CONSUMER NEWS
August 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 Is Coming Back to Berlin

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Avant Première returns, from 14 to 18 February 2026! Save the date and join us next year at Hotel Scandic Potsdamer Platz for four days of music + dance screenings, conference, and networking.

IMZ NEWS

Avant Première 2026: Call for Proposals

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Do you want to help shape Avant Première 2026 conference programme? Submit your ideas to our open call and be part of next year’s conference.

In Memoriam: Avril MacRory

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Former IMZ President, Head of BBC Music Programmes, and founder of Silverapples Media has passed away on 14 July at the age 69.

International Emmy® Awards Semi-Final Round of Judging

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

IMZ Members and TV professionals gathered last month in Vienna to evaluate the Semi-Final Round of the International Emmy® Awards in the “Arts Programming” category.

Submissions Now Open for the Austrian Jazz Awards 2025

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Reestablished in 2024, the Austrian Jazz Awards celebrate exceptional talent within Austria’s jazz scene. To be considered for this year's awards, artist are required to submit their work by 25 August.

NEW RELEASES

DVD + Blu-Ray: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

Opus Arte

Scottish Opera's 2021 production available on DVD & Blu-ray "A bona fide great night out." (The Times ★★★★)

DVD: Jedermann

C Major Entertainment

Jedermann, staged by Robert Carsen at Salzburg Festival, is presented with extraordinary intensity and a shining Philipp Hochmair in the main role.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

C Major Entertainment

Mariame Clément’s production at Salzburg Festival sees Benjamin Bernheim in the main role: “Bernheim…is the Hoffmann of the hour” (Frankfurter Rundschau)

DVD + Blu-Ray: Lohengrin

C Major Entertainment

The Wiener Staatsoper presents a Wagner classic staged by duo Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito, who showcase Lohengrin as a crime thriller with a twist.

CD: Out now, Bossa Nova Noites' Nothing on You

Legacy and Alchemy

Out now, Bossa Nova Noites' Nothing on You (Rainbow Beach Mix) featuring Monique Elen & Najee, a radiant, samba-infused reinvention of Bruno Mars hit.

LIVESTREAMS + BROADCASTS

Stream the Berliner Philharmoniker’s new season

Berlin Phil Media GmbH

: The Berliner Philharmoniker’s new season begins on 29 August. Enjoy all the concerts live in the Digital Concert Hall!

Mahler’s 10th Symphony – A Love Letter in Music

Accentus Music

15 2025: Mahler’s unfinished 10th Symphony opens the Lucerne Festival – live on ARTE Concert with Riccardo Chailly and Elīna Garanča.

Lucerne Festival Continues Rachmaninoff Cycle

Accentus Music

19 2025: Join Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and pianist Beatrice Rana for a concert featuring rare and powerful works by Rachmaninoff.

ELISABETH - Film Festival at Vienna Rathausplatz

VBW International GmbH

26 2025: Experience the broadcast of the VBW Success-Musical 'Elisabeth' recorded in front of Schönbrunn Palace on the big screen in front of the Viennese city hall.

SOON ON THE MARKET

Vereinigte Bühnen Wien: Thrilling Musical Fall

VBW International GmbH

Maria Theresia and The Phantom of the Opera.

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