CONSUMER NEWS
July 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.
NEW RELEASES

DVD + Blu-Ray: Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker
C Major Entertainment
In this Mahler cycle concert from Salzburg Festival, Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler 4 and Berg Violin Concerto with August Hadelich as a soloist.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Hans van Manen – Just Dance the Steps
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Just Dance the Steps is a personal portrait of the Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen in the run-up to his 90th birthday by film director Willem Aerts.

DVD + Blu-Ray: MacMillan Celebrated - The Royal Ballet
Opus Arte
From a kaleidoscopic abstract ballet to a poignant elegy, celebrate Kenneth MacMillan’s endless invention in three works.

DVD + Blu-Ray: The Gambler
C Major Entertainment
Salzburg Festival presents Prokofiev's The Gambler, a production that shines thanks to the exceptional Asmik Grigorian and Sean Panikkar.

DVD + Blu-Ray: The Idiot
C Major Entertainment
Based on Dostoevsky's novel, Weinberg's The Idiot is a masterpiece that "has the whole of Salzburg Festival on the edge of its seat.” (Die Presse)
NEWS

Flagey unveils its 2025–26 season
Flagey asbl/vzw
Can music be a place, a catalyst, a force of resistance? Flagey places this question at the heart of its 2025–26 season.

iEmmys: Semi-Final Round of Judging in Vienna
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The international television industry and the IMZ Network met in Vienna last Thursday for the Semi-Final Round of Judging of the International Emmy® Awards.

IMZ at Sunny Side of the Doc 2025
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
At this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc, the IMZ hosted a panel and proudly presented its Special Prize as part of the Arts & Entertainment Pitch, celebrating excellence in storytelling at the intersection of music, and film.

In Memoriam: Alfred Brendel
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ mourns the passing of Alfred Brendel, one of the most influential pianists and artist-intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries and a long-standing Honorary Member of our network.

Out of Office: IMZ Summer Break
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Even cultural vanguards need a little vacation! The IMZ team will be taking a summer break and our offices will therefore be closed from August 4 to 8.
BROADCAST + LIVESTREAMS

Bayreuth 2025: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
25 2025: This year Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy.

Watch Norma from Theater an der Wien on ARTE
VBW International GmbH
27 2025: Save the date: Norma from Theater an der Wien on ARTE on 27 July at 22:50.
VIDEO ON DEMAND

Mischa and Lily Maisky: Live in Seoul
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Mischa and Lily Maisky come together for a special programme, promising to be a moving celebration of a remarkable musical partnership.
- CONSUMER NEWS