
Music + Dance in Times of Covid-19
June 2020
Opera houses, concert halls and companies in the performing arts film industry
have been coming up with creative initiatives since March to get through the current health emergency.
Here, you will learn all about the latest live streams, donation campaigns and multiple activities
that bring music + dance directly to your homes and support the performing arts and cultural sector.
This page will be updated regularly to provide you with the latest news!
Statements from the IMZ

We are here for our members
The IMZ is working intensively to best support its member organisations and you can reach the IMZ Team as usual – let's stay in touch!

Let's stay connected!
With performing arts films, our members bring music + dance to people’s homes – this can have a more positive, lasting impact than ever before!
Streams + VOD

Rachmaninoff: Sound of a Russian Soul – 22 Nov on Arte
Classic Arts Showcase
This film on Rachmaninoff from Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. features the tragic then uplifting story of the composer of the world’s most beautiful music.
Other Initiatives
Past Dates + Offers
Past Dates + Offers from March-May

#UnitedWeStream from Berlin
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Berlin clubs, RBB and ARTE team up for #UnitedWeStream and provide a daily livestream of DJ-Sets from 19:00 CET to 00:00. World-wide embedding possible.

14 days of free streams on Marquee TV
Marquee.TV
Marquee TV is offering FREE streaming for 14 days upon signing up to help support the performing arts while they are not able to have live performances.

A daily opera rendezvous on ARTE Concert
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Starting on Monday, March 30th, ARTE Concert offers a daily opera rendezvous with production from opera houses all over Europe.

Arthaus Musik programs as streams at website of DOB
Arthaus Musik
True treasures and rarities for opera lovers will be streamed at the DOB website until 18 April. Take the chance and watch our legendary recordings.

Ballet and opera recordings from Opernhaus Zürich
Accentus Music
Accentus Music and the Opernhaus Zürich offer free streams of opera and ballet recordings by Accentus Music every weekend until June 2020.

Be part of the #creativeeuropeathome initiative
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The European Commission is asking all Creative Europe: Culture beneficiaries to use the hashtag #creativeeuropeathome on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in posts about art + culture available to the general public.

Berlin Artists@Berlin Live
ARTE
1-7 April 2020 daily at 21:00: Enjoy live music from SchwuZ Neukölln on ARTE Concert daily for a week!

Book your front row seat for the online #SpringForward20
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
As part of Creative Europe’s campaign #CreativeEuropeAtHome, Aerowaves will bring the international dance festival to your home on 24-26 April.

Christoph Waltz's production of Fidelio at Theater an der Wien
VBW International
Though the premiere was cancelled, the opera was recorded last week during rehearsals and will be available on myfidelio.at or medici.tv (outside Austria) on 20 March at 19:00.

Classical:NEXT is offering you one month free access to C:N NET
Classical:NEXT
Register until 17 April using the following code: Fp2DVp4Q6P. Stay connected and network through the online community and directory, with contacts old and new.

Concert recordings from the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Accentus Music
Accentus Music and the Gewandhausorchester offer an online concert schedule consisting of Accentus productions en lieu of the cancelled concerts.

Creatives Unite: Artists & Creatives Community COVID-19 Resource Platform
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Creative FLIP is a Pilot policy project co-funded by the European Union. They want to gather in one place all initiatives/ information related to the cultural and creative sectors in the EU.

Dance Through It – Ballet Gala from the NT
Czech Television
A benefit event from National Theatre to support culture. It also highlights the mission of art and documents what life is like in difficult times.

Denis Matsuev – Live without audience from Moscow
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
Moscow Philharmonic Society begins live broadcasts of concerts without an audience. 20 March 2020, 19:00: Denis Matsuev plays Tchaikovsky and jazz.

Digitale Kunsthalle presents Beethoven exhibition
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
The digital show “BEETHOVEN. Welt.Bürger.Musik” of the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn provides a lively insight into the nature and work of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Easter@Philharmonie Festival: Episode 2
Berlin Phil Media
8 April at 20:00: The second episode of the Easter@Philharmonie Festival is coming up! This time, the focus is on the music of Gustav Mahler.

Enjoy the Wiener Symphoniker in these streams
Wiener Symphoniker
Together with takt1, the Wiener Symphoniker present some of their concerts as free streams. Christoph Waltz's production of Fidelio is available on myfidelio.at or medici.tv (outside Austria).

Europe’s cultural and creative sectors call for EU budgetary measures
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Across Europe, almost all cultural activities have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely, millions of jobs are on the line. That's why UNIC sent this open letter to the European Parliament.

Fidelio’s yearly subscription now €50 off!
fidelio / KDV Klassik Digital Vertiebs GmbH
Stream unlimited classical music for just €99 instead of €149!

Finding Solace in Singing
Czech Television
A live broadcast from the State Opera to support pensioners in need. Starring opera singers Adam Plachetka, Pavel Černoch, Štefan Margita & many others.

Free daily streams at Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Staatsoper
Starting on 15 March 2020, Wiener Staatsoper will broadcast recordings of previous opera + ballet performances daily at 17:00 or 19:00 CET via its streaming platform.

Free Marquee TV streaming – what-to-watch list
Marquee.TV
Recommended productions: Betroffenheit, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Oscar Wilde Season, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Feeling of Going.

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra makes their GSOplay app free
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra will be available to all music lovers on GSOplay. The concerts can be enjoyed for free for anyone on the web or through this app.

Helping With Czech Philharmonics live concert raised ~272.000€
Czech Television
The special benefit concert in support of the medical professionals persevering in their efforts to treat patients with COVID-19 can be streamed for free on Czech TV!

Hope@Home – ARTE Concert shows daily livestream concerts of Daniel Hope
ARTE Deutschland TV
25 March - 26 April at 18:00: Daily living room concerts of violinist David Hope will be available livestreams on ARTE Concert, their Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Hope@Home – on tour!
ARTE Deutschland TV
The very successful Hope@Home concert series continues! Within the possibilities of current boundaries, the multitalented star-violinist goes “on tour”, still meeting with other musicians, but changing the settings to perform music in!

IMC starts #Culture2030Goal Campaign
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Its goal is the inclucions of culture in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “[W]ith [...] the need to rebuild our societies tomorrow, culture should be at the heart of the response.”

International Arts Manager: 3 months for free!
International Arts Manager
There has never been a more important time for accurate, regular and reliable news. That’s why IAM is free for everyone for the next three months!

Kaiser Quartett – Corona Stresstest
Signed Media Produktion
Especially in times like these, music has to be part of people’s basic care. This is why Signed Media brings you the groovy Kaiser Quartett – this time from home and over the internet!

Kilden Performing Arts Centre's digital concert halls are open
Kilden Performing Arts Centre
The Kilden Performing Arts Centre is closed at the time, but their digital concert halls are always open for everyone! Enjoy the music while staying safely at home!

Konserthuset Play
Konserthuset Stockholm / Stockholm Concert Hall
Stay at home, the music is brought to you: Konserthuset Play offers a great archive of top quality videos. As always: all for free, no login needed.

Live on meloman.ru – Andrey Gugnin & Boris Andrianov
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
26 March 2020, 19:00: The programme includes: Schumann – Fantastic Pieces, Rachmaninoff – Sonata for cello + piano, Piazzolla – The Big Tango.

Live on meloman.ru – Boris Berezovsky (piano)
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
23 March 2020, 19:00: Armchair Concerts – Live without an audience from Tchaikovsky Concert Hall; Boris Berezovsky plays Gershwin and Debussy.

Live on meloman.ru – Dmitry Masleev
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
5 April 2020, 19:00: Live without an audience from Tchaikovsky Concert Hall – Dmitry Masleev (piano) plays Fauré, Debussy, Tchaikovsky & Glinka.

Live on meloman.ru – Lukas Geniusas & Alexander Buzlov
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
21 March 2020, 19:00: Live from Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Lukas Geniusas (piano) and Alexander Buzlov (cello) play Beethoven, Schubert, B.Tchaikovsky.

Live on meloman.ru – Lukas Geniušas / Anna Geniushene
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
6 April 2020, 19:00: Piano duet Lukas Geniušas and Anna Geniushene play Schubert, Brahms and Gavrilin.

Live on Meloman.ru – Milyukov, Ramm & Kopachevsky
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
29 March 2020, 19:00: Pavel Milyukov (violin), Alexander Ramm (cello), & Philipp Kopachevsky (piano) play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio, Op. 50 (In memory of a great artist).

Live on meloman.ru – Moscow Soloists & Yury Bashmet
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
24 March 2020, 19:00: Armchair Concerts – Live without an audience from Tchaikovsky Concert Hall; Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Yury Bashmet.

Live on meloman.ru – Nikolay Lugansky (piano)
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
28 March 2020, 19:00: The program includes: Franck – Chorale No.2 in B minor, Franck – Prelude, Aria and Finale, Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No.23 in F minor ("Appassionata").

Live: EUROPAKONZERT from the Philharmonie Berlin
EuroArts Music International
1 May 2020 at 11:00: The Berliner Philharmoniker’s European Concert under the baton of Kirill Petrenko in chamber music formation will be broadcast live.

Members of the Wiener Symphoniker recorded music at home for you
Wiener Symphoniker
The Wiener Symphoniker's upcoming live events have been cancelled, but many members recorded pieces of music and uploaded them to the orchestra's Facebook page.

Moment Musical with Albrecht Mayer
C Major Entertainment
Moment Musical – A series of high-quality chamber music productions at Berlin’s historic Meistersaal am Potsdamer Platz – Session Three with Albrecht Mayer.

Moscow Philharmonic resumes live streams!
The Moscow Philharmonic Society
Dear music lovers, on 7 August, the Moscow Philharmonic opens the doors of the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and resumes live streams!

Music From Home – powered by Music Traveler
Music Traveler Productions
Many musicians are left without income. Music Traveler is building “Music From Home”, where we help musicians to monetise their digital performances.

Music sector joins together to call for EU to address current crisis
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will also be one of the last. Liveurope calls for sustainable public support to the music industry.

New World Symphony debuts web-based series
New World Symphony
On the new series called NWS Archive+, Michael Tilson Thomas will moderate discussions with NWS Fellows, alumni and guest artists about recorded performances from NWS’ archives.

Now Europe needs culture and culture needs Europe
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
REMA’s open letter to members of the European Commission addresses the many problems of the cultural sector – the live performance sector in particular – as it is heavily hit by the crisis.

PARS Media + NAXOS present Live Concerts from Schinkel Pavillon
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
From 30 Marc until 11 May, every Friday + Monday at 20:30 a concert will be recorded and live streamed via the VOD platform takt1 and on Naxos’ Youtube channel.

Radio Orpheus collects offers from all over Russia
Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre / Orpheus Radio
During the COVID period, radio Orpheus (Russia) launched the “Classics TV” project – a unique platform accumulating classical concerts offered by various concert halls.

Read Culture Action Europe’s Joint Letter to the DG EAC
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
On behalf of European cultural networks, platforms and organisations, Culture Action Europe wrote a joint letter to the Commissioner Gabriel and Members of Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture.

Stream premium classical music for free with Idagio
Idagio
As an exclusive benefit, IMZ Members get 30 days of free access to IDAGIO Premium+ and its 2 million tracks. Just send an e-mail to newsletter@imz.at to request your voucher code!

The Berlin Phil Series: “An American in Berlin”
Berlin Phil Media
Our series of online concerts from the empty Philharmonie now features American music.

The Digital Concert Hall now free for everyone
Berlin Phil Media
The Berliner Philharmoniker invite you to visit the Digital Concert Hall free of charge for 30 days with the code BERLINPHIL.

The Music Critic with John Malkovich
Music Traveler Productions
Most evil music critiques written about some of the greatest works of music are narrated by John Malkovich, followed by the performance of the works.

The Musical Solidarity Project: Va pensiero
Riddle Films
Israeli-Italian Soprano Nofar Yacobi is inviting musicians and singers from around the world to join a performance of Verdi's “Va pensiero” from Nabucco.

UNESCO ResiliArt debate Artists and Creativity beyond Crisis
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The Arts and Culture are immensly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as music halls, cinemas, theatres and museums are mostly closed worldwide. ResiliArt encourages artists to show that they can't stop being creative!

Watch Liebermann’s historical opera productions
Arthaus Musik
From 13-27 April, the streaming of Krzysztof Penderecki’s first opera Die Teufel von Loudun staged by legendary Rolf Liebermann will be available.

We play for Austria – Online Concert on fidelio!
fidelio / KDV Klassik Digital Vertiebs GmbH
International opera stars performed LIVE or via stream in the ORF RadioKulturhaus. Available on until 26 April.

Welcome to the Easter@Philharmonie Festival!
Berlin Phil Media
4 April 2020, 19:00: Easter@Philharmonie Festival can be attended exclusively in the Digital Concert Hall! Access is free. Join us!