IMZ Newsletter 01/2011

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IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

• IMZ BOARD MEMBERS (2007 – 2010)

• EUROARTS FIRST 3D CONCERT FILM TO PREMIERE IN 2011

• REVIEW IMZ DANCESCREEN 2010 AT CINEDANS, 9 – 12 DECEMBER 2010 IN AMSTERDAM

• BERNHARD FLEISCHER MOVING IMAGES CELEBRACIÓN IN 3D

• IMZ / AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AT MIDEM, 23 – 26 JANUARY 2011 IN CANNES, FRANCE

• CLASART CLASSIC AT MIDEM 2011

• MIDEM CLASSICAL DAY, 25 JANUARY 2011 IN CANNES, FRANCE

• C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT DOCUMENTING KLEIBER AND BRENDEL • WHAT’S ON… ZDF ON ARTE • SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL

N EWS LE T T E R JANUARY 2 011 RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS • BVA INTERNATIONAL REVIVING THE BAROQUE MACHINERY

• 2011 INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS CALL FOR ENTRIES

• TEATRO REAL VIVAT DOMINGO

• EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL WORKING GROUP YOUTH

• PARS MEDIA STAGING MANON

LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PARTNERS • RTBF TO EXPLORE THE KOREAN MYSTERY

• SCREENDANCE NETWORK SCREENDANCE SYMPOSIUM • NAPOLIDANZA OPEN CALL FOR IL COREOGRAFO ELETTRONICO • NETMAGE 11 INTERNATIONAL LIVE-MEDIA FESTIVAL • ANDREY BOREYKO NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF BELGIUM • EUROPEAN CHORAL ASSOCIATION – EUROPA CANTAT • LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS TO PRESENT INTERNATIONAL MAHLER FESTIVAL 2011

N EWSLE T TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS IMZ BOARD MEMBERS (2007 – 2010) The IMZ-team would like to express its sincere gratitude to all IMZ Board

categories: A) Live Performance Relay, B) Camera Re-work, C) Screen Choreography and D) Documentary.

members (2007 – 2010) for their support and efforts, cooperation and time for the

Due to the high number of entries a pre-selection of the films took place, from

activities and the cause of the IMZ.

which the forty most interesting international short and long dance films, documentaries and retrospectives were shown during the festival.

IMZ DANCESCREEN 2010 AT CINEDANS

The winners of the competition were presented with the Dioraphte Cinedans jury award worth €7,500 and the Dioraphte Student Encouragement Award

9 -12 December 2010

worth €2,000.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

All films of the competition stood a chance of winning these awards, made

It was a pleasure for the IMZ that the 12th edition of dancescreen, the

available by Stichting Dioraphte. Additionally, all visitors of the festival were invited to vote for their favourite film to establish the winner of the Audience Award.

international dance film and video competition founded by the IMZ - International Music + Media Centre, was hosted and coproduced by the festival CINEDANS in Amsterdam in 2010!

The festival presented a combination of film, dance and media, whereby movement and dance were the focal points. More than 250 interesting and inspiring films were entered into the jointly organised competition, which was divided into four

The professional jury of dance and film experts, including Cis Bierinckx (director of the Beursschouwburg), Arild Erikstad (NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), Luuk van Eijk (founder and director Julidans Amsterdam until 2010), Jen McLachlan (producer, balletLORENT & Wayne McGregor / Random Dance) and Isabelle Mestre (Arte), awarded the prizes to this year’s best films.

N EWSLE T TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS The Dioraphte Cinedans jury award was presented to

C 3) Screen Choreography (over 15 minutes):

Nora, directed by Alla Kovgan, David Hinton, produced by Movement

Nora, directed by Alla Kovgan, David Hinton, produced by Movement

Revolution Productions (USA), UK, Mozambique The Dioraphte Student Encouragement Award was presented to Shadowed (Screen Choreography < 5min), directed by Hamish Anderson, produced by Hamish Anderson Films (UK) Further prizes were awarded in the following categories: A) Live Performance Relay: Place (Ställe), directed by Jonas Akerlund, produced by Rench Akerlund Film AB in co-production with SVT Sveriges Television (Sweden) C 1) Screen Choreography (under 5 minutes):

Revolution Productions (USA), UK, Mozambique D) Documentary: Tanzträume (Dancing Dreams), directed by Anne Linsel, produced by TAG/TRAUM (Germany), WDR (Germany), ARTE (Germany) Audience Award: Only when I dance (Documentary), directed by Beadie Finzi, produced

by Tigerlily Films Ltd. (UK) in co-production with Jinga Production (UK) Next to the film programme a variety of installations, live performances and panels made the festival a celebration of dance in

Slow Dance, directed by Joe Cobden, produced by SZ Danza in co-

all of its many dimensions (please find information about all festival activities

production with Prodanza (Argentina), Alliance Francaise de Buenos Aires

on www.cinedans.nl):

(France)

Dance on TV - a Vanishing Phenomenon? was discussed in an IMZ

C 2) Screen Choreography (not longer than 15 minutes):

panel by Chris Hunt (Classical TV), Reiner Moritz (Poorhouse Productions),

Chámame, directed by Silvina Szperling, produced by Black Box Productions in co-production with Way Past Curfew Productions (Canada)

Gunilla Jensen Peyron (Sveriges Television) and Lynette Kessler

N EWSLE T TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS (dancecamerawest) by giving an insight into the future of dance films and technologies.

Sunday 23 January to Wednesday 26 January 2011 at the Auditorium A, Palais des

At the IMZ pitching session – whose function was to foster the development of

Festivals, Cannes. Please find the:

co-productions by creating a creative space for networking, discussion and negotiation

- Screening-schedule as well as the

for all actors and partners involved in the production of dance films and videos – ten

- IMZ complete programme schedule as well as information about the

specially selected international projects were presented to TV programmers and film commissioners.

The video library at De Balie was a very much appreciated resource to watch all

- IMZ panel “Unveiling new opportunities to monetize classical music“ at www.avantpremiere.at

film entries of the competition.

The dancescreen 2010 at Cinedans catalogue, available on the dancescreen website (www.dancescreen.com), provided an overview of the four categories, the entries and the jointly organised programme during the festival.

MIDEM CLASSICAL DAY, 25 JANUARY 2011 We are looking forward to meeting you at the MIDEM Classical Day which will take

dancescreen 2010 was made possible by the IMZ, the Austrian Embassy, Carina Ari

place on 25 January 2011, Palais des Festivals:

Foundations and the NTR. Cinedans Festival 2010 was made possible by: SNS Reaalfonds, VSB fonds, Filmfonds, Stichting Dioraphte and Het Amsterdams Fonds voor

It will consist of one full day to learn, network & connect with your peers.

de Kunst.

Find out more about the MidemNet Academy, the MidemNet Conferences, the Managers’ Village, the Match-Making Sessions as well as the concert with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (take place

IMZ / AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AT MIDEM Only 11 days to go until all IMZ members and lovers of music and dance programmes are invited to join the IMZ at the Avant Première Screeenings 2011, taking place from

on 24 January 2011, Palais des Festivals) at www.midem.com

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS EUROARTS

First 3D Concert Film To Premiere In 2011 The Berliner Philharmoniker – A Musical Journey in 3D The tour of the Berliner Philharmoniker and their musical director Sir Simon Rattle concluded in Singapore – their only stopover in Asia for the very first time. Shot

Singapur dancers ©HW Pausch

with eight 3D/HD cameras this programme lets the audience feel present at the famous Esplanade Concert Hall when the renowned orchestra performs Mahler’s First Symphony and Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov. The concert film blends Rachmaninov’s moving and inspiring music with scenes from Singapore’s people, cultural variety and its beauty. This first 3D concert film will premiere in cinemas worldwide in spring 2011.

Duration: approx. 90’ / Format: 3D/2D / Programme Number: 5838 TV Director: Michael Beyer / Producers: HW Pausch, Hannes Nimpuno Produced by: EuroArts Music and context tv, in co-production with Shaksfin

Rattle in Singapur ©Monika Rittershaus

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Also New In The Catalogue:

DVD/Blu-ray Releases

Traces to Nowhere – the conductor Carlos Kleiber

András Schiff plays Bach (A recording from the Bachfest Leipzig 2010)

EuroArts is proud to offer you the first film dedicated to the enigmatic personality

Wagner: The Ring Without Words (Performed by the Berliner

of legendary conductor Carlos Kleiber. The documentary contains not only

Philharmoniker and Lorin Maazel)

impressive shots of Kleiber himself but also most illuminative statements friends

www.euroarts.com

and companions such as Michael Gielen, Plácido Domingo and Manfred Honeck.

Duration: 72’ / Format: HD / Programme number: 5863 TV Director: Eric Schulz / Produced by: Servus TV

Carlos Kleiber ©Servus TV

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS BERNHARD FLEISCHER MOVING IMAGES Celebraci贸n In 3D On 9 October 2010 the first orchestral concert in 3D ever has been filmed at Walt Disney Concert hall in Los Angeles. It was Celebraci贸n, the season opening Gala with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and star tenor Juan Diego Fl贸rez.

"It took half a year to prepare for this 3D shoot and to make sure that all the creative and technical requirements are met, but it was fun to use this in a first try-out in the business that actually worked."

(Jo Hermann, Director) Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images thank their partners Panasonic USA and Modern Video Film in Burbank for their support as well as the LAPhil for their friendship.

If you are interested in learning more about the project log on to:www.bfmi.at or talk to Elmar Kruse (e.kruse@cmajor-entertainment.com) of C Major Entertainment.

Visit Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images at MIDEM at the C Major stand: R 30.39.

From left to right: Doug Sheldon (Panasonic USA), Bernhard Fleischer, Gustavo Dudamel, Al Hart (Modern Video Film)

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS CLASART CLASSIC PRESENTING AT MIDEM 2011

Bruckner, Symphony No.8 Recorded live at Cleveland's Severance Hall with The Cleveland Orchestra under

Königskinder After achieving instant and lasting success with his fairy-tale opera Hänsel und

its Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, this performance marks the fourth instalment in the orchestra's Bruckner cycle.

Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck repeated this success with his three-act opera

Ioan Holender Farewell Gala

Königskinder. Three factors ensuring the rehabilitation of this work for today’s

After 19 years at the head of the Vienna State Opera, Ioan Holender stepped

operatic repertoire: Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Ingo Metzmacher. A recording from Opernhaus Zurich.

down in June 2010 – and was acclaimed with a spectacular musical tribute. The

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn

their mentor/father-figure/friend Holender.

Under the baton of Pierre Boulez, the Cleveland Symphony accompanies the

A documentary portraying Franz Welser-Möst, General Music Director of

soloists Magdalena Kožená and Christian Gerhaher. The recording is a hommage to the great turn-of-the-century composer on the occasion of the

crème de la crème of international vocalists came to bid a rousing farewell to

the Vienna State Opera …and the entire catalogue of The Metropolitan Opera including the HD-

150th anniversary of his birth in 2010 and the 100th anniversary of his death in

Live productions!

2011.

For further information, please contact Katja Raths at raths@tmg.de

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS… Carlos Kleiber – ‘I Am Lost To The World’ (“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”)

Kleiber ©Siegfried Lauterwasser (Deutsche Grammophon)

From the creators of the highly-acclaimed documentary Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen!

Carlos Kleiber, the eccentric and reclusive conductor was a fabled perfectionist who was known as much for the rarity of his appearances as for the brilliance of his interpretations. Georg Wübbolt’s film uncovers some of the mysteries and tries to clear up preconceptions of one of the most elusive conductors of our time. It sheds light on the relationships with his family, including his father and mother, traces the developments of his career and covers the ‘mythologising’ that started during the lifetime of the maestro. Including interviews with Otto Schenk, members of the Vienna, Munich and Berlin Philharmonics, singers like Julia Varady, Placido Domingo and Helen Donath, a. o.

Length: 59’ / Production: Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images in co-production with ZDF/3sat. For further information please contact C Major Entertainment (info@cmajor-entertainment.com).

Alfred Brendel – Lectures On the occasion of Alfred Brendel’s 80th birthday in January 2011. Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, has, over the years, written highly original musical essays. Now retired from public performance, he is presenting some of his most acclaimed written work in the form of lectures copiously illustrated by examples played on the piano. The themes he covers, in three sessions specially presented for the camera, include humour in music, the

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS role of character in Beethoven’s piano sonatas and the realms of light and shade in interpretation. One of the greatest musical thinkers and soloists of our time shares his ideas with us in an intimate setting. Available in English

WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN JANUARY The Highlights Of ZDF On ARTE: After the great popular success of his film on the young pianist David Fray recording

and German.

Length: 3 x 70’ – 80’ / Director: Mark Kidel / Production: Unitel. For further information please contact C Major Entertainment (info@cmajorentertainment.com). www.cmajor-entertainment.com

J. S. Bach’s keybord concerto in A major, filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon invites us to the famous Abbey Road studios where the international high-flyer, together with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Jaap van Sweden, is getting ready to tackle his personal Mozart… On 16 January 2011, 07:15 p. m., ARTE: MAESTRO: David Fray spielt Mozart Klavierkonzerte KV 482 und 503 He is said to be the king of opera and when enthusiastic critics celebrate him as “the most important artist of today“, neither aficionados nor collegues disagree.

“Hearing him sing”, as Rolando Villazón put it, “is a heartsnatcher, directly seizing my heart.” Placido Domingo has ruled all the important parts of a tenor voice`s provinces – and beyond – incorporating more than 130 stage characters. Filmmaker/ producer Chris Hunt makes him talk about his favourites… On 24 January 2011, 10:15 p. m., ARTE: MUSICA: Placido Domingo – Meine schönsten Rollen www.zdf.de

Alfred Brendel ©Magdalena Lepka

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Celebrating The Centennial The San Francisco Symphony will celebrate its Centennial in 2011-12. Presenting an ambitious season of concerts, programmes, and events, expanded education

“In marking the orchestra’s first hundred years, this season is the moment to define what this orchestra will be for its next hundred.”

(John D. Goldman, President of the San Francisco Symphony) Find all the highlights of the orchestra’s milestone year on here

programmes and Centennial media initiatives, the orchestra’s 100th season celebrates the American orchestra and its vibrant role within its community as an artistic leader and civic institution. Music director Michael Tilson Thomas and

BVA INTERNATIONAL

the SF Symphony will break new ground with a two-week American Mavericks

Reviving The Baroque Machinery

Festival both in San Francisco and touring the country; an unprecedented presentation of the most distinguished major American orchestras in one series,

BVA International is currently preparing a historical reconstruction of an opera

in one season; unique concerts and heritage events celebrating the period of the

theatre, the complete historic machinery, costumes and props have survived

Symphony’s founding; artist and composer residencies featuring world premiere commissions; expanded music education programmes including instrument training for public schools and an amateur music programme for adults; as well as a variety of media projects that explore the living heritage of the orchestra and its role within its community.

performance at the theatre at Český Krumlov Castle. At this unique baroque unscathed.

J. A. Schwarzenberg commissioned Giuseppe Scarlatti to compose an opera buffa for the the ceremonial performance accompanying the celebrations of the wedding of the prince's son, Johann Nepomuk zu Schwarzenberg on 24 July 1768. The opera

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Dove è amore è gelosia (Where there is love, there is jealousy) was conducted by Giuseppe Scarlatti himself.

PARS MEDIA STAGING MANON On 29 January, Jan Schmidt-Garre celebrates the premiere of his new staging

Thanks to historical documents preserved at the archives, a reconstruction of

of Massenets Manon at Theater St. Gallen. The conductor is David Stern.

this unique event can be tackled, respecting all the rules and expressive tools

Herbert Murauer has designed the set. Featuring Evelyn Pollock in the title

typical for a baroque theatre performance…

role and Bruno Ribeiro as her beloved adorer.

For further information on this ambitious project, please contact Katarina

Find out more on the opera production here or contact Jan Schmidt-Garre at

Dvorakova at bva@bva.cz.

jsg@parsmedia.com

www.bva.cz

www.parsmedia.com

TEATRO REAL All Hail The King Of Opera Teatro Real Madrid is proud to present the Plácido Domingo Anniversary Gala.

Celebrating the incredible 70th birthday of this most exceptional tenor, baritone, conductor, darling of the public, everyone will be there! Find out more on www.teatro-real.com, and join Angela Gheorghiu, Erwin Schrott, Deborah Polaski, Juan Pons a. o. on 21 January 2011:Vivat Plácido Domingo!

N EWSL ET TER LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PARTNERS RTBF IS LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO EXPLORE THE KOREAN MYSTERY Ten years ago it was extremely unusual to come across a Korean finalist in an

Korean competitors. Finally they will see them in Brussels for one of the next

international music competition. Today you can safely bet on the opposite. What

Queen Elisabeth Competitions.

happened? Why this new policy from the Korean authorities? What are the main difficulties for these students who decide to devote their life to a form of art that doesn’t belong to their cultural heritage? What sort of course does their training follow? How does their career develop?

A new documentary project by RTBF (Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté française de Belgique) will investigate these questions. Thanks to their long-lasting collaboration with the Queen Elisabeth Competition, they have plenty of archive material to illustrate this unexpected growth. RTBF plan to go to Korea and visit the two main sources of brilliant musicians: the Korea National University of Arts of Seoul (KARTS) and the Seoul National University. They will also follow some students in Munich whose Hochschule für Musik seems to host most of the

Interested? Questions? Suggestions?

Please contact Benoît Jacques de Dixmude at bjdd@rtbf.be

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS 2011 INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS Call For Entries The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is now accepting entries for the 2011 International Emmy速 Awards!

Entry Deadline: 20 February 2011 Rules Regulations and entry forms can be found here

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL Young Musicians Take Lead On New European Agenda For Youth And Music The Working Group Youth (WGY) of the European Music Council is in the midst of its Access! project which is centred upon the creation of a European Agenda for Youth and Music. The project was launched at the European Youth Forum on Music in Turin in October 2010 where participants, mostly aged under 30,

Eligible submissions must have been created and initially distributed outside of the

debated the most important concerns for young people in the music sector today.

United States between 1 January and 31 December 2010.

These were formulated into concrete recommendations which were used by a

Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Awards Department of The International Academy of Television Ar ts and Sciences at

working group to create a first draft of the European Agenda for Youth and Music.

awardsdept@iemmys.tv or +1-212-489-1946.

The main topic areas for the agenda are Music Education, Employment, and Resources. Whilst a wide range of interests and countries were represented in Turin, the Working Group Youth still sees the need to widen the consultation to get as much feedback from all parts of the sector as possible in order to produce the most representative and effective document. The Working Group Youth are

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS therefore keen to hear your opinions, both personal and on behalf of any organisations you are a part of.

SCREENDANCE SYMPOSIUM BRIGHTON, UK The Screendance Network, founded in May 2009, holds a public symposium

Please take time to read the draft agenda which is available on the website

to meet with the wider community of screendance practioners, researchers,

www.wgy-emc.org and send your comments by e-mail to wgyemc@gmail.com

students and interested minds to advance current debates in the art form, taking

or post on our blog www.wgy-emc-forum.org.

place on Friday, 4 February 2011, in the Sallis Benney Theatre at the

The deadline for this period of consultation is Friday 21 January 2011.

University of Brighton. The event is divided into two parts: a day of talks,

The Working Group Youth are looking forward to their next committee meeting in Bonn in January 2011, where the group will be finalising the Agenda and planning for its implementation.

screenings and discussions with invited speakers, followed by an evening with a meal and further screenings.

The event is organised by the Screendance Network, as the culmination of two years' research supported by AHRC. For further information, please visit http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/screendance or contact the Network administrator kyra.norman@bristol.ac.uk.

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS NAPOLIDANZA ANNOUNCES 18TH EDITION OF IL COREOGRAFO ELETTRONICO

Netmage festival, focusing on multi-media design, electronic arts and cutting-edge

The 18th edition of the International Festival of Videodance Il Coreografo

investigation, Netmage presents some of the latest trends in live media. Together

Elettronico will take place in May 2011 at PAN Museum in Naples, Italy.

with research on essential aspects of perception and the intersection of visual

The deadline to participate is fixed on 31 March 2011.

and acoustic phenomena, the festival introduces a very wide range of approaches.

Time to submit is open! Please visit www.napolidanza.com for the new rules of

Featuring: ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup (I), Home Movies/In Zaire (I), Calhau!

style, works as a meeting point for video-makers, multi-media and visual artists, musicians and performers from Europe, North and South America. In its ongoing

admittance to the Festival.

(P), Thomas Köner/Jürgen Reble (D), Ries Straver (NL), Massimiliano Nazzi (I),

NETMAGE 11

Cao Guimaraes/O Grivo (BR), Gaëtan Bulourde/Olivier Toulemonde (F), Bruce McClure (USA), James Ferraro (USA), Prince Rama (USA), Pippi Langstrumpf (I).

INTERNATIONAL LIVE-MEDIA FESTIVAL – 11TH EDITION 20/21/22 January 2011

Barokthegreat/Michiel Klein (I/NL), Luke Fowler/Keith Rowe/Peter Todd (UK),

Netmage festival was conceived and created by Xing, a cultural network operating in Italy and abroad, with the purpose of planning, supporting and promoting products and events characterised by an interdisciplinary approach

Palazzo Re Enzo / Bologna, Italy

toward the issues of contemporary culture.

The eleventh edition of the Netmage festival (Bologna, 20,21,22 January 2011) will

www.netmage.it

present, in the historical castle of Palazzo Re Enzo, an unpredictable scenario of contemporary audiovisual research featuring live media, live cinema, concerts, performances, sound and visual installations.

www.xing.it

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE BELGIQUE Top Russian Conductor Andrey Boreyko Designated Music Director Andrey Boreyko, who is currently Music Director of the Düsseldorfer

Andrey Boreyko

Symphoniker, will become the new Music Director of the National Orchestra of Belgium from the 2012-13 season. He has signed a five-year contract that will see him replace the present Music Director, Walter Weller, whose contract comes to

EUROPEAN CHORAL ASSOCIATION – EUROPA CANTAT

an end in July 2012.

One Voice for Choral Music in Europe

Andrey Boreyko was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1957. He has a particular interest in the music of the first half of the 20th century and in

In November 2010, the members of Europa Cantat – European Federation of

contemporary music. This has led him to collaborate with composers such as

completed the merger between the two organisations to the European Choral

Henryk Górecki, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Arvo Pärt and to record works by

Association – Europa Cantat. Under this new name the two European choir

Ginastera, Takemitsu, and Pärt. Andrey Boreyko is currently principal guest

organisations will change from January 2011 into the leading pan-European non-

conductor of the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (SWR) and of the Orquesta

profit organisation dedicated to education and cultural exchange in the field of

Sinfónica de Euskadi San Sebastián in Spain.

vocal music, among young people and adults.

Young Choirs and AGEC – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände

The European Choral Association – Europa Cantat will be governed by www.onb-nob.b

a board of 15 representatives from 13 European countries, including members of the boards of both associations, under the Presidency of Sante Fomasier (Italy).

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS The seat of the association will be in Bonn, Germany with Secretary General Sonja

Shortly before the festival starts, the Gewandhaus will publish an elaborated new

Greiner and her team.

Mahler book, presenting his time in Leipzig. The book will be designed by Markus

www.eca-ec.org

Dreßen (Bureau Spector), award winning book designer and professor at the Leipzig

www.EuropeanChoralAssociation.org www.EuropaCantat.org

Academy of Visual Arts.

During the festival, the Simon-Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the Leipzig University hosts an internatioanal conference called Gustav Mahler's Legacy. Jewish Topographies in Fin-de-Siècle Musical Culture (on 23 and 24 Mai

INTERNATIONAL MAHLER FESTIVAL 2011 In honour of Gustav Mahler the Leipzig Gewandhaus will present the International Mahler Festival from 17 to 29 May 2011, during which, in addition to concerts by the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly, ten international leading orchestras will appear. To commemorate the 100th anniversary

2011). Speakes are a. o.: Steven Beller (Washington), Leon Botstein (Annandale-onHudson, New York), Jens Malte Fischer (München), Constantin Floros (Hamburg), Henry-Louis de La Grange (Schweiz),

Ruth HaCohen (Jerusalem), Kevin Karnes

(Atlanta).

Find out more on www.mahler-2011.de

of Mahler's death on 18 May 2011, Leipzig will become the worldwide centre of activities marking this occasion, presenting all ten of the composer's symphonies in just two weeks – a unique experience: Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Dresden Staatskapelle, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc.

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