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AVANT PREMIÈRE 2014 PROGRAMME

NEWSLETTERFebruary 2014

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Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN08 – 12 February 2014 | Berlin, Germany

IMZ General Assembly 10 February 2014 | Berlin, Germany

World Music Films On Tour Screening – Columbian Gold9 March 2014 | Geneva, Switzerland

IMZ At IAMA Media Day10 April 2014 | London, United Kingdom

IMZ Cooperation With ICMA – International Classical Music Award Gala 2014 12 April 2014 | Warsaw, Poland

IMZ At Classical:NEXT14 – 17 May 2014 | Vienna, Austria

IMZ At EVDH Workshop On Video Dance26 May – 1 June 2014 | Madrid, Spain

Film Festival At Wiener Rathausplatz 28 June – 31 August 2014 | Vienna, Austria

International Emmy® Awards Semi-Final Judging 20142 – 3 July 2014 | Vienna, Austria

IMZ At ITF Golden Prague4 – 8 October 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic

IMZ Academy 5 – 7 October 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic

IMZ At WOMEX 1422 – 26 October 2014 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain

IMZ At Viennese Ball Iasi5 December 2014 | Iasi, Rumania

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Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLINIMZ General AssemblyIMZ At Classical:NEXTStaff ChangesIMZ At WOMEX 14World Music Films On Tour

IMZ MEMBERS NEWSNew ProductionsACCENTUS Music To Continue Co-operation With NCPAArthaus Musik Rossini, Dance On Screen & GötterdämmerungClasart Classic Starting The Cleveland Orchestra’s Brahms CycleC Major Entertainment Mats Ek, Kraftwerk & A Voice For The AgesEuroArts O SambaIdéale Audience Maurizio PolliniPoorhouse International Ltd. Roland PetitRiddle Films Inc. The Rolston SessionsUnitel Feuersnot & Dudamel’s BerliozWindrose Peter And The Wolf & Of Love, Death And Beyond

What’s ON…EuroArts At Berlinalegebrueder beetz filmproduktion At Film Festival Rotterdam

Festival/Competition NewsQueen Elisabeth 2014 Voice Competition Queen Elisabeth International Competition Violin 2015Sonostream.tv Emmerich Smola Singing Competition

Laurels, Prizes and PraisesDiapason D’Or Arte For ACCENTUS Music ICMA – International Classical Music Awards 2014

OBITUARYClaudio Abbado

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWSCinedans – Dance on ScreenEMC European Forum on MusicInternational Emmy® Awards Competition Call For EntriesSan Francisco Dance Film Festival Call For Entries

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AVANT PREMIÈRE 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN8 – 12 February 2014 Berlin | Germany

Dear IMZ member!Dear international film aficionado!

The countdown has started! Only 3 more days until

Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN 8 – 12 February 2014Garbiele-Tergit Promenade 1910963 Berlin, Germany

Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN opens its doors to welcome professionals from all over the world dedicated to the production, promotion and dissemination of per-forming arts films. We are about to head off to Berlin and hope to see you there for five unfor-gettable days: enjoy over 500 state-of-the-art films at the Avant Première Screenings, meet stars like coun-ter-tenor Bejun Mehta or composer Max Richter in person at the Special Screenings at Berliner Philharmonie; give it up for soprano singer Diana Damrau, pianist Alexandre Tharaud, the cool guys of La Brass Banda and DJ Jazzanova at ARTE Opening Party at Radialsystem. Discuss current topics that move the industry with experts of their field like: Martin Hoffmann (Berliner Phil-harmoniker Foundation), Hartwig Masuch (BMG Rights Management), Jochen Sandig (Radialsystem) or the BalletBoyz® and many others.

Thanks to a co-operation with the European Film Market (EFM), Avant Première 2014 participants benefit from special discount ra-tes at the European Film Market (6 – 14 February 2014) taking pla-ce at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and Marriott Hotel, both in walking distance from Hotel Scandic Pots-damer Platz. Avant Première 2014 pass holders can purchase an EFM

Day Pass for only EUR 30 (50% dis-count) at the EFM Guest Recepti-on. Accredited EFM and Berlinale participants are equally granted an Avant Première 2014 Day Pass for EUR 30.

EFM @ MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAUNiederkirchnerstr. 7, 10963 Berlin

EFM @ MARRIOTT HOTELInge-Beisheim-Platz 1, 10785 Berlin

AVANT PREMIÈRE CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN FILM MARKET6 – 14 February 2014

It's a prelude to the IMZ Avant Pre-mière 2014 embedded in the fanta-stic music programme by grand ar-tists and live broadcasting of ARTE Lounge! Swing out with us!

19:00 - 19:30 Registration19:45 Live Recording21:30 IMZ Opening Cocktail22:00 Concert "LaBrassBanda"

ARTE LOUNGE OPENING PARTY

AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS

500 state-of-the-arts music and dan-ce film productions. Get an overview, enjoy, find partners and make busi-ness! Have a look at the schedule!

BOOTH AREA

NETWORKING LOUNGE

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION ROOMS

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Performing Arts Films − The Highlights 2013

The IMZ Film Series is a daily event, open to the public. A day pass (including all film screenings per evening)

is available for 5 € at the IMZ counter in the Philharmonie foyer. The counter opens 1h before the screenings start.If you wish to watch the Special Screenings only,

you enjoy free access!

WWW.AVANTPREMIERE.AT

The IMZ Film Series is an event of

IMZ − International Music + Media Centre, Stiftgasse 7, 1070 Wien, Austria, office@imz.at, www.imz.at Sujet © Angela Sterling

17:30 SCARBOInon Barnatan plays “Scarbo” from Ravel‘s “Gaspard de la nuit”Director: Tristan Cook, USAProduction company: Tristan Cook

17:40 LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS Reconstruction of Nijnsky‘s choreography from 1913Director: Olivier SimonnetProduction company: Camera Lucida Productions, France

18:20 KARAJAN − THE SECOND LIFE A film by Eric Schulz How Karajan created his own legacy A production of ServusTV in co-production with UNITEL CLASSICA Produced by centauri Film- und Fernsehproduktion

19:30 ORFEO ED EURIDICE By C. W. GluckSpecial Screening presented by Clasart ClassicA film adaptation of great emotional depth, starring theincomparable Bejun Mehta as Orfeo

In the presence of counter-tenor Bejun Mehta

17:30 PRIVATE I’S A dance film investigating the boundaries of masculinity and the forces operating on the male bodyChoreographer: Dana RuttenbergDirector: Oren ShkedyProduction company: ScreensArts, Israel

20:00 MAX RICHTER VIVALDI RECOMPOSED − ONE NIGHT IN BERLIN Special Screening presented by C Major Entertainment Max Richter’s “post-classical idiom” draws inspiration from influences like electronic music, punk, club music or psychedelic rock

In the presence of composer Max Richter

18:30 IN BETWEEN − ISANG YUN IN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA A documentary exploring whether music can overcome the boundaries of a divided countryDirector: Maria StodtmeierProduction company: ACCENTUS Music GmbH & Co. KG, Germany © 2013

17:55 LA BOHÈME, ACT IV An entirely new interpretation elevating La Bohème to truly new heightsStage Director: Stefan HerheimTV Director: Stein-Roger BullProduction company: NordicStories, Norway

17:30 OFF GROUNDA dance film about a boy that says farewell to his motherDirector: Boudewijn KooleChoreographer: Jakop AhlbomProduction company: JvdW film, The Netherlands

17:45 BLOODY DAUGHTERMartha Argerich‘s daughter portrays her motherDirector: Stéphanie ArgerichProduction company: Idéale Audience, France

15:30 GAUTHIER DANCE: POPPEA // POPPEA Inspired by the final opera of C. Monteverdi “L’incoronazione di Poppea”Choreography: Christian SpuckDirector: Niko VialkowitschProduction company: Parallax Raumprojektion, Germany

15:55 THE BELLS Vladimir Jurowski conducts Rachmaninov Producer: Xavier Dubois, François DuplatDirector: Andy SommerProduction company: Bel Air Media, ARTE France, France, 2013

16:15 MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S TANGO Finns have a quirky sense of humour – and are a bit shy. But: Tango is THE folk music of the Finns.Director: Viviane BlumenscheinProduction company: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Germany

Berliner Philharmonie, Hermann-Wolff-Saal, Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1, 10785 Berlin-Mitte

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MONDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2014

TUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2014

WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2014

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Performing Arts Films − The Highlights 2013

The IMZ Film Series is a daily event, open to the public. A day pass (including all film screenings per evening)

is available for 5 € at the IMZ counter in the Philharmonie foyer. The counter opens 1h before the screenings start.If you wish to watch the Special Screenings only,

you enjoy free access!

WWW.AVANTPREMIERE.AT

The IMZ Film Series is an event of

IMZ − International Music + Media Centre, Stiftgasse 7, 1070 Wien, Austria, office@imz.at, www.imz.at Sujet © Angela Sterling

17:30 SCARBOInon Barnatan plays “Scarbo” from Ravel‘s “Gaspard de la nuit”Director: Tristan Cook, USAProduction company: Tristan Cook

17:40 LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS Reconstruction of Nijnsky‘s choreography from 1913Director: Olivier SimonnetProduction company: Camera Lucida Productions, France

18:20 KARAJAN − THE SECOND LIFE A film by Eric Schulz How Karajan created his own legacy A production of ServusTV in co-production with UNITEL CLASSICA Produced by centauri Film- und Fernsehproduktion

19:30 ORFEO ED EURIDICE By C. W. GluckSpecial Screening presented by Clasart ClassicA film adaptation of great emotional depth, starring theincomparable Bejun Mehta as Orfeo

In the presence of counter-tenor Bejun Mehta

17:30 PRIVATE I’S A dance film investigating the boundaries of masculinity and the forces operating on the male bodyChoreographer: Dana RuttenbergDirector: Oren ShkedyProduction company: ScreensArts, Israel

20:00 MAX RICHTER VIVALDI RECOMPOSED − ONE NIGHT IN BERLIN Special Screening presented by C Major Entertainment Max Richter’s “post-classical idiom” draws inspiration from influences like electronic music, punk, club music or psychedelic rock

In the presence of composer Max Richter

18:30 IN BETWEEN − ISANG YUN IN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA A documentary exploring whether music can overcome the boundaries of a divided countryDirector: Maria StodtmeierProduction company: ACCENTUS Music GmbH & Co. KG, Germany © 2013

17:55 LA BOHÈME, ACT IV An entirely new interpretation elevating La Bohème to truly new heightsStage Director: Stefan HerheimTV Director: Stein-Roger BullProduction company: NordicStories, Norway

17:30 OFF GROUNDA dance film about a boy that says farewell to his motherDirector: Boudewijn KooleChoreographer: Jakop AhlbomProduction company: JvdW film, The Netherlands

17:45 BLOODY DAUGHTERMartha Argerich‘s daughter portrays her motherDirector: Stéphanie ArgerichProduction company: Idéale Audience, France

15:30 GAUTHIER DANCE: POPPEA // POPPEA Inspired by the final opera of C. Monteverdi “L’incoronazione di Poppea”Choreography: Christian SpuckDirector: Niko VialkowitschProduction company: Parallax Raumprojektion, Germany

15:55 THE BELLS Vladimir Jurowski conducts Rachmaninov Producer: Xavier Dubois, François DuplatDirector: Andy SommerProduction company: Bel Air Media, ARTE France, France, 2013

16:15 MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S TANGO Finns have a quirky sense of humour – and are a bit shy. But: Tango is THE folk music of the Finns.Director: Viviane BlumenscheinProduction company: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Germany

Berliner Philharmonie, Hermann-Wolff-Saal, Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1, 10785 Berlin-Mitte

SUNDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2014

MONDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2014

TUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2014

WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2014

PANELS + LECTURE

A diverse set of panels and a lec-ture will keep you up-to-date on current industry matters and invite you to discuss with experts. Topics range from challenges in interac-tive music TV channels, to the con-

sequences of the digital revolution in performing arts on screen to the presentation of different funding models and advice on copyright is-sues for filmmakers.

SILENT MOVIE: DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI

A musical world première in an utterly restored version of the historic movie classic by Robert Wiene, presented by Berlinale Classics: Multi-instrumentalist John Zorn accompanies the plot with a brandnew composition. Read more!

Sunday, 09 February 201412:00 - 13:30Berliner Philharmonie Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 110785 Berlin

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Innovations within the audio-visual media with regard to the dissemi-nation of cultural content will be featured within the presentations of ‘ARTE Concert’, ARTE’s relaunched Internet Music Platform; TIME lab,

a new recording technology intro-duced by Fraunhofer HHI. Music label Arthaus will present excerpts from upcoming audio-visual releas-es. Find out more!

IMZ FILM SERIES + SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Avant Première 2014 hosts this curated composition of 2013’s highlights in performing arts films at Berliner Philharmonie. Enjoy a variety of themes and artistic ap-

proaches beyond conventional stages in music and dance films including two Special Screenings! Find out more!

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

It will be big! Browse our updated list of public and private broad-casters, production and distribu-tion companies, publishers, music

labels, directors, opera houses, dance companies, authors, musi-cians and networks and make your contacts now!

IMZ General Assembly10 February 2014 18:30

All IMZ members visiting Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN – please make sure to attend the 59th General Assembly of the IMZ taking place Monday, 10 February 2014 from 18:30 – 19:30 in the Screening Hall at Scandic Hotel Potsdamer Platz (Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade 19, 10963 Berlin, Germany).

For any questions, please contact: office@imz.at. We are looking for-ward to seeing you there!

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IMZ AT CLASSICAL:NEXT14 – 17 May 2014 Vienna | AustriaThe upcoming 3rd edition of the classical music expo Classical:NEXT, taking place from 14 – 17 May 2014 in Vienna, is already anticipated with high expectations from the classical community. The IMZ is happy to once again wel-come Classical:NEXT in Vienna and to be present with its own stand as well as curated film screenings, a video library and a special session you will learn more about within the coming months!We have a special deal for IMZ members! Please contact Ruth Pfletschinger to learn more about

it and register with the Guide Rate until 7 March 2014!Classical:NEXT is a new, annual event that addresses head on the challenges facing the international classical and art music community, both in its entirety and within its vari-

STAFF CHANGES

Office Manager Birgit Baresch, ex-pecting her second child in April, will again be temporarily leaving the IMZ. She would have loved to meet the many IMZ members coming to Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + ME-DIA MARKET BERLIN… “Have a gre-

at time at Avant Première 2014, drink a toast to me and see you again in 2015!” We would like to thank her for her extraordinary organisational ta-lent, her great work and dedication to the IMZ and wish her all the best and lots of luck for the maternity le-ave!Meanwhile, her agendas will be taken over by a new IMZ team member: Angela Bedekovic. Angela graduated in theatre studies, French literature and sociology in Munich. Besides studying – and enjoying dancing, photographing and going to the movies – she started working in the culture area where she explored her talent in the fields of communicati-on, organization and administration. Her professional career led her to Vi-enna where she worked at the dance and performance house Tanzquartier Wien and for individual performan-ce artists. We are happy to have her

on board and are looking forward to teamworking with her!Contact: office@imz.atYou may address Angela in German, English and French.

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ous sectors. Classical:NEXT also of-fers an ideal opportunity to promote new talent, new creative ideas and future-oriented business practices.

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IMZ AT WOMEX 1422 – 26 October 2014 Santiago de Compostela | Spain

We are nearly there and already preparing for the next IMZ World Music Film Screenings at WO-MEX 14 in beautiful Santiago de Compostela in Spain. More information will follow soon in a separate Mailing.

WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR9 March 2014Geneva | Switzerland

One of our next World Music Films On Tour screenings will take place in Geneva, Switzerland. The Ateliers d'Ethnomu-sicologie (Adem) is a non-profit organisation active since 30 years in the promotion and preservation of traditional music from around the globe. In co-operation with Cine-lux cinema, an independent film venue, the film Columbian Gold: 400 Years Of Music From The Soul, a 64minutes fea-ture documentary by Sanjay Agarwal and Ivan Higa will be screened on 9 March 2014.

Colombian Gold is a musical odyssey examining the rich musical heritage at Colombia’s Caribbean Coast, where Af-rican, Native Indigenous, and European cultures met each other. For more information please visit:www.adem.chwww.cinelux.info

Interested in booking a film for your event? Please find the complete selection of films we offer for non-commercial bookings here.

www.woldmusicfilms.com

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ACCENTUS MUSIC

Le Nozze Di Figaro In Beijing:ACCENTUS Music Continues Co-operation With NCPA

In January 2014, ACCENTUS Music filmed NCPA’s production of Mo-zart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, directed by Seville-born José Luis Castro. The Leipzig production company thus continued its successful co-oper-ation with the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. The co-operation was initiated in 2013, when ACCENTUS Music, as the first independent production company, filmed two NCPA productions: Na-bucco, starring Plácido Domingo in the title role, followed by an im-pressive scenic Gala Concert on the occasion of the bicentennial of Gi-useppe Verdi’s birth. In March 2014, ACCENTUS Music, in close co-oper-ation with acclaimed feature film di-rector Zhang Yimou, will be filming his production of the original Beijing Opera You and Me.

A Production of ACCENTUS Music in co-operation with NCPA Beijing.

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Claudio Abbado*26 June 1933 †20 January 2014

“With Claudio Abbado we have not only lost one of the most acclaimed musicians of our age, but also a good friend, with whom I worked for over 23 years – what began as a fruitful artistic collaboration developed into a friendship with this exceptional musician.

ACCENTUS Music and I are grateful to have been allowed to witness and document Claudio’s outstanding work and some of his finest concert performances over the years, unexpectedly end-ing with his last two concerts at Lucerne Festival last summer.”Paul Smaczny

ARTHAUS MUSIK GMBH

Gioacchino RossiniLe Comte Ory

Rossini’s spirited play of erotic light-ness Le Comte Ory has maintained its success to this day. Lluís Pasqual’s witty and clever production was re-corded at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The dynamic, internation-al young cast is headed by tenor Yijie Shi, Laura Polverelli and María José Moreno. Paolo Carignani conducts with verve and brio. Out now on DVD and Blu-ray. (101649/108063)

Reiner E. MoritzA History Of Dance On Screen

In the documentary A History of Dance on Screen, director Reiner E. Moritz poses the question: How has the media influenced dance in the twentieth century and vice ver-

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sa? Over this period an extensive archive of beautiful choreography, performed by the finest dancers has accumulated on film and television, resulting in a major dispersion of dance through the media. Featuring Alvin Ailey, Pina Bausch, John Neu-meier, Anna Pavlova, Sasha Waltz and others. (101690)

Richard WagnerGötterdämmerung

Götterdämmerung, the final instal-ment of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibe-lung, is a story of human passions. The strong cast includes Iréne The-orin, Lance Ryan, who continues his radiant portrayal of the tragic hero Siegfried, Mikhail Petrenko, Johan-nes Martin Kränzle and Waltraud Meier. With this 2013 recording of Götterdämmerung, the musically and visually compelling Scala Ring Cycle by Daniel Barenboim and Guy Cassiers was completed and proved to be one of the highlights of the Richard Wagner bicentenary. (101696/108093)

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CLASART CLASSIC

Clasart Classic To Continue Co-operation With The Cleveland Orchestra And Franz Welser-Möst

After the successful recording of the Bruckner cycle, Clasart Classic continues its close collaboration with The Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of its principal conductor Franz Welser-Möst. In the focus of this co-operation is the oeuvre of Jo-hannes Brahms, which is to be pre-sented in its full spectrum: from the violin concerto with Julia Fischer to the two piano concertos, starring ac-claimed pianist Yefim Bronfman, and the symphonies.

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Brahms cycle just started with the recording of the composer’s Academic Festi-val Overture, of the violin concerto and of the Symphony No. 4 at Cleve-land’s neo-classical gem Severance Hall, the orchestra’s home base. For the recording of Brahms’ violin concerto, Franz Welser-Möst and his orchestra were joined by Julia Fischer, whose “magnificent” perfor-mance was hailed by the press: “Be-tween pure tone and forceful, ardent manner, she represented the ideal Brahms protagonist.” (The Plain Dealer).

As befits its enormous presence on both sides of the Atlantic, The Cleve-land Orchestra will be recording the Brahms cycle not only at Severance Hall, but also on guest tours to Lon-don’s Royal Albert Hall and to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, both in September 2014.

Clasart Classic is recording the con-certs in HD quality and with 5.1 Sur-round Sound.

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C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT

Royal Swedish BalletMats Ek: Juliet & Romeo

After some 400 years, it is time to reverse the title of the world’s great-est love story and to consider the plot from a fresh angle. Which is exactly what distinguished Swedish choreographer Mats Ek has done. By beginning the account from Juli-et’s perspective and focusing on her

actions and emotions, not only are things turned upside down but it also marks a return to the source of one of the most famous plays in world lit-erature. Juliet & Romeo is Mats Eks’s first narrative ballet since 1997, and the music comprises a collection of excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s well-known compositions selected by the choreographer.Length: 105 min.Production: BFMI in co-production with SVT and Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm

Kraftwerk – Pop Art

The amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop groups of all time. The docu-mentary features three exclusive live tracks filmed, at their Tate Modern shows in London (Feb 2013), inter-

woven with expert analysis, archive footage of the group, newsreel of the era and newly-shot cinematic evoca-tions of their obsessions – motion, cycling, travel, globalism, communi-cation, automation and the harmoni-ous coexistence of man, nature and technology. A film by Simon Witter and Hannes Rossacher.Length: 50 min. Production: Kobalt for Arte

Pavarotti – A Voice for the Ages

This programme celebrates the 50th anniversary since the launch of the international phenomenon. In 1963, Luciano Pavarotti debuted in Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich and finally London where he substituted for the ailing Giuseppe di Stefano as Rodolfo in La Bohème…Length: 59 min.A production of THIRTEEN Pro-ductions LLC, DECCA and C Major Entertainment

www.cmajor-entertainment.com

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EUROARTS

More Than Just Dance… O Samba

“Samba, together with football and beautiful women, is what springs to mind when we think of Brazil. We wish to transcend such clichés and take samba for what it is. Samba can-not be reduced simply to dance and lascivious hip movements. Samba is also word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life.”

Georges Gachots new film O Samba has been selected as Opening Film at FIPA 2014 and EuroArts is proud to have this programme in its cata-logue for TV distribution and home video (to be released on DVD & Blu-ray Disc in May 2014).

The composer and singer Martinho da Vila (in the middle of the photo) is guiding us through today’s world of samba and we will meet with his Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, the Vila Isabel, winner of Carnaval 2013.

With the participation of Nana Mouskouri, Mart'nalia, Maira Freit-as, Ney Matogrosso, Leci Brandao, Moyses Marques, Zeca Baleiro, Paula Lima ... and many others. Pro-duced by Gachot Films in co-produc-tion with ARTE/ZDF and SRF Swiss Television

© FIPA 2014

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Dancing on… DVD & Blu-ray Disc

Wayne McGregorGoing Somewhere & A Moment in Time

MAHLERMANIAPerformance & Documentary with Nico and the Navigators, Deutsche Oper Berlin

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IDÉALE AUDIENCE

Maurizio Pollini – Man and Master (WT)

A unique film portrait of the famous Italian pianist; selected to compete at the Festival International des Pro-grammes Audiovisuels (21 – 26 Janu-ary 2014, Biarritz, France) and at the International Festival Films on Arts (20 – 30 March 2014, Montreal). Classical music lovers around the world are eagerly awaiting these two events…

Maurizio Pollini felt himself that the time had come to submit to the prob-ing of the camera, an exercise made all the more necessary because of his usual avoidance of the public eye. In Man and Master, he discusses a richly complex range of topics with lively wit and intelligence. In addition to some biographical details, the film covers his musical experience, from the Chopin Piano Competition to avant-garde music; the people whose paths he has crossed, includ-ing Abbado, Böhm and Boulez; his repertoire (from Bach to Nono); and his political commitment in Italy dur-ing the Years of Lead, and more. Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon and co-produced by Idéale Audience, Arte France and SRF. Distribution: EuroArts. Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schu-mann, Boulez, Nono, Schoenberg, StockhausenDuration: 54 min.

New Website

We are pleased to announce that Ide-ale-audience.com is now online!You will now be able to browse the film catalogue by category (classical music concerts, operas, ballets, doc-umentaries), the non-musical docu-mentaries, and the feature films. A News page will regularly be updated to inform you about all the latest pro-ductions.

www.ideale-audience.com

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POORHOUSE INTERNATIO-NAL LTD.

After Music in the Air and Dance on Screen, Reiner Moritz is current-ly preparing a documentary for Tel-mondis entitled Roland Petit – The Entertainer.Roland Petit is probably the most successful choreographer of our time. Who else can boast more than 5,000 performances of one of his or her ballets?Roland Petit has achieved this record with his Carmen, dancing the piece together with Zizi Jeanmaire, who became his muse, at least 2,000 times himself.He also discovered Leslie Caron who will tell how she later gave him a helping hand in Hollywood. The one-hour documentary will draw on Telmondis’ large collection of ballets by the choreographer, an earlier bi-ography and a show with the chore-ographer remembering his creative career. Interviews with dancers, cho-reographers, critics and foes will for the first time draw a proper picture of a great artist whose vanity did not allow anybody else beside him.

As the Hollywood feature film clips will cost an arm and a leg, Poorhouse will be grateful for any presales.

Roland Petit – The EntertainerProduced by TelmondisDirected by Reiner E. MoritzShot in HDRunning Time 55 min.Delivery planned for autumn 2014

www.poorhouseintl.co.uk

RIDDLE FILMS INC.

The Rolston Sessions

Riddle Films recently completed the 70-minute Rolston Sessions, captu-red at The 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition. The film is comprised of ten performances by the competing quartets in the beau-tiful Rolston Recital Hall at the Banff Centre, and features interviews with members of each of the quartets, representing eleven different coun-tries. Includes the winners, The Do-ver Quartet (US), Quatuor Cavatine (FR), The Navara String Quartet (IE/UK/NL), The Schumann Quartett (DE) and more.

The Rolston Sessions is shot in HD and is available for acquisition. Cont-act Liam Romalis, liam@riddlefilms.com, or Jason Charters, jason@riddlefilms.com for more informati-on or to connect with them at Avant Première.

www.riddlefilms.com

UNITEL GMBH & CO. KG

From Teatro Massimo, PalermoRichard Strauss: Feuersnot

From Wagner to Strauss: Unitel opens the Richard Strauss year 2014 with the first ever video recor-ding of Strauss’ early one act opera Feuersnot, the master’s answer to Richard Wagner’s idea of “redemp-tion through love”. The new pro-duction from the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, one of the most prestigi-ous opera houses in Europe, is led by Italian conductor Gabriele Ferro. Stage director: Emma Dante. As so-loists: Alex Wawiloff, Rubén Amo-retti, Nicola Beller Carbone, Christi-ne Knorren, Chiara Fracasso, Maria Sarra and German baritone Dietrich Henschel in the role of Kunrad. Also performing are the Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus. Length: approx. 105 min.A production of Unitel in co-produc-tion with Classica Italia and Teatro Massimo Palermo.

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In Commemoration Of Claudio AbbadoGustavo Dudamel Con-ducts The Berlioz Re-quiem From Cathédrale Notre-Dame De Paris

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, which is joined by the Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur de Radio France and the Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris. As soloist: Andrew Staples, tenor. The Grande Messe des Morts is one of Berlioz’ best-known works, with a tremen-dous orchestration of woodwind and brass instruments, including four

antiphonal offstage brass ensembles placed at the corners of the concert stage. This performance of Hector Berlioz’ Requiem from the Cathédra-le Notre-Dame de Paris is dedicated to Claudio Abbado, who died on 20 January 2014.Length: approx. 100 min. A production of Camera lucida Pro-ductions in co-production with Ra-dio France and Arte France in co-ope-ration with Unitel Classica.Unitel is distributed by C Major Entertainmentwww.cmajor-entertainment.com

www.unitelclassica.com

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WINDROSE

Peter And The Wolf Just Completed!

Prokofiev’s masterpiece for children is revisited with the little violinist Peter seing animated characters co-ming to life thanks to music, played by The French National Orchestra and the violinist Sarah Nemtanu under Daniele Gatti’s conduction. If you enjoyed Antoine's Four Seasons and the Carnival of Animals, you will love it! Peter And The Wolf has been completed and is now available for sale.

Enjoy some extracts:www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85D33OL6uLowww.youtube.com/watch?v=m6oC-GaqnEF0www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DU-6BR5eweowww.youtube.com/watch?v=LG-9b6aAp7bA

New Productions In Windrose’s Line-Up

Narrated by Thomas Hampson, Of Love, Death And Beyond (52min./88min.) explores how a 27 year-old Gustav Mahler engaged the most difficult question of life – what is death? – and established himself as a symphonist. The result is his monumental Resurrection Symph-ony. Historical reenactments and interviews with the world’s most respected Mahler scholars guide

the viewer, with performances of the New York Philharmonic and Phila-delphia Orchestra under the directi-on of Neeme Järvi.

At the Chorégies of Orange, A Mas-ked Ball (125min.), Verdi's opera, is re-created based on the original libretto by Antonio Somma, which had been censored. It re-establishes the truth about the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden. 6-min. backstage TV report available.Watch the trailer here.

www.windrose.fr

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EUROARTS

O Samba goes Berlinale – Screening at the EFM:

Monday, 10 February 2014, 1:20pm CET at Zoo Club A, Zoo Palast, Berlin

GEBRUEDER BEETZ FILM-PRODUKTION

Midsummer Night’s Tan-go At International Film Festival Rotterdam

The music documentary Midsummer Night's Tango (director: Viviane Blu-menschein; in co-production with Il-lume Ltd., Gema Films, SF and 3sat) was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam.The film follows three Argentine mu-sicians on their journey to Finland to find out wether Aki Kaurismäki is tel-ling the truth by claiming that Tango was invented in Finland.

More information & trailer

www.beetz-brothers.de

QUEEN ELISABETH 2014 VOICE COMPETITION14 – 16 May 2014 First round, Flagey (Brussels)18 – 20 May 2014 Semi-final, Flagey (Brussels)28 – 31 May 2014 Final, Brussels Centre for Fine Arts10 June 20014 Closing concert, Brussels Centre for Fine Arts

QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNA-TIONAL COMPETITION, VIOLIN 2015 THE RULESIn full preparation for the 2014 voice session, the Queen Elisabeth Com-petition is already looking forward to next year, presenting the rules for its 2015 violin session. This compe-tition is for musicians (born after 31 December 1984) who have complet-ed their training and who are ready to embark upon an international ca-reer. More information about the en-try conditions and the competition rounds is available in the rules on www.qeimc.be.

Online application will open on the website by mid-November 2014. There is a new date for the applica-tion deadline: 10 January 2015.The semi-finalists will be accom-panied by the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. And, once more, Marin Alsop will conduct the National Orchestra of Belgium in the final.

www.qeimc.be

FESTIVAL/COMPETITION NEWS

SONOSTREAM.TV TO BROAD-CAST EMMERICH SMOLA SINGING COMPETITIONOn Demand In February: www.son-ostream.tvOn 25 January, The Emmerich Smola Prize, one of the most highly coveted prizes in opera among young sing-ers, has been awarded on its 10th-year anniversary. Six young singers (3 female, 3 male) who have already showed much promise by winning prizes at major singing competitions and/or through impressive engage-ments were selected to spend 5 days musically preparing two bravura

arias with conductor Enrico Delam-boye. The fruits of this work are ev-idenced in the big gala concert with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie orchestra, filmed by the SWR Televi-sion at the beautiful Jugendstil Fest-halle in Landau, Germany. Two Audi-ence Prizes were given to one female and one male singer. Join Sonostream.tv and witness more future stars of the opera world!

www.sonostream.tv

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ACCENTUS MUSIC

Diapason D’Or ARTEFor Mahler 6 With Riccardo Chailly

More critical acclaim for the Leipzig Mahler cycle: Accentus Music is de-lighted to announce that the DVD and Blu-ray production of Riccar-do Chailly and the Gewandhausor-chester Leipzig performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 has been awarded a prestigious Diapason d’Or ARTE in the February 2014 issue of Diapa-son, conferred by the French maga-zine together with ARTE. Since the beginning of its release on DVD and Blu-ray, starting with the Sympho-nies Nos. 2 and 8 in 2011, the Leipzig Mahler cycle has received several ac-colades – just recently the release of the Symphony No. 4 has also been granted the Diapason d’Or ARTE.

INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS – ICMA 2014

And The Winners Are...Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit is honored with a Lifetime Achie-vement Award, one of the most eminent fortepianists of our time, Andreas Staier, is Artist of the Year, and the young French viola player Adrien Boisseau is ICMA’s Young Ar-tist of the Year. In total seven Special

Awards are listed, among them the one for the SWR Symphony Orche-stra Baden-Baden und Freiburg. In the CD and DVD categories, 16 pro-ductions from 15 different labels are awarded a prize. We are particularly happy that again IMZ members are prominent among the winners! He-arty Congratulations go to...

SPECIAL AWARDS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDCharles DutoitBrigitte Fassbaender

ARTIST OF THE YEARAndreas Staier

YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEARAdrien Boisseau

LABEL OF THE YEARGlossa

CLASSICAL WEBSITE AWARDMetropolitan Opera Archives

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSWR Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDLudwig van Beethoven Association, Kraków (Poland)

CD & DVD CATEGORIES

EARLY MUSICErasmus van Rotterdam: In Praise of Folly Louise Moaty, Marc Mauil-lon, René Zosso, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Sav-allAlia Vox AVSA 9895

BAROQUE INSTRUMENTALThe Scarlatti Restored Manuscript; Domenco Scarlatti, Antonio Soler: Sonatas Andrea Bacchetti, pianoRCA Red Seal 88765417242

BAROQUE VOCALGiovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri, Confitebor tibi

DominePhilippe Jaroussky, Julia Lezhneva, Coro della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, I Barocchisti, Die-go Fasolis Erato 5099931914727

VOCAL RECITALFranz Schubert: Erlkönig Matthias Goerne, baritone & Andreas Hae-fliger, piano, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902141

CHORAL WORKSBerlioz: Grande messe des morts, Op. 5Barry Banks, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, LSO Live LSO0729

OPERABenjamin Britten: The Rape of Lu-cretia Ian Bostridge, Angelika Kirch-schlager, Christopher Purves, Su-san Gritton, Peter Coleman-Wright, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Erato 5099960267221

SOLO INSTRUMENTMaurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sen-timentales - George Enescu: Sonata op. 24/1 - Claude Debussy: 4 PréludesElisabeth Leonskaja, piano, eaSonus EAS 29237Scarlatti Illuminated (Scarlatti - Scar-latti/Tausig - Scarlatti/Friedman)Joseph Moog, piano,Onyx 4106

CHAMBER MUSICBéla Bartok: String Quartet No. 3 - Al-ban Berg: String Quartet op. 3 - Alfred Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3Signum Quartett, Capriccio C5163

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LAURELS, PRIZES AND PRAISES OBITUARY

CONCERTOSBéla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 - Peter Eötvös: Seven - GyörgyLigeti: Violin ConcertoPatricia Kopatchinskaja, hr-Sinfonie-orchester, Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös, Naïve V5285

SYMPHONIC MUSICJohannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Tragische Ouvertüre, Haydn-Var-iationen, Liebeslieder-Walzer etc.Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Ric-cardo Chailly, Decca 4785344

CONTEMPORARY MUSICKrzysztof Penderecki: The Complete Symphonies, Polish Sinfonia Iuven-tus Orchestra, Krzysztof PendereckiDux 947

BEST COLLECTIONPaul Hindemith: Violin Concerto - Vi-olin SonatasFrank Peter Zimmermann, violin, En-rico Pace, piano, Paavo Järvi, hr-Sin-fonieorchester, Paavo Järvi, BIS 2024

HISTORICAL RECORDINGCelibidache - The Berlin Recordings, 1945-1957Hans Bottermund, Helmut Heller, Lilia d’Albore, Erna Berger, Marga-rete Klose, Gustav Scheck, Gerhard Puchelt, Tibor de Machula, Raoul Koczalski, Hans Peter Schmitz, Hel-mut Schlövogt, Karl Rucht, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfo-nieorchester Berlin, Radio-Sympho-nie-Orchester Berlin, Sergiu Celibi-dache, Audite 21.423

DVD PERFORMANCESergey Prokofiev: The GamblerSergei Aleksashkin, Tatiana Pav-lovskaya, Vladimir Galuzin, Larissa Dyadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Alexan-der Gergalov, Nadezhda Serdyuk, Andrei Popov, Oleg Sychev, Andrei Spekhov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev; Laurent Gentot, film direc-tor, Mariinsky MAR0536

DVD DOCUMENTARIESRefuge in Music – TerezinA Film by Dorothee Binding and Benedict Mirow, with Anne-Sofie von Otter, Daniel Hope, Christian Gerha-her, Bengt Forsberg, Bebe Risenfors, Alice Herz-Sommer, Coco SchumannDeutsche Grammophon 477 6546 2

Being part of this year’s Beethoven Easter Festival, the Award Ceremo-ny and Gala Concert will take place on 12 April 2014 at the Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw.Save the date & celebrate your suc-cess!

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CLAUDIO ABBADO

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, for-mer musical director of La Scala, has died at the age of 80.

With Claudio Abbado, we have lost one of the greatest musicians of the 20th and 21st century. His insatiable curiosity and his strong connection with the spirit of music across the dif-ferent genres were an inspiration to us influencing both the life and work of so many members of the IMZ net-work.His art has cultivated our idea of mu-sic-making. He made us listen –

“My so-called career has always been an exploring expedition”Claudio Abbado

... “one of the true giants of classi-cal”… The Guardian

Each one of his concerts was “a per-formance of indelible, life-changing moments” that “changed percep-tions". BBC News

“At the end the strings faded into the ether as if merging with an ineffable, eternal life force; you could scarcely tell where sound stopped and silence began”... The Independent

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CINEDANS – DANCE ON SCREEN11th Edition Of The International Dance Film Festival In EYE12 – 16 March 2014 Amsterdam | Netherlands

Cinedans – Dance on Screen will re-turn to Amsterdam’s EYE from 12 to 16 March 2014. This 11th edition of Cinedans will include more than 90 international dance films, documen-taries and interactive installations.

Special guest Boris Paval Conen will have an important part to play, and filmmaker Peter Delpeut is the guest curator.

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4TH EUROPEAN FORUM ON MUSIC IN BERN, SWITZERLAND19 – 22 June 2014 Bern | SwitzerlandThe 4th edition of the EMC's annual conference, the European Forum on Music, will take place in Bern, Swit-zerland on 19 – 22 June 2014. The Fo-rum will focus on Music and Politics: a shared responsibility. Together with its local partners, the Swiss Music Council and the Yehudi

Menuhin Forum Bern, the European Music Council looks forward to wel-coming you in Bern at an inspiring Forum full of dialogue, opportunities for networking and exchange, and not forgetting of course, music!

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THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS COMPETITION Call For Entries!Deadline: 17 February 2014The 42nd International Emmy® Awards competition has opened 12 December 2013. Don’t miss the

deadline for entries on 17 February 2014. For Rules & Regulations and to enter, go to www.iemmys.tv.

SAN FRANCISCO DANCE FILM FESTIVAL6 – 9 November 2014San Francisco | USA

Leap into the New Year by submitting your dance films to San Francisco Dan-ce Film Festival. After the festival’s successful collaboration with IMZ's dance screen in 2013, SFDFF invites members and supporters of the IMZ to enter their best dance films to SFDFF's 5th anniversary Festival.

Important Dates:Submissions open: 1 February 2014Final submission deadline: 1 May 2014Festival in San Francisco: 6 – 9 Nov 2014

www.sfdancefilmfest.org/submissions

Call For Entries!