IMZ Newsletter November 2011

N E WS LE T T E R N OVEMBER 2011 IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

• IMZ AT MIDEM 2012, 28 -31 JANUARY

FESTIVAL NEWS:

• IMZ AT THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

• 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

• IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 2011

NEW IN THE IMZ:

• IMZ DIRECTORY INFORMATION

• MASTERCLASS.TV NEW PRODUCTIONS: • EUROARTS • C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT • SYQUALI MULTIMEDIA ZURICH • ACCENTUS MUSIC • ELECTRIC SKY • WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN NOVEMBER

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• KONSERVATORIUM WIEN UNIVERSITY WIEN MODERN ROUND TABLE • OBITUARY BENGT HÄGER 1916 – 2011 • MICA MUSIC AUSTRIA TONBILD 2011 - CALL FOR ENTRIES

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N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS IMZ AT MIDEM 2012, 28 - 31 JANUARY 2012, CANNES, FRANCE Do not miss out on participating at midem 2012 from 28 – 31 January 2012 and joining us at the IMZ activities such as the IMZ Avant Première Screenings.

Please have a look at the the preliminary schedule of IMZ events here For detailed information about the Avant Première Screenings and the IMZ events at midem 2012 please visit www.avantpremiere.at Find out more about Classical at midem 2012 here

Participants: For detailed information about the general participation/registration fees and contracts please click here Please note that the deadline for the November rate of just €650 is November 15, 2011.

Exhibitors: For detailed information about the various exhibition/stand fees and contracts please click here and contact Cornelia Much at cornelia.much@reedmidem.com or +49-7631-17680.

For further general information about midem 2012 please go to www.midem.com

N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS IMZ AT THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE 15 – 19 October 2011 / Žofín Palace, Prague (CZ) The World Of Music And Dance Is Within Your Reach The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the IMZ have once again decided to join forces to promote and strengthen the arts in the audio-visual media. Thus, at the 48th edition of the ITF

selecting at least one new original project/event every year (from

Golden Prague, the IMZ presented the Golden Prague Premieres and held the first Pitching Session

be offered to all members within the EBU and the IMZ.

in cooperation with the EBU.

Five projects were pitched to the high-profile jury consisting of

The programmes highlighted in the framework of the Golden Prague Premieres

Bettina Brinkmann, EBU, Marie-Odile Demay, MO Demay

(screenings) in the Small Hall at Zofin Palace:

Entertainment, Arild Erikstad, NRK, Peter Maniura, BBC, Lothar

Golden Prague Premiere I: The Vienna State Opera (TV Kultura, Russia) – The famous

Mattner, WDR and Erwin Stürzer, Arthaus Musik GmbH.

2012 to 2014) aiming at prime time international audiences which will

opera house seen through the eyes of Russian artists Golden Prague Premiere II:The Beauty of the Voice (Loft, Germany) – A documentary

Of course, in general the festival was open to anyone interested in

about the international opera studio at the Zurich Opera, led by Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza.

high-quality music and dance programmes and films on the TV screen.

Festival participants had the chance to view all competition

Both productions were enthusiastically received by the audience.

programmes submitted to the 48th ITF Golden Prague in the festival's video library.

On Monday, 17 October the EBU and IMZ Pitching Session took place. During their first jointly organised Pitching session in Golden Prague, the EBU and the IMZ were looking forward to

We look forward to the next ITF Golden Prague in October 2012!

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IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 2011 For the third and last time in Copenhagen, after five days of good work and tons of

Film Screenings with a collection of 13

Eskenazy in My sweet canary,

thrilling films (with one last minute update)

followed by the hurricane-like The

was not only enthusiastically received but

Godmother of Rock & Roll

also noted highly increased attendance

Sister Rosetta Tharpe and

figures.

another legend, Calypso Rose The Lioness of the Jungle. In the

amazing music WOMEX successfully completed its 17th edition. With 2250

On the first screening day, the films took

delegates from 98 countries, 700

us to moving trips from Andalusia with

companies, 270 stands, 20 conference

Good singing hurts, over the Gibraltar

sessions, 60 acts from 52 countries and 13

to hear a Griot of Senegal raising his

movies at the IMZ World Music

voice, back to Germany with Global

Film Screenings this is what it takes to

Local – Forays into a new music

be the most important professional market for world music.

scene in Cologne discovering a flourishing new musical landscape.

The tenth and thus anniversary

The second day, mainly dedicated to

edition of the IMZ World Music

women, introduced rebetiko singer Rosa

afternoon Mokoomba, from one riverbank to another provided an insight into the life of a young band from Zimbabwe while Frekuensia Kolombia na transpor ted the rapped messages of South America’s youth.

Haiti under the sound of the 62 year old Orchestre Septentrional in When the D ru m I s B e a t i n g. A f t e r w a rd s i n Dharohar (A Legacy) we saw an enthusiastic musical cooperation melting cultural and religious divides in India. Creole Cousins - A portrait of Lindigo in Brazil revealed a common musical inheritance of two places as far apart as La

The last screening day took us to

Reunion and Brazil. Finally The Baroque

Morocco and the depths of Arab

Nomade in Ethiopia, on the

Andalusian music in Nuba of Gold and Light. We then flew over to

encounter with the Azmari took us back to the 17th century in Abyssinia to

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IMZ DIRECTORY INFORMATION

discover a fusion of European Music and Ethiopian

Dear IMZ Members,

Azmari art.

In the next weeks you will receive an E-mail regarding the IMZ Directory Update. As

For those who missed it, it is not all lost yet! See

soon as you have received it, please have a look at all the information and send us your amendments. Only with your help we can guarantee a complete and accurate

the screening selection and not only that‌ For the

edition of the IMZ Directory 2011.

first time this year we have listed all submitted movies for you to browse through.

Expect the next call for film submissions in spring and plan your trip to WOMEX 2012 in Thessaloniki this time one week earlier than usual from Wednesday, 17 to Sunday, 21 October 2012!

And last but not least: we will soon update the movie programme of our non-profit distribution project World Music Films on Tour adding the programmes screened at WOMEX 2011.

www.worldmusicfilms.com

With many thanks in advance for your assistance, Your IMZ Team

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NEW IN THE IMZ

FESTIVAL NEWS THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE IS OVER...

programme also received the Czech Television

The festival team would like to thank all of

category of Performing Arts (Recordings of

you for attending and contending in an exciting competition!

From 15 –19 October 2011, The 48th ITF GP offered its visitors 77 competition programmes from 21 countries around the world, 6 programmes from the Czech Republic and four programmes in the noncompetition category.

Award. The second Czech Crystal in the opera, operetta, musicals, dance, ballet,

MasterClass.TV fosters the highest standards of musicianship by providing a

Radiotelevision Italiana in a coproduction with

web based, interactive music platform that enables aspiring musicians to

Rada film, BBC and NHK. Special Mention for

better apprehend, interpret and appreciate classical music. MasterClass.TV is

extraordinary artistic achievement was

a primary source for digital video and audio materials of classical music.

awarded to the German film The Baton which reports from the Gustav Mahler conductor

Designed as a virtual educational tool the platform will allow academic

competition. The programme Rostropovich:

meaningful learning experience.

VIZE 97.

the film Jiří Kylián: Forgotten memoirs by the French company ARTE France. This

member!

Rigoletto in Mantua produced by RAI

by the French company Camera lucida

dedicated to music and dance was awarded to

joined the IMZ family. Let’s extend a warm welcome to our newest

What’s it about?

The Grand Prix Golden Prague 2011 was awarded to the film The Carnival of Animals

category of Documentary programmes

...has

concerts etc.) was won by Verdi´s opera

The Genius of the cello received the Award of

productions. The Czech Crystal in the

MasterClass.TV

the Dagmar and Václav Havel´s Foundation Find further information and photos at www.festivalgoldenprague.cz!

institutions to modernise their learning environment and stimulate a Contact: Bettina Rettig, Editor Bettina.Rettig@gmx.de Orly Schwartzman, Business Manager orly.schwartzman@gmail.com,

N EWSL ET TER EuroArts DVD Releases November

IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW PRODUCTIONS Gozaran – Time Passing

The King's Singers – Christmas

EuroArts proudly announces that the

One of the world’s most

EUROARTS

Scheffer will be part of the competition

concerts, recordings, media and

at the International Documentary Film

education work that spans the

Festival in Amsterdam.

Nader Mashayekhi and his ideal to have an orchestra of young musicians in Tehran facing the harsh reality of Iranian culture policy. With portraits of four musicians from various generations and both sexes the film shows the struggle to form a classical orchestra in Iran.

Produced by EuroArts Music, Pieter van Huystee Film Programme Number: 5876

– Yutaka Sado „Songs for Japan“ Luciano Pavarotti –

celebrated ensembles, The King’s Portrait Singers have a packed schedule ofa film by Ester Schapira

documentary by director Frank

The film follows the Iranian conductor

Berliner Philharmoniker

© Melle van Essen

EuroArts Cinema News

globe. Championing the work of Berliner Philharmoniker in Singapore – A Musical young and established Journey in 3D has currently composers, they remain consummate entertainers,

been shown in 10 countries

looking back on an extraordinary around the world. It now has history on television. A class act started successfully in cinemas with a delightfully British wit!

in Germany. Find out more on

EuroArts Music is proud to offer www.berlinerphilharmon iker3d-derfilm.de. the King’s Singers Christmas programme.

Produced by Signum Records © The Sound Corporation Programme Number: 5901

www.euroarts.com

N EWSL ET TER Unitel And C Major Entertainment Present: Music is the language of heart and soul

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

A portrait on Mariss Jansons by Robert Neumüller

C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT

C Major Entertainment And Sony Classical Present:

C Major Entertainment And Universal Music Present:

From the Los Angeles Opera: Plácido Domingo in Il Postino by Daniel Catán

Andrea Bocelli – Live in

Based on the popular 1994 Italian film, Il

Central Park

Postino by Daniel Catán stars Plácido

Andrea Bocelli makes a gift to

Andrea Bocelli

New York City with a once-in-alifetime musical event: a free concert with the New York Philharmonic to take place at Central Park’s Great Lawn. As guests: Celine Dion, Tony Bennett and Bryn Terfel, a.o. The

Domingo as the poet Pablo Neruda for this exciting world premiere. In a tiny Italian fishing village, a shy young postman (Charles Castronovo) finds the inspiration to live out his dreams during his daily deliveries to his only customer, a famous poet. Also starring: Amanda Squitieri, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs,

conductor is Alan Gilbert.

Nancy Fabiola-Herrera. Conductor:

Length: 90’ / 60’. TV distribution Domingo Postino worldwide: C Major © Robert Millard

Daniels. Length: 146’ min.; TV Director:

Entertainment.

Grant Gershon. Stage Director: Ron Brian Large. TV distribution: C Major Entertainment

Charismatic conductor Mariss Jansons will conduct the upcoming New Year’s Concert of the Wiener Philharmoniker on 1 January 2012. It’s for the second time that he’s been given the honour of conducting the probably most prestigious concert in the world. Filmmaker Robert Neumüller follows Mariss Jansons to Amsterdam, Riga, St. Petersburg, Vienna and Salzburg, joining him in rehearsals and in his preparation for the „Concert of Concerts“. But we also get to know the private Mariss Jansons talking about important stations of his life: his childhood in Riga, where he was born and raised, his schooldays in Leningrad, about Vienna as the city of his academic education and about his time with Karajan in Salzburg. A coproduction of ORF, BR and UNITEL. Length approx. 52’. TV distribution worldwide: C Major Entertainment.

Jansons © ORF Ali Schafler

N EWSL ET TER Current productions 2011/2012:

IMZ MEMBER NEWS

Richard Wagner has started a liasion... (shooting completed)

NEW PRODUCTIONS

The Zurich Exile 1849 – 1858.

SYQUALI MULTIMEDIA ZURICH

Winterthur City is composing an opera!

“,Overwhelming’ seems to be written on the cover of this movie, which is definitely succeeding in it. You will find yourself almost a bit dizzy, when trying to find back to reality after watching this movie.”

On behalf of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, Syquali Multimedia AG is producing a

(NZZ) The DVD and Blu-ray of Der Freischütz – die Filmoper will be on market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland christmas 2011!

Distributor: Highlight/Constantin Verleih GmbH

documentary of a children’s opera. In collaboration with music schools, schools and the children’s composition class, the opera will be written, composed and performed by 800 Swiss children from the city of Winterthur (canton of Zurich). Over a period of one year (May 2011 through May 2012), the children will develop the opera.

The entire process of bringing the opera to stage will be thoroughly shown in the documentary, with special emphasis on what great efforts it takes to produce an entire opera from the very beginning until it is ready for the public.

The premiere will take place at Theater Winterthur on 12 and 13 May 2012.

Contact:

Hunter’s Bride will enter cinemas in Japan spring 2012!

Jens Neubert, Producer

Distributor: Cetera International Ltd.

jens.neubert@syquali.ch

www.syquali.ch www.huntersbride.com

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ACCENTUS MUSIC ACCENTUS Music & New York Philharmonic release A Concert for New York on DVD & Bluray.

ELECTRIC SKY Electric Sky With New Royal Opera House Titles

In numerous countries around the world people watched the live production and transmission of the New York Philharmonic under the

UK distributor Electric Sky announces the acquisition

baton of Alan Gilbert performing Mahler’s 2nd Symphony on the eve of

of performance titles from the Royal Opera House

the tenth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11. The New

and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

York Times described the evening as an “intensely moving programme… an ideal choice to help New Yorkers reflect, heal and persevere … All the performers were palpably swept up in the music: the excellent chorus; Ms DeYoung; Ms Röschmann, who sang with deep expressivity;

Electric Sky has acquired Puccini’s ever-popular Tosca (1 x 125') performed at the Royal Opera House and

and the orchestra”.

recorded in high definition. Powerful music, a gripping

Only six weeks after the premiere of A Concert for New York, the

story, and a tragic end… The Royal Opera Chorus

prestigious production of this memorable event is now to be released:

and The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House are

DVD and Blu-ray will be available in the U.S. on 8 November and

under the baton of Antonio Pappano, Music Director

worldwide from the end of November 2011.

of the Royal Opera for a score that includes such

Contact: Ulrike Gratz, Label Manager u.gratz@accentus.com

great set pieces as the Act I Te Deum and the arias © Accentus

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Vissi d’arte and E lucevan le stelle. The production also

for The Royal Ballet in 20 years. Complementary

boasts a fabulous cast including star singers Angela

t o t h i s p ro d u c t i o n : b e h i n d - t h e - s c e n e s

Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel.

documentary Being Alice (1 x 30’).

Finally, Electric Sky has taken on three new titles from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

All’s Well That Ends Well (1 x 155’), Dr Faustus (1 x 165’) and Much Ado About Nothing (1 x 155’) were all launched last month at Mipcom.

WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN NOVEMBER Celebrating Advent… Joyce DiDonato and Thomas Hampson are joining Staatskapelle Dresden and their designated principal conductor, Christian Thielemann for the traditional ZDF-Adventskonzert. On this occasion, Thielemann, praised for his interpretations of German Romantics, will enter the realm of musical Baroque performing works by Vivaldi, Telemann and Bach…

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

www.electricsky.com

Tosca © Catherine Ashmore

Also from the Royal Opera House, Electric Sky has acquired Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1 x 150’), the 2011 ballet created by Christopher Wheeldon for The Royal Ballet. The music composed by Joby Talbot is the first full-length ballet score created

Adventliche Festmusik aus Dresden

ZDF Music On ARTE 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

LAURELS – PRIZES AND PRAISES

27 November 2011, 10:45 a.m., on ARTE

ACCENTUS MUSIC

MAESTRO: Rudolf Buchbinder spielt Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 1

Diapason D’Or And Choc De Classica For

27 November 2011, 11:30 a.m., on ARTE

Accentus Music Releases:

MAESTRO: Rudolf Buchbinder spielt Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 2

ACCENTUS Music is proud to announce its second Diapason d’or: Having received the prominent price for the

Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra are continuing their Bruckner expedition with the Symphony No. 5 combining the maestro’s cathedral of sound with Mozart’s Haffner Symphony, originally performed as a nocturnal serenade…

27 November 2011, 9:50 a.m., on ARTE MAESTRO: Claudio Abbado und das Lucerne Festival Orchestra spielen Mozart und Bruckner www.zdf.de

release of Mahler’s 9th Symphony with Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, ACCENTUS MUSIC has just been awarded the Diapason d’or as well for the new DVD and Blu-ray production of Ricardo Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Moreover, it is also the recipient of Classica Magazine’s esteemed Choc de Classica award for November 2011, not only for the Mahler 2 production, but the Mahler 8 release, too.

The magazine International Record Review highlighted the Mahler 8 DVD with the accolade IRR OUTSTANDING logo in their current November 2011 edition, pointing out that “there’s an exultant musical flow to this Leipzig

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS performance of the Eighth Symphony that

SERVUSTV

CLASART CLASSIC

G ra m o p h o n e A wa rd 2 0 1 1 F o r S e r v u s T V

Clasart Classic Wins Echo Klassik 2011

Documentary:

The recording of Halévy’s opera Clari, a joint production of Clasart Classic and the Zurich Opera directed by Felix Breisach, was awarded

For their highly acclaimed production Carlos Kleiber – Traces

the Echo Klassik 2011 as best “Music DVD Production of the Year

to Nowhere (released on DVD by Arthaus Musik on 21 März

(Opera).”

2011) ServusTV have received the British Gramophone

The entertaining first performance of the opera rarity in the

magazine’s Gramophone Award 2011 in the category DVD Documentary. It is yet another great success for the film

acclaimed modern-day production of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier advanced to become a surprise hit at the Zurich Opera. The

directed by Eric Schulz, who already won the prestigious

fact that Clari was freed from the dust of archives 180 years after its

Contact:

ECHO Klassik 2011 for the best “Music DVD Production of

world premiere is largely due to Cecilia Bartoli: on the trail of the

Ulrike Gratz, Label Manager

the Year (Documentary)“. Furthermore, on 16 November,

legendary soprano Maria Malibran, Bartoli came across the opera in

Carlos Kleiber – Traces to Nowhere will be awarded at

which the phenomenal singer embodied the title role in her day.

Philharmonie Berlin with the Jahrespreis der deutschen

Supported by the Orchestra La Scintilla, “la Bartoli” has infused this

Schallplattenkritik 2011.

opera with new life…

Find more information on www.grammophone.co.uk

Clasart Classic’s close collaboration with Cecilia Bartoli

leads me to say that this is not only the best-played live performance of the work on DVD but it’s among the most musically satisfying ever recorded.”

u.gratz@accentus.com

http://www.servustv.com Contact: Frank Gerdes, Bereichsleiter Kultur frank.gerdes@servustv.at www.servustv.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxSK3Q5uAfY www.servustv.com/kleiber

will be continued soon: In 2012, the first year of her artistic directorship of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, Handel’s Baroque opera Giulio Cesare will be on the programme. Singing alongside Cecilia Bartoli are Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky and Anne-Sophie von Otter. Giovanni Antonini conducts the original-instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Clasart Classic is planning to record this musical event.

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

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS WINDROSE

CÉCILE CLAIRVAL-MILHAUD

Three Prestigious Awards For The Carnival Of The

Darius Milhaud and his music – From

Animals:

Provence to the world

Prix Italia, Golden Prize & Audience Prize of Golden

Congratulations to Cécile Clairval-Milhaud,

Prague The Carnival of the Animals produced by Camera lucida, France

whose set of 2 DVDs has been awarded a Le Carnaval des animaux, FR, 2010, 35’, HD

Diapason d’or in November 2011!

Télévision, The Radio France Philarmonic Orchestra, supported by the CNC, the SACEM and Procirep/Angoa, has just been awarded the Golden Prague Festival’s Grand Prix and Audience Prize. A wonderful addition to the Prix Italia received by the “Carnival of the Animals” in

Find out more about the acclaimed production on http://www.steinval.fr/darius-milhaud.html

September…

Windrose would like to congratulate Gordon and Andy Sommer, the

Contact:

directors of this programme and thank everyone who made this

Cécile Clairval-Milhaud

adventure possible, especially Camera lucida, Smaïn, the Maestro Myung-Whun Chung and the Radio France Philarmonic Orchestra musicians.

The lion is waiting for your visit on: http://www.youtube.com Wo r l d w i d e d i s t r i b u t i o n : W i n d r o s e , P a u l i n e M a z e n o d , pmazenod@windrose.fr.

steinval@sfr.fr

N EWSLE T TER The Eppax Programme

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

Expert meetings, one-to-one

KONSERVATORIUM

discussions, updates on international

WIEN UNIVERSITY

EPPAX 2012

markets, showcases, crowd sourcing, crowd funding.

14 – 15 March, 2012 / Royal Tropical Institute, Check out www.eppax.com for Amsterdam NL current updates and the EPPAX For festival & venue directors. For producers & meeting’s list of key-note speakers, and artists. For art policy makers & government art register now: Early Bird rates will last organizers. until 15 November!

What is EPPAX?

For artists: Show your video!

An International conference and exhibition on Asian Send in a video of your production performing arts and performing in Asia, EPPAX is an effective with a length of maximum 5 minutes. platform to launch new ideas and innovations in the Your showcase will be presented in a performing arts.

semi-continuous loop on a large screen

EPPAX offers excellent networking opportunities with and in hifi. performing arts leaders from Asia to boost your productions visibility in the Asian market.

EPPAX sparks new partnerships between Asia and Europe: The mailing address is: Inviting Asian and European festivals to combine EPPAX programmes and reduce costs. Facilitating producers in 13-II finding co-producers and funding. Supporting artist Amsterdam, NL 1078KT companies in finding performances in Asia and Europe.

Contemporary Music

In

The

Mainstream?

again is the centre for contemporary music... The Vienna Philharmonic will perform under Peter Eötvös at the festival finale on 25 November, their first appearance at WIEN MODERN in a long time.

Round Table with Peter Eötvös, Martin Grubinger, Bernhard

On the occasion of this concert,

Kerres, Matthias Lošek, Matthias

Konservatorium Wien University organises a Round Table with

Schorn, Ranko Marković

P e t e r E ö t v ö s ( c o m p o s e r, 23 November 2011, 5:00 p.m.

conductor), Martin Grubinger (Percussionist), Bernhard Kerres

Konservatorium Wien University, Leonie-Rysanek-Saal

(Wiener Konzerthaus, President

Johannesgasse 4a, 1010 Wien

Lošek (Artistic Director WIEN

Free entry

MODERN) and Matthias Schorn

From 28 October to 25

value of contemporary music in professional education as well as

November 2011, Vienna once

integration of new music in the

WIEN MODERN), Matthias

(Clarinettist). To be discussed: The

N EWSLE T TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS reper toire of not-specialised ensembles.

OBITUARY Bengt Häger 1916 – 2011

A

cooperation

between

Konservatorium Wien University, Wiener Konzerthaus and WIEN MODERN.

and led for many years.

Thanks to Bengt Häger’s efforts, Swedish dance has been

Professor Bengt Häger - The great

internationalised, with guest

dance patron and educator in the

performances by world-leading

art of dance, doyen and founder of

dance

the Carina Ari Foundations has

companies and artists he brought to

passed away on 2 November, at the

Sweden, and the international

Contact:

age of 95.

Esther Kremslehner

Bengt Häger worked indefatigably to

e.kremslehner@konswien.at

promote dance as an independent

www.konservatorium-wien.ac.at

art form and field of research, with its own institutions in Sweden,

Bengt Häger was active to the very

such as Dansmuseet in Stockholm

Foundation, the Carina Ari Library

and the University College of Dance

and the Carina Ari Foundation.

tours he organised for Swedish dancers, such as the Cullberg Ballet.

end in the Carina Ari Memorial

and Circus (formerly the Institute of Choreography), which he founded

Photo taken on 27 April 2011, in the Royal Swedish Opera's Gold Foyer (on the Carina Ari Day and Bengt Häger's 95th birthday)

Read more on www.carina.se

N EWSLE T TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS MICA MUSIC AUSTRIA TonBild 2011 - Call for Entries

Matthias Leihs (They Shoot Music, Don`t They)

- Information about the musicians,

Barbara Pichler (Diagonale)

composers and visual artists (can also be a link to the artist's website)

For the very first time, mica - music austria is calling for The musicians and composers of the selected works will receive a portrait audiovisual entries for the TonBild2011 competition. on our website www.musicaustria.at, where the best works will be Musicians and visual artists of all genres are invited to submit displayed. In addition to an official press release, the winners of the

- Contact information. Please state a

their audiovisual works. We are looking for: audiovisual competition will be promoted via the mica-newsletter and the Austrian works from the year 2011 with a maximum length of 15 Music Export newsletter.

presentation.

minutes. All participating applicants must either Austrian How can I submit? music and content is completely up to the artist, experimental visualizations are just as welcome as classic Submission via e-mail to: music videos. As part of TonBild 2011, the five best works office@musicaustria.at

will be selected by a jury and presented on the 2nd of Subject: "Tonband 2011" December 2011 at the traditional annual celebration in the We will send you an application form for the competition, in which rightholders have to give permission to show the works publicly on the 2nd of December 2011 and to present them on our website and newsletters as a The Jury: Eva Fischer (sound:frame) Michaela Grill (sixpackfilm)

be contacted to discuss details of the WARNING: please do not attach any video or music files or photos - the

citizen or have their main residence in Austria. The choice of

premises of mica.

mobile number where the winner can

stream.

Required Documents for Submission: - Link to audiovisual work (e.g.YouTube,Vimeo)

high volume of data would clog our server.

Deadline for submissions: 11th of November 2011 at 3 p.m.