NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2011

• NEW RELEASES ON SFS MEDIA

• C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT NETREBKO, SCHROTT, KAUFMANN AND FURTHER BAD BOYS

• ELECTRIC SKY OPERA AND BALLET DEALS

• THE MET NIXON IN CHINA

• WHAT’S ON… ZDF

• ALLEGRO NOMINATED FOR DVD OF THE YEAR AWARD

IMZ INTERNAL NEWS• IMZ AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AND CONFERENCE AT

MIDEM 2011 REVIEW

•AVANT PREMIÈRE CATALOGUE ONLINE

• WELCOME NEW IMZ DIRECTORATE

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY IMZ!

• STAFF NEWS

IMZ MEMBER NEWS• 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

• CLASART CLASSIC NEW MEDIA COOPERATION

• EUROARTS BEST OF VERBIER FESTIVAL 2010

• ACCENTUS MUSIC THE ROMANTIC OFFERING

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

• CIE QUETEM NEW WEBSITE

• WINTER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SOCHI

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IMZ AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AND CONFERENCE AT

MIDEM 2011

Another edition of IMZ at MIDEM was a big success!

At the IMZ Opening Cocktail, held on Sunday, 24 January 2011 at 2.30pm at

the IMZ stand, the newly elected IMZ president Chris Hunt was handed over a

bunch of 50 roses for IMZ´s 50th anniversary by Cornelia Much from ReedMIDEM

and wished the IMZ and its members a successful MIDEM and business year 2011!

At the IMZ Avant Première Screenings at MIDEM 2011, over a period

of four days, no less than 54 companies presented their showreels in the

Auditorium A, including 380 productions of classical music, world music and jazz as

well as classical ballet and contemporary dance to a very interested audience.

The IMZ/MIDEM conference "Unveiling new opportunities to

monetise classical music", held on Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 2.30 - 3.45pm,

brought together Kevin Arnold, Founder and CEO, IODA (USA), James Brown,

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Managing Director, Hazard Chase Limited (UK), Jens Neubert, Author and

Director/CEO, Syquali Multimedia (Switzerland), Costa Pilavachi, SVP, Classical

artists & Repertoire, Universal Music Group International (UK) and Alexander

Schönburg (Managing Director, Agency 4E7 – Marketing / Social Media) discussing

the current models to gain revenues as well as new strategies of monetising

classical music via web 2.0 such as facebook and platforms such as youtube and

how to better or best reach important target groups such as young people.

The conference was well visited and led to a lively discussion with the audience.

More information about the conference can soon be found at

www.avantpremiere.at.

Many thanks to all of you who have contributed to a lovely and lively atmosphere

at the IMZ stand and IMZ events at MIDEM!

We are looking forward to seeing you again next year!

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AVANT PREMIÈRE CATALOGUE ONLINE

The new Avant Première Catalogue with the latest productions of the IMZ

members is online! Have a look at here and explore the many worlds of music in

the media 2011!

WELCOME THE NEW IMZ DIRECTORATE

The IMZ board has voted… Welcome back Chris Hunt (Classical TV Ltd,

United Kingdom) as President of the IMZ! New in the ranks of the Vice

Presidents: Arild Erikstad (NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Company, Norway)

– alongside Hazel Wright (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, United

Kingdom) and Henk van der Meulen (Royal Conservatoire of The Hague,

Netherlands), both confirmed in their former function. Also renewing his

mandate as Treasurer is Bernd Hellthaler (EuroArts Medien GmbH,

Germany). Congratulations!

Chris Hunt

Henk van der MeulenBernd Hellthaler

Arild Erikstad

Hazel Wright

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY IMZ!

LOOKING BACK ON HALF A CENTURY…

… of communicating the worlds of dance and the musics of the world, of opening

minds, broadening platforms, new horizons, solid playgrounds, of on-screen nexus

and backstage plexus…

For 50 YEARS now, the IMZ has made a real contribution to the businesses of

its members:

For an opera house it provides an instant media policy along with every element

needed to carry it out. For a broadcaster, it‘s every stage of the supply chain. For

producers and distributors, it‘s their entire global market. For everyone, it‘s a

valuable network, a forum for discussion, a showcase for productions, a lobbying

group, a database, and an information exchange.

How did it all begin?

Founded in 1961…

… under the aegis of UNESCO and initiated by Wilfried Scheib, Head of Music

at ORF those days, the IMZ, with base in Vienna, started off from a handful of

European members, who were mainly involved in business fields around classical

music. Since then the IMZ has been dedicating itself to the worldwide

development and promotion through audio-visual media of all forms of

classical, jazz, world and contemporary music, as well as classical and

contemporary dance.

Today…

… it‘s the one-stop shop for anyone in any position in the value chain from

music and dance creation to the buying public, with a membership including the

broadest range of music and media related organisations: public broadcasters;

independent producers; pay-tv companies; distributors; opera houses or festival

organisations; educational institutions; music publishing houses; record and DVD

labels; cinema and new media specialists…

Just think of your personal IMZ history and let us celebrate THE IMZ’s 50th

ANNIVERSARY IN 2011!

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FAREWELL TO KONSTANTIN PETROWSKY

We would like to thank him for supporting the IMZ team in the preparation

of the 12th edition of dancescreen in Amsterdam and the IMZ events at

Midem. It was a pleasure working with him, and we wish him all the best for

his new job at Vienna’s “Theater der Jugend”!

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48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

SAVE THE DATE!

The 48th International Television Festival will be held on 15 – 19 October

2011 at the Zofin Palace in Prague.

Deadlines:

For entry forms: 15 April 2011

For submission of programmes and payment: 15 May 2011

For personal registration forms: 15 September 2011

Categories:

1) Documentary programmes dedicated to music and dance

2)Performing Arts (Recordings of opera, operetta, musicals, dance, ballet,

concerts, etc.)

Only programmes produced after 15 April 2010 will be accepted for competition.

Maximum number of programmes per entrant: 5

Maximum total length of all programmes entered by a single entrant: unlimited

Minimum length of each programme: 5 minutes

Each participant can submit a maximum of four programmes dedicated to music

and dance regardless of the date of their production to the Video Library.

(Programmes submitted to the competition will be included automatically.)

Find all deadlines, further rules, regulations and the entry forms at the ITF GP

website www.festivalgoldenprague.cz

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CLASART CLASSIC

NEW MEDIA COOPERATION WITH THE SALZBURG WHITSUN FESTIVAL

Beginning in 2012, the “Queen of Coloratura,” Cecilia Bartoli, will take over the

artistic direction of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival for an initial period of three

years. In the first year of Bartoli’s tenure, George Frederic Handel’s Baroque

opera Giulio Cesare will be on the programme.

Cecila Bartoli as Semele by G.F. Handel (Opera House Zurich)

Please note:

In January 2011, Johana Mücková took over as Secretary General of the ITF Golden Prague.

Contact:

johana.muckova@ceskatelevize.cz

phone: +420 261 137 179

fax: +420 261 137 124

mobile: +420 605 751 290

Cecilia Bartoli sings Cleopatra, Andreas Scholl Cesare. Giovanni Antonini leads

the period instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Responsible for the

stage production is the proven directorial duo of Moshe Leiser and Patrice

Caurier.

Clasart Classic will record this musical event in HD and 5.0 Surround Sound.

The productions of the following years will be announced at a later time. It can

be asserted now, however, that there will be no further Baroque operas.

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EUROARTS

NEW IN THE CATALOGUE:

BEST OF VERBIER FESTIVAL 2010

EuroArts is proud to offer the Idéale Audience series of twelve TV

programmes presenting the very best of the concerts of the 17th edition of

the Verbier Festival featuring the most prestigious artists in classical music.

As usual, the musical encounters gather established musicians such as

Martha Argerich and David Guerrier performing the Shostakovich

concerto for violin and trumpet or Menahem Pressler playing Mozart’s

G major concerto under the baton of Daniel Harding. Piano recitals feature

Yuja Wang, Nicholas Angelich and Adam Laloum (new First Prize

of the Clara Haskil competition), while chamber music scores are played by

no less than the Ebene Quartet, Daniel Hope, Vilde Frang,

Gautier Capuçon, Leonidas Kavakos.

Not to forget The Verbier Festival Orchestra guaranteeing

masterful performances conducted by Daniel Harding (Stravinsky: Rite

of Spring, Brahms: Symphony No. 2), Charles Dutoit (Prokofiev: Piano

concerto No. 2 with Yuja Wang) or Paul McCreesh (Beethoven: Symphony

No. 7)…

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NEW RELEASES ON DVD/BLU-RAY:

Steve Reich: Phase to Face

A film by Eric Darmon and Franck Mallet

Including as Bonus: Talks in Tokyo with Steve Reich and A Brief History of Music

with Steve Reich

Classic Archive: Jan Peerce

A film by Peter Rosen, hosted by Isaac Stern

A Different Way: Tango with Rodolfo Mederos

Recorded in Buenos Aires 2007 + Bonus Domingueando

A film by Gabriel Szollosy

Mahler Symphony No. 5: Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival

Orchestra

www.euroarts.com

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ACCENTUS MUSIC

MARTHA ARGERICH AND MISCHA MAISKY PRESENTING THE ROMANTIC OFFERING

A WORLD PREMIERE AT THE KKL LUCERNE

Featuring Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky, the Lucerne Symphony

Orchestra under the baton of Neeme Järvi will present the world premiere of

Rodion Shchedrin’s new Concerto for cello, piano and orchestra

on 9 February 2011 at the KKL Lucerne. The LSO, Switzerland’s oldest

symphony orchestra, has won an international standing that extends far

beyond its home base. Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most famous and

popular Russian composers of our time. He has received numerous

international prizes and awards and has been commissioned by many

prominent figures and orchestras of the 20th century such as Leonard

Bernstein, Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic.

“My Double Concerto is subtitled Romantic offering, which in my opinion

provides a comprehensive definition of the overall concept and intellectual content of

the musical material in the score. I have created the work for the wonderful soloists

Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky to whom the composition is also dedicated. I

have attempted to depict and highlight the most distinctive individual qualities of the

two musicians.”

(Rodion Shchedrin)

Programme:

Antonín Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso in D flat major, op. 66

Rodion Shchedrin: Concerto for piano, violoncello und orchestra “Romantic Offering”

César Franck: Sonata for violoncello and piano in A major

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, op. 70

An HD production of ACCENTUS Music in coproduction with Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and SRF

For further information, please contact Ulrike Gratz, Dvd Distribution, at u.gratz@accentus.com

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All SFS Media recordings are available from the Symphony Store in Davies

Symphony Hall and online at sfsymphony.org/store as well as other major

retailers. The recordings can also be purchased as MP3s from iTunes, Emusic,

Rhapsody, and other digital outlets. Distribution: Harmonia Mundi in the U.S., SRI

Canada, IODA digitally and Avie internationally.

Available for pre-release by download exclusively from Apple’s iTunes Music

Store beginning 1 February.

www.sfsymphony.org

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

TWO NEW RECORDINGS ON SFS MEDIA

Following the conclusion of their seven Grammy-Award-winning Mahler

recording cycle, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco

Symphony will release two new hybrid SACD recordings on 8 February 2011:

Charles Ives’ A Concord Symphony, orchestrated by Henry Brant, and

Copland’s Organ Symphony (Catalogue Number: SFS0038), with soloist

Paul Jacobs, a 2011 Grammy Award nominee. A recording of

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is paired with Piano Concerto No. 4

(Catalogue Number: SFS0037), with soloist Emanuel Ax. All material was

captured live in concerts held at Davies Symphony Hall.

“These are pieces which are about the experience of sound itself as well as a

stirring musical message. […] The San Francisco Symphony has met this

challenge. It is a fearless and ferocious performance.”

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WHAT’S NEW IN THE MARKET

Three Superstars at the Waldbühne Berlin

Following the overwhelming success of the spectacular open-air summer

concerts in Berlin (2006) and Vienna (2008), Anna Netrebko will be back at

Berlin’s Waldbühne. Joining her: Erwin Schrott and Jonas Kaufmann. On

the programme: famous duets and arias by Bernstein, Puccini, Mozart and

Gounod. 16 August 2011 – live signal available! Length approx. 90’,

Format: HD (5.1 Surround Sound). Production: ZDF in co-production with

Unitel.

Anna Bolena

Live from the Vienna State Opera: Anna Bolena, one of Donizetti’s three famous

Tudor operas, featuring Anna Netrebko as Henry VIII’s second wife Anne

Boleyn, and Elīna Garanča in the role of her antagonist Jane Seymour. As

Henry VIII: Ildebrando D‘Arcangelo. Live signal available on 2 April

2011! Length approx. 150’, Format: HD (5.1 Surround Sound). Director: Brian

Large. Production: Unitel.

Bryn Terfel – Bad Boys

Look at this line-up of musical villains, some of the most unscrupulous, cynical,

devious, roguish figures of the opera stage! Bryn Terfel calls them the “demonic

misfits and malcontents of this wonderful music”. On the

programme: “Udite, udite, o rustici” (Donizetti, L'Elisir d'amore); “So lo Spirito che

nega” (Boito, Mefistofele); “Le veau d'or” (Gounod, Faust); “Credo” (Verdi, Otello);

“It ain't necessarily so” (Bernstein, Porgy and Bess). Length: 69’, Format: HD.

Production: AVANTI in association with Universal Music Classical Management &

Productions and UNITEL.

Classical Summit 2011 © DEAG

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classic created to celebrate Birmingham Royal Ballet's 20th anniversary year,

Cinderella (1 x 105') by Glass Slipper Productions for BBC and Simon

Boccanegra (1 x 147') A BBC / Royal Opera House Production.

Electric Sky can also announce one recent deals: In Australia, SBS has picked up

Infra, Chroma and Limen (3 x 30'). This world premiere collection from the Royal

Ballet’s resident choreographer Wayne McGregor was a specially commissioned

trilogy and highly praised by critics and public alike.

In Japan, public broadcaster NHK has picked up La Bayadère (1 x 115') by Royal

Opera House. This HD film is Natalia Makarova’s production based on Marius

Petipa’s 19th century original. Romantic India provides the setting for one of The

Royal Ballet’s favourite full-length works: a tale of love, murder and vengeful

judgement by the gods.

Find out more on www.electricsky.com!

TV distribution worldwide: C Major Entertainment (info@cmajor-

entertainment.com)

ELECTRIC SKY

OPERA AND BALLET DEALS

UK distributor Electric Sky had a successful MIDEM last month where Ros Ali

presented three new titles as part of the IMZ Avant Première

Screenings. The titles included Cherevichki (Tsarina’s Slippers) (1 x 60’) co-

produced by Royal Opera House & BBC, a brand new version of the fairytale

© Unitel

Cinderella

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THE MET

JOHN ADAMS’ NIXON IN CHINA:

DIRECTOR PETER SELLARS MADE HIS MET DEBUT

The Metropolitan Opera presented its first-ever performances of John Adams’

Nixon in China beginning 2 February, with the composer conducting his own

score. The Met’s new production, staged by Peter Sellars, stars James Maddalena

as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the opera’s world premiere in 1987 and

has performed at leading opera houses around the world. Featuring Janis Kelly as

Pat Nixon, Kathleen Kim as Chiang Ch’ing, Robert Brubaker as Mao Tse-tung,

Russell Braun as Chou En-lai, and Richard Paul Fink as Henry Kissinger. A great

opportunity to re-visit the work of the legendary world premiere production’s

design team, including set designer Adrianne Lobel, costume designer Dunya

Ramicova, lighting designer James F. Ingalls, and choreographer Mark Morris…

The 12 February matinee will be transmitted to more than 1,500 movie theaters

in more than 40 countries globally as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

For more information please see the Met’s website at www.metoperafamily.org

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WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN FEBRUARY

NEOMUSIC POP AND OPERA’S LADY DIANA

In the framework of the saturdaily neoMusic, ZDFneo presents the top of the

pops both in portraits – Robbie Williams, Queen, Tina Turner – and concert –

George Michael, Oasis, Michael Bublé, and Stevie Wonder, while ZDF-on-ARTE

focuses on nine months with German soprano star Diana Damrau:

MUSICA: Diana Damrau. Neun Monate mit dem deutschen

Opernstar (Broadcast: 7 February 2011, 9.30pm, ARTE)

For the magical period of nine months, filmmaker Beatrix Conrad was following

Diana Damrau through her high-pressure life as an artist on stage and

backstage, at opera houses in New York, Paris and Munich, at recitals and in the

recording studio, but also visiting her parents in her hometown Günzburg,

unwinding in her new home in Geneva, in the harmony of family life… As for a

documentary’s happy ending: Well, sometimes the sound of music has a baby’s

voice…

www.zdf.de

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ALLEGRO FILMS

NOMINATED FOR DVD OF THE YEAR

Having won the DVD of the Year Award three times in four years, in 2005, 2006,

and 2008, Allegro Films gained two nominations this year: Alice Sommer Herz:

Everything is a Present and Tchaikovsky. Two phenomenal chances of

winning again…

Find out more on the films on www.allegrofilms.com

Contact: Christopher Nupen, nupallegro@gmail.com

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JULIEN DESPLANTEZ'S COMPANY QUETEM ANNOUNCES

NEW WEBSITE

Julien Desplantez's Company QUETEM Announces New Website

Explore the art of Vivre l’instant dans tout son abîme on

www.quetem.com!

THE 4TH WINTER INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL IN

SOCHI

On 4 – 13 February 2011, the Russian Concert Agency is presenting the

Fourth Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi. Artistic director is Yuri Bashmet.

The luxurious programme ranges from classical music, ballet, straight theatre

through jazz and pop music to jeweller's art and fashion gathering together the

crème de la crème of the international culture scene. On the 2011 guest list:

conductor Valery Gergiev, violinist Renaud Capuçon, Spanish producer Carlos

Saura, the Moscow theatre Petr Fomenko Studio, the puppet theatre of Milan,

Carlo Colla e Figli, pianist Denis Matsuev, the Jacques Loussier Trio, prima

ballerinas Diana Vishneva and Tamara Rojo, just to name a few…

In addition to the concerts at the Sochi Winter Theatre, there is a series of special

sports events, charity programmes and further cultural events, including the

European video-art exhibition and competition, dedicated to environmental

protection.

You can contact Valeria Bekarevich, manager (International relations) of the

Russian Concert Agency, at vbekarevich@gmail.com

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