CONSUMER NEWS
September 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.
IMZ NEWS

IMZ to Launch New Magazine – Call for Contributions
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
We are excited to announce that the IMZ will soon launch its own magazine dedicated to performing arts in audiovisual media, and are welcoming contributions.

One Month left to Submit Your Proposals
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The deadline for the Avant Première 2026 Open Call is approaching! Submit your proposals by 25 September and help shape this year’s conference programme.
NEW RELEASES

DVD + Blu-Ray: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Opus Arte
From a mysterious Cheshire Cat and a tap-dancing tea party, you never know what you might find when you fall down the rabbit hole...

DVD + Blu-Ray: Andris Nelsons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker
C Major Entertainment
Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker perform Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman as a soloist.

CD: Edgaras Montvidas: Chausson, Britten & Saint-Saëns
Accentus Music
A poetic tapestry of voice and orchestra: Edgaras Montvidas releases new album featuring Chausson, Britten, and Saint-Saëns.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Handel’s Giulio Cesare Staged By Calixto Bieito
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Julie Fuchs and Christophe Dumaux shine in the title roles of Handel’s Giulio Cesare, in a new staging by Calixto Bieito at Dutch National Opera & Ballet.

DVD: Joana Mallwitz – Momentum
Accentus Music
Günter Atteln’s award-winning film portraying conductor Joana Mallwitz is now available on DVD.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Le nozze di Figaro
C Major Entertainment
Barrie Kosky presents a new interpretation of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Vienna State Opera.

CD + Blu-Ray: Mikhail Pletnev: A Genius Between Times
EuroArts Music International
Explore Maestro Mikhail Pletnev performing his favourite composer and namesake of his Rachmaninoff International Orchestraand more on 2 BDs and 4 SACDs

CD: Spiegel im Spiegel – Celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90
Accentus Music
An album honoring Arvo Pärt at 90, weaving his music with kindred voices from Bach to Messiaen and Schnittke.

CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
EuroArts Music International
Experience Bellini's Norma with an impressive star-studded cast, featuring Melody Moore in the title role and Ștefan Pop as Pollione.
VIDEO ON DEMAND

Georgijs Osokins in Recital
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Set on a wooded promontory near the Gulf of Finland, Latvia's most compelling pianist celebrates Estonia's greatest living composer.

Nelsons conducts Tenth Symphonies
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Shostakovich’s first major work to be premiered after Stalin's death, provides a fascinating coupling to Mahler's work in this unmissable concert.
LIVESTREAMS + BROADCASTS

Season opening at Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
5 2025: The Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Joana Mallwitz kicks off its new season in style with a programme marrying tradition and innovation to compelling effect.

Der Rosenkavalier Live from Zurich
Accentus Music
21 2025: At Opernhaus Zürich, Lydia Steier’s staging and Joana Mallwitz’s musical direction bring fresh insights to Strauss’ bittersweet comedy.
FESTIVAL

SFDFF 2025 presents 'Tiler Peck: Suspending Time'
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
SFDFF 2025 returns 24 Oct - 9 Nov. Opening Night: world premiere of 'Tiler Peck: Suspending Time'. Full lineup announced 10 Sept.
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