dream of a global career - but what does it truly take to make that dream a reality?
Art, Passion & Power: A Symphony with OFUNAM
Dirección General de TV UNAM
OFUNAM's concert invites you on a journey through captivating musical narratives, blending literature and history into a powerful symphonic experience.
NEWS
CD: Accentus Music's CD Box wins ICMA
Accentus Music
The Accentus CD box set of the string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich is winner of the International Classical Music Award 2025.
Call for Submissions: 2025 SF Dance Film Festival
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
San Francisco Dance Film Festival now accepting submissions for the 2025 Festival.
CueTV Joins Forces with STAGE+
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Deutsche Grammophon and Operabase are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to enhance the classical music streaming experience worldwide.
Flagey Piano Days 2025: a celebration of the piano
Flagey asbl/vzw
From 12 to 16 February, Flagey Piano Days in Brussels offers an eclectic programme of piano music, showcasing diverse eras, styles and artists.
International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announce the 2025 winners
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
On 14 January, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of the awards for the 2025 edition.
Upcoming productions at MusikTheater an der Wien
VBW International GmbH
Big excitement at the MusikTheater an der Wien for Norma, Briefe von Ruth, Heisse Luft and two TaWow workshops.
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