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NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2011 IMZ INTERNAL NEWS VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL TOKYO IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL NY AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK ON STAGE: THE MET AND JUILLIARD JOINING FORCES FOR ARMIDE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION AND A BIRTHDAY BASH FESTIVAL NEWS: 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE LAST CALL FOR PERSONAL REGISTRATION IMZ MEMBER NEWS RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY AWARDS CALL FOR SUBMISSION BEETHOVENFEST BONN 2011 4TH IMC WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC... NEW PRODUCTIONS: ACCENTUS MUSIC ENTER AUTUMN WITH NOCTURNES AND NEO RAUCH EUROARTS SEPTEMBER NEWS C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2011 NEW: CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE: PETER ROSEN PRODUCTIONS / BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING CROSS

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Page 1: IMZ Newsletter September 2011

NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2011

IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

• VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL TOKYO

• IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX

• VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL NY AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE

PARK

ON STAGE:

• THE MET AND JUILLIARD JOINING FORCES FOR ARMIDE

• SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION AND

A BIRTHDAY BASH

FESTIVAL NEWS:

• 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE LAST CALL FOR PERSONAL

REGISTRATION

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

• THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY AWARDS CALL FOR

SUBMISSION

• BEETHOVENFEST BONN 2011

• 4TH IMC WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC...

NEW PRODUCTIONS:

• ACCENTUS MUSIC ENTER AUTUMN WITH NOCTURNES AND NEO RAUCH

• EUROARTS SEPTEMBER NEWS

• C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2011

NEW: CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE:

• PETER ROSEN PRODUCTIONS / BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING CROSS

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IMZ INTERNAL NEWSVIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN TOKYO 201112 – 14 August 2011

With great success the second edition of the

Vienna Music Film Festival in Tokyo took place

at the renowned Yebisu Garden Place.

From 12 – 14 August 2011, the concept of the

Vienna Rathausplatz Filmfestival was

transferred to Tokyo, attracting an audience of

approximately 2,000 visitors who enjoyed

the free open air screenings of

classical concert films reflecting Viennese

and Austrian culture in many facets.

From entertaining light music, the Divertimento

No. 17 in D major, K334 (Herbert von

Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker) to the

ardent artistic legacy defined in the sombre

soundscape of the Requiem in d minor, K626

( H e r b e rt vo n K a ra j a n , V i e n n a

Philharmonic), Mozart ruled in the

programme curated by the IMZ. Further

highlights on screen: the New Year‘s Concert

2011 and the Concert for Europe at Schloss

Schönbrunn 2006.

On two of the three evenings in the spirit of

Vienna and an ambiance of "Viennese" created

by vendors offering Austrian food as well as

Austrian souvenirs, as a special prelude, the

film-screenings were preceded by live

concerts.

The festival was initiated and supervised by

the IMZ and organised in cooperation with

the Vienna Representative Office in

Tokyo, the Austrian Cultural Forum in

Tokyo and various local partners. Among the

audience: The Mayor of Shibuya and the

Austrian Ambassador in Tokyo.

Thus, the way is paved for a third edition

of the Vienna Music Film Festival in Tokyo in

2012…

IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX

The countdown is running with less then 50 days to go for

the IMZ World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX 2011. 12

exciting movies from 8 countries recorded in nearly all parts of

the world, featuring more than 30 artists and of course loads of

wonderful music…Curious about the screening selection?

And don’t forget to also take a look at all the submitted

programmes.

Come and join us in Copenhagen, watch the movies in the

Filmroom and visit us at the IMZ stand L6.

NB: Registration for programme buyers is free of

charge! Please contact Tatiana Petkova for further details.

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IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

On a beautiful late summer night in the wake of Hurricane Irene, on 29 August 2011,

hundreds of classical music and opera fans turned out for the first-ever Vienna Music

Film Festival NY in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Tobacco Warehouse.

More than 700 New Yorkers and Austrians – including Brooklyn Borough President Marty

Markowitz (and his wife, Jamie), Austrian Deputy Consul Ulrich Frank, IMZ Secretary General

Franz Patay and Monica Yunus, the co-founding director of “Sing for Hope” – enjoyed a live

concert by a Julliard string duet, authentic Wiener Schnitzel and a series of film

shorts of some of the finest classical music acts in Austria (and throughout Europe).

Presented by IMZ and Czekaj Artistic Productions, the free film festival featured

performances by Placido Domingo, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sir Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-

Möst, Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando

Villazon, Lang Lang and others.

The IMZ is looking forward to another successful cooperation for the second edition of the

Vienna Music Film Festival NY in 2012!

See more pictures of the unique atmosphere of the event on our Facebook page!

VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK

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ON STAGE

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA AND THE JUILLIARD

SCHOOL

Joining Forces For Armide

The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School jointly announced plans for a

semi-staged concert performance of Gluck’s Armide, the second

collaboration between the two institutions, following last season’s acclaimed new

production of The Bartered Bride, conducted by James Levine and staged by

Stephen Wadsworth. In Armide, Jane Glover, a specialist in music of the Classical

and Baroque periods, will lead the Juilliard Orchestra and a cast featuring current

members and graduates of both the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist

Development Programme and the Ellen and James S. Marcus

Institute for Vocal Arts at Juilliard. Fabrizio Melano will direct the semi-

staged concert version, with Kate Ashton as lighting designer and David Moody as

chorus master.

In Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, on 8 and 11 February 2012

at 8:00 p.m.

Armide, with music by Christoph Willibald Gluck and a libretto by Philippe

Quinault, premiered in Paris in 1777. Despite its reputation as one of Gluck’s

finest works, the Met has only presented it in 1910 and 1912. However, those

performances, which marked the opera’s United States premiere, featured an

illustrious cast led by Arturo Toscanini and included Olive Fremstad, Enrico

Caruso, Alma Gluck, Louise Homer, and Pasquale Amato.

For further information on the 2012 production, the Met’s Lindemann Young

Artist Development Programme and the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for

Vocal Arts at Juilliard, go to www.etopera.org and www.juilliard.edu.

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2011-12 Season opens on 26 September

2011 with the Met premiere of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, starring Anna Netrebko.

The opening performance will be streamed live on the Met’s website.

Worldwide transmission on 15 October launches the new season of The Met:

Live in HD.

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IMZ MEMBER NEWSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

New Work By Thomas Adès

Michael Tilson Thomas will lead the San

Francisco Symphony in the orchestra’s

first performances of its co-commission

Polaris: Voyage for Orchestra, with

music by Thomas Adès and film

projections by Tal Rosner.

At Davies Symphony Hall, on 29

and 30 September plus on 1

October 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

In April 2011, Adès led the Los Angeles

Philharmonic in the west coast premiere

of Polaris during their “Aspects of Adès”

festival. The piece derives thematic

material from sailors’ use of celestial

navigation. Rosner’s visuals were inspired

by Rockwell Kent’s illustrations for the

1930 edition of Moby Dick.

©Maurice Foxall

SFS Free Birthday Treats

In celebration of its Centennial Season, and as a gift to its city, the San Francisco

Symphony performs during a free Birthday Bash celebration in Civic Center

Plaza on Thursday, 8 September, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Music Director Michael

Tilson Thomas conducts and pianist Lang Lang joins the 12:00 p.m. concert to help

celebrate 100 years of the San Francisco Symphony performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1

in E-flat major and Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. The audience will be

treated to additional musical and culinary birthday surprises throughout the event…

Music for a City, Music for the World: 100 Years with the San Francisco

Symphony: The Orchestra’s 100th season celebrates the American orchestra and its

vibrant role in its community as an artistic leader and civic institution. Find out more on

the ambitious eleven-month calendar of concerts, programmes, events, expanded

education programmes and Centennial media initiatives on www.sfsymphony.org.

© Olaf Heine

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IMZ MEMBER NEWS

FESTIVAL NEWS

THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

15 – 19 October 2011 / Zofin

Palace, Prague

Enjoy a personal meeting with

French choreographer and dancer

Angelin Preljocaj and his work

in the framework of the festival cycle

Tribute to. Further Tributes to:

director Christopher Nupen

and Amercian dance legend Alvin

Ailey . The Focus on . . . cyc le

introduces the Russian television

station TV Kultura and British

BBC Television…

Find all highlights of this year’s

f e s t i v a l p r o g r a m m e o n

www.festivalgoldenprague.cz and

plan your stay with us in Prague!

D e a d l i n e f o r p e r s o n a l

registration is 15 September

2011. Find the entry form here.

Registration is free of charge and

allows access to all festival events.

The ITF GP team is looking forward

to welcoming you!

ACCENTUS MUSIC

Neo Rauch Painting For ACCENTUS Music’s Mahler ReleaseIn September 2011, ACCENTUS Music releases the concert productions featuring the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and No. 8 at the International Mahler Festival Le ipz i g i n May 2011 . Le ipz i g -based ACCENTUS Music has worked with the world-renowned Leipzig artist Neo Rauch to produce the covers of these two DVDs and Blu-rays. Rauch was inspired to paint Choir especially for the cover of the release of the Symphony No. 8 recording after attending the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra rehearsals of the symphony in May this year. He also selected the image of Dawn for the cover of Symphony No. 2.

NEW PRODUCTIONS

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IMZ MEMBER NEWSACCENTUS Music At Lucerne Festival 2011ACCENTUS Music just completed three productions in Lucerne. Alongside two productions with Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in August, there was another summer highlight at KKL Lucerne: Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic presented works by Benjamin Britten and Anton Bruckner. Benjamin Britten gathered eight musical-poetic night pieces together under the title Nocturne: musical settings of English poets throughout the centuries performed by tenor Ian Bostridge. This cycle of orchestral songs was coupled with Bruckner’s “swan song”, his last symphony, which was unfinished and which he dedicated to “Dear God.”: Symphony No. 9 in D minor. The concert was directed by Michael Beyer and produced by Paul Smaczny.

A production of ACCENTUS Music in co-production with SRF/ARTE and in co-operation with Lucerne Festival. www.accentus.com

EUROARTS

September News

Waldbühne Concert 2011

EuroArts produced the concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne. The event had to be postponed due to heavy rain... On the programme: works by Shostakovich, Rota and Respighi. The conductor was Riccardo Chailly.

A co-production of EuroArts, RBB and NHK in collaboration with Arte Live Web.

Cinema Premiere Germany4 October 2011, Berlin

Berliner Philharmoniker – A Musical Journey in 3D, premiered in the UK in more than 100 cinemas in May 2011, will now celebrate its premiere in cinemas in Germany!

Celebrating Liszt's 200th BirthdayFranz Liszt - The Pilgrimage Years: This portrait film by Angelo Bozzolini (produced by Fataka International) concentrates on Liszt’s earlier years of artistic journeying – featuring leading Liszt experts: Charles Rosen, Evgeny Kissin and many more. A DVD and TV highlight!

In their series of Archive Recordings with high historical value, EuroArts presents Barenboim plays Liszt (Metropolitan Munich, 1985), featuring Années de pèlerinage, Piano Sonata in B minor, as well as Wagner and Verdi opera transcriptions. (DVD rights only!)

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IMZ MEMBER NEWS

NEW RELEASES ON DVD AND BLU-RAY

Blu-ray + DVD:E u ro p a Ko n z e r t f ro m Madrid 2011Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Cañizares, guitar. Chabrier: España; Rodrigo: Concier to de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra; Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2

DVD:

Claudio Arrau: The Maestro

and the Masters

Beethoven: Concerto No. 4

(Signature Performance Series)

From the Classic Archive: Leonard

Bernstein conducts Bach:

Magnificat & Stravinsky:

Mass

www.euroarts.com

Please note:

Ulrike Siebert, Head of Marketing & Communications, has left EuroArts by end of August.

New Contacts:

Lena Schindler (DVD Product Management): [email protected]

Hanno Plate (Label Manager): [email protected]

Dieter Gross (Executive Director): [email protected]

C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENTUnitel And C Major Entertainment Present: Festival Highlights 2011FROM THE BREGENZ FESTIVAL

A vast sculpture rising up out of Lake Constance depicting one

of the leaders of the Revolution, Marat, lying dead in his bath…

Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier … “A gigantic set with

iconic qualities – a masterly achievement.’” (Die Welt) “The

singing was magnificent, the effects hit home. Bregenz has done

it again.”(RP Online)

Ulf Schirmer conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

Soloists: Héctor Sandoval, Scott Hendricks, Norma Fantini, Tania

Kross, Rosalind Plowright. Staged by Keith Warner. TV Director:

Felix Breisach. (Length: 122’ min. Production: Unitel in co-

production with ORF)

© Bregenz Festival/Karl Forster

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IMZ MEMBER NEWSFROM SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2011

In the Opening Concert of the Vienna

Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez conducts works by Alban

Berg (Lulu Suite) and Gustav Mahler (Das klagende

Lied). Starring Anna Prohaska, Dorothea Röschmann,

Anna Larsson, and Johan Botha. (TV Director: Michael

Beyer. Length: approx. 90’ min. Production: Unitel in

co-production with ZDF/Arte)

© Monika RittershausRenée Fleming, Christian Thielemann and the

Vienna Philharmonic on a Strauss adventure – from

the intimate lieder to the great Alpensinfonie: According

to the Austrian Newspaper Die Presse: today’s

equivalent to the legendary concert by Herbert von

Karajan and Jessye Norman performing Wagner at the

Salzburg Festival in 1987…(Length: approx. 90’ min.

Production: Unitel)

Equally enthusiastically celebrated by audience and

critics: Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Great Festival

Hall performed by the Orchestra dell'Accademia

Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Antonio

Pappano. With Anna Netrebko, Marianna

Pizzolato, Matthew Polenzani and Ildebrando

D'Arcangelo. Also on the programme: Haydn’s

Symphony No. 104. (Length: approx. 110’. TV Director:

Michael Beyer. Production: Unitel in co-production with

ZDF/arte)

“Thielemann triumphs!” (FAZ) – As for the opera

highlight's… Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne

Schatten directed by Christof Loy and conducted by

Christian Thielemann. With the Vienna Philharmonic,

Anne Schwanewilms as Kaiserin and Evelyn Herlitzius

as Färberin. An overwhelming performance, celebrated

by the audience with standing ovations…(TV Director:

Karina Fibich. Length: 220’ min. Production: Unitel in

co-production with ORF/ 3sat and NHK)

In the Věc Makropulos conductor Esa-Pekka

Salonen “ensures a brilliant reading of Leoš Janacek’s

fascinating score, which both heightens the opera’s

suspense and soars with music of passion” (New York

Times). Staged by Christoph Marthaler and starring

Angela Denoke as the 337-years-old yet eternally

young Emilia Marty… (Length: approx. 120’ min.

Production: Unitel in co-production with BFMI)© Salzburger Festspiele/Monika Rittershaus

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FROM THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL 2011

The Lucerne Festival is represented with two

concerts of the Royal Concertgebouw

Orchestra conducted by one of today’s finest

young conductors, the charismatic Latvian Andris

Nelsons. Opening with Wagner’s Overture to

Rienzi and Strauss’ Dance of the Seven Veils from

Sa l ome , t h e fi r s t conce r t c u lm i n a t e s i n

Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony. In the second

concert, Yefim Bronfman plays Beethoven’s

Piano Concerto No. 5. Thereafter Nelsons carries the

audience to the exotic world of 1001 nights with

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s ornamental tone

poem Scheherazade. Also on the programme:

Beethoven’s Ouverture The Ruins of Athens.

(Length of each concert: approx: 90’ min; Production:

Unitel)

FROM FESTSPIELHAUS BADEN BADEN

Richard Strauss' Salome, staged by Nikolaus

Lenhoff. Starring Angela Denoke. Stefan Soltez

conducts the Deutsches Sinfonie Orchester Berlin.

(Length: approx. 110’ min; TV Director: Thomas

Grimm; Production: Unitel in co-production with

Arthaus)

© Andrea Kremper

SAN FRANCISCO BALLET: THE LITTLE MERMAID

John Neumeier’s mesmerising Little Mermaid (a score by Lera

Auerbach) was first performed in the United States by SF Ballet

in 2010. After making its triumphant Premiere and playing to

soldout houses, this superlative work of dance-theater, returns in

2011…

Filmed in high definition using eight cameras, the broadcast is

distributed worldwide on Blu-ray, DVD and TV and in Cinemas

by C Major Entertainment. (Length: 124’ min; TV Director:

Thomas Grimm; Production: SFB in co-production with WNET,

NDR/Arte and BFMI)

© Erik Tomasson

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IMZ MEMBER NEWSArthaus Musik, 3Sat And C Major Entertainment Present…The Legendary Alonzo King Lines Ballet

In 1982 the American dancer and choreographer Alonzo King, son of the prominent

civil rights activists Slater King and Valencia King Nelson, founded the Alonzo King

Lines Ballet, which has developed into an international touring company known for its

global perspective on dance…

The programmes features the complete recording of three of King’s most popular

works: Dust and Light (30’ min), Scherezade (42’ min), Triangle of the

Squinches (58’ min / television version). Adapted for television in July 2011.

A documentary (45’ / 60’ min. Director: Marita Stocker). will give insight both in

Alonzo King’s biography as well in the present appearance of his company and it’s

dancers.© Monarda Arts

For further information, please

contact C Major Entertainment

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IMZ MEMBER NEWSCURRENT CORRESPONDENCE

PETER ROSEN PRODUCTIONS / BBC MUSIC MAGAZINEThe Mystery Of Tthe Missing CrossFrom: Peter Rosen <[email protected]>

To: music <[email protected]>

Sent: Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:53 amSubject: BBC Music Magazine

Dear Editor:

On page 9 of the new September issue you have published a well known photograph of Anton Bruckner to illustrate the September CD description.

The original image, #56466020 from Getty Images, attached shows a cross just behind the piano over the sheet music. The cross has been removed from the photo you published.

As portrayed in our film, "Music of Majestic Spirit" featuring the WDR Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Sir Gilbert Levine, - Bruckner was a very religious man. And as Maestro Levine points out in the film, you can not really understand Bruckner's music unless it's in the context of his spirituality.

Best regards,

Peter RosenProducer/DirectorMusic of Majestic Spirit

BEFORE

AFTER

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NEWSLETTER

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL

EMMY® AWARDS

SAVE THE DATE!The 2012 International Digital Emmy Awards competition

will open Wednesday, 7 September 2011. Deadline for

submission will be Thursday, 3 November 2011.

Find further information on the International Digital Emmy

Awards, the 2012 rules and regulations as well as the digital

presentation guidelines here.

BEETHOVENFEST BONN 2011

9 September – 9 October 2011In 1845 Franz Liszt organised the first Beethoven

festival. Thus, in this Liszt bicentenary year, the

Beethovenfest Bonn is looking back on its long

tradition… From 9 September to 9 October 2011,

under the motto “Music of the Future”, the

Beethovenfest is introducing Liszt as a personality,

visionary, patron, virtuoso and composer, who revered

Beethoven.

Featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter, Hélène

Grimaud, Murray Perahia, Arcadi Volodos,

Christian Gerhaher and Elena Bashkirova.

There will be three “orchestras in residence”: the

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

under Paavo Järvi, the Pittsburgh Symphony

Orchestra under Manfred Honeck, and the London

Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin

Davis and Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Further top orchestras in Bonn: Zubin Mehta and the

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

and the Gewandhausorchester, Yannick Nézet-

Séguin and Rotterdams Philharmonisch

Orkest, the Budapest Festival Orchestra

under Iván Fischer, the Finnish Radio Symphony

Orchestra under Sakari Oramo as well as the BBC

Symphony Orchestra under Sylvain Cambreling.

Julian Rachlin, Iveta Apkalna, Arabella Steinbacher,

Mihaela Ursuleasa, Nikolai Tokarev, Martin Stadtfeld,

Linus Roth, Eugene Ugorski and Dejan Lazic are among

the musicians who will be making their Beethovenfest

debut. Appearing for the first time outside their home

country: the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq

with their conductor Paul MacAlindin…

Read more on www.beethovenfest.de.

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4TH IMC WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC

Tallinn, 26 September – 1 October 2011

Youssou N’Dour To Deliver Keynote

The International Music Council and the Estonian

Music Council are pleased to announce the 4th IMC

World Forum on Music to take place in Tallinn, 26

September – 1 October 2011, under the title “Music and

Social Change”. The event will be staged in close

collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Music and

Theatre.

The Forum is part of the cultural programme during the

year in which the city celebrates the title of European

Culture Capital 2011. In his keynote, on 27 September, the

singer, percussionist, songwriter and composer Youssou

N’Dour will address the role of culture in general and

music in particular as a vehicle for building tolerance,

dialogue and understanding.

The 2011 IMC World Forum on Music will focus on five

areas: Music as tool for social change, Current

challenges and opportunities for music

education, Music distribution and export, Music

and development, and Youth: informal spaces.

The work sessions during the Forum will be presented in a

variety of formats: panel sessions with invited speakers,

workshops, round table discussions and project

presentations.

The International Music Council (IMC) is the world peak

organisation dedicated to promoting musical diversity and

musical rights. The European Music Council is a regional

group of the IMC and serves its members by advocating for

the societal and political significance of musical diversity in

Europe. The Estonian Music Council is a member of the

IMC/EMC; its mission is to advocate and appraise Estonian

music in all its forms and expression.

R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d i n f o r m a t i o n u n d e r

www.worldforumonmusic.org.

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