IMZ Newsletter July 2012 as PDF

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• FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ

• CLASART CLASSIC WAGNER’S DREAM • ACCENTUS MUSIC LUCERNE FESTIVAL AND OTHER JOURNEYS IN SOUND

• MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST • VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL YEKATERINBURG • SEMI-FINAL JUDGING EVENT FOR THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS

• EUROARTS AMORE IN THE WILD WEST AND INGENIOUS OPPOSITES

• IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX

• C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT FAMOUS SLEEPWALKERS AND A PIANO PARTY

• WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR SCREENINGS

• SERVUS TV THE SECOND LIFE

• DANCE SCREEN ON TOUR AT PUBLIC ART SCREENS

• WINDROSE

• NEW "INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS” OF THE IMZ

• WHAT’S ON… ZDF

• NOT A MEMBER YET? JOIN THE IMZ FAMILY

• SONO ARTISTS CONSULTING STREAMING THE STARS • POORHOUSE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC IN THE AIR

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

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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 What’s on…? Find the full programme here

… 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 will star on screen turning the hot spot of summer in the City of Vienna into the heart of a vibrant world capital of music…

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!

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

N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVALS:YEKATERINBURG & BUCHAREST

Vienna Music Film Festival,Yekaterinburg, 2 – 13 July 2012

The IMZ again cooperates with the music film festivals in Yekaterinburg and Bucharest,

The third edition of the

organising the music film programmes.

Vienna Music Film Festival

Music Film Festival in Bucharest, 8 – 17 June 2012

in Yekaterinburg is initiated

By following the format of the acclaimed Film Festival at Wiener Rathausplatz, the 7th edition of the Music Film Festival at George Enescu Square in Bucharest, Romania was once again an outstanding success.

Co-organised by ArCub and the City of Bucharest, the festival took place at George Enescu Square, situated in the heart of Bucharest, from 8 – 17 June 2012. The square was transformed into an oasis of music and dance where more than 10.000 visitors of all age groups enjoyed classical music in a relaxing environment. The programme, curated by the IMZ, contained operas and concerts such as the Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2012, Luciano Pavarotti – Duets, Andrea Bocelli – One Night in Central Park etc.

and supervised by the IMZ and the Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow and very successfully implemented by the Austrian Honorary Consulate in Yekaterinburg in cooperation with various local partners and sponsors.

Taking place from 2 - 13 July 2012 in front of the Ural Federal University, the festival is open air, free of charge and combined with a food and beverage area following the concept of the Rathausplatz Filmfestival in Vienna. The programme curated by the IMZ includes operas and concerts such as Don Pasquale, Dove è Amore è Gelosia, Andrea Bocelli - Live in Central Park, The Best of Pavarotti and Friends, Konzert für Europa 2006, Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2012, Manon, Operavox – Animated Operas, Cinderella, Carmen, Nacht der Liebe – Waldbühne Berlin 2010.

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Film Selection Revealed

SEMI-FINAL JUDGING EVENT FOR THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS

The time has come to finally reveal the long awaited screening selection for the 11th

IMZ hosted the Semi-Final Judging Event for the 2012 International Emmy® Awards in the Arts Programming in cooperation with the International

IMZ World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX 2012.

Three days of screenings, 17 productions, a lot to discover and here is the screening schedule,.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Also don’t miss to check the entire pool of submitted programmes!

The jurors, 14 distinctive international representatives from the arts and media

If you start planing your trip to Thessaloniki and haven’t registered for WOMEX yet you

branch met for a daylong judging session in the Filmakademie in Berlin.

can do so at the Guide Rate until 24 August.

Thanks to EuroArts for providing the location and for all organisational efforts!

The nominees will be announced at Mipcom (France) October 8 and the winners November 19 in New York.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership-based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. www.iemmys.tv

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N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR And yet another World Music Films on Tour screening…

NEW "INDIVIDUAL" MEMBERS OF THE IMZ We would like to extend a very warm welcome to the latest and youngest new members of the IMZ:

This time the films are travelling to Brussels and will be shown at the Ryceclart Festival.

On 22 May 2012, Nestor, the son of Ruth Pfletschinger, IMZ Executive Director

The selection includes:

(maternity leave), and

Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche à Bamako

on 20 June 2012, Julian, the son of Birgit Baresch, IMZ Office Management

As Old As My Tongue Black and White in Colour For all those who always wanted to visit Belgium this might be one good occasion!

DANCE SCREEN ON TOUR AT PUBLIC ART SCREENS

(maternity leave), were born.

Both boys are perfectly healthy and keep Ruth and Birgit pretty busy!

The parents are happy and absolutely overwhelmed!

Welcome to the IMZ family little Nestor and little Julian!

The IMZ is happy to announce that three films from our non-profit and noncommercial initiative dancescreen on tour have been selected for the Norwegian project "Public Art Screens".

The project which is taking place at several locations in Norway presents contemporary video art and animation. The Public Art Screens are custom made to public and private rooms, terminals, schools, foyers and meeting areas. Public Art Screens creates a new venue for people to experience art directly in public space. The project is initiated and produced by i/ o / lab - Center of Future Arts in Stavanger. During the summer months June, July and August the films "Stronger" (Wilkie Branson), "DUO" (Octavio Iturbe) and "There is a place" (Goat Media Ldt.) will been shown within the Public Art Screens Project. www.publicscreens.no

Nestor

Julian

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N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW IN THE IMZ ARGONON … FULL MEMBER OF THE IMZ Argonon is a new group of companies delivering world-class entertainment to TV, Film, Cinema, Social Media, Mobile, Gaming and Brands. The two production companies under the umbrella Argonon: Leopard Films and Remedy Films. Fiona Morris is Head of Arts for Argonon and Hazel

Bourne as he works on this new choreography (for transmission in December 2012).

For further details, please contact HazelWright@argononinternational.com or KatieStephenson@argononinternational.com.

Tel: +44 (0)207704 3300 Argonon International 1-3 St. Peter’s Street London N1 8JD. www.argonon.com

Wright is Consultant for Argonon International working with the sales team on global co-productions and sales.

Recently Leopard Films made Matthew Bourne’s 3D and 2D Swan Lake for Sky 3D & Sky Arts – directed by Ross Macgibbon and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Matthew Bourne’s Dance Company - New Adventures, Channel

NEW PRODUCTIONS CLASART CLASSIC

In production now is The Genius of Bach (working title) – an in depth study of

Cinematic Premiere Of Wagner’s Ring Cycle And Behind-TheScenes Documentary

Johann Sebastian Bach by John Eliot Gardiner for BBC2 (March 2013).

The Met live in HD series, presented in German and Austrian movie theaters

Matthew Bourne’s new choreography for Sleeping Beauty will be on stage at Sadler’s Wells in December 2012 and will be filmed by Leopard Films in 3D and

by Clasart Classic, has been rolling out new productions of the four Ring operas

2D in January for live screening on Sky. BBC1’s Imagine will profile Matthew

visionary director Robert Lepage, is being screened in a complete cycle on

4 commissioned The World of Matthew Bourne (60’).

individually over the last two seasons, but only now the Ring, as staged by the

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ACCENTUS MUSIC

two subsequent weekends this summer (28 and 29 July / 4 and 5 August). The

Lucerne Festival 2012

Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen – the most ambitious production the Met has ever attempted – features a cast of today’s greatest Wagnerian singers, led

WAGNER’S DREAM

by Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried), and Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund). The four-opera epic is conducted by Met Music Director James Levine and the company’s Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi.

The screenings of Wagner’s masterwork are accompanied by Wagner’s Dream, a new documentary

BOB EISENHARDT SUSAN FROEMKE FILM FEATURING ROBERT LEPAGE DEBORAH VOIGT JAY HUNTER MORRIS PETER GELB JAMES LEVINE FABIO LUISI AND THE METROPOLITAN OPERA EDITOR BOB EISENHARDT SOUND ROGER PHENIX CAMERA DON LENZER PRODUCERS SUSAN FROEMKE DOUGLAS GRAVES DIRECTED BY SUSAN FROEMKE A

directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke.

This "revealing, riveting, and unprecedented examination

© COPYRIGHT 2012 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

WagnersDream.com

of the artistic process" (Examiner) will be screened at

This summer, Accentus Music is again collaborating with the Lucerne Festival.

The Accentus team will record the opening concert with Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra (LIVE! On 8 August 2012).

On the programme: Beethoven’s powerful incidental music for Goethe’s Egmont for soprano, orchestra and

(c) LUCERNE FESTIVAL, Monika Rittershaus

narrator, featuring actor Bruno Ganz. The second part of the programme will be Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor: Juliane Banse and Anna Prohaska will take the soprano parts…

challenges of live theater and the risks that must be taken, the film chronicles the

Additionally, on August, Accentus Music will record the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle performing works by Wagner,

tremendous creativity and unflagging determination behind this daring attempt to

Sibelius, Ligeti and other composers. This successful collaboration follows the

realize Wagner’s dream of a perfect Ring.

orchestra's celebrated concert at the Lucerne Festival in 2011, also produced by

The entire Ring cycle as well as Wagner’s Dream are now available for TV,

Accentus Music.

this year’s Munich Filmfestival. An intimate look at the

distributed by Clasart Classic. For further information, please contact Katja.Raths@tmg.de or Katharina.Biro@tmg.de

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS New Documentary: John Cage – Journeys in Sound

EUROARTS In post production From the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden comes this spectacular production of

A Zen master or an expert on chance? A specialist in mushrooms or a performance

Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore set in the scenario of a Western Film

artist? A sound inventor or a cook? A writer or an anarchist? John Cage was all of

Production. For the first time tenor Rolando Villazón will direct this opera

these things. This documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller pays tribute to

while also singing his classical role Nemorino. Length: approx. 150 mins. Director: Nele

the most fascinating American avant-garde composer on the occasion of his 100th

Münchmeyer

birthday in September 2012. Shot in America, Germany and Japan, the programme premieres rare archival footage; presenting concert excerpts and a set of short stories, featuring associates of Cage and contemporary artists, playfully delineating different aspects of John Cage. Protagonists are Yoko Ono, Christian Wolff, Steffen Schleiermacher, Toshio Hosokawa, Mayumi Miyata, Calvin Tomkins and many others.

Accentus Music will release the programme on DVD and Blu-ray in October

Also in post-production is the documentary by Friedemann Hottenbacher Rolando Villazón’s L’Elisir d’Amore in the Wild West, which tells the story of this “story within a story” and reveals the creative process of staging the opera in April and May 2012. We follow Villazón through the production: In rehearsals with singers and actors, in interplay with the

2012.

young conductor Pablo Heras-Casado – on the way

A Production of Accentus Music in co-production with WDR, supported by

to a highly personal

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung

performance. Length: 29 mins.

www.accentus.com.

A production of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in co-production with EuroArts Music & SWR More info... (c) Andrea Kremper

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Release Highlights in July On DVD and Blu-ray Disc: Nobuyuki Tsujii Live at Carnegie Hall On DVD: András Schiff plays Bach, and two more new Verbier titles: Martin Helmchen plays Bach, Liszt, Beethoven and Lars Vogt plays Janácek, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms.

For the very first time, EuroArts Music releases an HD Audio production on Blu-ray Audio Disc: Ingenious Opposites, Vol. I – Roman Zaslavsky plays Schumann & Liszt A master of piano technique that espouses nuance without resorting to arbitrary mannerisms, Russian-Israeli pianist Roman Zaslavsky, plays Schumann‘s Symphonic Etudes, op.13 and Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année.

Starting with Volume 1 there will be more Ingenious Opposites coming up in the near future…

More info...

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT Presents…

C l a u d e Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande From Opéra De La Bastille, Paris Paris’ Opéra de la Bastille celebrated the

and Choeur de l’Opéra national de Paris.

Vincenzo Bellini – La

performing: Giovanni Battista

Length approx. 180’. Video Director:

Sonnambula

Parodi as Count Rodolfo and

Philippe Béziat. A co-production of

From The Teatro La Fenice,

Shalva Mukeria as Elvino.

Idéale Audience and NHK and

Venice

Gabriele Ferro conducts the

The title role of Amina, the titular

Orchestra and Choir of Teatro La

UNITEL in with participation of Opera national de Paris, Medici.tv and CLASSICA.

sleepwalker, with its high tessitura is renowned for its difficulty, requiring a

150th birthday of Claude Debussy with

complete command of trills and

Robert Wilson’s “wondrous” (Le

florid technique… For this

Figaro) production of Pelléas et Mélisande featuring a stellar cast. Stéphane

production – premiered on 22 April 2012 at famous Teatro La Fenice –

Degout, Elena Tsallagova and

Jessica Pratt mastered the challenge:

Vincent Le Texier thrilled the

winner of numerous national and

audience and press alike; yet even the

lnternational competitions including

smaller roles were cast with high-caliber

the “Vienna State Opera Award” she

performers: Anne Sofie von Otter and Franz-Josef Selig. “The singers have integrated Wilson’s language of gestures and lighting to a degree never attained by previous casts” (Le Figaro).

Philippe Jordan conducts Orchestre

Pélleas et Mélisande © Charles Duprat

Fenice. Stage director is Bepi Morassi. Length approx. 150’. Video Director: Tiziano Mancini. A production of Classica Italia and UNITEL CLASSICA.

is known for her “gorgeously firm top E flat” (The Sunday Times). Also La Sonnambula © Michele Crosera

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SERVUS TV

Happy Birthday, Lang Lang!

Following the success of “Traces to Nowhere”, the multi-awarded film on the

Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock Live

excentric star-conductor Carlos Kleiber, and after a production time of more

In Berlin

than one year, ServusTV proudly presents the new documentary by Eric Schulz: Karajan – The Second Life. The film will have its premiere at

To celebrate Lang Lang’s 30th birthday,

three of Herbert von Karajan’s most auratic work-places:

“the hottest pianist on the classical music planet”, and iconic jazz pianist, Herbie

Salzburg Festival

Hancock, joined forces together with 50

30 July 2012, 06:30 p.m.

children pianists from around the globe for

Große Universitätsaula, Max-Reinhardt-Platz, Salzburg. A co-operation of the

an extraordinary performance at the

Salzburg Festival and ServusTV.

famous O2 WORLD in Berlin, Germany on 15 June 2012…

Vienna’s Musikverein 20 September 2012, 08:00 p.m.

Musikverein, Gläserner Saal / Magna Auditorium

Length 120’ / 90’. TV Director: Hannes

A co-operation of Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Vienna and ServusTV.

Rossacher. A co-production of ZDF and Arte in cooperation with

Philharmonie Berlin

TELEFONICA.

26 September 2012, 06:00 p.m.

Philharmonie Berlin, Herrmann-Wolff-Saal A co-operation of Philharmonie Berlin and ServusTV.

For further information, please contact C Major Entertainment.

Lang Lang Herbie Hancock © CAMI

All IMZ members are cordially invited!

Contact: frank.gerdes@servustv.at T +43(0)662 84 22 44-28157

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS KARAJAN The Second Life A film by Eric Schulz The film Karajan - The Second Life offers never-before-seen film footage and a fascinating look at the musical performances of the conductor Herbert von Karajan.

Excerpts from private recordings of phone calls between the maestro and his sound engineer GĂźnter Hermanns were exclusively analysed for this film and provide an authentic insight into Karajan's work. The central question is what will remain of Karajan, who made more recordings than anyone else, and his unprecedented ambitious artistic legacy.

Interviews with important companions of Karajan such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Alward and others provide insight to this question and much more. Around 90% of the archival material has not been released before. Š 2012 / A production of ServusTV in coproduction with Unitel Classica Durations: 79'23'' / 52'22'' www.servustv.com

N EWSL ET TER 2 band mates’ musical journey in Latin America. As they meet locals, they share

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songs and discover that music is more than frivolous diversion.

WINDROSE

appreciate the following Mezzo concerts: Romantic Violin (68’) presents the

Seven At One Stroke

If you look for refined HD baroque & classical music performances, you’ll violinists Pascal Devoyon and Philippe Graffin playing Saint-Saëns and Ravel.

Romantic Etudes (86’) features the French media darling pianist, Geoffroy

Windrose is proud to present its first

Couteau playing Saint-Saëns, Liszt, Brahms and Scarlatti. In Paris Virtuoso

webdoc Tracing Lines With Alonzo King

(86’), soprano R. Invernizzi and violinist J. Guyonnet play Mozart at the Scuola

for the 30 year Anniversary of Alonzo

Grande in Venice. In Diabolical Paraphrases (71’), French pianist D. Violi

King's ballet from San Francisco. Have

plays Berlioz, Liszt and Ravel.

a look at www.franck-thibault.com/ tracinglines!

Looking for world music documentaries in HD? Creole Cousins (52’, France TV) goes back to the roots of Maloya, World Heritage Reunionese Music. Lindigo Group rediscovers the closeness between the Reunionese and the Brazilian black heritage. They will perform at the Fuji Rock Festival, the largest outdoor music event in Japan this July. El Rey (52') is a

WHAT’S ON…ZDF Music On ZDF – Summer 2012 On 29 Juli 2012, inaugurating the Olympic Games in London, the ZDF is broadcasting Domingos Olympische Gala from Covent Garden, featuring Placido Domingo and former winners of the competition Operalia who now are celebrated stars of the international opera scene. With Nina Stemme, Sonya Yoncheva, Julia Novikova, Joyce DiDonato, Rolando Villazón, Joseph

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IMZ MEMBER NEWS Calleja, Stefan Pop, Erwin Schrott… The conductor is Antonio Pappano. (On Sunday, 29 July 2012, 10:00 p.m., on ZDF) On 2 August 2012, Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala will involve us in the tragic love story of Mimì and Rodolfo in a transmission of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème from Salzburg Festival. Daniele Gatti is conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker. (Thursday, 2 August 2012, 10:15 p.m., on ZDF) In addition, ZDF Music On ARTE invites music aficionados to spend One Day In Salzburg: On Sunday, 29 Juli 2012, beginning at 02.00 p.m., on ARTE: presentator Annette Gerlach meets Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Javier Camarena, Paolo Fanale, Alex Esposito, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor, the Orchestra Mozart Bologna, Claudio Abbado; Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala; the Hagen Quartett, the Zürcher Ballett; Sylvia Schwartz, Elisabeth von Magnus, Jeremy Ovenden, Florian Boesch, the Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and many more… www.zdf.de

First Ever Live Stream Of Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition Sono Artists Consulting is producing the first live stream of the final of the prestigious Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition from Vienna’s historic Rathaus (City Hall) on 8 July. The competition has been held annually in Vienna for more than 30 years, and 2012 marks the first time the event will be available to audiences around the world via a live broadcasting.

The final round of the competition will be streamed live on both Sono Artists website & the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition website at 10:00 a.m. on 8 July 2012.

“The Queen of Coloratura” World Debut Legendary soprano Edita Gruberova, one of the greatest singers of our time, will be performing her world debut of Alaide in a concert version of Vincenzo Bellini’s La Straniera in Munich on 5, 9, 14, 18 July. Edita Gruberova will be accompanied by the Munich Opera Orchestra under the baton of

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Pietro Rizzo. Sono Artists will be represented by its finest male singers; tenor Randall Bills, bass Leonard Bernad and bass Sung Heon Ha. For more information please follow the LINK

POORHOUSE INTERNATIONAL Music in the Air Classical music has been an important part of the programme mix right from the beginnings of television. In true Reithian fashion the BBC opened its regular broadcasts with a lot of music and dance. An

Mezzo-Soprano Hagar Sharvit to Attend the Young Singers Project at The 2012 Salzburg Festival

invaluable mirror of our societies and cultures, the new medium soon began to

Glen Gould © Clasart Classic

invent formats of its own and at the same Hagar Sharvit, the 24 year old Israeli mezzo soprano was selected to participate in the Young Singers Project as a part of the Salzburg Festival. The members of the Young Singers Project will perform as part of Opera viva and of Die Zauberflöte für Kinder and will also appear in various productions as a part of the 2012 Festival Season. A celebratory final concert is scheduled for the 19th of August 2012.

For further information please visit Sono Artists website You can also find Sono Artists on Facebook & Twitter.

time created invaluable archives…

During the last seventy years television has undergone dramatic changes from black and white to colour, from a small screen to home cinema, from mono sound to stereo and surround sound. And it has done a lot to popularize classical music, in the best and in the worst sense…

Karajan© Unitel

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IMZ MEMBER NEWS Trying to cover a bit of the history

programmes which simply would not

of classical music on television,

exist without television.

the documentary Music In The Air

Meet directors like Brian Large,

features early clips from 1937; examples for two radically different approaches of recording classical music for television as represented by Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan; commissioned work such as a clip of Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave which was recorded by the BBC under studio conditions; Andrea Andermann's Tosca in real time from the locations indicated in the libretto; the Schweizer Fernsehen’s flash mob opera Traviata from Zurich Central Station; as well as a glimpse at Glen Gould's labours with J.S. Bach:

Christopher Nupen and Andy Sommer, controllers like David Attenborough and Roger Wright as well as producers and of course many more musicians…

How to pick up Music In The Air? Contact Heike Connolly for further information…

ELECTRIC SKY Electric Sky Pre-Natpe Budapest Deals UK distributer, Electric Sky has announced several Central and Eastern Europe deals ahead of Natpe Budapest this month. As for the c u l t u r a l s e c t o r, Russian terrestrial channel Kultura Channel has picked up Images First Productions’ The Wo r l d ’s F i r s t Computer: Decoding t h e A n t i k y t h e r a The World’s First Computer: Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism Mechanism (1 x 53’) which recently aired on BBC4 (as The Two Thousand Year Old Computer) and gathered one of the highest ever recorded viewing figures for a BBC4 documentary. The Russian Terrestrial channel has also acquired the two ballets: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1 x 150') and Les Patineurs (1 x 24') both Royal Opera House Productions.

“We have seen a real growth in Central and Eastern European territories in recent years and we’re looking forward to Natpe Budapest 2012 to further increase our reach in the territory and seek out new broadcast partners”. (Sharon McCulloch, Sales Manager at Electric Sky) www.electricsky.com

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IMZ MEMBER NEWS FESTIVAL NEWS ITF Golden Prague

49th International Television Festival Golden Prague 13 – 17 October 2012 | Zofin Palace, Prague Reminder for Competitors: Do not forget to send your tapes!

Each competition programme is to be entered on 1x digital BETACAM 625/50 Hz, Picture Format 4:3 or 16:9, PAL or BETACAM SP or HD CAM in English (dubbed or with subtitles) 3× high quality DVD in English (dubbed or with subtitles).

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY San Francisco Symphony Wins Northern California Emmy Award The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), SFS Media, KQED9, and Janette Gitler Productions were awarded a Northern California Area Emmy Award for the documentary San Francisco Symphony at 100 in the “Historical/Cultural Program or Special” category on 9 June at the 41st Annual Awards Gala held at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco.

Click here to view a complete list of Northern California Area Emmy award winners.

Produced by Janette Gitler for SFS Media and narrated by Amy Tan, the hour-long

STOP PRESS The last of the three “Tribute to…” sessions has been fixed: On Sunday 14 October, 08:00 p.m. It is a Tribute to Daria Klimentova! You are most welcome to join…

documentary features historical footage highlighting the Orchestra’s early beginnings following San Francisco’s gold rush era, its rich history of touring, its

The complete festival programme will be available soon at the ITF Golden Prague website. Stay tuned…

Excerpts from the documentary can be viewed in the Historical Features playlist on

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commitment to young people, and its innovations in media. the San Francisco Symphony’s You Tube channel.

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS The San Francisco Symphony Wins Ascap Award For Adventurous Programming For Its 2011-12 Centennial Season The SFS and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas received the Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming for its 2011-12 Centennial season, which included a two-week American Mavericks Festival in San Francisco, performing the world premieres of SFS-commissioned new works by composers John Adams, Mason Bates, Meredith Monk, and Morton Subotnick, followed by a two-week

16TH QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION (May 2012): The 12 Laureates Russian violinist Andrey Baranov has won the 16th Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2012! Along with a prize of 25,000 euros, he receives the “Huggins” Stradivarius (1708), on loan for a period of three years by the Nippon Music Foundation. Second laureate is Tatsuki Narita from Japan and third laureate is Hyun-Su Shin from Korea. Fourth laureate is Esther Yoo (America), fifth laureate Yu-Chien Tseng (Chinese Taipei), who has also won both prizes of the public, and sixth laureate Artiom Shishkov (Belarus). The complete ranking of the 12 laureates and an overview of the jury members is available on the competition’s brand new website!

U.S. tour… www.sfsymphony.org Furthermore, the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO) and Wattis Foundation Music Director Donato Cabrera were recognized with an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, receiving the Award for American Programming on Foreign Tours.

The SFSYO and Cabrera embark on tour to Germany, Austria, and Luxembourg (23 June – 6 July) where they will perform a.o. John Adams’s Shaker Loops as well as Mahler’s Symphony No. 1… www.ascap.com © Bruno Vessié

N EWSLE T TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS All 12 finalists have performed the imposed work Concerto pour violon et orchestre by Japanese composer Kenji Sakai, winner of the 2011 Queen Elisabeth International Composition Competition, together with the National Orchestra of Belgium under the baton of Gilbert Varga.

On 11 June, the 4th, 5th and 6th laureates have performed in the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts with the Orchestre Royal de C h a m b re d e Wa l l o n i e , conducted by Augustin Dumay.

The closing concert on 14 June assembled the 1st, 2nd and 3rd laureates and Brussels Philharmonic directed by Michel Tabachnik.

This year’s competition has been streamed live on the © Bruno Vessié Competition’s website as from the semi-finals. The semi-final and final performances will stay available as video on demand in the new online audio and video archive.

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N EWSLE T TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC AL MUSIC FESTIVAL OF CYCLADES (ICMFC) The Revival of Classical Music in the "Noblesse of the Cyclades" 17 – 25 August 2012 Syros, the capital of Cyclades, has hosted for the last 8 years the most prestigious classical event of the Aegean‌ The International Classical Music festival of Cyclades brings together world renown soloists and ensembles, providing the solid ground for international chamber music creativity and presenting masterclasses and concerts to a wide audience from all over the world.

The ICMFC was inaugurated in 2004 in the "Noblesse of the Cyclades", as locals call the island, by Fotis Karagyannopoulos, Kostas Fotopoulos, George Foufopoulos and the violinist Yannos Margaziotis, Concertmaster with the Greek National Opera Orchestra and Artistic Director of the festival.

In August 2012 the festival celebrates its 8th anniversary by organising a Summer Academy and a series of concerts with the participation of international soloists.

All of the events will be held at the Apollo Theatre of Syros, an architectural masterpiece of the 19th century, which is placed in the centre of the capital town of Syros, Hermoupoulis, and is a miniature replica of La Scala di Milan. www.festivalcyclades.com

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RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS DANUBE UNIVERSITY Music for Film & Media The new modular Master of Arts (M.A.) Programme in Music for Film and Media offered by the Danube University starts on 8 October 2012 in Krems, Austria. Under the leadership of international composer, music producer, and recording arts expert Miguel Kertsman, the programme’s high-caliber multinational Faculty will provide participants with academic and professional expertise in all key discipline-related areas including: aesthetics, dramaturgy of music in media, composition and production techniques and technologies, theory, hands-on practice, as well as management, business, and entrepreneurship for musicians, composers, sound artists, and music producers.

The programme is designed to help participants prepare or further their knowledge, network, and skills for careers in composition and music production for film, TV, interactive digital media and games, and collaborative Art forms.

Find further information here.

Bergen Agenda The European Festivals Association ( E FA ) c e l e b r a t e d i t s 6 0 t h anniversary with a Jubilee Gala from 23 – 25 May 2012 in Bergen, Norway.

The debate was shaped by 180 participants from 46 countries and regions in the world, by delegates from sister festival networks from Africa, Asia and the Arab region, by Alumni of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, and by politicians of EU, national and local levels.

Topics such as innovation, business and audience participation in digital times are feeding into the Bergen Agenda which is to characterise EFA's work in the years to come.

Furthermore, the Association released its Jubilee publication and first film entitled 60 Years On: Festivals and the World and admitted five new members.

The gathering saw many festive highlights including an artistic closing moment with Carte Blanche. Throughout 2012, EFA joins forces with festivals around the world to celebrate, commemorate and in particular reflect on the present and future of arts festivals in the world. At the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee, EFA President Darko Brlek reminds of the achievements of festivals and the Association in the past 60 years and urges the need to join forces with partners from all over the world.

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