IMZ Newsletter June 2012 as PDF

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IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

• PETER ROSEN PRODUCTIONS GOD'S FIDDLER AND A FOLLOW-UP SURPRISE

• IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 2012

• WINDROSE ANIMATING VIVALDI

• IMZ FILM SCREENINGS AT CLASSICAL:NEXT

• WHAT’S ON… ZDF MUSIC ON ARTE

• FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ 2012

NEW APPLICATIONS

• VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL YEKATERINBURG & MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST

• MSM-PRODUCTIONS IPHONE AND ANDROID APP FESTIVAL NEWS

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• 49TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

• THE MET SUMMER EVENTS

• NOT A MEMBER YET? JOIN THE IMZ FAMILY

• SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY SUMMER & THE SYMPHONY

NEW MEMBERS

LAURELS – PRIZES AND PRAISES

• RUSSIAN MUSIC SOCIETY

• SONO ARTISTS CONSULTING

NEW PRODUCTIONS

OBITUARY

• EUROARTS JUBILEE SUMMER PROGRAMME

• JOHANNES JOHANSSON (1951 - 2012), PRINCIPAL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, STOCKHOLM

• C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT AT SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2012 • ORF ENTERPRISE WALL STREET OF VOICES AND MORE SUMMER FESTIVALS • CLASART CLASSIC THE MET LIVE IN HD

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N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS IMZ FILM SCREENINGS AT CLASSICAL:NEXT The IMZ film screenings at Classical:NEXT were a grand success! Two days of screenings, 8 films in full length and a great audience of both Classical:NEXT

IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 2012

delegates and non-business visitors…

Thank you all for your interest and positive feedback!

We are still watching watching watching... and already sharing the screening schedule for the 11th IMZ-organised World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX. The official selection will be revealed by the end of June, so stay tuned!

Meanwhile, for all questions, please first see the General Information Sheet, or contact Tatiana Petkova for personal support.

Don’t miss the Smart Rate valid until 15 June… Register now for WOMEX 2012.

For those who missed it: see the complete programme here.

Also a big thanks to the Classical:NEXT team for their fantastic support! We are looking forward to the next edition…

See also pictures of the IMZ presence on site Click here for Classical:NEXT's final press release

N EWSL ET TER Furthermore, in the framework of “50 Jahre VIENNALE“ (Vienna International Film

IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

Festival), the Rathausplatz Film Festival is cooperating with Viennale, presenting

FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ 2012

Presley: 68 Comeback Special to Martin Scorseses Shine A Light.

milestones of concert-film-making from D.A. Pennebaker’s Monterey Pop and Elvis Bigger Screen, New Sound Concept and Guidance System

… Adele … Anna Netrebko … The Stones … Jonas Kaufmann … Elvis Presley …

Valery Gergiev …

Anastacia … Daniel Harding … Katie Melua … Christian

Thielemann … Andrea Bocelli … Alonzo King … Max Raabe … Maurizio Pollini …

Eric Clapton … Ray Charles … Vesselina Kasarova …

The famous free open-air Film Festival in front of Vienna City Hall is again put together by the IMZ: From 30 June – 2 September 2012, a fine selection of music films, highlights from the fields of classical music, jazz, world music and pop

With 300 m2 replacing the former 230m², the new screen is just the most prominent sign of the festival’s new technical dimension… Updates in sound design and architecture will set new standards, enhancing the pleasure of 65 summer nights of music euphoria.

What’s on…? Find the full programme here For regulars, youngsters, lovers, experts, sceptics and novices…

will star on screen turning the hot spot of summer in the City of Vienna into the

Enjoy the unrivalled Wiener Rathausplatz experience in this summer’s most inviting

heart of a vibrant world capital of music…

marriage of culture and the

Let There Be Rock!

Crowning a splendorous celebration of tradition and the contemporary, of opera, operetta, classical and modern dance, new productions and treasures from the archives, this year’s programme is including brand-new features: For the first time, one day of the “classical” week will be dedicated to popular music gems. Thus we can have it all: Anastacia and Tosca, Carmen and Katie Melua, Andrea Bocelli and Benvenuto Cellini, Nutcracker and Scheherazade … There is opera as well as The Phantom of the opera, Baroque celebrations as well as Pavarotti and friends!

culinary!

Film Festival at Wiener Rathausplatz 2012 30 June – 2 September 2012 Entry free / Films: Daily at dusk Gastronomy open from 11:00 – 24:00 www.wien-event.at

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VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL YEKATERINBURG & MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST The IMZ again cooperates with the music film festivals in Yekaterinburg and Bucharest, organising the music film programmes.

The Music Film Festival in Bucharest will take place from 8 to 17 June 2012 at George Enescu Square.

The Vienna Music Film Festival in Yekaterinburg will take place from 2 to 13 July 2012 in front of the Ural Federal University.

Both festivals will be open air, free of charge and combined with a food and beverage area following the concept of the Rathausplatz Film Festival in Vienna.

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Find the entire RMS album catalogue (available for purchase and download in high-quality MP3 format) on www.russianmusicsociety.com.

Russian Music Society

Russian Music Society is a high quality classical music

In 1859, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna (a German-born aunt of Tsar Alexander

production company that includes

II) and her protégé, pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein founded the

RMS TV, RMS records, RMS

Russian Music Society (RMS) aiming at enhancing the quality of both musical

management. They produce classical

education and classical performances in Russia. By the mid-1860s, the concerts

music video and audio recordings,

organised by the RMS had introduced the general public to the works of

c re a t e s e r i e s , a n d o r g a n i s e

Beethoven, Händel, Bach, Gluck, Schumann and Schubert as well as to new compositios by Russian composers… Furthermore, the RMS was involved in

concerts, tours and broadcasting.

Creating musical bridges between

the establishment of the Conservatories in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Until its

countries, it’s the RMS’ mission is to

liquidation in 1917, all concerts of the Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow

keep classical music alive.

Conservatoire were performed under the aegis of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. In 1995 then, the charitable fund “Russian Musical Society” has been set

Latest release (25 May 2012) on

up. In addition to the popularization of classical music, the recreated RMS

Night on the bare mountain and the

regards as its main task the support of the Great Hall Symphony Orchestra of

Romeo and Juliet Suite by Sergei

the State Conservatory. Conductor Yuri Botnari has been elected Vice-

Prokofiev with the Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic conducted by Yuri

President. He initiated a series of special recordings that now can be purchased

Botnari.

at the official RMS website.

CD/DVD: Modest Mussorgsky’s

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW PRODUCTIONS EUROARTS Jubilee Summer Upcoming:

The DVD Anniversary edition includes the concert performance and a documentary

by Enrique Sánchez Lansch chronicling the history of this fascinating group of musicians. Read more Release Highlights in June: On the occasion of Sergiu Celibidache’s 100th birthday on 11 July, EuroArts will release Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 with the Berliner Philharmoniker on DVD and Blu-ray Disc

Since 1992, for 20 years now, EuroArts has produced the annual summer concert

– re-mastered and upscaled to HD and including the

of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne in Berlin. Under the baton of the

documentary The Triumphant Return by Wolfgang Becker.

young Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons, together with the 1st concertmaster Daishin Kashimoto as a soloist, they will musically focus on Piotr I. Tchaikovsky.

Please click here for more Celibidache titles available for TV distribution.

Sunday, 24 June 2012, 8:15 pm CET – Live Produced by EuroArts Music in co-production with RBB/ARD In Postproduction:

On the same date, EuroArts will celebrate the 85th birthday of Herbert Blomstedt with a Blu-ray Anniversary

Since 1972, the 12 Cellists of the Berliner

edition including Bach’s Mass in B minor and the 9th October

Philharmoniker have been a prominent institution in

Memorial Concert recorded at the St. Thomas Church. Both

the international music life. Their mixture of seriousness and humor, of depth and lightness, appeals to audiences of all

titles are also available for TV distribution.

ages. On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the ensemble welcomes Annette Dasch and Till Brönner.

And there will be more…

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Georg Zeppenfeld, Bernard Richter, Mandy Fredrich Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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Staged by Jens-Daniel Herzog

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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

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(Original Version 1912)

The Salzburg Festival 2012 – Live Events As exclusive audiovisual partner of the Salzburg Festival

Emily Magee, Elena Moșuc, Jonas Kaufmann Wiener Philharmoniker/Daniel Harding Staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf

UNITEL will produce – in co-production with ZDF, 3sat, Arte, NHK and ORF – the following highlights of this year’s

Peter von Winter: Das Labyrinth - der zweyte Theil der Zauberflöte

festival:

Christof Fischesser, Julia Novikova, Michael Schade Mozarteumorchester Salzburg/Ivor Bolton

Operas

Staged by Alexandra Liedtke

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Nino Machaidze

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten

Wiener Philharmoniker/Daniele Gatti

Wiener Philharmoniker/Ingo Metzmacher

Staged by Damiano Michieletto

Staged by Alvis Hermanis

Alfred Muff, Laura Aikin, Tomasz Konieczny

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Concerts Wiener Philharmoniker – Valery Gergiev (Opening Concert) Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Op. 100

Orchestra Mozart – Claudio Abbado Mozart: Mass in C minor K. 139 “Waisenhausmesse” Schubert: Mass in E flat major D 950 Rachel Harnisch (Soprano), Sara Mingardo (Contralto), Javier Camarena (Tenor), Paolo Fanale (Tenor), Alex Esposito (Bass) Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Sergei Semishkur (Tenor)

Ballet

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Dance & Quartet – Zürcher Ballett and the Hagen Quartett

Wiener Philharmoniker – Mariss Jansons R. Strauss: Don Juan – Tone poem Op. 20 Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 Nina Stemme (Soprano) Concentus Musicus Wien – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Mozart: Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento K. 243 Mozart: Missa longa in C major K. 262

Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” Schubert: String Quartet in D minor D 810 “Der Tod und das Mädchen” Dvořák: String Quartet in F major Op. 96 “American” Choreographer: Heinz Spoerli For most productions live signal will be available! Please contact C Major Entertainment for the exact dates and times, or telephone: +49-(0)30-30306464.

Sylvia Schwartz (Soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (Mezzo-Soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (Tenor), Florian Boesch (Bariton) Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Valery Gergiev (c) Marco Borggreve

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Alexandra Reinprecht (both Vienna State Opera) will be Rosalinde, Daniela Fally, the

ORF-ENTERPRISE

new star at the Vienna State Opera is starring Adele and Daniel Serafin is ready to

Just a few of the many television programme highlights ORF-Enterprise has presented at Classical Next in Munich…

incorporate Dr. Falke. After 20 years of successful work, the renowned doyen of Mörbisch Festival, Harald Serafin says goodbye with his role as Frank, the prison warden.

Wall Street of Voices: The Hans Gabor

Summer Gala Concert – Grafenegg 2012

B e l v e d e r e

This year’s concert of the “Tonkünstler-Orchestra” will take place in June and like

International Singing

all other Grafenegg concerts will not fail to impress. Guesting at the Wolkenturm

Competition

are mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Michael Schade and the violist Vadim

141 young singers, selected from

over

3000

contestants in pre-rounds throughout the world, travelled to Vienna to make their dreams come true. Young filmmaker Michael Podogil and Rudolf Takacs follow several candidates from their arrival in Vienna through the finals. The film also features interviews with the casting directors in Europe and the United States.

Mörbisch Festival 2012: Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus probably is the best-known work of the golden era of operetta in Vienna. This year, tenor Herbert Lippert will take on the role of Eisenstein,

Repin.

We are proud to present these and many other precious music programmes to our TV clients all over the world.

For further information on these and more TV programmes, please contact marion.camus-oberdorfer@orf.at, Head of Content Sales International. http://contentsales.ORF.at

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In addition to Manon and La Traviata, Clasart Classic provides about 60 further

CLASART CLASSICS

For more information, please contact Katharina Biro.

Sixth Season of Live Broadcasts from New York’s Metropolitan

outstanding productions from The Met Live in HD series for TV.

ACCENTUS

Opera comes to Record-Breaking End

Isang Yun in North and South Korea

The sixth season of The Met Live in HD, presented in Germany and Austria

One figure of the two Koreas (North and South) whose outstanding biography bridges

by Clasart Classic, came to an end with two absolute highlights, the first of which

both worlds is composer Isang Yun. Not only was he one of the very few people

was the premiere of the new Met production of Massenet’s opera Manon in New

recognised in both Koreas, he also spent his life trying to reconcile his country.

York in early April with Anna Netrebko singing the title role. “She’ll seduce you!”

ACCENTUS Music honors Yun with a one-hour documentary by Maria Stodtmeier.

raved the New York Post, and the New York Times elatedly proclaimed this Manon

The film traces the course of a life that has been interpreted in different ways;

to be “of rare intensity and emotional depth.” A record was broken at the last

examining the worlds of North and

broadcast of the season, with nearly 40,000 opera lovers filling 140 theaters in

South Korean music and taking the

Germany and Austria to experience La Traviata with Natalie Dessay live from New

viewer on an exciting journey

York’s Metropolitan Opera, an event that grossed over one million euros. Clasart Classic registered over 200,000 viewers during the 2011/2012 season, which

through two political systems.

represents an increase of 25% in comparison with the previous year.

ACCENTUS has just completed shooting in North Korea and has

Sold-out cinemas can be reckoned with in the coming season as well. On the

gathered material which gives an

programme of the opening night on 13 October 2012: Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore

extraordinary insight into a society

with Anna Netrebko! Of course, celebrating the Verdi anniversary year 2013, Verdi

of a country which is probably the

will be holding center stage: The programme contains opera highlights such as

most difficult to enter in the

Otello, Aida, Rigoletto and Un ballo in maschera…

In the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea

world.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Artist Neo Rauch to continue Collaboration with ACCENTUS

The film recently aired on Arte, and it will be broadcast in the USA on PBS American Masters series in 2013.

Distributed by EuroArts, God's Fiddler has just been released on DVD.

Music At present, the internationally renowned painter is working on a new painting inspired by the ACCENTUS Music recording of Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in April 2012. The painting will become the perfect cover for the 4th Symphony

Another recent EuroArts release of a Peter Rosen film is Nobuyuki Tsujii Live at Carnegie Hall, co-produced with WDR/Arte and Avex Classics International.

The film, aired on Arte on 29 April to unusually high viewer response, will soon be released on DVD. The first film in Peter Rosen's proposed trilogy on the blind

DVD and Blu-ray release in autumn 2012. Neo Rauch also designed the

pianist, A Surprise in Texas (2010) has been distributed and broadcast world-wide.

cover image for the ACCENTUS Music production of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and

For more information, please contact rosenprod@aol.com.

chose a painting from his oeuvre for the release of Symphony No. 2 last year.

For further information, please contact Ulrike Gratz. www.accentus.com

PETER ROSEN PRODUCTIONS Peter Rosen's God's Fiddler continues to rack up awards and show dates…

The feature length documentary film on violin legend Jascha Heifetz recently received the Audience Choice Award at the 22nd annual San Diego Film Festival.

After it's November world Premiere in New York, it had its Los Angeles Premiere at the prestigious American Cinematheque Theatre on 21 April and its London Premiere at the Greenwhich Picturehouse on 10 May.

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15 Juni 2012, 08:15 pm, on ARTE

WINDROSE Just Completed…

Live from O2 World Berlin: Happy Birthday, Lang Lang!

Antoine’s Four Seasons

June! On 15 June, an audience of over 10,000 piano aficionados are expected at the

FR | 40’ | HD | By Philippe Béziat & Gordon | Camera lucida |Broadcasters: France

Berlin O2 World. On the programme: Tchaikowsky’s piano concerto No. 1 and

Télévisions, ARTE, YLE

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in the arrangement by Herbie Hancock, who will join in

After the success of The Carnival of Animals, awarded at the Golden Prague Festival and by

the piano party as a special guest.

Lang Lang, pop star on the classical music scene, is celebrating his 30th birthday in

Prix Italia, Camera lucida produced Antoine’s Four Seasons, a fictionalised performance with animations of Vivaldi’s most famous violin concertos. The film features the Concerto Italiano conducted by Vivaldi expert Rinaldo Alessandrini as well as the actor Pierre Richard.

17 Juni 2012, 06:30 pm, on ARTE MAESTRO: Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mendelssohn “Beauty, passion, purity and hope […] a stroke of genius”: That is how violinist AnneSophie Mutter has characterised Mendelssohn’s violin concerto in E minor…

The unique combination of music, actors and cartoons, aiming at making classical music appealing for a younger audience, also is

With the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Kurt Masur.

great entertainment for both children and parents.

27 Juni 2012, 09:45 pm, on ARTE

The programme will be broadcasted by

MUSICA: Sergiu Celibidache – Feuerkopf und Philosoph

France 3 on the International Music Day, on

Impulsive but intellectual, exuberant but most meticulous, benign but merciless – He

21 June, and – in the youth TV slot – by Arte for the end-of-the-year-2012 festivities.

was contradiction in person: Conductor Sergiu Celibidache. On 28 June, ARTE is

Enjoy the trailer on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ93FgIJSUU!

celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birthday with a documentary visiting friends

An iPad application of the film will be available by end of June 2012.

and companions in Romania, Germany and France…

Contact: Pauline Mazenod.

www.zdf.de

www.windrose.fr

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Catering for clients’ needs beyond audio/video recording and postproduction,

from recording to post-postproduction and

msm-productions have just launched the iPhone and Android app for the

final release, from bespoke print to web &

Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Designed and built with their team of

app design. The joint-services of msm-

experts, the app is the easy way to access orchestra news, the full concert

studios, NIGHTFROG and White Label

calendar, concert-specific programme notes as well as exclusive audio and video

Productions simplify the production chain for

content. The app also integrates Google Maps incl. automatic distance calculation

your release.

for the nearest ticketing agency, which can be contacted directly from the app for

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pre-booking. In order to stay in close touch with the daily happenings at the SSO, the app also hosts direct, in-app access to SSO’s Facebook site.

The app has been developed on a cross-platform technology, an advantage that allows for an easy and simultaneous release of the iPhone version as well as the Android version. Being more cost-efficient than two separate, natively programmed apps – one for iPhone and the other for Android – this crossplatform approach covers the two main user segments and guarantees for a high market penetration. Despite Apple’s high profile, Android smartphones have picked up massively in 2011, exceeding Apple’s market share in many of the key markets.

www.msm-productions.com

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS FESTIVAL NEWS 49th International Television Festival Golden Prague 13 – 17 October 2012 | Zofin Palace, Prague List of the programmes competing in the ITF GP 2012 The team of the ITF Golden Prague is working on the festival programme…

Save The Date! The Opening Gala Concert will be held on Saturday 13 October, at 20:00. Official Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, 17 October at 08:00 pm.

Furthermore, on Monday, 15 October, at 08:00 pm, there will be a Tribute to Boris Eifmann followed by a Tribute to Roland Petit on Tuesday 16.October.

encore screenings from the Met’s popular HD transmissions in Lincoln Center Plaza.

Once again, this year’s programme is sure to inspire a whole new generation of opera lovers…

The Met’s 2012 Summer Recital Series, presented in collaboration with City Parks Foundation, will feature six free concerts beginning 25 July and concluding 9 August.

The popular Summer HD Festival runs 25 August – 3 September. Titles and starting times for the screenings will be announced closer to the festival date.

All recitals are free and no tickets are required. For detailed information, please visit the Met website at www.metopera.org/parks.

We keep you posted…

San Francisco Symphony

The deadline for registration is 15 September 2012! Fill in your personal registration form here

Summer & The Symphony

The Metropolitan Opera Free Summer Events The Metropolitan Opera is looking forward to the return of its popular free outdoor series of summer events… For the fourth consecutive year, the Met will present operatic recitals in parks in all five boroughs, as well as a ten-day festival of

As a unique highlight of the San Francisco Symphony’s popular Summer & the Symphony series, on 28 and 29 July, the concert line-up includes the world premiere of Pixar in Concert, with the Orchestra performing memorable scores to accompany visually stunning clips from each of Pixar’s films. Michael Feinstein will perform Sinatra classics with his Big Band. Screenings of The Wizard of Oz (26 and 27 July) will be accompanied by the SFS. The Classical Mystery Tour will celebrate The Beatles’ classic songs, in costume, with the orchestra playing the original symphonic arrangements.

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS The classical concerts, led by conductor Michael Francis, kick off with a programme of Spanish-inflected favorites on 12 July, featuring guitarist Pablo Sainz Villegas, followed by a night of Russian favorites featuring violinist Karen Gomyo on 13 July. Furthermore, there will be an all-Beethoven programme with Pianist Gilles Vonsattel (14 July), a celebration of all-American favorites (19 July) featuring pianist Charlie Albright as well as an all-Dvořák programme with cellist Alisa Weilerstein (20 July).

The coolest place at the Symphony? An all-new Summer Hot Spot, offering a fresh and exciting way to take in a San Francisco Symphony concert… There will be food and drinks in the updated Second Tier bar and guests will have the ability to bring beverages ordered from the Second Tier to their seats. Attendees are invited to tweet about the concert, share thoughts with friends on Facebook, check in at Davies Symphony Hall on Foursquare and check email during the concert. All seats in the Second Tier make up the Summer Hot Spot, and will be open for silenced, free wireless access.

Find more information on the Summer & the Symphony concerts at www.sfsymphony.org/summer.

LAURELS – PRIZES AND PRAISES Sono Artists Consulting Mezzo-Soprano Erica Brookhyser wins “Open Opera” Competition Congratulations to American mezzosoprano Erica Brookhyser for winning the Open Opera competition; with more than 500 applicants the young mezzo-soprano was chosen and will sing the role of Carmen in Seefestspiele Berlin this summer! The festival will be held 12 – 26 August and will be broadcast on ARTE France & Germany.

A Successful Run of Mama Dolorosa in the 2012 Munich Biennale Soprano Rebecca Nelsen sang the lead role in Mama Dolorosa as a part of the Munich Biennale last month. The talented soprano was praised by both audience and critics for her electrifying performance.

Rebecca Nelsen will continue her fantastic season and will sing the role of Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Semperoper Dresden in June.

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Obituary

Chiara Skerath New Recipient of Migros Pour-Cent Award 2012

JOHANNES JOHANSSON (1951 – 2012)

Chiara Skerath, the 24-year-old Swiss soprano has been awarded a Mig ros Pour-Cent award. The unique programme supports up-andcoming Swiss artists through grants and scholarships including both financial contribution and concert engagements.

This is the second time this year the young soprano has been awarded a prestigious award; Chiara Skerath was also the winner of the Emmerich Smola Förderpreis in Landau, Germany earlier this year. This summer, Chiara Skerath returns to Oper Klosterneuberg and will debut the role of Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale (Premiere on 8 July 2012).

PRINCIPAL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIK, STOCKHOLM

For further information please visit the Sono Artists website.

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It is with deep sadness and sympathy that we announce the unexpected death of Johannes Johansson, Principal at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and former President of the European Association of Conservatoires, who many of you had the pleasure of meeting in April at the European Forum on Music in Istanbul.

Johannes Johansson was born 1951 in Karlskrona, Sweden. He studied Philosophy, History of Science and Musicology at Lund University and Church Music, Choir Conducting and Composition at the Malmö Academy of Music. As a composer, he won international recognition for his works.

During the years 1999 – 2005, Johannes Johansson was one of two Directors at the Malmö Academy of Music. In 2011, he completed a successful six-year term as President of the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC). Johannes Johansson was also a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music and an Honorary Member of both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

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At the time of his death, Johannes Johansson was strongly committed to the development of the emerging field of artistic research at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, as well as nationally and internationally. This work has also included the development of the reflective element within programmes at all levels, particularly as part of artistic degree projects.

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The focus of work at the moment was also the launch of KMH's new building project, a venture proceeding in close collaboration with the Royal College of Music's Board of Directors and a number of partners in the business and public sectors. For Johannes Johansson the future premises were an outer manifestation of the vision of making KMH an optimal centre for higher music education and a central artistic and educational meeting place.

The mail address memorial@kmh.se is open for condolences, questions and messages in connection with this sad occasion.

The ICMA Award Gala 2012 (15 May 2012) at La CitĂŠ in Nantes, France, hosted by the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and its Music Director John Axelrod, has been a big success. After the Award Ceremony, a Gala Concert featuring ICMA winners enthused an audience of 1,500 in La CitĂŠ's Grand Auditorium.

During its General Assembly in Nantes, the Jury welcomed as a new member the Russian weekly Kultura.

As for the Awards of 2013: The Ceremony and Gala Concert will be hosted by the Orchestra La Verdi conducted by John Axelrod. The names of the winners will be published in January 2013.

The Jury also announced that the ICMA Gala 2014 will take place during the renowned Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, organised by Elzbieta Penderecka.

N EWSLE T TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS ICMA 2012 - The Winners The winners were selected from a nomination list comprising 250 CD and DVD productions.

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“In a musical world showing an increasing number of recordings, our choice honors outstanding productions of superior quality and provides reliable guidance to the music lovers.” (Remy Franck, President of the Jury)

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The ICMA also include six awards to pay respect to exceptional musicians and producers. Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki won the Lifetime Achievement Award; French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is Artist of the Year; German pianist Joseph Moog Young Artist of the Year; Ondine Label of the Year.

A Special Achievement Award went to the producer and re-recording engineer Ward Marston. The Classical Website Award went to classicalplanet.com, an outstanding project coordinated by the Fundación Albéniz and offering musical content as well as a social networking platform for young musicians. Among the recipients of the Awards in the 14 CD and DVD, the Jury selected the ECM recording of piano works by Robert Schumann played by Andras Schiff as Recording of the Year.

Find the complete list of the 2012 ICMA Award winners here.

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