IMZ Newsletter January 2012

NE WS L E T T E R JANUARY 2012 IMZ INTERNAL NEWS • IMZ AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AT MIDEM 2012 • WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR: NEXT TWO MOVIES IN THE PROGRAMME

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

• CLASART CLASSIC AND THE BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • ACE ARTS ANNOUNCES VENTURE WITH SCREENVISION LAURELS – ENTRIES, NOMINATIONS, PRIZES AND PRAISES: • ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER

NEW IN THE IMZ:

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

• NIGHTFROG GMBH • ACE ARTS

• CLASSICAL:NEXT 2012

NEW PRODUCTIONS

• 2012 INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES

• CLASART CLASSIC

• ROSE D’OR EXTENDED DEADLINE

• EUROARTS

• DANCE ON CAMERA

• ACCENTUS MUSIC • ČESKÁ TELEVIZE NEW COOPERATIONS / NEW DEALS • ELECTRIC SKY

• DANCE CAMERA WEST • EUROPA CANTAT • XX INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND EARTH COMPETITION

N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS IMZ AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AT MIDEM 2012 Dear members, before meeting you at midem here some final details: - confirm your attendance at IMZ Opening and Networking Cocktail: Saturday 28 Jan. 14h30 – 15h30 (IMZ stand R 05.44)

Information concerning your Avant Première screening: • Please bring your show reel directly to the fair and hand it in at the IMZ stand one day before your screening (or at least 5 hours before the scheduled beginning).

• Same as last year the Avant Première screenings will take place in Auditorium A, 3rd floor, Palais des Festivals.

• Find all information concerning the IMZ Avant Première Screenings at www.avantpremiere.at

- 3D-Screenings at the IMZ stand: the final deadline for a screening request has been postponed to 18 Jan. 2012. Please contact Tatiana Petkova for all further details.

- Don’t miss the première screening of Music in the Air – to celebrate 50 years of IMZ: Sunday 29 Jan.17h00 – 18h00 (Auditorium A) - Join us for the IMZ General Assembly: Sunday 18h00 – 19h00 (Auditorium A) You may also consult: • The Avant Prèmiere screening schedule • The IMZ at midem complete programme schedule • The IMZ members participants list (for amendments contact Tatiana Petkova)

midem 2012 in general: • midem conference-programme • rates and registration • offers for exhibitors • If you are an IMZ member please always write “IMZ MEMBER” on the contract.

• For all further details visit: www.midem.com.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR

geographical distance, the inheritance of slavery and African ancestors stay a common history. A revelation for Lindigo, finding strong connections to their ancestors so far

After a successful WOMEX 2011 with 13 thrilling movies screened, we are happy to

away from their origins, a revelation for the Brazilians (re)discovering their own

announce the next two being added to the programme of World Music Films on Tour:

musical roots through music instruments and even the ancestor of Capoeira, the

Calypso Rose The Lioness of the Jungle: Calypso Rose is an ambassador of Caribbean music, a living legend, a charismatic character, the uncontested diva of Calypso Music. Paris, New York, Trinidad, Tobago,

Moringue still performed by Lindigo.

See the trailer here.

For bookings of non commercial screenings please contact: worldmusicfilms@imz.at

back to Africa, in each place, we learn a little more about the many faces and facets of her life. It is a film not only about memory, the exchange and discovery of world cultures, but also about the journey of a militant and authentic woman, an AfroCaribbean soul, an exemplary artist, far from the glitz and glitter, at the dawn of her life.

See the trailer here.

Creole Cousins – A portrait of Lindigo in Brazil Upon a first tour of Lindigo group in the North of Brazil, this movie documents the encounter of the black identity from La Reunion with the African rooted culture in Brazil. From Santo Amaro to Recife through Salvador da Bahia, the movie reveals the extremely strong link connecting the black Reunion with the black Brazil. Despite

WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR Join our non-profit initiative and let the world’s musics be your guest!

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW IN THE IMZ Welcome NIGHTFROG! NIGHTFROG (Munich) is a film production company covering a wide range from music documentaries and music videos to multi-camera concert recordings. Founded in 1999 by Benedict Mirow, NIGHTFROG has built a solid reputation for high-quality programmes using creative storylines and innovative techniques. They have been producing top-quality documentaries on music stars such as Hélène Grimaud, Lang Lang and Plácido Domingo for TV stations all over the world and international DVD/Blu-ray release. NIGHTFROG productions tell the stories of the people behind the music stands, their lives as artists – backstage and on the road. Intimate, authentic and compelling.

In 2012, NIGHTFROG is looking foward to filming with Hilary Hahn, Herbert Blomstedt, Frank Peter and Serge Zimmermann, Arabella Steinbacher, and the man with the golden flute, Sir James Galway.

Welcome ACE ARTS! Ace Arts, based in New York and England, is a young company but it is headed by two of the world’s most experienced executives in the performing arts and media sector. President Susan Wittenberg has over twenty years experience in acquiring and screening the very finest international arts programming for, among others, A and E, Ovation TV and Classical TV. CEO Chris Hunt is, apart from being President of the IMZ, also Chief Executive of Classical TV, the largest web-streaming broadcaster of the performing arts, and an accomplished producer in his own right, having won over 50 international awards including 4 Emmys.

Together they enable Ace Arts to bring to the screen the very finest performing arts films from the stages of the greatest venues in the world.

Don’t miss: NIGHTFROG’s presentation of current productions during the

Their partnership with the US theatrical distributor

IMZ Avant Premiere Screenings at midem 2012: Sunday, 29 January,10:00 am,

Screenvision presents them with a monthly series of screenings for such

Auditorium A, 3rd floor, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.

films, to a far higher number of screens and with a far higher marketing

Meet the team at the screening, or let them inform you about their productions at the

budget than any of its current competitors.

IMZ stand (R 05.44). NIGHTFROG will be represented by Dorothee Binding and

See more: www.aceartshd.com or contact Susan Wittenberg

Benedict Mirow.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW PRODUCTIONS CLASART CLASSIC At MIDEM 2012

Symphony No. 2, joined by the Mahler specialists Anja Harteros and Bernarda Fink. Starring in the recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3:

Giuseppe Scarlatti: Dove è amore è

Japanese star pianist Mitsuko Uchida. This first

gelosia

part of the cooperation is completed by a

At Český Krumlov’s Baroque theatre Scarlatti

performance of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.

himself conducted the debut performance of his

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live

Dove è amore è gelosia. Thanks to the surviving

Catalogue

historical documents and theatre stocks – with completely preserved machinery, costumes and props, it was possible to reconstruct this unique event…

Productions worth a special mention: Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra starring Plácido Domingo in the first baritone role of his legendary career on the Met

T h e B a v a ri a n R a d i o S y m p h o n y Orchestra / Mariss Jansons At the beginning of Clasart Classic’s cooperation with the world-famous Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons (see New cooperations!), there is Mahler’s

© Koichi

Miura / Metropolitan Opera

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS EUROARTS January Highlights The EuroArts production team has been working in high gear this past December…

The Christmas highlight The Nutcracker from the Mariinsky Theatre with the Musical Director Valery Gergiev will be produced in 3D – a full 2D version will be available, too. On New Years Eve the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle welcomed Evgeny Kissin to celebrate the Gala from Berlin 2011, and The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated their 75th anniversary. Both productions will be available for TV and DVD distribution by beginning of 2012.

EuroArts is now looking forward to 2012: imposing concert performances to take place, impressive documentaries to be produced…

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New On DVD Fauré: Requiem

Among the concert highlights, there will be the

Matthias Goerne, Chen Reiss and Eric

a n nu a l eve n t s E u ro p a Ko n ze rt a n d

Picard come together for a concert of

Waldbühne. In May, the conductor Gustavo

Fauré’s works for chorus and

Dudamel and the Berliner Philharmoniker will

orchestra. They are joined by the

welcome Gautier Capuçon at the Spanish Riding

Orchestre de Paris under the baton of

School in Vienna; Seiji Ozawa, the Berliner

its new Musical Director, the

Philharmoniker and Daishin Kashimoto will musically

GRAMMY Award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi and the Choeur de

focus on Tchaikovsky at the Waldbühne in June.

l ’ O rc h e s t re d e P a r i s . O n t h e programme: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Super flumina Babylonis, Élégie for cello and orchestra.

(The Blu-ray disc will be released in April 2012.) www.euroarts.com

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ACCENTUS MUSIC New In The Catalogue

many years, conducted Barenboim’s own orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin. ACCENTUS Music filmed the musicians at the Philharmonie Essen for a live

Fiesta del Tango in Buenos Aires on New

recording of this landmark concert, available on DVD

Year’s Eve 2011

and Blu-ray from the end of February 2012. A

The most renowned stars of the Argentinean tango

Production of ACCENTUS Music, in coproduction with

scene perform in and at the same time celebrate the

ZDF, in cooperation with ARTE and Klavier-Festival

centenary of the famous ballroom “El Palacio” in

Ruhr.

Buenos Aires. The tango show features Otros Aires,

St. Thomas Boys Choir (documentary)

Café de los Maestros, Teresa Parodi and Rodolfo Mederos. The artists are accompanied by the finest dancing stars such as the famous dance duo Macana

Theatrical release in Germany on 16 February 2012!

Brothers, Eduardo y Gloria, and the winning couple of

In 2012, the St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig celebrates

this year’s international tango dance competition 2011.

its 800th anniversary. Promptly for this unique

An HD production of ACCENTUS Music, in

centenary anniversary, the choir appears in a full-length

coproduction with ZDF, in cooperation with ARTE.

documentary film on the big screen for the first time.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

Through their personal stories, an insightful portrayal of the St. Thomas Boys emerges, which raises questions

Daniel Barenboim on the piano performs

about the fascination of the traditional ensemble. A

Liszt’s piano concertos

Production of ACCENTUS Music, in coproduction with

For the first time, in 2011 Barenboim has tackled both of Liszt’s virtuosic piano concertos in a single concert.

Pierre Boulez, his friend and esteemed colleague for

MDR, in cooperation with ARTE and NHK. For further information, please contact Ulrike Gratz, Label Manager or call +49-341-989841-19.

© ACCENTUS Music / M. Knoch

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ČESKÁ TELEVIZE Pavel Haas Quartet Records For New Czech Television Format “The world’s most exciting string quartet?

Well, they suit the tagline better than most.

Their tone is large, quasi-orchestral. They take risks. Above all, they play with passion.”

The Times, January 2010 Unique sound and camera rendition brings the art of the Pavel Haas Quartet to a broader public’s attention. Parts of string quartet pieces by Janáček, Prokofjev, Britten and Schubert have just been edited by Czech Television as a part of the special chamber music series Bravo! featuring the best of the young generation of Czech and Slovak classical interprets. Thus, in the attractive venue of the Benedictine’s Monastery in Rajhrad, a great scope of music has been captured ranging from early baroque to contemporary repertoire.

Selecting from more than 1,000 new releases from the last year, 47 critics awarded the Pavel Haas Quartet's album Dvorák String Quartets Nos. 12 and 13 (Supraphon) Recording Of The Year at the Gramophone Awards 2011.

"It is a truly great honour for us considering just how vast the number of recordings entered for the Gramophone Awards is”, says the Pavel Haas Quartet violinist Eva Karová after receiving the prize, adding: "Yet the greatest reward for us is always the enthusiasm and response of the audiences at our concerts and after them.”

Bravo!, a new chamber music format, duration: 30 min, broadcast from January 2012 onwards on Czech television.

FOTO Pavel Haas Quartet FOTO Pavel Haas Quartet2 © Marco Borggreve For further information, please contact Marie Kučerová, Head of Music & Theatre www.ceskatelevize.cz

© Marco Borggreve

N EWSL ET TER CLASART CLASSIC AND THE BAVARIAN RADIO

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA N E WS L E T T E R NEW COOPERATIONS / NEW DEALS

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

Between 2011 and 2013, Clasart Classic will be recording a number of concerts with

ELECTRIC SKY

MEMBER NEWS Selling Opera And Shakespeare

DRTV in Denmark has also picked up

the renowned Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mariss

Don Carlo (210’) coproduced by Opus

Jansons.

Arte / Royal Opera House and Stiffelio

Paramount in this media cooperation is the recording of a Beethoven cycle in Tokyo’s (122', a inBBC / Royal Opera House Suntory Hall (produced in association with NHK). The orchestra will be performing all for The Royal Ballet 20 years.

Complementary WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN NOVEMBER ulous cast including star singers Angela as o t h i s coproduction). p ro d u c t i o n : b e h i Once n d - t h e - sregarded cenes nine symphonies there while on a Japan tour in November/December 2012.

UK distributer, Electric Sky t can nas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel. documentary Being Alice x 30’). because of early Verdi's lost (1opera announce deals to Scandinavia this ensemble’s busy touring agenda is also reflected in recordings at Munich’s Gasteig, Celebrating The Advent…

Joyce DiDonato and Thomas Hampson Finally, Electric Sky has taken on three new titles censorship and controversy, the work month with SVT in Sweden picking up are joininginStaatskapelle Dresden and andVienna their designated Salzburg, Lucerne where the live recording of the Verdi Requiem will

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from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

a package of titles including the

Christian Thielemann for the traditional has now established its rightful place in principal conductor, mark a provisional closeThielemann, and climaxpraised of the cooperation at the Golden Hall of the ZDF-Adventskonzert.

On this occasion, the Verdi canon... for his interpretations of German Romantics, will2013. enter the Wiener Musikverein in October

All’s Well That Ends Well (1 x 155’), Dr

contemporary opera Anna Nicole (120’) Faustus (1 x 165’) and Much Ado About from the Royal Opera House.

NothingRead (1 x more 155’) on were all launched last www.electricsky.com month at Mipcom.

Other titles in the package include

Tosca (125’) by the Royal Opera www.electricsky.com House, Don Giovanni (180’), an Opus

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(120’) by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

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and Salome (120’) by Royal Opera

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House Arte NHK. 2011 ballet/ Opus created by and Christopher

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realm of musical Baroque performing works by Vivaldi, Clasart Telemann and Bach…Classic records all concerts in HD quality

and in 5.1 surround sound.

27 November 2011, 6:00 p.m., on ZDF

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Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and his Beethoven cycle of 2011. ARTE presents the complete recordings of the legendary concert event with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Golden Hall of Wiener Musikverein.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ACE ARTS A VENTURE WITH SCREENVISION FOR US THEATRICAL PERFORMING ARTS SCREENINGS New IMZ member Ace Arts, founded in New York by Susan Wittenberg and Chris Hunt, is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement to supply US theatrical distributor Screenvision with a monthly series of performing arts film screenings commencing January 2012. These will be heavily marketed by both Screenvision and Ace Arts. Screenvision expects to provide 300-600 screens in the US and Canada, depending on the breadth of appeal of each film. These are not intended to be live relays, though that may occasionally be possible, and they will probably be shown 2 or 3 times each.

While Ace Arts has a number of projects already in place for 2012 there remain some slots available, particularly for ballets, plays and musicals from major venues or featuring artists with strong name recognition in the US (there is less need for concerts, operas and documentaries). Holdbacks against US DVD will be required. The model is revenue-share as is standard in this area, but the very large number of screenings points to the potential for far larger returns than are possible with other routes to the US cinema market.

Please contact Susan Wittenberg, President of Ace Arts, or see Susan or Chris Hunt at midem if you have programming that might fit.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS LAURELS – PRIZES AND PRAISES ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER HONOURED IN VIENNA

years later she staged Fase, four movements to the music of Steve Reich, one of the most influential choreographies of the decade. In 1983, whilst creating Rosas danst Rosas, she also started up her own company Rosas. From 1992 until 2007 Rosas was

As the Vienna International Dance Festival ImPulsTanz proudly announced,

company in residence at the Belgian national opera De Munt/La Monnaie. In 1995 she

choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has been awarded the Golden Medal for

started her own dance school PARTS in Brussels. Apart from her performances also

Merits of the Federal Land Vienna.

her films have been distinguished by various international prizes, among others, the

City councillor for Cultural Affairs Dr. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny presented her with the award on 14 December 2011 in the framework of a ceremony at Odeon Theater in Vienna, especially pointing out the standard she set in contemporary dance and the impulses she gave to Vienna’s dance scene in the past decades.

The laudatory speech was held by ImPulsTanz Intendant Karl Regensburger, who celebrated 30 years of cooperation with the Belgian choreographer and portrayed her

IMZ dance screen award in 1994. Starting with Rosas Danst Rosas (1984, Serapionstheater), Ottone Ottone (1989, Wiener Festwochen) and Toccata (1994, ImPulsTanz) Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has left an indelible mark on the dance scene of Vienna. She is a regular guest at the Vienna International Dance Festival ImPulsTanz and Honorary Member of the IMZ. www.ImPulsTanz.com

work as the lifelong dedication to the “risk of beauty”.

"Dance is the way I can best relate to the world – 30 years of work, and I like it more than ever."

(Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker) Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was born in 1960. After studying at Mudra and the New York Tisch School of the Arts, she created her first choreography, Asch, in 1980. Two

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and city councillor Dr. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny / © Annika Goetz

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RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS On 21 November 2011, the 39th International Emmy Awards celebrated excellence in international television

6 – 10 MAI 2012, LUCERNE, categories and the complete rules and regulations, click here.

New This Year

SWITZERLAND Extended Deadline Don't miss the chance to shine at the Rose d'Or Festival!

presenting ten programme Emmy Awards and two

T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A c a d e my l a u n c h e s T h e

The deadline for entries has been extended to 19

special awards in front of an international audience of

International Emmy Kids Awards: Six new kids

January 2012!

over 1,000 entertainment professionals and media

categories have been added to the International Emmy

executives. Winners spanned 6 countries: Chile (first

Awards competition. The new categories are:

time), Belgium, Canada, Portugal, Sweden and The United Kingdom. Click here to watch videos of the

Kids:Preschool; Kids:Animation; Kids:Factual; Kids:Non-

winners!

Mini-Series will be presented at a stand alone ceremony

Call for Entries The 2012 International Emmy Awards Competition is open!

Enter your programmes now for the 20 categories recognized by the Academy. Please note that the entry deadline is 15 February 2012 and eligibility dates are from 1 January to 31 December 2011. For the list of

Scripted Entertainment; Kids:Series and Kids:TV Movie/ scheduled for February 2013. Click here for rules & regulations. For partnership opportunities, contact eva.obadia@iemmys.tv.

Come visit The International Academy at Natpe 2012 on 23 – 25 January at booth 612!

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Benidorm Bastards, Little Britain, Blood Sweat and Takeways, Pop Idol and The Apprentice to name just a few hit shows for which a Golden Rose represents an important milestone on the road to international success.

For 50 years the Rose d'Or Festival has been a vital marketplace of ideas and has launched many careers. The Video Kiosk provides a platform to exchange the best entertainment programming and is used by delegates from around the world.

The Golden Rose will be awarded again in Spring 2012: The Festival takes place from 6 to 10 May in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Find all further dates and details here!

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DANCE C AMERA WEST 2012 FILM FESTIVAL

DANCE ON CAMERA

Mavericks of American Dance. The simulcast will

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance

of DFA's new partnership with Emerging

Films Association are pleased to announce the

Pictures. Audiences can participate in the Q&A

40th edition of Dance on Camera. The

through a live Twitter feed with the hashtag,

Final Deadline: 31 January 2012 (postmarked)

dynamic series will take place from 27 – 31

#joffreymovie. Nearly every film’s director is

January 2012 in New York City at the Walter

Submission Information

attending DOCF 2012 and participating in Q&A

Reade Theatre and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film

sessions. DOCF will also feature FREE Filmmaker

Center. Dance lovers will discover an array of

Conversations with established and emerging

A dance media festival and conference bringing together artists,

stimulating films, many of them premieres, and

directors and choreographers as well as a FREE public shorts programme. Herbert Migdoll,

innovators, educators, and the entertainment industry to discuss the increasingly active spectrum of dance media on screen.

diverse disciplines ranging from classical to street – from the refinement of ballet coaching to the

reach 50 theatres in the United States, courtesy

Call For Entries Submit your media for the 11th anniversary festival in June 2012 (festival date TBA)!

What’s it about?

painter and official photographer for the Joffrey

intense individuality of club dancing. The fourteen

As the world of dance and media evolve to include new innovative

Ballet, will exhibit work at the Frieda and Roy

programmes in the series include focuses on

forms, so does the festival evolve from year to year with changing

Furman Gallery. Visit www.filmlinc.com for

international artists such as Natalia Makarova

venues and unique events. For the last decade, Dance Camera West

tickets.

have been partnering with some of LA’s most prominent

www.dancefilms.org

institutions to present their events as well as unconventional,

and Robert Wilson, historic dance presenters and companies such as Jacob’s Pillow, the Joffrey Ballet, and Pilobolus, innovative choreographer Wayne McGregor, and the inspired director Clara van Gool. DOCF 2012 includes a simulcast of the opening night film, Joffrey:

almost unseemly settings, attracting thousands of audience members each year.

N EWSLE T TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS Dance Camera West welcomes dance media in any dance style or genre. Categories include: screendance, short films, features, documentary, installations, and interactive dance

EUROPA CANTAT XVIII Europa Cantat and AGEC have merged into the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat.

Contact:

media.

info@eca-ec.org / info@EuropeanChoralAssociation.org

To further celebrate the festival’s 11th anniversary, the 2012

www.eca-ec.org / www.europeanchoralassociation.org

edition will include special student programming in partnership with DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION. Learn more about the partnership here.

What’s it about?

European Choral Association – Europa Cantat offers an interestingprogramme of activities for (young) singers, conductors, composers and cultural managers. Details – as well as an overview on the ateliers offered – are available on the festival’s website under Current Projects.

We look forward to seeing you singing in Torino, Italy!

27 July – 5 August 2012 www.ectorino2012.it

N EWSLE T TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS XX INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND EARTH COMPETITION 22 – 29 April 2012 / Earth and man National Museum Sofia, Bulgaria For composers, soloists and chamber ensembles Dedicated to the International Mother Earth Day – 22 April The main goal of the competition is to stimulate young talents to create and perform a music dedicated to the Earth and its survival. The International Music and Earth Competition provides fine opportunity for young performers and composers to take an active part, by the means of their art, in the worldwide movement for building up a new world, sustainable through environmental development, in which people will live in harmony with nature and with one another.

Patron is the Minister of Environment and Waters of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The Jury includes 63 members. 2,045 participants: young musicians from 28 countries. National and International Activities. Nineteen Competitions. Twelve CDs Green Angeles.

Concert tours of the laureates in Bulgaria, Greece, France, USA and Russia. Master classes, lectures...

The competition was presented for the first time at the exhibition during the day of The Bulgarian Culture for Sustainable World at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 1996.

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Contact: Jenny Zaharieva, Artistic Director of the Music and Earth Competition

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