Avant Première Catalogue 2011 by IMZ International Music + Media Centre

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Beethoven The Complete Symphonies Wiener Philharmoniker Christian Thielemann From the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein Filmed in High Definition and Surround Sound

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Discovering Beethoven Nine one-hour-long films, one on each symphony, in which Maestro Thielemann introduces the work together with Germany’s most eminent music critic Joachim Kaiser, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons with previous productions, such as UNITEL’s earlier Beethoven cycles with Karajan and Bernstein. www.unitelclassica.com www.cmajor-entertainment.com International Distribution by C Major Entertainment GmbH Contact: info@cmajor-entertainment.com, Tel: +49-30-30306464

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25. 01. 2011 TUESDAY

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Presentation of approximately 400 brand-new music, arts and dance programmes to the industry

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14h30– 15h00 Stand IMZ R 31.44 IMZ Opening Cocktail

13h30 – 14h30 Auditorium A Rehearsal for IMZ Anniversary Concert

OPEN AIR FILM FESTIVALS Worldwide

14h30– 15h45 Auditorium A Midem Classical Conference »Unveiling new opportunities to monetise classical music« In association with IMZ

Screenings of operas, classical, world music and jazz concerts as well as classical and contemporary dance

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15h00 – approx. 18h00 Auditorium A Avant Première Screenings

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IMZ WORKSHOPS AND GALA SCREENINGS AT ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE Prague, every October

IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AND CONFERENCE AT WOMEX Varying destinations, every October

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WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR

16h00 – approx. 18h00 Auditorium A Avant Première Screenings

Non-commercial distribution and screenings of world music films at various festivals

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IMZ DANCESCREEN

Varying destinations, biannual 18.00

18h00 – 19h00 Auditorium A Rehearsal for IMZ Anniversary Concert

18h00 – 19h00 Auditorium A IMZ General Assembly IMZ Anniversary Concert

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DANCESCREEN ON TOUR Non-commercial distribution and screenings of dance screen winners and nominees

19.00 20.00

The international festival and competition for dance films and videos since 1988

www.dancescreen.com 20h00 – 22h00 Théâtre Debussy Concert The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

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With more than 25.000 programme-entries of classical-, jazz- and world music-concert-, opera-, ballet- and contemporary dance recordings and films

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5 COMPANIES A – Z WITH SCREENING DAY 6 SCREENINGS AVANT PREMIÈRE 2011

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IMZ PROFILE IMZ BOARD & SCHEDULE OF IMZ EVENTS IMZ MEMBER ORGANISATIONS IMZ ACTIVITY REPORT 2010

INDICES 130 Titles 132 Directors 132 Choreographers

Avant Première 2011 catalogue is published by IMZ International Music + Media Centre Stiftgasse 29 A 1070 Vienna T +43 (0)1 889 03 15 F +43 (0)1 889 03 15 77 office@imz.at www.imz.at Editor responsible Franz Patay, Secretary General IMZ Editors in Chief Ruth Pfletschinger, Executive Director IMZ Konstantin Petrowsky Editorial team Tatiana Petkova IMZ team Birgit Baresch Manuel Fegerl Katharina Jeschke Franz Patay Tatiana Petkova Konstantin Petrowsky Ruth Pfletschinger Alexander Roch Florian Schrittwieser Design Dechant Grafische Arbeiten Production Team Rothbauer, Vienna

COMPANIES PRESENTING SCREENINGS 11 14 17 20 23 25 27 29 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 49 115 50 51 53 57 58 59 65 66 66 67 68 68 69 72 75 76 77 79 81 82 84 84 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 95 97 99 100 104 106 108 110 112 115

ACCENTUS Music UG, Germany ARTE France, France Arthaus Musik GmbH, Germany BBC Classical Music Television, UK BBC Wales, UK Bel Air Media, France Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images, Austria C Major Entertainment, Germany Camera Lucida Productions, France Clasart Classic, Germany Classic Arts Showcase, USA CLC Productions, France Croatian Television, Croatia Czech Television, Czech Republic Eesti Rahvusringhääling, ERR/ETV, Estonia Electric Sky, UK EuroArts Music International GmbH, Germany Europe Images International, France Evil Penguin Production, Belgium France Télévisions, France François Roussillon et Associés, France Idéale Audience, France Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan Kroma Productions Ltd., Finland LGM, France LOFT music, Germany MODemay Entertainment, Canada NordicStories, Norway NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corp., Norway Oleo FILMS, France Opus Arte, UK ORF, Austria Pan Dream, Italy Pars Media GmbH, Germany Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., USA Poorhouse International, UK RAI Trade, Italy Rhombus Media, Canada RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera, Switzerland RTBF – Belgian TV, Belgium RTV Slovenija/TV Slovenija, Slovenia San Francisco Symphony, USA SF Schweizer Fernsehen, Switzerland ServusTV, Austria Sombrero & Co, France sounding images, Germany Sveriges Television, SVT, Sweden Syquali Multimedia AG, Switzerland Telmondis, France THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG, USA TVP Kultura, Poland UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG, Germany VRT Vlaamse Radio en Televisie, Belgium ZDF, Germany ZDF/3sat, Germany ZDF/ARTE, Germany ZDFtheaterkanal, Germany ZOOM Production GmbH, Germany

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COMPANIES WITH SCREENING DAY

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ACCENTUS Music UG ARTE France Arthaus Musik GmbH

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BBC Classical Music Television BBC Wales Bel Air Media Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images

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C Major Entertainment Camera Lucida Productions Clasart Classic Classic Arts Showcase CLC Productions Croatian Television Czech Television

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Electric Sky Eesti Ravhusringhääling – Estonian Public Broadcasting, ERR/ETV EuroArts Music International GmbH Europe Images Evil Penguin Production

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France Télévisions François Roussillon et Associés

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Idèale Audience

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LGM LOFT music

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MODemay Entertainment

Oleo Films Opus Arte ORF

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Pan Dream Pars Media GmbH Peter Rosen Productions Poorhouse International

r RAI Trade Rhombus Media RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera RTBF – Belgian TV RTV Slovenija

s San Francisco Symphony ServusTV SF Schweizer Fernsehen Sombrero & Co. Sounding Images Sveriges Television, SVT Syquali Multimedia AG

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Telmondis THIRTEEN for WNET.org TVP Kultura

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UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG

Kroma Productions

NordicStories NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

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Japan Broadcasting Corporation

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VRT Vlamse Radio en Televisie

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ZDF ZDF/3sat & ZDFtheaterkanal ZDF/ARTE ZOOM Productions

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avant première 2011 SUNDAY, 23 January San Francisco Symphony A Mahler Journey Gustav Mahler Legacy Gustav Mahler Origins Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in Concert

CLC Productions Gaëlle Arquez (soprano), Anne Le Bozec (piano) Opera arias & songs of Henry Purcell The Great Flood The Ox On The Roof/The Breasts Of Tirésias

Poorhouse International Jenufa Kicking the Notes the Toradze Way Master of the Queen’s Music – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Round and round and hand it over ... Rubinstein by the Rubinsteins Saved by Music – The Wallfisch Family Soundtracks The Nutcracker Zahia Ziouani – A Celebration of French Music Zahia Ziouani – Symphonies for the Suburbs

Opus Arte La bohème MacMillan Triple bill (Concerto – Elite Syncopations – The Judas Tree) The Queen of Spades The Valkyrie

Telmondis Daphnis and Chloé Degas’ Little Dancer Le Rendez-Vous Shéhérazade The Marriage of Figaro

Oleo Films Jazz Live!

Europe Images Aria Dissonances 2010 Django Reinhardt's 100th anniversary concert Folle journée de Nantes 2010: Chopin Montpellier: 30 years of dance

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MONDAY, 24 January Pars Media GmbH

LGM 30 years of Piano at La Roque d'Anthéron Aldo Ciccolini's 85th birthday concert Bedrˇich Smetana: Má Vlast Brahms: Concerto for violin in D major, op. 77 – Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 15 Carmen Carte blanche for Renaud Capuçon Christoph Eschenbach Anniversary Concert Concert with Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Paavo Järvi Concert with Nelson Freire and the English Chamber Orchestra Concert with Vadim Repin and the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Paavo Järvi Frédéric Chopin Makoto Ozone and the No Name Horses band Martha Argerich and Friends Pierre Boulez – a unique journey Siddharta Tchaikovsky-Gergiev The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Paavo Järvi

Electric Sky Cinderella Simon Boccanegra Tsarina’s Slippers

Chopin at the opera The audience

Arthaus Musik GmbH Alcina Café Müller Elektra George London – Of Gods and Demons Homage to Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Live from the Frauenkirche Dresden Kontakthof with Ladies and Gentlemen over »65« Mauro Bigonzetti – A portrait Michael Nyman in progress

France Télévisions Aida Béatrice and Bénedict Pygmalion Rigoletto The Marriage of Figaro We - accordions!

UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG Advent Concert at Dresden's Frauenkirche Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 Brendel Lectures Demetrius and Polybius Elektra Portrait Andris Nelsons Rusalka Russian Songs Salzburg Festival Opening Concert Sigismondo The Chopin Piano Concertos The Passenger The Trojans Tosca

C Major Entertainment Adriano in Siria Dianne Reeves plays Avo Session Basel Discovering Beethoven Don Giovanni Great Voices of South Africa Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 3 Il Flaminio Il mondo della luna Il prigionier superbo Jamie Cullum plays Avo Session Basel Jamiroquai plays Avo Session Basel Jessye Norman plays Avo Session Basel Joe Jackson plays Avo Session Basel Klaus Florian Vogt – The Meistersinger La vida breve Lang Lang in Vienna Livietta e Tracolo

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Medea in Corinto Missa Solemnis Morcheeba plays Avo Session Basel Ray Davies plays Avo Session Basel Robert Plant plays Avo Session Basel Sheryl Crow plays Avo Session Basel World Orchestra for Peace at the BBC Proms

François Roussillon et Associés Adriana Lecouvreur Béatrice and Bénédict Billy Budd Lulu Pelléas and Mélisande Rinaldo The Rake's Progress Tosca

ACCENTUS Music UG Chopin – The Piano Concertos Claudio Abbado and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra – Mahler 9 Gustavo Dudamel and the Wiener Philharmoniker – Live from the Lucerne Festival in Summer 2010 Daniel Barenboim – The Warsaw Recital Daniel Barenboim – The Bruckner Symphonies (4–9) Homage to Pierre Boulez on occasion of his 85th birthday Metanoia The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 The St. Thomas Boys Choir (Working Title) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Cantatas

ZDF/ARTE ARTE Lounge Cape of good voices – South Africa Hooked on Opera Diana Damrau – A portrait Discovering Opera: Rienzi, last of the Tribunes Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto Let´s Dance! A history of dance and zionism in Israel Mikis Theodorakis – Composer The Grand Durchess of Gerolstein

Rhombus Media

ORF Alban Berg and his femme fatale Carmen Franz Welser-Möst High Performance Sport: Singing Opera Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No 9 Lulu Making van Beethoven Music after the War Years My time will come - Gustav Mahler as remembered by Natalie Bauer-Lechner

Sveriges Television, SVT Don Giovanni at Drottningholm Fiddler On The Move Labyrinth within Music That Hurts Robert Schumann 200 years Shopping Moves Sjöholm & Terfel Sousou & Maher Cissoko Strindberg And The Spanish Guitar Winter Festival In Dalecarlia Young Music

Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images Benjamin Schmid & Sabina Hank: The Gulda Jazz Session Carlos Kleiber – A Deeply Private Man Celebración. Season Opening Gala 2010/ 2011 with Gustavo Dudamel – Los Angeles Philharmonic – Juan Diego Flórez Percussive Planet. Once Around the World with Martin Grubinger Queen of Strings: Hille Perl Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes Thomas Quasthoff - Tell It Like It Is Ulrich Tukur: Mezzanotte - Night Songs

Camera Lucida Productions André Modeste Gretry, A musician amidst the turmoil Four rockers in the middle of an orchestra The Carnival of the Animals

Kroma Productions Luonnotar

MODemay Entertainment ONE: Matthew Herbert Samplengagement Tongues on Fire: a Tribute to the Black Panthers

NordicStories The Coronation of Poppea

ServusTV Behind The Scenes Of The Salzburger Festival Cameron Carpenter - Superstar Grand Opera Behind The Scenes of the Vienna State Opera kulTOUR with Holender Traces To Nowhere The Conductor Carlos Kleiber

EuroArts Music International GmbH Bachfest 2010: András Schiff Competitors – Russia's Child Prodigies 2 Europa Konzert 2010 from Oxford Gala from Berlin 2010 Lang Lang – The Third Dimension The Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle in Singapore The Gustav Mahler Celebration Vladimir Cosma at Châtelet Waldbühne 2010

Beauty & The Feast Billy Bishop Goes to War Politics is Cruel: An Opera Project 7 (Working title) Simon Boccanegra

NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Around the world in 80 days The four seasons The making of an orchestra The sound of Ole Bull The violinmaker Jacob von der Lippe Treasures

ZDF Anna Netrebko – Stabat Mater Echo der Stars New Year's Eve Concert From The Semperoper In Beethoven’s workshop – The Ninth, Thielemann and die Vienna Philharmonic Rolando Villazón: My Mexico – A Musical Road Movie Summer Night’s Music With David Garrett Victims and Seducers – The Castratos’ Fate

BBC Classical Music Television Diva Diaries Opera Italia: Beginnings Opera Italia: The Triumph of Puccini Opera Italia: Viva Verdi Proms: Beethoven Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Sacred Music: Brahms and Bruckner Sacred Music: Faure and Poulenc Sacred Music: Górecki and Pärt Sacred Music: Searching Out the Sacred Swingin’ Christmas What Makes a Great Soprano? What Makes a Great Tenor?

THIRTEEN for WNET.org Billy Joel Live at Shea (Working title) Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler's 7th Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 3 Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp Sondheim! The Birthday Concert The Hitman Returns

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avant première 2011 MONDAY, 24 January

TUESDAY, 25 January RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera

ZDF/3sat Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole Taxi Dancer Tzimon Barto – My Chopin Igor Levit - My Liszt Kurt Weill reloaded Aterballetto dances in Baden-Baden

ZDFtheaterkanal With Hope … (Working title) 30 years La Fura dels Baus – a musical journey Annette’s DaschSalon Applause – The secret of clapping hands Battle of the Year 2011 (Working title) Ghosts (Working title) Kiez Kick and Punk Rock Music goes green – Klimakonzert Pina – A film by Wim Wenders Remdoogo. An Opera Village in Africa (Working title) The Indian of the Group (Working title)

RTBF – Belgian TV Don Quixote Don Quixote Backstage Queen Elisabeth Competition The Laeken Concert

Eesti Ravhusringhääling – Estonian Public Broadcasting, ERR/ETV Erkki-Sven Tüür: 7 etudes in pictures Joanna Tentata Playing on Water. The Music of the Järvi Family Pärt in Istanbul

Energie Nove Quartet plays Beethoven La Farsa del Barba – Renaissance Witty Comedy Lilya Zilberstein – Piano Recital Lombard and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana Manacorda and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana Quintetto Bislacco – A Silly Virtuoso Performance

BBC Wales Annie Nightingale Anyone for Demis? Britain's Fascination with then Musically Exotic BBC Young Musician of the Year 2010 Final Choir of the Year 2010 Dr Who at the Proms 2010 Europa Concert Killing Me Softly – When Rock Goes Acoustic Manic Street Preachers Neil Sedaka – That's When the Music Takes Me New Power Generation: Black Music Legends of The 1980s Proms in the Park 2010 Roll Over Beethoven – The Chess Records Saga

Croatian Television Antiphonus in Buje Cellomania in Osor Christmas in Lepoglava Judith Viktor Žmegacˇ presents

Idéale Audience Werther La Sonnambula Don Giovanni Django Reinhardt, three fingered lightning David Fray records the Mozart Piano Concertos The Ebene Quartet Missa Solemnis in D Major/ Op.123 – Ludwig van Beethoven The Creation Vladimir Jurowski conducts Beethoven Verbier Festival 2011 Classic Archive Valerij Sokolov records Bartok & Tchaikovsky

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Japan Broadcasting Corporation Ballet »Romeo and Juliet« – The Royal Ballet Japan Tour Gil Shaham Plays Bach in Tokyo Mono-opera »The Diary of Anne Frank« (Premiere in Japan) NHK Music Festival 2011

LOFT music Oscar Peterson Trio Pictures of a Life - Nicolas Economou The Beauty of the Voice Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

ARTE France Berlioz and the Symphonie Fantastique Dance Ravel and Debussy Jiri Kylian, Forgotten Memoirs Kool - Dancing in my mind Montpellier Danse, 30 years of Dance Musica Leggera - Italian songs Romeo in the land of the Soviets Tears of St. Peter The Nightingale and other fables Vadim Repin plays Spanish Symphony of Lalo

Clasart Classic Das Rheingold – Robert Lepage’s Ring cycle at the Met Franz Welser-Möst – A Portrait by Felix Breisach Franz Welser-Möst conducts Bruckner’s Symphony No.8 Ioan Holender Farewell Concert Königskinder Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler – Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Adagio from Symphony No.10

SF Schweizer Fernsehen Aida on the Rhine Rio Sonata, with Nana Caymmi Rolf Liebermann – Musician

sounding images Longing – Jonas Kaufmann sings German Arias Not of this World – Pianist Murray Perahia Philippe Jaroussky – Forgotten Arias

Syquali Multimedia AG A Tribute to Franz Grundheber Hunter’s Bride – A Short Story About Its Genesiss Wagner has started a liason in Penzing!

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WEDNESDAY, 26 January TVP Kultura Anderszewski plays Schumann Made in Poland – Collection of Polish Music The 16th International Chopin Piano Competition Young Polish Instrumentalists: Mateusz Kołakowski, Meccorre String Quartet, Quadrophonic

VRT Vlamse Radio en Televisie Alain Platel. Who wants to dance with me Barthold Kuijken. Confessions of an autodidact Collegium Vocale Ghent: 40 years of Passion El Bacha plays Chopin Il Giardino Armonico plays Vivaldi Schumann chamber music Song of the Earth

Pan Dream Aida Turandot The Nine Symphonies I The Nine Symphonies II The Nine Symphonies III The Nine Symphonies IV The Nine Symphonies V Maazel & Castiglione: Our Beethoven Vivaldi Nisi Dominus Requiem Montserrat Caballé: Happy Christmas from Rome Happy Christmas from ... Rome The Creation The Triumph of Time and Truth Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Ioannem

ZOOM Productions

Sombrero & Co Angelique Kidjo In Bach Cantatas John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension at Jazz Sous Les Pommiers Festival

Czech Television Brno Philharmonic 2010 CT Live Bobby McFerrin How Mahler was celebrated Prague Proms Sir Charles, Thank you, Dekujeme Vespro della Beata Vergine

Bel Air Media Dialogues of the Carmelites Don Giovanni Proms 2010: Lionel Bringuier conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny The Flames of Paris Turandot

RAI Trade 2011 New Year’s Concert at Teatro La Fenice Assisi Christmas concert 2010 Christmas Concert I Pagliacci Ernani Raymonda Cavalleria rusticana The Magic Flute I vespri siciliani

Evil Penguin Production Anima Eterna: Monteverdi Anima Eterna: 5th Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven. John Barry: lifetime achievement award. Pieter Wispelweij: Cello Suites. Arno: live in Ostend. Benjamin-Joseph Steens: Chateau de Freyer. Walter Boeykens: biography. Yves Brouqui quartet: The best of Jazz.

Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler The Byron Janis Story The Curse

Classic Arts Showcase Classic Arts Showcase

RTV Slovenija A Landscape of Songs Anders Bergcrantz group Ariel Ramirez: Creol Mass/Our Christmas Branko, Life in Progress Dancers to dancers, The international charity gala concert to benefit Chile European Jazz Orchestra with Nina Strnad and Tadej Tomšicˇ José Carreras in Ljubljana KATICE: Look, the New Year Is Here! Maestro dance group Marijan Lipovšek Memorial concert to commemorate Carlos Kleiber’s 80th birthday The inspiration of classical music, Eva-Nina Kozmus Uroš Rojko: King David, Zither and a Sword, a chamber opera When Pop Meets Classical Music

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CHOPIN – THE PIANO CONCERTOS

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany), NHK (Japan) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Günter Atteln, Maria Stodtmeier TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer CAMERA Nyika Jancsó EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 96' 54" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Poland, 27.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin CONDUCTOR Antoni Wit ORCHESTRA Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland) SOLOIST Nikolai Demidenko MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin CONDUCTOR Antoni Wit ORCHESTRA Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland) SOLOIST Evgeny Kissin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany)

Five years after first conducting the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in their Venezuelan home, Claudio Abbado continues his commitment to this stunning ensemble in their first audiovisual recording together. Prokofiev’s extroverted Scythian Suite is a perfect match for the boundless energy of these young players, while the intricacy and anguish of Berg’s LuluSuite are an Abbado speciality, with soprano Anna Prohaska, in her Lucerne Festival debut, singing the heroine’s dazzling statement of self-justification. The programme ends with an impassioned account of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique symphony, the composer’s own personal statement of the journey from despair to resignation.

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CLAUDIO ABBADO AND THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA – MAHLER 9

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany), SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer CAMERA Nyika Jancsó EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 95' 44" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED KKL Lucerne, Switzerland, 20.08.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 9 COMPOSER Gustav Mahler SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) GENRE

The internationally celebrated concert event from Warsaw on the occasion of Frédéric Chopin’s 200th birthday. Two Russian piano stars in one programme: Nikolai Demidenko with a marvelous performance of Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 and Evgeny Kissin with a thrilling interpretation of Concerto No. 2. The former »wunderkind« Kissin enthused the audience, which could not get enough even after three encores. A unique performance and truly a gift for Chopin lovers all over the world. © Lucerne Festival/Peter Fischli

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CLAUDIO ABBADO AND THE SIMÓN BOLÍVAR YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer CAMERA Nyika Jancsó EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 111' 45" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED KKL Lucerne, Switzerland, 18.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Sergey Prokofiev, Alban Berg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Claudio Abbado ORCHESTRA Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra (Venezuela) SOLOIST Anna Prohaska SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) GENRE

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Claudio Abbado and his hand-picked musicians of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their acclaimed Mahler cycle to a new level with this audiovisual recording of the most complex and compelling of the Mahler symphonies: the intense, searching Ninth. Abbado brings all of his renowned clarity of vision and experience of a lifetime to this contradictory music – half valedictory, half life-affirming – as his »orchestra of soloists«, including some of the leading instrumentalists of our time, revels in the transparent textures and virtuosity of Mahler’s last completed symphony. »A rendition ... of astonishing depth and subtlety« (Daily Telegraph).

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GUSTAVO DUDAMEL AND THE WIENER PHILHARMONIKER – LIVE FROM THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL IN SUMMER 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer CAMERA Nyika Jancsó DURATION 85' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED KKL Lucerne, Switzerland, 18.09.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE La gazza ladra, Overture COMPOSER Gioachino Rossini CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Tres Versiones Sinfónicas COMPOSER Julián Orbón CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Divertimento for Orchestra COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Pavane pour une infante défunte COMPOSER Maurice Ravel CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Boléro COMPOSER Maurice Ravel CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Waltz COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboim’s stage début, and as a pianist he has decided to devote this year to the great Romantic master of the keyboard. Chopin was born on 1 March 1810 in a small village near Warsaw, and on the eve of the 200th anniversary of this date Barenboim gave this wildly acclaimed Warsaw recital as part of an extensive European tour. The programme includes some of the composer’s best-known works, including the great B flat minor Sonata with its famous Funeral March, which to many Barenboim played »as the composer may well have imagined it«.

DANIEL BARENBOIM – THE BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES (4 – 9)

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Henning Kasten, Tilo Krause, Elisabeth Malzer, Andreas Morell, Enrique Sánchez Lansch EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 422' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Philharmonie, Berlin, 20.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphonies Nos. 4 – 9 COMPOSER Anton Bruckner CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Staatskapelle Berlin (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) GENRE

This is a live recording of the Closing Gala Concert from the Lucerne Festival in Summer 2010. Gustavo Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic framed their concluding concert with the sound of drums, energizing the audience with drum rolls and an insistent rhythm. Rossini’s fizzy Overture to »The Thieving Magpie« begins with a snare drum solo, while Ravel’s famous »Boléro« is based on an unrelenting metrical percussion pattern. The program includes Cuban composer Julián Orbón’s »Versiones Sinfónicas,« which pays homage to three different sound worlds: the Spanish dance of the »pavane«, medieval processional song, and Afro-Caribbean music. Rhythmic drive also plays a key role in Leonard Bernstein’s »Divertimento«.

DANIEL BARENBOIM – THE WARSAW RECITAL

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY NHK (Japan) PRODUCER Günter Atteln, Maria Stodtmeier TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer CAMERA Nyika Jancsó DURATION 90' 45" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Poland, 28.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Works (various) COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin SOLOIST Daniel Barenboim SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) GENRE

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With nearly 450 years of tradition, the Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the world. Since 1992 Daniel Barenboim has served as its music director, and in 2000 the orchestra appointed him Chief Conductor for Life. Having already performed important cycles such as Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann together, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle turn their focus on Bruckner’s symphonic opus. Bruckner’s last 6 Symphonies Nos. 4 – 9 were the pinnacle of the 2009/10 season, performed in the Philharmonie Berlin in the course of only one week in June 2010. The cycle will be completed in the near future.

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HOMAGE TO PIERRE BOULEZ ON OCCASION OF HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Henning Kasten CAMERA Nyika Jancsó EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 79' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Staatsoper Berlin, 04.04.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Pierre Boulez CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Israel, Palestine and other Arab countries) SOLOIST Hassan Moataz el Molla MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA Live Electronics IRCAM (France) SOLOIST Michael Barenboim MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Pierre Boulez CONDUCTOR Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Israel, Palestine and other Arab countries) SOLOIST Hilary Summers SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

The Berlin State Opera created the world premiere of the opera »Metanoia« by Jens Joneleit. This opera was meant to be staged by Christoph Schlingensief, who passed away shortly before the first rehearsal. His work was then completed by the remaining artistic team. The recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboin features star soprano Annette Dasch and Anna Prohaska along with Graham Clark, Alfred Reiter and Daniel Schmutzhard.

THE NOBEL PRIZE CONCERT 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Nobel Media AB (Sweden) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny CAMERA Nyika Jancsó EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 88' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, 08.12.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Sakari Oramo ORCHESTRA Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Sweden) PIECE Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Sakari Oramo ORCHESTRA Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Sweden) SOLOIST Joshua Bell PIECE Symphony No. 5 in E flat Major, Op. 82 COMPOSER Jean Sibelius CONDUCTOR Sakari Oramo ORCHESTRA Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Sweden) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) GENRE

To celebrate Pierre Boulez’s 85th birthday the Berlin State Opera »Unter den Linden« devoted an extraordinary concert to the great French composer and conductor. The programme consists of three of Boulez’s best known works from three different decades. In the programme’s first part Daniel Barenboim conducts »Messagesquisse« with members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, followed by »Anthèmes 2« performed by Michael Barenboim as soloist. In the programme’s 2nd part the composer himself, having for many years an intense relationship with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, conducts »Le marteau sans maître«, a central piece of contemporary music which has become Pierre Boulez’s most famous and influential work.

METANOIA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Hannes Rossacher CAMERA Nyika Jancsó EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 73' 12" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Schiller Theater, Berlin, 03.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Metanoia COMPOSER Jens Joneleit CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Staatskapelle Berlin (Germany), Experimental Studio SWR (Germany) CHOIR Staatsopernchor (Germany) SOLOIST Annette Dasch, Daniel Schmutzhard, Graham Clark, Alfred Reiter, Anna Prohaska COSTUMES Aino Laberenz LIBRETTO René Pollesch ORIGINAL TEXT Friedrich Nietzsche STAGE DIRECTOR Anne-Sophie Mahler, Carl Hegemann, Katharina Winckler SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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As part of the official Nobel Prize Week, the world’s most renowned artists gather each year to pay tribute to the Nobel Laureates. The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 at the Stockholm Concert presents American violinist Joshua Bell performing Tchaikovky’s Violin Concerto in D Major under Sakari Oramo, the Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. The program continues with Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 in E flat Major, premiered under the baton of Sibelius himself exactly 95 years ago, on December 8, 1915.

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ACCENTUS MUSIC – ARTE FRANCE THE ST. THOMAS BOYS CHOIR (WORKING TITLE)

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In 2010 the world is celebrating the 300th anniversay of the birth of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, whose music, for disparate reasons, was for many years shrouded in oblivion. Many of his works disappeared completely after the Second World War, and it was not until 1999 that they were rediscovered in Kiev. The present world-première recording of four of his cantatas grants us a fascinating insight into the composer’s output and invites us to join him on a musical voyage of discovery. These ambitious works, which were written for Christmas and Ascension, attest to the technical and musical virtuosity of Johann Sebastian Bach’s eldest son.

Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY MDR (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Paul Smaczny, Günter Atteln CAMERA Michael Boomers, Christian Schulz EDITOR Steffen Herrmann AUTHOR Paul Smaczny, Günter Atteln DURATION 90' DURATION 2 58' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Leipzig, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and others MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Various COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Documentary filmed over a period of 18 months. GENRE

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ARTE France BERLIOZ AND THE SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

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Documentary: Music STATUS in progress PRODUCTION 13 Production (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) PRODUCER Paul Saadoun TV DIRECTOR Michel Follin AUTHOR Christian Labrande DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo In composing the Symphonie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz proved that he was a musician whose largerthan-life imagination gave a whole new dimension to music and opened the way for all brilliant composers to come, from Bruckner to Mahler to Shostakovich to Boulez … This film will reveal the history of this revolutionary masterpiece, inseparable as it is from the composer’s biography, and evoke the various ways in which it was interpreted, revived or even transmogrified. Further still, the viewers will be invited to ponder the aura and fascination Berlioz’s masterpiece is still endowed with in our modern view of music and the world of artistic creation at large. GENRE

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In 2012 the St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig will celebrate its 800th anniversary – an unbelievable span of time for a music institution. The choir outlasted all the trials and triumphs of European history, maintaining its unbroken traditions over the centuries and holding onto established principles. For the first time the choir will appear in a full-length documentary film on the big screen to celebrate this unique centenary anniversary. The audience will be immersed in a world of motet, boarding school and football pitch, into lives characterized by success and pressure to perform, doubts and pride, homesickness and genuine friendship.

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WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH – CANTATAS

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ACCENTUS Music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany, France) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny, Günter Atteln TV DIRECTOR Henning Kasten EDITOR Steffen Herrmann DURATION 85' 11" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Augustinerkirche, Mainz, 01.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Rediscovered Cantatas COMPOSER Wilhelm Friedemann Bach CONDUCTOR Ralf Otto ORCHESTRA L'arpa festante (Germany) CHOIR Bachchor Mainz (Germany) SOLOIST Klaus Mertens, Dorothee Mields, Gerhild Romberger, Georg Poplutz SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION ACCENTUS Music (Germany) GENRE

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For the camera: Screen choreography (with human participation), Studio production STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Charleroi / Danses (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Eroïca Productions (Belgium), Rosas (Belgium), Sophimages (Belgium) PRODUCER Vincent Thirion EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katia Lerouge, Agnès Quackels, Eric Gobin TV DIRECTOR Thierry De Mey CAMERA Philippe Guilbert, Aliocha Van der Avoort, Thierry De Mey EDITOR Boris Van der Avoort DURATION 57' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Belgium, Kazakhstan, Austria PIECE Ma mère l'Oye COMPOSER Maurice Ravel SOLOIST Cristian Duarte, Shani Granot, Manuela Rastaldi, Erna Omarsdottir, Maura Paccagnella, Etienne Guilloteau, Rebecca Murgi DANCE Ma mère l'Oye DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance PIECE Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune COMPOSER Claude Debussy CONDUCTOR Jean Martinon ORCHESTRA Orchestre de l'ORTF (France) SOLOIST Mark Lorimer, Cynthia Loemij DANCE Prélude à la mer DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker PIECE La Valse COMPOSER Maurice Ravel CONDUCTOR Lorin Maazel ORCHESTRA Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria) SOLOIST Thomas Hauert, Mat Voorter, Liz Kinoshita DANCE La Valse DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Thomas Hauert SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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KOOL – DANCING IN MY MIND

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Documentary: Dance STATUS completed PRODUCTION Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation (USA) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Institut national de l’audiovisuel (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France ( France) PRODUCER Sylvie Blum, Jorn Weisbrodt, Richard Rutkowski, Hisami Kuroiwa TV DIRECTOR Robert Wilson, Richard Rutkowski CAMERA Richard Rutkowski, Laela Kilbourn EDITOR Keiko Deguchi AUTHOR Robert Wilson DURATION 26' 29" PRODUCTION YEAR 2009 DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Institut national de l’audiovisuel (France) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English language GENRE

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This programme offers three choreographic approaches to orchestral masterpieces by Ravel and Debussy from a contemporaneous, polyphonic and radically cinematographic viewpoint. »Ma mère l’Oye« by Ravel brings together propositions from over 60 prestigious actors on the European dance scene, featuring characters inspired as much by the fairy tales evoked in Ravel’s score as by the vegetal world. »Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune« by Debussy was filmed in Kazakhstan. Here the light and landscape play key roles in this haunted transposition of the choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. »La valse« by Ravel brings this film to a close with Thomas Hauert’s dancing metaphor of swarms of birds in a whirlwind of vertiginous shots.

Suzushi Hanayagi and Robert Wilson

The Guggenheim Museum, New York approached Robert Wilson to create a new performance for an exhibition on American Art and Asia in 2009. Just prior this request, Robert Wilson had visited his longtime friend and collaborator, choreographer and dancer Suzushi Hanayagi in a home for the aged outside of Osaka where she had lived for many years. He was deeply saddened to discover that she suffered from Alzheimer’s and spent most of her time in a wheelchair almost incapable of moving or communicating. Wilson discovered that by encouraging her to make small gestures and dance movements she has made thousands of times, she seemed to discover fragments of memories and the joy connected to them.

JIRI KYLIAN, FORGOTTEN MEMOIRS

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Documentary: Dance STATUS in progress PRODUCTION Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) TV DIRECTOR Don Kent AUTHOR Christian Dumais-Lvowski DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Paris, Prague, La Haye, Monte Carlo DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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MONTPELLIER DANSE, 30 YEARS OF DANCE

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed PMP/Pénélope (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Festival Montpellier Danse (France) PRODUCER Leslie Grunberg EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Julie Charrier TV DIRECTOR Denis Caïozzi, Marie-Hélène Rebois EDITOR Arnaud Petitet, Richard Poisson DURATION 90' 51" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Montpellier Danse Festival 2010 COMPOSER Jason Moran, Alicia Hall Moran SOLOIST Meredith Webster, Laurel Keen, Ashley Jackson DANCE Refraction DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Alonzo King DANCE COMPANY Alonzo King Lines Ballet (USA) COSTUMES Robert Rosenwasser SOLOIST Akram Khan, Yoshie Sunahata DANCE Gnosis DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Akram Khan, Gauri Sharma Tripathi COSTUMES Kei Ito COMPOSER John Cage DANCE Roaratorio DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Merce Cunningham COSTUMES Mark Lancaster SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Europe Image International (France) GENRE

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This documentary film is the first to be dedicated to the choreographer Jiri Kylian. Composer of over a hundred works, Kylian is one of the Major choreographers of the second half of the 20th century and the start of the current century. Having left Prague in 1968, Jiri Kylian began a career which lead him first to London, followed by Stuttgart, and finally to The Hague where he managed Nederland Dans Theater, a company to which he brought international fame. The film will reveal, through some of the most symbolic pieces of the choreographer, the life and work of a true legend of dance.

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ARTE FRANCE – ARTHAUS MUSIK GMBH In 1935, the Bolshoi Theater commissioned Prokofiev a ballet adapted from the work of the Bard. Shakespeare, it was assumed, was apt to »keep alive the masses’ passion for ideological aspirations and lofty sentiments«. It was finally premiered in 1938 in Czechoslovakia, and as late as 1946 at the Bolshoi Theater. The story of Sergey Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet is not only that of the masterpiece of one of the Major composers of the 20th century. It is an epitome of how artists and their works can be manipulated by a regime intent on making them the tools of the dominant ideology.

In June 2010 the Montpellier Dance Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary. This Major event invited among the most renown choreographers today to give tribute to this art hall of fame. The live broadcast introduces a new piece created by the American choreographer Alonzo King titled »Refraction«, a piece created by Cunningham in 1983 »Roaratorio«, and a new creation by Akram Kahn, one of the most interesting performers and choreographers in contemporary dance. In Kahn’s solo piece titled »Gnosis«, inspired by the Peter Brook’s staging of the Mahabharata, he performs with the dancer/musician Gauri Sharma Tripathi and the dancer/choreographer Pratap Pawar, his mentor.

TEARS OF ST. PETER

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Arctic Productions (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) PRODUCER Bernard De Launoit TV DIRECTOR Henri De Gerlache DURATION 60' DURATION 2 43' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Tuscany MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Tears of St. Peter COMPOSER Roland De Lassus CONDUCTOR Philippe Herreweghe CHOIR Collegium Vocale Gent (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

MUSICA LEGGERA – ITALIAN SONGS

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Documentary: Music STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Program33 (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) TV DIRECTOR Emannuelle Nobécourt AUTHOR Emmanuelle Nobécourt DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Italy SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

Roland de Lassus (Mons 1532 – Munich 1594) was nicknamed the »Belgian Orpheus« or the »Prince of Music« by his pears. He was 62 years old when he composed what is certainly his masterpiece: the »Tears of St. Peter«, a 21-part spiritual madrigal. He died three weeks later. He was already known throughout Europe but this last work remains as a testament. The times were then on the threshold of great political and artistic changes, with the imminent arrival of the Baroque period. We all have an Italian song in our lives, a tune that instantly brings back memories and awakens specific emotions. For decades, this enchantment has operated on every generation: O Sole Mio, Volare, Ti amo, La Bambola, Caruso … these timeless classics that traveled accross the world. This Musica Leggera, or ‘light music’ as Italians themselves call it, possesses a kind of magic that cannot be imitated. The film explores the secrets and mysteries of this music and invites us to plunge right to the heart of its unique powers of seduction, to move through its history and discover its most talented singers, and to rediscover its most memorable songs.

ROMEO IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS

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Documentary: Music STATUS in progress PRODUCTION 13 Production (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) PRODUCER Paul Saadoun TV DIRECTOR Iossif Pasternak AUTHOR Iossif Pasternak DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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THE NIGHTINGALE AND OTHER FABLES

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (France) PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Chloé Perlemuter CAMERA Philippe Jourdain, Pierre-Hubert Martin, Etienne Monier, Sylvain Pieri, Régis Le Mao EDITOR Valérie Pico, Christine Benoit DURATION 110' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (France) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Nightingale (central piece of music) COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky CONDUCTOR Kazushi Ono ORCHESTRA Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon (France) CHOIR Choeur de l’Opéra National de Lyon (France) SOLOIST Olga Peretyatko, Elena Semenova, Svetlana Shilova CHOREOGRAPHY BY Moses Pendleton, Cynthia Queen COSTUMES Mara Gottler LIBRETTO Igor Stravinsky, Stephan Mitousov ORIGINAL TEXT Hans Christian Andersen STAGE DIRECTOR Robert Lepage SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Bel Air Media (France) SCÉNOGRAPHIE Carl Fillion CONCEPTION DES MARIONNETTES Michael Curry LUMIÈRES Etienne Boucher GENRE

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Arthaus Musik GmbH ALCINA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Arthaus Musik (Germany), Servus TV (Austria) PRODUCER Torsten Bönnhoff, Erwin Stürzer, Frank Gerdes EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Becker TV DIRECTOR Matthias Leutzendorff SETS Anthony Ward LIGHT DESIGN Jean Kalman DURATION 159' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Wiener Staatsoper MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Alcina COMPOSER George Frideric Handel CONDUCTOR Marc Minkowski CHOIR Wiener Staatsopernchor (Austria) SOLOIST Anja Harteros, Veronica Cangemi, Vesselina Kasarova, Kristina Hammarström, Benjamin Bruns, Adam Plachetka STAGE DIRECTOR Adrian Noble SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Servus TV (Austria) HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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Robert Lepage’s production of »The Nightingale« – the musical fairy tale – at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, a coproduction with the Canadian Opera Company and the Opera National de Lyon, includes a prelude made of a collage with various pieces representing the »Russian period« of Stravinsky: Ragtime (1918), Three Pieces for Clarinet solo (1918), Pribaoutki (Pleasant songs – 1918), Four Cat’s Cradle Songs (1914–1915), Two Poems of Konstantin Balmont (1954), Four Russian Peasant Songs (1914–1917) and The Fox (1916).

VADIM REPIN PLAYS SPANISH SYMPHONY OF LALO

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Camera Lucida Productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (France) PRODUCER JeanStéphane Michaux TV DIRECTOR Christian Leblé EDITOR Philippe Guillabert DURATION 43' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel, Paris MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Spanish Symphony for Violin and Orchestra op. 21 COMPOSER Edouard Lalo CONDUCTOR Myung-Whun Chung ORCHESTRA Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (France) SOLOIST Vadim Repin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

For the first time in the history of the Vienna State Opera the masterpiece »Alcina« by George Frideric Handel was premiered in 2010. The internationally famous British Director Adrian Noble places his Alcina into a framework which begins in the magnificent ballroom of the Devonshire-House in London Piccadilly. The legendary Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, stages a play in which she is acting together with her friends, a stage on the stage. »Alcina« is a great musical experience geared to the Baroque curiosity. Marc Minkowski, the conductor of this amazing reproduction, revives Handel’s music in an outstanding way.

CAFÉ MÜLLER

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed L’Arche Editeur (France) TV DIRECTOR Pina Bausch CAMERA Peter Schäfer LIGHT DESIGN Robert Windecker DURATION 49' PRODUCTION YEAR 1978 RECORDED Opernhaus Wuppertal PIECE Arias from »Dido & Aeneas« and »The Fairy Queen« by Henry Purcell COMPOSER Henry Purcell SOLOIST Pina Bausch, Malou Airado, Dominique Mercy, Jan Minarek, Nazareth Panadero CHOREOGRAPHY BY Pina Bausch DANCE COMPANY Tanztheater Wuppertal (Germany) COSTUMES Rolf Borzik SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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Vadim Repin is one of today’s best violinists, perhaps even the most perfect ever heard, the unquestionable heir of the great Russian tradition crowned by Oistrakh. Repin’s tone has a deserved reputation of being heavy, round and warm, and his accuracy is absolute. The »Spanish Symphony of Lalo«, a true marathon of virtuosity and energy, performed by the violinist with Myung-Whun Chung at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in June 2010, is a magnificent example of his style. Vadim Repin will celebrate his fortieth birthday in 2011 and has already spent thirty years on stage, his pleasure to perform never diminishing and his mastery always growing.

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GEORGE LONDON – OF GODS AND DEMONS

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress MONARDA Arts (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY WDR (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Arthaus Musik (Germany) PRODUCER Torsten Bönnhoff, Erwin Stürzer EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Becker TV DIRECTOR Marita Stocker DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOLOIST George London SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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Archive treasure 1: Pina Bausch, famous dancer, choreographer and dancing teacher, founded the Wuppertaler Dance Theater in 1973. This ensemble continues to decisively influence the development of international dance with its combination of poetic and mundane elements. The recording of her piece »Café Müller« from 1985 was produced together with Pina Bausch, who also served in an advisory capacity during the entire production period. Bausch died in 2009, making this programme a noteworthy historical performance.

George London was one of the most impressive bassbaritones of the postwar period. He sang together with Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi and Nicolai Gedda. With his distinctive voice and his charisma he fascinated a worldwide audience. Far too early he had to halt his singing career due to a vocal chord disease. This film portrays the full range of this exceptional artist, showing rare archival material not only of his great opera stage performances, but also of his interpretations of traditional spirituals and operetta hit songs. The film also includes interviews with his widow, colleagues, experts and current stars of the opera scene.

ELEKTRA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress Arthaus Musik (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany), Salzburg Festival (Austria) PRODUCER Torsten Bönnhoff, Erwin Stürzer, Magdalena Herbst EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer TV DIRECTOR Thomas Grimm DURATION 105' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Elektra COMPOSER Richard Strauss CONDUCTOR Daniele Gatti ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) CHOIR Wiener Staatsopernchor (Austria) SOLOIST Waltraud Meier, Iréne Theorin, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Robert Gambill, René Pape STAGE DIRECTOR Nikolaus Lehnhoff SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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HOMAGE TO ROBERT SCHUMANN LIVE FROM THE FRAUENKIRCHE DRESDEN

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY MONARDA Arts (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY MDR (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (France) PRODUCER Torsten Bönnhoff, Erwin Stürzer EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Becker TV DIRECTOR Ute Feudel CAMERA Ulrich Marquardt EDITOR Sandra Sommerfeld LIGHT DESIGN René Richter DURATION 77' 06" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Frauenkirche Dresden MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Robert Schumann CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding ORCHESTRA Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Germany) CHOIR MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Germany) SOLOIST Markus Butter, Ole Kottner, Franz Lindner, Sebastian Dominik Pfeifer, Vincent Hoppe SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

Swedish soprano Iréne Theorin as Elektra and Wagner singer Waltraud Meier as Klytämnestra give an impressive performance debut. They are complemented by Eva-Maria Westbroek’s Chrysothemis and René Pape’s Orest. In his interpretation of Strauss’ one-act masterpiece, conductor Daniele Gatti explores the radical side of the Expressionist score, while simultaneously honoring the late 19th-century lyricism. His musical vision harmonizes perfectly with the forbidding atmosphere conveyed by director Nikolaus Lehnhoff and his set designer. »Lehnhoff ’s Elektra ends with a stroke of genius ...« (Financial Times).

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This concert marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth. Daniel Harding conducts a programme consisting of three of Schumann’s most impressive yet too rarely performed works from his Dresden era. Particular highlights, which will come as a surprise even to connoisseurs of his works, include a first performance and a world premiere of rediscovered and reconstructed symphonic movements dating from the composer’s legendary »symphony year« of 1841. Moreover, the »Rheinische Sinfonie«, composed by Schumann after leaving Dresden and widely influenced by his impressions of the Cologne Cathedral, blends in perfectly with the sacral architecture of the Frauenkirche.

KONTAKTHOF WITH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OVER »65«

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY L’Arche Editeur (France) TV DIRECTOR Pina Bausch CAMERA Peter Schäfer EDITOR Daniel Janik DURATION 149' PRODUCTION YEAR 2007 RECORDED Opernhaus Wuppertal CHOREOGRAPHY BY Pina Bausch DANCE COMPANY Tanztheater Wuppertal (Germany) COSTUMES Rolf Borzik SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) Pina Bausch (1940 – 2009), famous dancer, choreographer and dancing teacher, founded the Wuppertaler Dance Theater in 1973. This ensemble continues to decisively influence the development of international dance with its combination of poetic and mundane elements. »Kontakthof« was premiered in Wuppertal in 1978 and has since then been staged in many other countries. For many years it was Pina Bausch’s wish to stage this piece together with elderly people. No one could have predicted that »Kontakthof«, with its performers over 65, would endure, touring many European countries through the years. The older players are fabulous and endeavor to keep the piece as fresh as its debut performance. GENRE

Mauro Bigonzetti deservedly ranks as one of the most internationally demanded contemporary choreographers. His pieces combine modern dance with classical ballet elements. This film follows the internationally renowned choreographer during his work with the Bolshoi Ballet, with ensembles in Hannover, Stuttgart and Los Angeles, as well as his work with his »Ensemble of the heart«, Aterballetto, in Bigonzetti’s adopted home of Reggio Emilia. The audience will experience the development of new choreographies and will see dancers pushed to their physical limits. As one of the few choreographers who allow their dancers to actively participate in the creation of his choreographies, the immense vitality and creativity of this Italian man is highly visible.

MICHAEL NYMAN IN PROGRESS

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed MONARDA Arts (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Arthaus Musik (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY WDR (Germany), ARTE (France) PRODUCER Torsten Bönnhoff, Erwin Stürzer EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Becker TV DIRECTOR Silvia Beck CAMERA Michael Boomers EDITOR Bernd Euscher DURATION 80' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Michael Nyman ORCHESTRA The Michael Nyman Band (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Aktis Film International (Germany) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION Aktis Film International (Germany) HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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MAURO BIGONZETTI – A PORTRAIT

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY MONARDA Arts (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Arthaus Musik (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY 3sat (Germany) PRODUCER Torsten Bönnhoff, Erwin Stürzer EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Becker TV DIRECTOR Andreas Morell CAMERA Tobias Albrecht DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 CHOREOGRAPHY BY Mauro Bigonzetti SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany)

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Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as »The Draughtsman’s Contract«, »The Ogre«, and the »The Piano«, Michael Nyman has achieved international fame. Now the composer is about to become a filmmaker himself. Featuring unprecedented access to his working life, this film shows Nyman in all his diversity and endless energy. From London to Berlin, from Mexico to Poland, the film is a journey through the musical world today. Throughout this journey, Nyman’s passion for filming and photography is discovered. Witnessing the development of his visual works gives an unique insight into Nyman’s views, his thoughts and his world. For information about the titles • »Don Quichot«, a new production of the Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam • Robert Schumann: »Manfred«. A film by Johannes Deutsch. Live recording from the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Germany. • Verdi: »Falstaff« with Kammersänger Bernd Weikl (Stage Director + Title Role). Live recording from the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Germany please contact Erwin Stürzer (estuerzer@arthaus-musik.com).

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BBC CLASSICAL MUSIC TELEVISION

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With sumptuous music, stunning Italian locations and some of the biggest names in opera contributing, Opera Italia is the essential guide to opera. It is a Major three-part series tracing the history of Italian opera presented by Antonio Pappano, world renowned conductor and Music Director at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Pappano makes a whistle stop tour of the beginnings of opera, from Monteverdi to Rossini. Along the way he enlists the help of some of the world’s greatest singers: Juan Diego Florez, Joyce DiDonato, Danielle de Niese, Sarah Connolly and Pietro Spagnoli.

DIVA DIARIES

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER David Thompson EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sue Judd TV DIRECTOR David Thompson CAMERA Ross Keith, Spike Geilinger EDITOR Clare Stradling, Catherine Arend DURATION 59' 04" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK and USA MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Acis and Galatea; Guilio Cesare; The Marriage of Figaro COMPOSER George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR William Christie ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (UK), REHEARSAL PIANIST Cameron Stowe (USA) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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OPERA ITALIA: THE TRIUMPH OF PUCCINI

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Dominic Best EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sue Judd, Peter Maniura TV DIRECTOR Dominic Best CAMERA Steve Plant EDITOR Ged Murphy DURATION 59' 18" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Gianni Schicchi; La Boheme; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini CONDUCTOR Antonio Pappano ORCHESTRA Various SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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Diva Diaries follows one of today’s hottest young sopranos, Danielle de Niese as she makes her sensational debut as Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Danielle shot to fame in Britain with her all-singing, all-dancing Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne in 2005. Her stunning voice, exotic beauty and electric stage presence make her sought after by Major opera houses throughout the world.

OPERA ITALIA: BEGINNINGS

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Puccini took Italian opera into the 20th century. Pappano looks at five of Puccini’s most popular operas: La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. He travels to Rome to meet stage director Franco Zeffirelli to talk about Puccini and his famous production of Turandot. Pappano also talks to one of the great Puccini interpreters, the soprano Renata Scotto, about the composer and the roles of Mimi in La Boheme and Madama Butterfly. Also featuring in the programme are soprano Angela Gheorghiu, tenors Jonas Kaufmann and Roberto Alagna and baritone Sir Thomas Allen.

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OPERA ITALIA: VIVA VERDI

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Flavia Rittner EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sue Judd, Peter Maniura TV DIRECTOR Flavia Rittner CAMERA Spike Geilinger EDITOR Anne Dummett DURATION 58' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK and Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Falstaff; La Traviata; Nabucco; Otello COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Antonio Pappano ORCHESTRA Various SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) This episode focuses on Verdi, whose operas are central to Pappano’s conducting repertoire and the backbone of the international opera scene. Pappano looks at six of Verdi’s most famous works: Nabucco, Rigoletto, Don Carlos, Otello and Falstaff as well as La Traviata which Pappano rehearses and conducts at the Royal Opera House with the superstar cast of Renee Fleming, Joseph Calleja and Thomas Hampson. Pappano travels to Le Roncole in Northern Italy where Verdi was born in the midst of a turbulent political environment; politics were to become a Major influence on Verdi’s operas in later life. GENRE

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PROMS: BEETHOVEN NIGHT WITH THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Anna Starkey EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Macfarlane ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Francesca Kemp TV DIRECTOR Jonathan Haswell CAMERA Vince Spooner LIGHT DESIGN Bernie Davis DURATION 108' 54" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Royal Albert Hall, London MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Egmont Overture; Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Jirí Belohlávek ORCHESTRA BBC Symphony Orchestra (UK) SOLOIST Paul Lewis SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) »Beethoven Night« has been a regular and popular feature of the Proms from the very first season in 1895. This tradition is recreated by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Jirí Belohlávek, who perform two Beethoven overtures and his First and Fourth Piano Concertos with soloist Paul Lewis. The programme is presented by Charles Hazlewood and Clemency Burton-Hill. Another unique factor in this Proms and others in this season of Proms is the use of Q-Ball high definition robotic cameras. GENRE

In this new series, actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale travels to Germany and Austria to explore the work of two musical giants, Brahms and Bruckner. With Harry Christophers and his choir »The Sixteen«, Simon discovers how Bruckner approached his sacred music as a devout catholic, while Brahms found himself unable to believe in anything but his music.

SACRED MUSIC: FAURE AND POULENC

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Francesca Kemp EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Maniura ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Helen Mansfield TV DIRECTOR Francesca Kemp CAMERA Michael O'Halloran, Tony Dow, Dave Brice EDITOR Benjamin Stott DURATION 59' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED France MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Chanson a Boire; Four Motets; Litanies a la Vierge Noire; Requiem Op. 48 COMPOSER Gabriel Faure, Francis Poulenc CONDUCTOR Harry Christophers ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Sixteen (UK) CHOIR The Sixteen (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) PRESENTER Simon Russell Beale GENRE

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Simon Russell Beale travels through the urban and rural landscapes of France to explore the story behind Fauré’s much-loved Requiem, one of the best loved pieces of sacred music ever written. With Harry Christophers and »The Sixteen«, he goes on to discover how this work laid the foundations for a distinctively French style, a tradition continued by the compelling music of the outrageously fashionable Francis Poulenc, working in the heart of jazz-age Paris.

SACRED MUSIC: BRAHMS AND BRUCKNER

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Andy King-Dabbs EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Maniura ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Helen Mansfield TV DIRECTOR Andy King-Dabbs CAMERA John-Martin White EDITOR Ged Murphy LIGHT DESIGN Billy Harron DURATION 58' 57" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK, Austria and Germany MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Aequales Nos. 1 & 2 for Three Trombones; Ave Maria; Ecce sacerdos; Libera me Domine COMPOSER Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms CONDUCTOR Harry Christophers ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Sixteen (UK) CHOIR The Sixteen (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) PRESENTER Simon Russell Beale GENRE

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SACRED MUSIC: GÓRECKI AND PÄRT

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Simon Broughton EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Maniura ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Helen Mansfield TV DIRECTOR Simon Broughton CAMERA Luke Finn, Dave Brice EDITOR Gerard Evans LIGHT DESIGN Billy Harron DURATION 58' 42" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Poland GENRE

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BBC CLASSICAL MUSIC TELEVISION – BBC WALES and Estonia MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE De Profundis; Miserere; Kanon Pokajanen; Passio COMPOSER Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt CONDUCTOR Harry Christophers CHOIR The Sixteen (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) PRESENTER Simon Russell Beale

SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Helen Mansfield EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Oliver Macfarlane TV DIRECTOR Ian Russell CAMERA Chris Goor LIGHT DESIGN Bernie Davis DURATION 59' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Air Studios, London, 21.11.2010 CONDUCTOR John Wilson ORCHESTRA The John Wilson Orchestra (UK) SOLOIST Seth Macfarlane, Anna Jane Casey SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) DEVISED BY Celina Parker and Victoria Jones GENRE

Simon visits Poland and Estonia to discover why the sacred music of the two highly spiritual composers Górecki and Pärt strikes such a chord in today’s noisy and fast-moving world. Alongside music performed by Harry Christophers and »The Sixteen«, Simon’s journey takes him through the turbulent religious and political history of Eastern Europe as he explores the important symbolic role of sacred music in the struggle against Communism.

An exclusive, bespoke festive treat with conductor John Wilson and his orchestra is hosted by Big Band aficionado Sir Michael Parkinson and features a repertoire of knock-out arrangements. Along with his top band of amazing players, Wilson is joined by Seth Macfarlane and Anna Jane Casey. With Sir Michael at the helm, some classic chat about the music and the maestro John Wilson is in the mix.

SACRED MUSIC: SEARCHING OUT THE SACRED

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Andy King-Dabbs EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Maniura ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Helen Mansfield TV DIRECTOR Andy King-Dabbs CAMERA John Martin White EDITOR Ged Murphy DURATION 58' 59" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Serenity; A Child’s Prayer; What Sweeter Music; The Lord is My Shepherd et al. COMPOSER James Macmillan, John Rutter, Sir John Tavener CONDUCTOR Harry Christophers CHOIR The Sixteen (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) PRESENTER Simon Russell Beale GENRE

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WHAT MAKES A GREAT SOPRANO?

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Helen Mansfield EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Maniura TV DIRECTOR Helen Mansfield CAMERA Luke Finn, Ross Keith, Stuart Page EDITOR Catherine Arend DURATION 59' 01" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK and USA MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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Simon Russell Beale returns to the UK to explore how three very different musical approaches to Christian music have captured the spiritual imagination of our nation. The composers James MacMillan, Sir John Tavener and John Rutter give us a special insight into the challenges and rewards of writing sacred music for the 21st century. Music is performed by Harry Christophers and »The Sixteen«.

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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa takes a personal journey exploring the physical and artistic demands of being an international soprano in the 21st century. Along with fellow sopranos including Renée Fleming, Diana Damrau and Anna Netrebko, she explains the qualities that separate the great from the merely good. The programme also features a selection of Dame Kiri’s own favourite performances of the past, from the early recordings of Dame Nellie Melba to the famous voices of Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kirsten Flagstad,

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Leontyne Price and Dame Joan Sutherland. Dame Kiri explains what makes each of these voices unique, revealing the extraordinary diversity that lies behind the simple label »soprano«.

wave, acid house and chill-out, Annie Nightingale is still at the cutting edge in her current incarnation as the 'Queen of the Breaks'. This film celebrates Annie’s career through archive footage, in-depth interviews and newly shot material.

WHAT MAKES A GREAT TENOR?

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Classical Music Television (UK) PRODUCER Jonathan Haswell EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Maniura TV DIRECTOR Dominic Best CAMERA Nigel Bradley, Michael O'Halloran, Steve Plant EDITOR John Payazidis, Ged Murphy DURATION 58' 17" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Various COMPOSER Various SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

The great tenor Rolando Villazón takes us inside the world of the sexiest and most risky of all operatic voices. It’s a journey that includes some of the great names of the past such as Caruso and Lanza, and some of the brightest stars performing today such as Domingo, Alagna and Florez. We hear how they tackle their most famous roles and what the risks and rewards are.

ANYONE FOR DEMIS? BRITAIN’S FASCINATION WITH THE MUSICALLY EXOTIC

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress BBC Cymru Wales (UK) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock DURATION 59' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) »Anyone For Demis?« is a chance for us to defy our national stereotype, let our hair down (a little) and show that we’re more open to different styles of music than the rest of the world might think. Sorting out the novelty from the genuinely great, whilst humorously demonstrating that any simple notion of 'cultural authenticity' is often highly suspect, the film offers witty and insightful reflection on the British response to the foreign, the alien, the other, which betrays a complex fascination with the exotic – and sometimes erotic – allure of unfamiliar music. GENRE

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BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2010 FINAL

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER Steve Freer EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock TV DIRECTOR Rhodri Huw DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

BBC Wales ANNIE NIGHTINGALE

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress BBC Cymru Wales (UK) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock DURATION 59' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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Howard Goodall and Clemency Burton-Hill introduce the Final of BBC Young Musician 2010 from the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. Since the competition first began back in 1978, it has launched the career of some of the UK’s leading performers. Previous winners include Natalie Clein, Freddie Kempf, Nicola Benedetti and Peter Moore, who triumphed in 2008 and makes a guest appearance at this Final. Each finalist will perform a concerto of their choice with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conduced by Vasily Petrenko, in front of a distinguished panel of adjudicators. Expect high tension, drama and some exceptional music making.

In 2010 veteran DJ Annie Nightingale celebrates 40 years since her very first show on BBC Radio 1. She was the station’s first female DJ and is its longest serving broadcaster. A life-long champion of new music, from the Beatles to Bolan, through punk, new avant première 2 0 11

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BBC WALES – BEL AIR MEDIA This year it was the turn of Oxford and the intimate surroundings of Sir Christopher Wren’s Sheldonian Theatre. Under the inspirational leadership of conductor Daniel Barenboim, the concert included a memorable performance of Brahms' First Symphony.

CHOIR OF THE YEAR 2010

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GENRE on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Cymru Wales (OK) PRODUCER Ailsa Jenkins DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo Choir of the Year is the largest singing competition in the UK and attracts choral groups from across the country, including children’s, youth, adult, gospel and barbershop. From the hundreds who entered the contest, just six choirs make it through the tough qualifying rounds to perform at London’s Royal Festival Hall in a bid to compete for the coveted title of Choir of the Year 2010. Presented by Aled Jones and Josie d’Arby, this ninety minute highlights programme captures all the excitement and thrills of Britain’s best loved choral competition and reveals which choir is crowned with the ultimate choral accolade.

KILLING ME SOFTLY – WHEN ROCK GOES ACOUSTIC

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER Rhodri Huw DURATION 59' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) Killing Me Softly takes us on a journey through rock’s most legendary and creative acoustic moments. Exploring a much less celebrated, yet crucial part of the rock musician’s arsenal, the film features vintage performance footage, along with original interviews, examining the performers' relationship with – and the peculiar magic of – the acoustic guitar. GENRE

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DR. WHO AT THE PROMS 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Cymru Wales (UK) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock TV DIRECTOR Rhodri Huw DURATION 57' 13" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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Doctor Who returns to the Proms with a brand new show hosted by the stars of the series. The concert features Murray Gold’s music for the television series performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the London Philharmonic Choir, soloists Yamit Mamo and Mark Chambers, conducted by Ben Foster. With exclusive behind the scenes access, specially edited sequences from the most recent series, a host of monsters laying siege to the Royal Albert Hall and a new scene written especially for the Proms by Steven Moffat, featuring the Time Lord himself – this is an intergalactic musical adventure like no other.

MANIC STREET PREACHERS

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER Ryan Minchin EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock DURATION 59' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) Legendary Welsh band The Manic Street Preachers return to their home town of Blackwood for an intimate performance at the Miners' Institute. Featuring exhilarating live versions of hits that span their 20 year career, along with songs from their latest album 'Postcards From A Young Man', this performance film is contextualised with exclusive behind-the-scenes content and insightful interviews with the band members. GENRE

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NEIL SEDAKA – THAT’S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME

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Legends GENRE Documentary: Portrait, on location completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER Rhodri Huw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock DURATION 59' 07" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK and USA MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) SERIES

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EUROPA CONCERT

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER Jonathan Haswell TV DIRECTOR Rhodri Huw DURATION 88' 20" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK, 01.05.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) The Berlin Philharmonic’s visit to the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford on 1st May stands out as one of 2010’s musical highlights. The orchestra’s annual Europa Concert celebrates their formation and each year takes place in a Major European cultural centre. GENRE

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The incredible story of the man behind some of the biggest smash hits in history – 'Solitaire', 'Amarillo', 'Oh Carol' and 'Love Will Keep Us Together'. Neil Sedaka was destined for life as a classical pianist when he was seduced by the raw sounds of rock'n'roll. In the early sixties he recorded a string of teenage anthems such as 'Calendar Girl', 'Happy Birthday Sweet

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Sixteen' and 'Breaking up is Hard to Do'. Singers Tony Christie and Connie Francis, musician Graham Gouldman of 10cc and Brill Building colleagues Don Kirshner and Carol Bayer Sager pay tribute to the 'King of doobie-dos'.

NEW POWER GENERATION: BLACK MUSIC LEGENDS OF THE 1980s

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress BBC Cymru Wales (UK) DURATION 240' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED UK and USA MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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The 1980s was a defining decade for black American pop music. After the successes of soul, funk and disco in the previous two decades, the 1980s were the years when young black talent took centre stage and became some of the biggest selling artists of all time. This special series of Legends, 4 x 60 minutes, features critical biographies of the 1980s' most successful and influential black performers: Prince, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Public Enemy. For each it’s a story of amazingly talented artists emerging from a different tradition of black music and achieving huge worldwide success.

Chicago’s Chess Records was one of the greatest labels of the post-war era, ranking alongside other mighty independents like Atlantic, Stax and Sun. From 1950 to its demise at the end of the '60s, Chess released a myriad of electric blues, rock'n'roll and soul classics that helped change the landscape of black and white popular music. Chess was the label that gave the world such sonic adventurers as Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf and Etta James. This film marks the label’s 60th anniversary.

Bel Air Media DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France), Bayerische Staatsoper (Germany) PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer DURATION 146' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Francis Poulenc CONDUCTOR Kent Nagano STAGE DIRECTOR Dmitri Tcherniakov SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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PROMS IN THE PARK 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert STATUS completed BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER Ailsa Jenkins TV DIRECTOR Rhian Williams DURATION 42' 47" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) Josie d'Arby and Tim Rhys Evans present a glittering evening of musical stories and fairy tales from Proms in the Park in Swansea, part of the traditional Last Night Celebration. The programme features special guests Catrin Finch, The Three Welsh Tenors, Swansea Bach Choir, conductor Grant Llewellyn and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. GENRE

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ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN – THE CHESS RECORDS SAGA

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed BBC Cymru Wales (UK) PRODUCER James Maycock EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Bullock DURATION 59' 29" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED UK and USA, 12.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV BBC Worldwide (UK) GENRE

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French composer Francis Poulenc sets revolution and religion on a collision course; young Blanche de la Force, seeks refuge in a convent, where she hopes to overcome her torturous fear of life. Her entry into the Order of the Carmelites and her conversations with the other nuns strengthen her and her faith, but her fear remains. The French Revolution does not stop at the walls of the convent and prohibits the nuns from carrying out the rules of their order. They rise in opposition, even accepting a martyr’s death rather than give in. All except Blanche – she flees again, terrified of death. But she changes her decision and follows them to the gallows.

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RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (France) PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer DURATION 179' 02" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Louis Langrée STAGE DIRECTOR Dmitri Tcherniakov SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1

Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Teatro Real de Madrid (Spain), Mezzo (France) TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer DURATION 171' 40" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Kurt Weill CONDUCTOR Pablo Heras-Casado STAGE DIRECTOR Alex Ollé, Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1

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The first of Gerard Mortier’s projects as Artistic Director of the Teatro Real is this new production of the satirical opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht about social disintegration, written during Hitler’s rise in Germany. Staged by Alex Ollé and Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus) and with a brilliant cast including superstar Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman and German tenor Michael König, this production is assuredly one to remember.

A new interpretation of the »emblematic figure« by Dmitri Tcherniakov, Russian director, who shows a different and solitary Don Giovanni sowing discord within the values and principles of an established bourgeois family, where the proper yes men are confronted by outrageous farce.

PROMS 2010: LIONEL BRINGUIER CONDUCTS THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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THE FLAMES OF PARIS

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Telmondis (France), NHK (Japan), The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (Russia) PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Vincent Bataillon DURATION 103' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Boris Asafiev CONDUCTOR Pavel Sorokin DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY Alexei Ratmansky SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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Berlioz’s exuberant portrait of seafaring brigands launches an evening of colourful virtuosity with Lionel Bringuier, the young Frenchman already established as Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, who this year makes his Proms debut. Renowned Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire marks the composer’s bicentenary, and the concert ends with the joyous final scenes from Ravel’s lavishly scored pastoral ballet set in Ancient Greece. Roussel’s vivid, action-packed Third Symphony is one of the finest flowerings of the French symphonic tradition that began with Saint-Saëns and Franck.

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The Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre presents »The Flames of Paris«, created in 1932 – a ballet which had disappeared from the stage before its revival by Alexei Ratmansky in 2008. This ballet, which takes place during the French Revolution, exhibits a powerful and energetic dance performance.

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piece for solo violin, chamber orchestra and percussion group. Following that is Sabina Hank’s composition »Three Songs For An Abandoned Angel«. Joining them is the Camerata Salzburg. The second part comprises improvisations on themes by Friedrich Gulda and Sabina Hank, played by the Sabina Hank Trio featuring Benjamin Schmid.

TURANDOT

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Fondazione Arena di Verona (Italy), AMP (France) PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer DURATION 140' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini CONDUCTOR Giuliano Carella STAGE DIRECTOR Franco Zeffirelli SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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CARLOS KLEIBER – A DEEPLY PRIVATE MAN

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF / 3sat (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, Martina Mattick-Stiller TV DIRECTOR Georg Wübbolt CAMERA Günter Euringer EDITOR Janine Dauterich AUTHOR Georg Wübbolt DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Vienna, Slovenia, Munich, Berlin. etc. MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Kleiber Carlos SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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This year the 88th edition of the prestigious Arena di Verona Festival was dedicated to the great Italian director, Franco Zeffirelli. Giacomo Puccini’s »Turandot«, the opening title of this festival, is a new production directed by Giuliano Carella with Maria Guleghina in the role of Turandot, Luis Octavio Faria in the role of Timur, Salvatore Licitra in the role of Calaf and Tamar Iveri in the role of Liù. © Joyce Rohrmoser

Carlos Kleiber, the eccentric conductor, was known as much for the rarity of his appearances as for the brilliance of his interpretations. In utter contrast to his contemporary Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber refused to participate in the music business; he showed a strong reluctance to court company moguls, corporate sponsors, agents and journalists. The film uncovers some of the mysteries and attempts to address controversies, such as why he cancelled so often, of one of the most elusive conductors. It sheds light on the relationships with his family, traces the developments of his career and covers the 'mythologizing' that began during the lifetime of the maestro.

Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images BENJAMIN SCHMID & SABINA HANK: THE GULDA JAZZ SESSION

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer TV DIRECTOR Carl Plötzeneder EDITOR Carl Plötzeneder DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Große Universitätsaula Salzburg MUSICAL STYLE Jazz COMPOSER Friedrich Gulda, Sabina Hank ORCHESTRA Camerata Salzburg (Austria), Sabina Hank Trio (Austria) SOLOIST Benjamin Schmid, Sabina Hank SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV BFMI (Austria) GENRE

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CELEBRACIÓN. SEASON OPENING GALA 2010/2011 WITH GUSTAVO DUDAMEL – LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC – JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/ARTE (Germany), WNET.ORG + THIRTEEN (USA) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, John Walker, Martina Mattick-Stiller EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn TV DIRECTOR Brian Large CAMERA Henning Brümmer EDITOR Janine Dauterich LIGHT DESIGN Greg Brunton DURATION 70' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Gioacchino Rossini, Chabuca Granda, Agustin Lara, José Pablo Moncayo, Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, Maria Grever, Arturo Márquez, Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Gustavo Dudamel ORCHESTRA Los Angeles Philharmonic (USA) SOLOIST Juan Diego Flórez SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1, shot in 3 D DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Universal Music (Germany) GENRE

The Salzburg based violinist Benjamin Schmid, equally accomplished in classical music and jazz, and the pianist Sabina Hank, who has achieved a large international reputation in jazz, are virtually regulars of the Salzburg Jazz-Herbst. The first part of the 2010 concert begins with »Wings« by Friedrich Gulda, a concert

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QUEEN OF STRINGS: HILLE PERL

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZFD/ARTE (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, Martin Schneider TV DIRECTOR Christian Kurt Weiß CAMERA Günter Euringer EDITOR Christian Kurt Weiß DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Bolzano, Freiburg im Breisgau, Lower Saxonia MUSICAL STYLE Early music COMPOSER Johann Hiernonymus Kapsberger, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann ORCHESTRA Los Otros (Germany) SOLOIST Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Steve Player SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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»Celebración« spotlights the 7 October opening night concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel featuring renowned Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Flórez and Dudamel, close friends off the concert stage, developed the special lineup of bel canto arias and popular Latin American canciones by Rossini, Granda, Lara, Moncayo, Grever, Gutiérrez and Márquez. In describing the conductor’s interpretation of Rossini’s »Semiramide« overture, critic Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times enthused, »Dudamel rode Rossini’s crescendos like a surfer on an epic wave, sending nature’s power into the concert hall. He brought out wonderful instrumental details. The orchestra sparkled.« 3D version will be available in March 2011.

Hille Perl is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world’s finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries. This films portrays Hille Perl who lives in an old farmhouse in Lower Saxony. The main repertoire in this film embodies the works of Kapsberger, Graun and Telemann. The freedom of phrasing and the egalitarian characteristics of ancient music are both qualities that correspond to Hille Perl’s personality. But the arrangement also calls for a severe discipline to know when to subordinate the individual instrument to create a complete acoustic picture.

PERCUSSIVE PLANET. ONCE AROUND THE WORLD WITH MARTIN GRUBINGER

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/3sat (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, Martina Mattick-Stiller TV DIRECTOR Paul Fenkart CAMERA Günter Euringer DURATION 60' DURATION 2 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE World music SOLOIST Martin Grubinger SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Deutsche Oper Berlin (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, Thomas Hieber TV DIRECTOR Johannes Grebert CAMERA Henning Brümmer EDITOR Robert Hentschel DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Deutsche Oper Berlin MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes COMPOSER Richard Wagner CONDUCTOR Sebastian Lang-Lessing ORCHESTRA Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Germany) CHOIR Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Germany) SOLOIST Thorsten Kerl, Camille Nylund, Kate Aldrich, Ante Jerkunica LIBRETTO Richard Wagner ORIGINAL TEXT Edward George Bulwer-Lytton STAGE DIRECTOR Philipp Stölzl SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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Martin Grubinger is one of the world’s most soughtafter multipercussion artists. In this film, he is provided with an around the world ticket to meet other outstanding percussionists on different continents. It is a journey of discovery – making music together and learning from one another. However, Martin Grubinger is not allowed to bring his own drum kit with him; all he travels with are a set of sticks and a change of clothes. He spends one week with every artist and not only explores the specific percussion traditions, but also discovers life and culture in the disparate countries. Unexpected things might happen, only the groove is certain.

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ULRICH TUKUR: MEZZANOTTE – NIGHT SONGS

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Relay of: Vocal recital, Live recording STATUS completed Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/3sat (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, Sonja Schneider TV DIRECTOR Christian Kurt Weiß CAMERA Henning Brümmer EDITOR Janine Dauterich DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Kampnagel Hamburg COMPOSER Joe Rixner, Friedrich Schröder, Casimir Oberfeld, Virgilio Panzuti, Bud Flanagan, Rubin Shaul, Werner Bochmann, Alessandro Derevitzky, Lutz Krajenski, Charles Trenet, Albert Abraham Lasry, Willi Kollo, Friedrich Hollaender, Gorni Kramer, Alexander Von Chevtschenko, Domenico Modugno, Ulrich Tukur ORCHESTRA Lutz Krajenski & Orchestra (Germany) SOLOIST Ulrich Tukur SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV BFMI (Austria) DVD DISTRIBUTION Deutsche Grammophone Gesellschaft (Germany) GENRE

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In this staging by Philipp Stölzl, who condensed the five-act opera into a little over two hours, »Rienzi« becomes a startlingly powerful and timeless parable of power and abuse. Though the story takes place in 14th century Rome, Stölzl sets it in the recent past. The topic »anticipates the history of the 20th century in a visionary way«, says Stölzl, adding that »one can make surprising analogies to many despots of this time: Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Ceausescu«. »Rienzi« is performed by Torsten Kerl, Kate Aldrich is a splendid Adriano and Camilla Nylund an intense Irene. They are well supported by the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

THOMAS QUASTHOFF – TELL IT LIKE IT IS

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/3sat (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Sonja Schneider TV DIRECTOR Christian Kurt Weiß CAMERA Henning Brümmer EDITOR Christian Kurt Weiß DURATION 81' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED A-Trane Berlin MUSICAL STYLE Jazz COMPOSER John Hiatt, Percy Mayfield, Bill Withers, Ann Peebles, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Mose Alison, Michael Quasthoff, Randy Newman, Aaron Neville, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan SOLOIST Bruno Müller, Frank Chastenier, Dieter Ilg, Wolfgang Haffner SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV BFMI (Austria) DVD DISTRIBUTION Deutsche Grammophone Gesellschaft (Germany)

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Ulrich Tukur is not only one of Germany’s best known actors, but also a strong singer with a talent for interpreting songs. In »Mezzanotte – Night Songs« at Kampnagel, Tukur presents his selection of night time songs from different eras and countries for the very first time. In new arrangements by Lutz Krajenski, both artists unfurl a musical fantasy, which illuminates the evening and brings figures of the night to life – people searching for distraction, happiness and oblivion as well as wanderers, seducers, gamblers and madmen, the desperate and the hopeful. The programme includes compositions in a variety of languages from Friederich Hollaender to Charles Trenet.

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The »man with the most beautiful voice in the world«, as the German magazine »Stern« described him, sings soul and jazz classics at the jazz club A-Trane in Berlin. Power of interpretation and unerring sense of taste go hand in hand in when performing American songs as well as Italian arias. Now, Thomas Quasthoff is delving even deeper into his own musical world. »I'm not the new soul discovery, and I'm surely not the one to raise jazz singing in Germany another five levels«, he says, a bit dismissively. »But, as I said, that isn't what it’s all about. Sometimes there actually are people who simply do things because they like doing them and because it’s fun.«

ADRIANO IN SIRIA

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Tutto Pergolesi GENRE Relay of: Opera, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini (Italy), CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 145' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Pergolesi Festival, Jesi MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Adriano in Siria COMPOSER Giovanni Battista Pergolesi CONDUCTOR Ottavio Dantone ORCHESTRA Accademia Bizantina (Italy) SOLOIST Marina Comparato, Nicole Heaston, Stefano Ferrari, Lucia Cirillo LIBRETTO Pietro Metastasio SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) SERIES

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DISCOVERING BEETHOVEN

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany), 3sat (Germany), ARTE (Germany), CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Christoph Engel DURATION 511' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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For the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736), the »Italian Mozart« whose music is practically unknown today, the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, which has been devoting itself to the research and performance of Pergolesi’s music for years now, joined forces with UNITEL CLASSICA to record all eight of the master’s stage works on video in HD and 5.1 Surround Sound. A landmark project that will inspire many to rediscover this composer’s epoch-making works.

Christian Thielemann, one of the most recognized conductors of our time, joins forces with the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a monumental project: »Beethoven 9«, the recording of all nine symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven. In a one hour length film for each symphony (9 x 54 min), Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser discuss and analyze in an entertaining conversational exchange Thielemann’s interpretation, accompanied by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons of Beethoven cycles with Karajan and Bernstein.

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Avo Session Basel (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY C Major Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Yvonne Söhner TV DIRECTOR Roli Bärlocher DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Avo Session Basel, 13.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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DON GIOVANNI

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Metisfilm Classica (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 173' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Teatro Lauro Rossi, Macerata MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Don Giovanni COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Riccardo Frizza ORCHESTRA Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche (Italy) SOLOIST Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Andrea Concetti, Carmela Remigio, Myrto Papatanasiu LIBRETTO Lorenzo Da Ponte STAGE DIRECTOR Pier Luigi Pizzi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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The American Dianne Reeves tells the story of Jazz with a capital J: tough, yet enthralling, dark and introspective, yet spontaneous and madly swinging. Dianne Reeves is the preeminent jazz vocalist in the world today. As a result of her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B style, Reeves was awarded the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings – a Grammy first in any vocal category. Joined by Peter Martin (Piano), Reginald Vael (Bass) and Tereon Gully (Drums) she performs many of her legendary songs. © Alfredo Tabocchini

Favoring »amazingly brilliant sonorities« (Rinascita), conductor Riccardo Frizza whips the Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche along in Macerata’s beautifully restored late-Baroque Teatro Lauro Rossi, that provides the ideal period setting for Mozart’s

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opera. In his role debut as the title hero, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo is »incandescent« (Gazzetta di Parma) and »doesn't do Don Giovanni; he is the Don. Unsurpassable« (24 Ore). Though unjustly garnering less international attention than other outdoor summer festivals such as Verona and Aix, the Sferisterio Opera Festival has become a true gem whose performances are enthusiastically acclaimed by audiences of genuine opera lovers from far and wide.

After the two famous Mahler festivals in 1920 and 1995, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam is now presenting a special two season Mahler series, which includes ten large-scale symphonies plus 'Das Lied von der Erde', performed in chronological order by the world’s greatest orchestra under the direction of great conductors (Daniel Harding, Mariss Jansons, Iván Fisher, Daniele Gatti, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Boulez and Bernard Haitink) – all brought to life in the wonderful acoustics of the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw.

GREAT VOICES OF SOUTH AFRICA

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed studio.tv.film (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/ARTE (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Norbert Busè CAMERA Rene Gorski, Tobias Albrecht, Maik Behres, Rolf Gihsa, Joachim Moess EDITOR Christopher Janssen LIGHT DESIGN Mario Klapper DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Cape Town, South Africa SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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GUSTAV MAHLER, SYMPHONY NO. 3

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY AVRO (Netherlands) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) TV DIRECTOR Joost Honselaar DURATION 156' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Concertgebouw Amsterdam MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 3 COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Mariss Jansons ORCHESTRA Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) CHOIR Netherlands Radio Choir (Netherlands), Breda Boys Choir (Netherlands), Rijnmond Boys Choir (Netherlands) SOLOIST Bernarda Fink SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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The Cape Festival Choral Celebration brings together the best of South Africa’s youth and community choirs for an evening of unique music-making with the acclaimed Chamber Choir of South Africa, award winning violinist Samson Diamond and his Mzansi Classical Players and star soprano Angela Kerrison, who participated in the Salzburg Festival’s prestigious Young Singers project in 2009.

After the two famous Mahler festivals in 1920 and 1995, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam is now presenting a special two season Mahler series, which includes ten large-scale symphonies plus ‘Das Lied von der Erde’, performed in chronological order by the world’s greatest orchestra under the direction of great conductors (Daniel Harding, Mariss Jansons, Iván Fisher, Daniele Gatti, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Boulez and Bernard Haitink) – all brought to life in the wonderful acoustics of the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw.

GUSTAV MAHLER, SYMPHONY NO. 2

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY AVRO (Netherlands) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) TV DIRECTOR Joost Honselaar DURATION 134' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Concertgebouw Amsterdam MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 2 COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Mariss Jansons ORCHESTRA Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) CHOIR Netherlands Radio Choir (Netherlands) SOLOIST Ricarda Merbeth, Bernarda Fink SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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IL FLAMINIO

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Tutto Pergolesi GENRE Relay of: Opera, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini (Italy), CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 182' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Pergolesi Festival, Jesi MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Il Flaminio COMPOSER Giovanni Battista Pergolesi CONDUCTOR Ottavio Dantone ORCHESTRA Accademia Bizantina (Italy) SOLOIST Juan Francisco Gatell, Laura Polverelli, Marina De Liso, Sonia Yoncheva LIBRETTO Gennarantonio Federico STAGE DIRECTOR Michal Znaniecki SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) SERIES

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IL PRIGIONIER SUPERBO

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Tutto Pergolesi GENRE Relay of: Opera, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini (Italy), CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 146' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Pergolesi Festival, Jesi MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Giovanni Battista Pergolesi CONDUCTOR Corrado Rovaris ORCHESTRA Accademia Barocca I Filarmonici (Italy) SOLOIST Bruno Lazzaretti, Maria Rodriguez Cusi, Marina De Liso, Marina Comparato LIBRETTO Gennarantonio Federico STAGE DIRECTOR Henning Brockhaus SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) SERIES

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IL MONDO DELLA LUNA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ORF (Austria), BR (Germany), UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Felix Breisach DURATION 166' 15" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Theater an der Wien, Austria, 05.12.2009 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Il mondo della luna COMPOSER Joseph Haydn CONDUCTOR Nikolaus Harnoncourt ORCHESTRA Concentus Musicus Wien (Austria) SOLOIST Dietrich Henschel, Bernard Richter, Vivica Genaux, Christina Landshamer LIBRETTO Carlo Goldoni STAGE DIRECTOR Tobias Moretti SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

JAMIE CULLUM PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Avo Session Basel (Switzerland), ZDF/ARTE (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY C Major Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Yvonne Söhner TV DIRECTOR Roli Bärlocher DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Avo Session Basel, 13.11.2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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It was an ideal constellation for an extraordinary musical event: the coincidence of the Haydn anniversary year with the 80th birthday of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The universally acclaimed specialist of the Viennese Classical era chose a work by Haydn for his birthday tribute, »Il mondo della luna«. The production from Vienna’s Theater an der Wien, known for its innovative and groundbreaking stagings, is »an electrifying birthday gift for – and above all from – Nikolaus Harnoncourt« (Der Standard). © Deborah Anderson

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»It was the right time for me to take myself out of my comfort zone, and to push myself to be bolder,« Jamie Cullum says of his latest album, »The Pursuit«. »I wanted to build on the things I've already done, but I also wanted to reinvent myself.« The English singer/songwriter/pianist/multi-instrumentalist’s third album covers more stylistic ground than anything he’s done previously. The unifying threads of »The Pursuit« have the same musical fluency, emotional commitment and lyrical wit that helped to make Cullum’s prior releases »Twentysomething« and »Catching Tales« international crossover smashes, selling more than 4 million combined copies worldwide.

You never forget your roots. At some point in your life, they sprout again, emerging from the soil not dead, but alive and growing. Singer Jessye Norman knows this; after a successful, international career as a soprano on all of the world’s great stages, she felt called to go on a musical journey back to her home in Augusta, Georgia, down in the Deep South where the air vibrates with the sound of spirituals, the blues, jazz and soul. At the Avo Session the five time Grammy winner presents her latest fascinating album »Roots«.

JAMIROQUAI PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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JOE JACKSON PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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Jamiroquai, the British jazz, funk and acid jazz band, started out as the most prominent component in the early 1990s London-based acid jazz movement. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions such as pop, rock and electronica. Jamiroquai have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1997. At the Avo Session they perform their world-famous hits as well as songs from their forthcoming album. © Dominik Plüss

JESSYE NORMAN PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Avo Session Basel (Switzerland), ARTE G.E.I.E (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY C Major Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Yvonne Söhner TV DIRECTOR Roli Bärlocher DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Avo Session Basel, 11.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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Post punk, pop, swing, jazz, latin, and classical. In the course of his 40-year career, Joe Jackson has always explored whatever tickled his fancy. He took it for granted that he would never become a big star for the masses. Joe Jackson is an expert in his field and a master of his art who delights music gourmets. At the Avo Session he performs with Graham Maby (Vocals, Bass) and Dave Houghton (Vocals, Drums, Percussion and Loops).

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C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT Though a national monument in Spain, de Falla’s »La vida breve« is performed less frequently in nonHispanic nations; to many music lovers, this recording may be the first encounter with a stage production of the work, and Giancarlo del Monaco makes it a memorable event. His austere, minimalist set focuses the public’s attention on the music, especially on the interpretation of Lorin Maazel. National daily El Paìs hailed him as the »triunfador« of the evening, along with his »espléndida« orchestra. Lending her lustrous voice and impassioned acting to the lead role of Salud is the internationally celebrated Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs. She is ably supported by Jorge de León as Paco and Maria Luisa Corbacho as Grandmother.

KLAUS FLORIAN VOGT – THE MEISTERSINGER

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed Filmfritz GmbH (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY WDR (Germany), UNITEL CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Astrid Bscher DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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LANG LANG IN VIENNA

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Sony Classical (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Chris Weisz DURATION 124' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Musikverein Vienna MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2; Piano Sonata No. 23 in f Minor, Op. 57; et COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven, Isaac Albeniz, Sergei Prokofiev, Frédéric Chopin SOLOIST Lang Lang SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Sony Classical (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Sony Classical (Germany) MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

How a brass player made the most of an opportunity to turn his life around and launch a new, international career as a singer is the subject of Astrid Bscher’s film »Florian Vogt – The Meistersinger«. The author accompanied the young tenor Florian Vogt with her camera for five years, following him on his travels between Dresden, Bayreuth, Milan and Bilbao. The result is a moving, uplifting portrait that deals with singing as a means of self-fulfillment and, incidentally, shows that the German Chancellor can also act like a groupie when she finds herself standing next to an attractive Heldentenor who knows how to achieve greatness on the stage.

LA VIDA BREVE

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed UNITEL GmbH & Co KG (Germany), Palau de les Arts »Reina Sofía« (Spain) TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 81' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Palau de les Arts »Reina Sofía«, Valencia MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE La vida breve COMPOSER Manuel De Falla CONDUCTOR Lorin Maazel ORCHESTRA Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) SOLOIST Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Jorge De León, María Luisa Corbacho, Felipe Bou LIBRETTO Carlos Fernández-Shaw STAGE DIRECTOR Giancarlo Del Monaco SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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»The most popular pianist on the planet« (CNN) performs at the stunning Musikverein in Vienna, recorded for the first time at a special TV recital! »For me, there are few halls around the globe that have the same prestige as Carnegie Hall and the Musikverein. Of course there are other great halls, but I always feel these two have a unique place in people’s hearts. So I felt that after Carnegie Hall, the Musikverein would be the place where I should do another live recording.« (Lang Lang) Along with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, Piano Sonata No. 23 in f Minor, Op. 57 »Appassionata«, and Albéniz’s Iberia Book 1, the programme includes special backstage features, interviews and much more.

LIVIETTA E TRACOLO

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Tutto Pergolesi GENRE Relay of: Opera, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini (Italy), CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 49' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Pergolesi Festival, Jesi MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Livietta e Tracolo COMPOSER Giovanni Battista Pergolesi CONDUCTOR Ottavio Dantone SERIES

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Accademia Bizantina (Italy) SOLOIST Monica Bacelli, Carlo Lepore LIBRETTO Tommaso Mariani STAGE DIRECTOR Ignacio Garcia SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany)

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MISSA SOLEMNIS

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On the manuscript of his »Missa solemnis« Beethoven inscribed the words »Von Herzen – Möge es wieder zu Herzen gehen« [From the heart, may it go to the heart]. The work is known to have been special and dear to Beethoven. Under Christian Thielemann’s baton, the Staatskapelle Dresden proved itself exceptionally qualified to master the work’s challenges. This is also due to the Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, which took on the challenging score with effortless proficiency. Just as remarkable is the fabulously homogeneous solo quartet formed of Krassimira Stoyanova, Elı-na Garancˇa, Michael Schade and Franz-Josef Selig.

MEDEA IN CORINTO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed UNITEL GmbH & Co KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Thomas Grimm DURATION 151' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Bayerische Staatsoper, München MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Medea in Corinto COMPOSER Giovanni Simone Mayr CONDUCTOR Ivor Bolton ORCHESTRA Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Germany) CHOIR Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Germany) SOLOIST Alastair Miles, Alek Shrader, Nadja Michael, Ramón Vargas LIBRETTO Felice Romani STAGE DIRECTOR Hans Neuenfels SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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MORCHEEBA PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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Giovanni Simone Mayr’s »Medea in Corinto« is »the most absolutely amazing opera discovery in decades« (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). A triumph for the Bavarian State Opera, the work was staged with a roster of top vocalists headed by Nadja Michael and Ramon Vargas in a production crafted by one of the leading directors of our time, Hans Neuenfels, and with a musical director in demand all over the world, Ivor Bolton.

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C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT – CAMERA LUCIDA PRODUCTIONS It was a stroke of luck that the Godfrey brothers and Skye Edwards reunited to reform Morcheeba. Their solo projects were like honey without the sugar. With their new joint album »Blood Like Lemonade«, their music is pure trip hop once again – totally heavy yet, at the same time, utterly ethereal.

founded his first group Band of Joy. Along for the ride are aces like Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin. The programme includes folk versions of legendary Led Zeppelin songs, amongst others.

SHERYL CROW PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Avo Session Basel (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY C Major Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Yvonne Söhner TV DIRECTOR Roli Bärlocher DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Avo Session Basel, 26.10.2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Avo Session Basel (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY C Major Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Yvonne Söhner TV DIRECTOR Roli Bärlocher DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Avo Session Basel, 25.10.2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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On her new album »1000 Miles From Memphis«, Sheryl Crow takes us back to her formative years in Kennett, Missouri, 100 miles from Memphis where, as a little girl in the sixties, she learned the honesty and simplicity that would become the foundation of her worldwide success. Her music was shaped by the sounds of her hometown: bluesy soul with just a touch of Motown. Sheryl’s retrospective is a continuation of that successful career. At the Avo Session she performs her legendary hits as well as songs from her new album.

As the lead singer and mastermind of The Kinks, Ray Davies defined Britpop in The Sixties. As a soloist he is still a critical mirror of English society and divine storyteller. His influence on the British music culture is still continuing. At the Avo Session he perfoms many of his famous hits.

ROBERT PLANT PLAYS AVO SESSION BASEL

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Avo Session Basel (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY C Major Entertainment (Germany) PRODUCER Yvonne Söhner TV DIRECTOR Roli Bärlocher DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Avo Session Basel, 23.10.2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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WORLD ORCHESTRA FOR PEACE AT THE BBC PROMS

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC (UK), World Orchestra for Peace (UK) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Matthew Woodward DURATION 137' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Royal Albert Hall, London, 07.08.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Valery Gergiev SOLOIST Valerie Tilling SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

He continues to push the boundaries of rock music: from a rebellious indie band to a superstar career as the lead singer of the iconic band Led Zeppelin or from experimental new wave to his sensational country album with Alison Krauss, which won six Grammys last year. At the Avo Session Basel, Robert Plant takes us back to 1967, where everything started when he 36 avant première 2011

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Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the World Orchestra for Peace with Mahler’s Symphonies No. 4 and 5 at the BBC Proms – a highlight of the celebrations marking Gustav Mahler’s 150th anniversary in 2010. The World Orchestra for Peace was founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti. Its players come from orchestras all over the world, many of them concert masters and section leaders in their own right. Soprano Camilla Tilling is equally at home on the concert platform and in recital and has appeared at the Salzburg and Vienna Festivals, as well as London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall and with many of the world’s leading conductors and orchestras.

Corentin Leconte AUTHOR Andy Sommer LIGHT DESIGN Jean-Pierre Vial DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED France MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Pictures at an Exhibition COMPOSER Modest Petrovich Mussorgski CONDUCTOR Myung-Whun Chung ORCHESTRA Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (France), Demago (France) SOLOIST Roger Muraro SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Vox lucida (France) EDITOR

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Demago is a rock band like so many others: no stars, just 4 musicians looking to share their music. So when they were contacted by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France and its conductor, Myung-Whun Chung, to play »Tableaux d’une exposition« by Mussorgsky, they thought it was a practical joke. The Philharmonic decided to bring together »three different opinions of the Tableaux«: that of a pianist, Roger Muraro, holder of the original score, that of the Philharmonic who borrowed from Ravel’s earlier adaptation, and a new reworking by Demago. The world of rock'n'roll and classical music are going to have to get along …

ANDRÉ MODESTE GRETRY, A MUSICIAN AMIDST THE TURMOIL

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Documentary: Portrait STATUS completed PRODUCTION Camera lucida productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (France), Château de Versailles (France), ARTE France (France) PRODUCER Jean-Stéphane Michaux TV DIRECTOR Olivier Simonnet CAMERA Stéphane Nigetz-Gumuchian, Ludovic Plourde, Antoine Planchot EDITOR Anne-Marie Sangla AUTHOR Olivier Simonnet LIGHT DESIGN Pierre Bertin DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED France MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER André Modeste Gretry CONDUCTOR Christophe Rousset, Sébastien D'Hérin, Guy-Van Waas ORCHESTRA Les Talens Lyriques (France), Les Nouveaux Caractères (France), Les Agrémens (France), Quatuor Cambini-Paris (France) CHOIR Le Choeur de Chambre de Namur (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Vox lucida (France) GENRE

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THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS

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Studio production STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Camera lucida productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Radio France (France) PRODUCER Jean-Stéphane Michaux TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer, Gordon Gordon AUTHOR Andy Sommer, Gordon Gordon, Smaïn Fairouze SETS Emmanuelle Tchoukriel DURATION 40' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED France MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Carnival of the Animals COMPOSER Camille Saint-Saëns CONDUCTOR Myung-Whun Chung ORCHESTRA Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Vox lucida (France) GENRE

Born in Liège in 1741, André Modeste Grétry was the uncontested star of the French Opera in the second half of the 18th century. He arrived in Paris under the reign of Louis XIV. Grétry then became Marie-Antoinette’s favorite composer, the musician of the revolution and Napoleon’s protegé. What a career! Despite the fact that he was the most successful composer of that period, his music had completely disappeared by the 19th century. We had to wait until 2010 to hear his music echo once again in the gilded halls of Versailles. Grétry, A musician amidst the turmoil, is a man worth rediscovering.

FOUR ROCKERS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ORCHESTRA

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Documentary: Music STATUS in progress PRODUCTION Camera lucida productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Radio France (France) PRODUCER Jean-Stéphane Michaux TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer CAMERA Andy Sommer, David Daurier GENRE

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Every night, Smain tells his son a bedtime story to help him fall asleep. As a challenge, the child always choses the same book, a serious book with score sheets, photos of the Orchestra and drawings of animals. The book is »The Carnival of the Animals« by Camille Saint-Saëns. This book which initially seems a little austere is transformed by the complicity of the father and his son – it becomes animated, it plays music, and »The Carnival of the Animals« comes to life. A story for the whole family in live caption and animation.

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CLASART CLASSIC – CLASSIC ARTS SHOWCASE Concert. We will see him rehearsing at the Vienna State Opera and the Opernhaus Zurich, and conducting Bruckner with the Cleveland Orchestra (whose Music Director he became in 2002) at Severance Hall, the Baroque Abbey of St. Florian, and at Vienna’s Musikverein. A gentle star who with talent, diligence, humility and stamina, has patiently worked his way up to one of the world’s great conductors.

Clasart Classic DAS RHEINGOLD – ROBERT LEPAGE’S RING CYCLE AT THE MET

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed The Metropolitan Opera (USA) PRODUCER Peter Gelb TV DIRECTOR Gary Halverson DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED The Metropolitan Opera MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Richard Wagner CONDUCTOR James Levine ORCHESTRA The Metropolitan Opera (USA) SOLOIST Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Eric Owens, Deborah Voigt, Stephanie Blythe STAGE DIRECTOR Robert Lepage SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Clasart Classic (Germany) GENRE

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FRANZ WELSER-MÖST CONDUCTS BRUCKNER’S SYMPHONY NO.8

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Clasart Classic (Germany) PRODUCER Herbert Kloiber EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katja Raths TV DIRECTOR William Cosel DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Anton Bruckner CONDUCTOR Franz Welser-Möst ORCHESTRA The Cleveland Orchestra (USA) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Clasart Classic (Germany) GENRE

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Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new »Ring« for the Met: maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage. The cycle launches with »Das Rheingold«, the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama. Canadian Cirque du Soleil director Robert Lepage brings cutting-edge technology and his own visionary imagination to the world’s greatest theatrical journey. Bryn Terfel sings the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast including Jonas Kaufmann as Siegmund. »The Ring« is part of the Met HD productions shown in over 1.500 cinemas worldwide and distributed by Clasart for television.

Considered by Anton Bruckner as the artistic climax of his career, his Symphony No. 8 followed in the wake of the triumphs celebrated by his 7th Symphony and Te Deum. Recorded live at Cleveland’s Severance Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra under its Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, this performance marks the fourth installment in the orchestra’s Bruckner cycle, which is being captured for posterity on DVD by Clasart. Reviewing the Bruckner Eighth concert, the Cleveland press wrote: »It seems there’s no composer Franz Welser-Möst cares about more than Bruckner … At every moment, all one sensed from conductor and orchestra were respect and affection for the score« (The Plain Dealer).

FRANZ WELSER-MÖST – A PORTRAIT BY FELIX BREISACH

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ORF (Austria), Clasart Classic (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Felix Breisach DURATION 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Franz Welser-Möst SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Clasart Classic (Germany) GENRE

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IOAN HOLENDER FAREWELL CONCERT

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Wiener Staatsoper (Austria), Clasart Classic (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Felix Breisach DURATION 57' DURATION 2 225' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Wiener Staatsoper, 26.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-Möst, Bertrand De Billy, Fabio Luisi, Antonio Pappano ORCHESTRA Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Austria) SOLOIST Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Natalie Dessay, Plácido Domingo, Piotr Beczala, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Clasart Classic (Germany) GENRE

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The year 2010 is a landmark year for the Austrian conductor. He celebrates his 50th birthday and, with Dominique Meyer, is taking over the reins of the Vienna State Opera. At the turn of the year 2010/2011, he will conduct the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s 38 avant première 2011

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PIERRE BOULEZ CONDUCTS MAHLER – DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN & ADAGIO FROM SYMPHONY NO. 10

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Relay of: Vocal recital, Live recording STATUS completed Clasart Classic (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (Germany) PRODUCER Herbert Kloiber EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katja Raths TV DIRECTOR William Cosel DURATION 55' DURATION 2 27' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA The Cleveland Orchestra (USA) SOLOIST Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Clasart Classic (Germany) GENRE

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After 19 years at the head of the Vienna State Opera, Ioan Holender stepped down in June 2010 – and was acclaimed with a spectacular musical tribute. Among the highlights are excerpts from Massenet’s »Manon«, Wagner’s »Walküre«, Bellini’s »La sonnambula«, Donizetti’s »La fille du régiment«, Massenet’s »Werther«, Verdi’s »Don Carlo« and Rossini’s »Guillaume Tell«. »A farewell gala that people will be talking about for a long time,« wrote the Vienna daily »Kurier«.

KÖNIGSKINDER

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Opernhaus Zürich (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Clasart Classic (Germany) PRODUCER Alexander Pereira, Herbert Kloiber TV DIRECTOR Felix Breisach DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opernhaus Zürich MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Engelbert Humperdinck CONDUCTOR Ingo Metzmacher ORCHESTRA Orchester des Opernhaus Zürich (Switzerland) SOLOIST Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Liliana Nikiteanu, Oliver Widmer STAGE DIRECTOR Jens-Daniel Herzog SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Clasart Classic (Germany) GENRE

In 2010, the musical world celebrated not only the 150th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s birthday, but also the 85th birthday of conductor and composer Pierre Boulez. Since 2010 also marked Boulez’s 45th year of collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra, he chose to conduct a special Mahler-only concert with this orchestra at Severance Hall. Both mezzo Magdalena Kožená and baritone Christian Gerhaher are soughtafter singers. The Cleveland Plain Dealer exclaimed, »Pure Bliss … an apt description of [Boulez’s] performance with the Cleveland Orchestra.«

Classic Arts Showcase CLASSIC ARTS SHOWCASE

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Classic Arts Showcase GENRE For the camera: Music video clip STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Rigler Deutsch Foundation (USA) PRODUCER James Rigler EXECUTIVE PRODUCER James Rigler ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Peter Rosen EDITOR Jimmy Grama DURATION 900' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED world-wide MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Rigler Deutsch Foundation (USA) SERIES

After achieving instant and lasting success with his fairy tale opera »Hänsel und Gretel« in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck repeated this success in 1910 with his three-act opera »Königskinder« (Royal Children), which was premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1910. A world-class production of an immensely pleasing late-romantic opera! »Jonas Kaufmann and Isabel Rey must be two of the most thrilling artists to be found on the opera stage today … Rey and Kaufmann in tandem are musical magic.« (Opera Today)

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CLASSIC ARTS SHOWCASE – CROATIAN TELEVISION America’s most popular and widely respected arts programming. Free, non-commercial, non-sponsored 24-7 broadcast throughout North America, Canada, and Central America. MTC style short clips of opera, symphonic, chamber music, and ballet, cinema, animation, fine arts, and architecture. The Seven Lively Arts covering the latest from the international production, arts, performing community. Now available through Dish Network Satellite, cable, and over-the air broadcast in 65 million television households.

Andreas Scholl returns, so to speak, to his first love: Purcell. He performs great opera arias composed by Purcell including excerpts from the »Fairy Queen«, »Dido and Aeneas« (including the famous »lament«), and »King Arthur« (highlighted by »Cold Genius solo«), as well as popular standards like »If Music Be The Food of Love«, »Music For A While« and more.

THE GREAT FLOOD

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY CLC Productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Centre Culturel de Rencontre d'Ambronay (France) PRODUCER Anne-Laure Charrier TV DIRECTOR Denis Caïozzi DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Abbatiale Saint-Robert, 11.09.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Great Flood COMPOSER Michelangelo Falvetti CONDUCTOR Leonardo García Alarcón ORCHESTRA La Cappella Mediterranea (France) CHOIR Chœur de Chambre de Namur (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV CLC Productions (France) GENRE

CLC Productions GAËLLE ARQUEZ (SOPRANO), ANNE LE BOZEC (PIANO)

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY CLC Productions (France) PRODUCER Anne-Laure Charrier TV DIRECTOR Madeleine Simoni DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Eglise de la Grave, 08.08.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Poèmes pour Mi (Messiaen) COMPOSER Olivier Messiaen, Richard Wagner, Claude Debussy SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV CLC Productions (France) GENRE

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A redemptive flood for Messina – here is a rare example of Baroque music from a city in Sicily that has experienced many earthquakes and tidal waves. The subject is emblematic: the Four Elements plead with God for destruction of Man. Death intercedes on Man’s behalf, ensuring man will »only« be subjected to the flood and will eventually be saved from its rising waters. In the tradition of Carissimi and Handel, this highly original music exemplifies Sicily, a cultural melting pot known for its blending of Eastern and Western music. We could not wish for a better interpreter than Leonardo García Alarcón to evoke the intensity and emotion of this cataclysmic event.

This concert performed by two talented musicians, Gaëlle Arquez (soprano) and Anne Le Bozec (piano), was recorded in the privacy of the Church of »La Grave«. It pays tribute to some of the great composers such as Olivier Messaien, Richard Wagner and Claude Debussy.

OPERA ARIAS & SONGS OF HENRY PURCELL

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY CLC Productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Association Guillaume Dufay (France) PRODUCER Anne-Laure Charrier DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Basilique Notre Dame, 25.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Andreas Scholl CONDUCTOR Stefano Montanari ORCHESTRA Accademia Bizantina (Italy) SOLOIST Andreas Scholl SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV CLC Productions (France) GENRE

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THE OX ON THE ROOF/ THE BREASTS OF TIRÉSIAS

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY CLC Productions (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Théâtre National de l'Opéra Comique (France) PRODUCER Anne-Laure Charrier TV DIRECTOR Vincent Massip DURATION 79' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opéra de Lyon, 10.12.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Breasts Of Tirésias CONDUCTOR Ludovic Morlot ORCHESTRA Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra de Lyon (France) CHOREOGRAPHY BY Thomas Stache STAGE DIRECTOR Macha Makeïeff SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV CLC Productions (France) This programme begins with »Le Boeuf sur le toit«, composed by Darius Milhaud at the dawning of the discovery of jazz in Paris in 1920. The score was originally intended to be music for a silent film by Charlie Chaplin. The programme continues with »Les Mamelles de Tirésias«, a surrealist comic opera in two acts created by Francis Poulenc 1947. The story takes place in Zanzibar, where Teresa rebels against female GENRE

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oppression by opening her blouse and allowing her breasts to float away. Teresa the woman transforms into Tiresias the man, who then dresses her husband as a woman. The husband gives birth to 40,049 children (in a single day!), and so many mouths to feed leads to disaster …

his friends and like-minded lovers and interpreters of classical music. Daniel Maruši passed away in 2009, so that the 35th jubilee festival was held without him. One of the more brilliant moments of the festival was the performance of the cello ensemble Cellomania in the former Osor cathedral with the famous soloists Giovanni Sollima and Monika Leskovar. With a repertoire ranging from Bach to Nirvana, they can definitely give Apocaliptica a run for their money.

Croatian Television ANTIPHONUS IN BUJE

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Croatian Television (Croatia) DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Early music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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In the most acoustically perfect location in Croatian Tuscany, the St. Servul church in the small Istrian town of Buje, we have recorded a program consisting entirely of music from the 15th to the mid-17th century, composed by authors tied to the eastern Adriatic coast either by birth or their work. The most beautiful pieces of early Croatian music were passionately performed by the newly founded vocal ensemble Antiphonus under the direction of Tomislav Facˇ ini, Sting’s collaborator the lutenist Edin Karamazov, the young tenor with a brilliant world career Krešimir Špicer and the Graz Opera soprano soloist Margareta Klobucˇ ar.

CHRISTMAS IN LEPOGLAVA

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Croatian Television (Croatia) DURATION 70' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo A town that was supposed to become the Oxford of Croatia turned into Alcatraz. A historical Paulist center, Lepoglava was a university town until 1786 when the order was abolished by the decree of Emperor Joseph II. Soon afterwards the huge monastery complex was converted into a penitentiary. Among many anonymous names who served time there we find several famous ones: Tito, the Blessed Cardinal Stepinac and the first Croatian president Franjo Tudman. Today the prison (for the gravest offenders) has been moved one door further down the street. In the space that has been a plaything in destiny’s cruel hands, a beautiful Baroque church with a golden glow, we have held a concert for the most joyous of Christian holidays. GENRE

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GENRE on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Croatian Television (Croatia) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Dialogos (France) DURATION 70' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Zadar, St.Donat church MUSICAL STYLE Early music SOLOIST Katarina Livljanic´, Albrecht Maurer, Norbert Rodenkirchen LIBRETTO Katarina Livljanic´ ORIGINAL TEXT Marko Marulic´ SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

CELLOMANIA IN OSOR

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Croatian Television (Croatia) DURATION 70' DURATION 2 10' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

»Judita«, one of the most successful projects by Katarina Livljani, a distinguished musicologist and singer, has finally been filmed for television. The Old Testament story of the heroic Judith has been set to music based on selected pearls from the Dalmatian Glagolitic and Gregorian musical heritage. The project was recorded in an unusual setting: a robust 9th century rotunda, the St. Donat church in Zadar, under the supervision of a director made famous by his video clips for rock and pop musicians.

In Osor on Cres, a small island town with no tradition, practices, customs and ceremonies in musical performing arts, a musical festival was established in the mid-1970s when an enthusiast, a great Croatian film director, felt the urge to share his summer haven with

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CZECH TELEVISION »Sinfonietta« provided an iconic piece of Czech music, dedicated to the city of Brno. Markovic´, born in Beograd and currently based in Vienna, is a prominent conductor of a new generation, having directed events such as the Eurovision Young Musicians finalists concert in 2008.

ˇ PRESENTS VIKTOR ŽMEGAC

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Documentary: Other STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Croatian Television (Croatia) DURATION 50' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Czech Television (Czech Republic) PRODUCER Viktor Prusa EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Alexej Guha TV DIRECTOR Rudolf Vodrazka CAMERA Jiri Lebeda EDITOR Rudolf Vodrazka DURATION 52' 01" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Smetana Hall, Prague, 04.05.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz COMPOSER Bobby McFerrin SOLOIST Bobby McFerrin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Czech Television (Czech Republic) GENRE

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Last year, Viktor Žmegacˇ, the 81 year old germanist and musicologist of world renown, published the book »Masters of European Music« that has already gained cult status. In its 900 pages Žmegacˇ has overturned the accepted body of knowledge on twenty-eight composers, enticing readers with the beauty of neglected works by famous authors, such as Piano Sonata in a Minor D784 by Franz Schubert. With the help of a pianist Vladimir Krpan and Žmegacˇ himself we have attempted to explain why 19th century critics so readily dismissed Schubert’s piano sonatas, while simultaneously demonstrate a mature perspective of those two intellectuals’ lives and achievements.

This programme is a recording of a live concert by Bobby McFerrin from Smetana Hall in Prague in May 2010. A special choir was established to accompany McFerrin, and in two pieces he was joined by Dan Barta and Iva Bittova.

Czech Television BRNO PHILHARMONIC 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Czech Television (Czech Republic) PRODUCER Marie Kucerova EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Pavlina Hobzova TV DIRECTOR Libor Kodad CAMERA Petr Vejslík DURATION 90' 53" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, 14.09.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Concerto a Minor, op.16; Tapiola, op.112; Sinfonietta COMPOSER Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Leos Janacek CONDUCTOR Aleksandar Markovic´ ORCHESTRA Brno Philharmonic (Czech Republic) SOLOIST Olga Kern SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Czech Television (Czech Republic) GENRE

HOW MAHLER WAS CELEBRATED

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Documentary: Other, on location STATUS completed Czech Television (Czech Republic) PRODUCER Viktor Prusa EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Leona Hajkova TV DIRECTOR Petr Jancarek CAMERA Petr Jancarek EDITOR Jan jr. Turek DURATION 15' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Prague, Jihlava, Kaliste and Humpolce MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Manfred Honeck ORCHESTRA Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Gemany) CHOIR Prague Philharmonic Choir (Czech Republic), Boni pueri boys choir (Czech Republic) SOLOIST Thomas Hampson, Anne Sophie Von Otter, Marita Solberg SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Czech Television (Czech Republic) GENRE

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Aleksandar Markovic´, a new chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic, presented his opening concert of the Czech/Scandinavian programme’s 2010/2011 season. The renown Grieg’s »Piano Concerto a moll« was performed by the outstanding Olga Kern (Van Cliburn winner of 2001); Jean Sibelius’s »Tapiola« added the dark spirit of Finnish forests and Janácˇek’s 42 avant première 2011

This programme is a short documentary film about preparations for the Gustav Mahler Gala Concert held in Kaliste u Humpolce on 7 July 2010.

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PRAGUE PROMS

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Czech Television (Czech Republic) PRODUCER Viktor Prusa EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Stepanka Holubova TV DIRECTOR Stanislav Vanek CAMERA Jiri Lebeda EDITOR Dusan Lajda DURATION 92' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Smetana Hall, Prague, 17.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Lalo Schifrin ORCHESTRA Czech National Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic) SOLOIST James Morrison MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music MUSICAL STYLE Jazz SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Czech Television (Czech Republic) GENRE

VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Czech Television (Czech Republic) PRODUCER Marie Kucerova EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Pavlina Hobzova TV DIRECTOR Tomas Simerda CAMERA Petr Vejslik EDITOR Jaroslav Rasocha DURATION 83' 25" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Basilica Porta Coeli, Predklasteri, Czech Republic, 29.05.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Vespro della Beata Vergine COMPOSER Claudio Monteverdi CONDUCTOR Vaclav Luks ORCHESTRA Collegium 1704 (Czech Republic) CHOIR Collegium Vocale 1704 (Czech Republic) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Czech Television (Czech Republic) GENRE

This programme is a recording of a live concert transmitted from Smetana Hall in Prague in July 2010.

SIR CHARLES, THANK YOU, DEKUJEME

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Czech Television (Czech Republic) PRODUCER Marie Kucerova EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Pavlina Hobzova TV DIRECTOR Rudolf Chudoba CAMERA Jiri Strnad EDITOR Jiri Mikula DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED London, Brno, Prague MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Leos Janacek CONDUCTOR Charles Mackerras SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Czech Television (Czech Republic) GENRE

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Renowned Vaclav Luks, together with his ensembles Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704, opened the exquisite international music festival Concentus Moraviae 2010. The opening concert in the magical venue of the basilica Porta Coeli in Southern Moravia was dedicated to a single masterpiece: »Vespro della Beata Vergine« by Claudio Monteverdi. The composition, scored exactly 400 years ago, determined the musical evolution of the following centuries. The piece utilizes the acoustic potential and colourfulness of a cathedral through Gregorian chant transformed by echo and accompanied by the surpassingly lovely instrumental elements of »Sonata sopra Sancta Maria«, invoking Our Lady with the piety of the early Baroque period.

Sir Charles Mackerras’ demise in the summer of 2010 wasn't merely the loss of one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, one who had worked with the Royal Opera, the BBC orchestra and the MET, it was also the end of one of the greatest promotors of Czech music. In London in 1951 this Briton of Australian descent had already introduced Katya Kabanova and The Case Makropulos, and following that he gradually became the Janácˇ ek conductor. Since 1965 he had regularly visited Czechoslovakia and worked with both the Czech and Brno Philharmonic. This documentary film includes a lengthy interview from 2009, along with many archives and comments of Sir Charles’ great colleagues: Sir Simon Rattle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Magdalena Koˇzena.

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JOANNA TENTATA

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed ERR/ETV (Estonia) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ruth Alaküla TV DIRECTOR Ruti Murusalu CAMERA Felix Grossmann SETS Kisa Kawakami LIGHT DESIGN Margus Vaigur DURATION 39' 34" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Pirita convent, Tallinn, 19.08.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Joanna Tentata COMPOSER Eino Tamberg CONDUCTOR Eri Klas ORCHESTRA Orchestra of Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow (Russia) SOLOIST Mareike Franz, Rihito Kamiya DANCE Joanna Tentata DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Teet Kask COSTUMES Teet Kask STAGE DIRECTOR Teet Kask SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ERR/ETV (Estonia) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION ERR/ETV (Estonia) GENRE

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ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR: 7 ETUDES IN PICTURES

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Exitfilm (Estonia) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ERR/ETV (Estonia) PRODUCER Anneli Ahven ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Heidi Pruuli TV DIRECTOR Marianne Kõrver CAMERA Marianne Kõrver AUTHOR Marianne Kõrver DURATION 77' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Hiiumaa island (Estonia), Frankfurt, Amsterdam MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Symphony No. 6, Symphony No. 7, Insula Deserta, Questions etc. COMPOSER Erkki-Sven Tüür CONDUCTOR Paavi Järvi, Alexander Liebreich, Anu Tali ORCHESTRA Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchcestra (Germany), Munich Chamber Orchestra (Germany), Nordic Symphony Orchestra (Estonia) CHOIR Hilliard Ensemble (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ERR/ETV (Estonia) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION Exitfilm (Estonia) DVD DISTRIBUTION Exitfilm (Estonia) GENRE

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»Joanna Tentata«, a ballet composed by Eino Tamberg in 1970, is based on a true story from 17th century France about Joanna, the abbess of the convent of Loudun, who became possessed and drove her fellow nuns mad with her behaviour, causing the execution of two priests. In his arrangement stage director/choreographer Teet Kask focuses on personal development and the conflicts associated with it. The performance observes the influence of people’s choices upon the search for the meaning of life. It is a story about dogma, exorcism and love.

THE MUSIC OF THE JÄRVI FAMILY

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Documentary: Portrait STATUS completed PRODUCTION ERR/ETV (Estonia) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY PRT/TVP (Poland), ZDF (Germany) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ruth Alaküla, Rodney Wilson TV DIRECTOR Erle Veber CAMERA Teet Konksi AUTHOR Ruth Alaküla, Erle Veber DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Leigo Lake Music Festival, Estonia MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Kristjan Järvi ORCHESTRA Järvi Family Ensemble (Estonia) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV EBU (Switzerland) GENRE

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This programme is a cinematic portrait of Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür. The documentary observes the various duties of a composer: from writing a piece in the solitude of the woods of Hirmuste on the island Hiiumaa to orchestral rehearsals in cooperation with the acclaimed conductors Paavo Järvi and Anu Tali. Tüür travels and presents all over the world: Frankfurt, Amsterdam and, naturally, Estonia. The film includes immediate post-concert impressions by the listeners and top musicians, as well as the reunion of ErkkiSven Tüür’s progressive rock band In Spe.

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This story begins one summer day when three generations of the gifted Järvi family are called together from across the world. Neeme Järvi, internationally renowned conductor, is inspired to play music together as a family for the first time. Neeme Järvi’s long career is divided into two parts: the first spent in the Soviet Union, the second in the USA. Issues of identity must be confronted by Järvi’s two conductor sons, their families and relatives left behind. The family gathering is a catalyst for examining how music can bind families together, despite a prolonged absence.

arms of a handsome prince, before the clock chimes midnight and brings a sudden end to the party. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director David Bintley choreographs this spellbinding new production, which received its world premiere in Birmingham in November 2010. John Macfarlane, designer of »The Nutcracker« and the Company’s recent »Le Baiser de la fée« conjures up a magical world to bring this much loved fairytale to life.

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Documentary: Other, on location STATUS completed ERR/ETV (Estonia) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ruth Alaküla TV DIRECTOR Erle Veber CAMERA Meelis Kadastik AUTHOR Ruth Alaküla, Erle Veber DURATION 28' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Istanbul, Hagia Eirene Museum, 07.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Adam’s Lament (extracts) COMPOSER Arvo Pärt CONDUCTOR Tõnu Kaljuste ORCHESTRA Istanbul Borusan Symphony Orchestra (Turkey) CHOIR Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Estonia), Vox Clamantis (Estonia) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ERR/ETV (Estonia) GENRE

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Royal Opera House (UK) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC (UK) DURATION 147' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Royal Opera House MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Antonio Pappano SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Electric Sky (UK) GENRE

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With the return of Simon Boccanegra to The Royal Opera, Placido Domingo makes his Royal Opera baritone debut in one of Verdi’s most demanding and passionate roles. The Music Director of The Royal Opera, Antonio Pappano, conducts a formidable international cast in the 1881 version of the opera, staged in Elijah Moshinsky’s classic production. Rich stage images match the rich orchestral colour of Verdi’s score of melody and atmosphere. With confrontations and curses, public drama and private turmoil, this potent operatic combination of family drama and political intrigue dramatizes the poignant situation of an estranged father and daughter who rediscover each other only when it is too late for anything but tragedy to be the outcome.

Commissioned by the cities Istanbul and Tallinn, the European Capitals of Culture in 2010 and 2011, Arvo Pärt wrote »Adam’s Lament«, a new piece which premiered at the 38th International Istanbul Music Festival at the historic Hagia Eirene Museum. Prepared over many years, »Adam’s Lament« highlights a symbolic link uniting Christianity and Islam, two great religions, with a tale about Adam, a common forefather of both religions. ETV crew documented the efforts of the musicians of both cities at the birth of this noteworthy composition.

TSARINA’S SLIPPERS

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Royal Opera House (UK) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC (UK) DURATION 160' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Royal Opera House MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Alexander Polianichko DANCE STYLE Classical ballet DANCE COMPANY Royal Ballet (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Electric Sky (UK) GENRE

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Electric Sky CINDERELLA

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Slipper (UK) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC (UK) DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Birmingham Royal Ballet MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Sergey Prokofiev DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY Bintley David SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Electric Sky (UK) Neglected and mistreated by her stepmother and sisters, Cinderella’s life is one of drudgery and hardship until the evening of a wonderful ball at the palace when her Fairy Godmother appears to cast a spell that will change her life forever. Transformed into a beautiful princess, Cinderella dances the night away in the GENRE

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EUROARTS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL GMBH Based on Gogol’s fantastical and comic story of the Devil’s antics on Christmas Eve, this magical blend of opera and ballet is brought to vivid life in Francesca Zambello’s colourful production. Magnificent set designs (Mikhail Mokrov) and costumes (Tatiana Noginova), and an excellent, largely Russian cast provide authenticity. Splendid dancing by The Royal Ballet and Cossack dancers completes the spectacle.

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Ten years ago »Russia’s Wonder Children« documented the struggles and triumphs of four extraordinary piano prodigies. Now, in »Competitors«, the cameras return to discover how their lives and careers have developed, and whether time has brought the lasting success they all desired. As aspiring soloists they experience intense competition, gruelling practice sessions and professional setbacks, yet all these pianists have remained true to their art. »You have to love the music, not yourself in the music,« explains the youngest, Irina. »Or rather, the music in you.«

BACHFEST 2010: ANDRÁS SCHIFF

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY NHK (Japan) PRODUCER Bernd Hellthaler, Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno, Kazuaki Sasai TV DIRECTOR János Darvas CAMERA Nyika Janscó EDITOR Steffen Hermann LIGHT DESIGN Nyika Janscó DURATION 86' DURATION 2 34' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Protestant reformed Church of Leipzig, 11.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE French Suites Nos. 1-6 COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Overture in the French Style in b Minor COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the finest inducements to practise that any teacher has ever made for a pupil. In this case Bach wrote them for his young wife, Anna Magdalena. The overriding impression left by these suites is one of endearing tunefulness. Clavier-Übung II is a later collection of didactic keyboard pieces. It comprises two greatly contrasting works: an Italian Concerto and an Overture in the French Style. These performances admirably demonstrate the thoughtful and persuasive approach that András Schiff adopts when performing Bach.

EUROPA KONZERT 2010 FROM OXFORD

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY RBB (Germany), NHK (Japan), BBC (Wales) PRODUCER Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno, Benjamin Benedict, Jonathan Haswell, Dorothea Diekmann, Kazuaki Sasai, Paul Bullock EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Bernd Hellthaler TV DIRECTOR Rhodri Huw CAMERA Bernie Davis EDITOR Geraint Pari Huws LIGHT DESIGN Bernie Davis DURATION 89' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 01.05.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude to Act 3) COMPOSER Richard Wagner CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Berliner Philharmoniker (Germany) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Cello concerto in e Minor Op.85 COMPOSER Edward Elgar CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Berliner Philharmoniker (Germany) SOLOIST Alisa Weilerstein MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 1 in c Minor Op.68 COMPOSER Johannes Brahms CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Berliner Philharmoniker (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

COMPETITORS – RUSSIA’S CHILD PRODIGIES 2

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Documentary: Music STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Lichtfilm (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY RBB (Germany), EinsFestival (Germany) PRODUCER Wolfgang Bergmann EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Wolfgang Bergmann, Karin Rieppel TV DIRECTOR Irene Langemann CAMERA Dieter Stürmer, Maxim Tarasjugin EDITOR Dagmar Mielke, Birgit Mehler AUTHOR Irene Langemann DURATION 98' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOLOIST Irina Chistyakova, Nikita Mndoyants, Dmitri Krutogolovy, Elena Kolesnichenko SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION GMfilms (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

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May morning in Oxford, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra join in the celebratory mood abroad in the university city’s medieval streets with this concert in Sir Christopher Wren’s glorious Sheldonian Theatre. For 20 years, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra have given a May Day concert in one of Europe’s great historic cities, and here, under the baton of Daniel

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Barenboim, the Berlin players thrill the Oxford audience with the sonorous Prelude to Act III of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, a moving account of Elgar’s autumnal Cello Concerto by the young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and a rousing performance of Brahms' life-affirming First Symphony.

GALA FROM BERLIN 2010

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Berghain Berlin MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Sonata No. 23 in f Minor (»Appassionata«) Op.571. Allegro Assai COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven PIECE Iberia Book 1 Evocation COMPOSER Isaac Albéniz PIECE Piano Sonata No. 7 in B Major, Op. 83, Precipitato COMPOSER Sergey Prokofiev PIECE Polonaise No. 6 in A flat Major, Op. 53 »Heroic« COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1, 3D stereoscopic production DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This concert film is avaliable in 3D as well as in 2D RECORDED

Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY RBB (Germany), SMG (Germany), NHK (Japan) PRODUCER Benjamin Benedict, Lixin Xie, Masayuki Ikeno EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Claudia Hellthaler ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Claudia Krüger TV DIRECTOR Henning Kasten CAMERA Nyika Janscó LIGHT DESIGN Nyika Janscó DURATION 100' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Philharmonie Berlin, 31.12.2010 PIECE »D’Amour l’ardente flamme« from La Damnation de Faust op. 24 COMPOSER Hector Berlioz PIECE Le Carnaval romain, Overture caractéristique op. 9. COMPOSER Hector Berlioz PIECE Dance Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila COMPOSER Camille Saint-Saëns PIECE Prélude, Carmen COMPOSER Georges Bizet PIECE Nr. 5 Habanera, Carmen COMPOSER Georges Bizet PIECE Entr’acte Act 3 Carmen COMPOSER Georges Bizet PIECE Seguidilla COMPOSER Georges Bizet PIECE Entr'acte Act 4 Carmen COMPOSER Georges Bizet PIECE Chanson Bohème, Carmen COMPOSER Georges Bizet PIECE Der Dreispitz, 2. Ballettsuite COMPOSER Manuel de Falla PIECE Les hijas del Zebedeo Carceleras COMPOSER Ruperto Chapi Llorente PIECE La vida breve COMPOSER Manuel de Falla PIECE La perichole. Ah! quel diner COMPOSER Jaques Offenbach SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

Legendary pianist Lang Lang performs Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev and Albéniz in his very unique way. In personal interviews he explains his individual connection to the different pieces. The making-of (11 minutes) completes the programme. Original and extraordinary – these words describe both the artist and the setting of the shooting: Berlin, Europe’s current capital of underground culture and music with spectacular locations. Shot using state-of-the-art 3D technology the audience experiences a fascinating concert-like experience and sees and hears the famous artist like they've never done before. This programme presents the breathtaking start of a new dimension in performing arts: 3D concerts!

THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER & SIR SIMON RATTLE IN SINGAPORE

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Concert Film STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Context TV (Germany), Shaksfin Asia (Singapore), NHK (Japan), NHK-MT (Japan) PRODUCER Bernd Hellthaler, Hans Werner Pausch, Hannes Nimpuno TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer CAMERA Klaus Sprenger EDITOR Uli Peschke LIGHT DESIGN Werner Butscher DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Symphonic Dances COMPOSER Sergey Rachmaninov CONDUCTOR Sir Simon Rattle ORCHESTRA Berliner Philharmoniker (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1, This programme will be produced in 3D and as a full, uncompromised 2D version. DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music (Germany) GENRE

EuroArts invites you to the New Year’s Eve concert 2010. This year the Berliner Philharmoniker perform under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, whose infectious energy and exceptional artistry have made him one of the most sought-after conductors by orchestras and opera companies around the world. They welcome mezzo-soprano Elı-na Garancˇa, who has become one of the world’s most famous singers within just a few years. Currently she stars in the title role of the Metropolitan’s new opera production »Carmen« by Georges Bizet.

LANG LANG – THE THIRD DIMENSION

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GENRE on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany), Context TV (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Sony Music Classical (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Studio Hamburg (Germany), Studio Berlin (Germany) PRODUCER Benjamin Benedict, Daniel Petry EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Bernd Hellthaler, Hans Werner Pausch TV DIRECTOR Andreas Morell CAMERA Tomas Erhart EDITOR Andrea Detmer LIGHT DESIGN Mike Krüger DURATION 42' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010

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EUROARTS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL GMBH – EUROPE IMAGES INTERNATIONAL Experience the Berliner Philharmoniker with Sir Simon Rattle in 3D from the new concert hall in Singapore. Making use of the new possibilities of 3D technology the audience will feel present when the renowned Berlin Philharmonics and their famous musical director Sir Simon Rattle perform works by Rachmaninov and Mahler at the new and spectacular concert hall in Singapore. Rachmaninov’s moving and inspiring music will be blended with pictures from an extraordinary place: subtropic and beautiful Singapore with its mixture of exotic environment, architectural beauty and nature. This programme will be produced in 3D and as a full, uncompromised 2D version.

THE GUSTAV MAHLER CELEBRATION

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Nordisk Film & TV AS (Norway) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany), Czech Television (Czech Republic), NRK (Norway), ARTE (France), NHK (Japan) PRODUCER Rune H. Trondsen ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Arild Erikstad, Viktor Prusa, Radim Smetana, Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim, Esther Lehoczky, Pascal Aron, Bernd Hellthaler, Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno, Masayuki Ikeno TV DIRECTOR Stein-Roger Bull CAMERA Nyika Janscó EDITOR Trond Nystedt LIGHT DESIGN Nyika Janscó DURATION 79' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Village of Kališteˇ, 07.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 2, 1st movement, »Totenfeier« COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Rheinlegendchen (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn) COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Ging heut morgen übers Feld (from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen) COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Symphony No. 2: 4th movement, Urlicht COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Ich atmet einen linden Duft COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Revelge (from des Knaben Wunderhorn) COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Es sungen drei Engel (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn) COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder) COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Trost im Unglück (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn) COMPOSER Gustav Mahler PIECE Symphonie no. 2, Last part COMPOSER Gustav Mahler SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, HOMEVIDEO, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Thomas Hampson (Baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo soprano), Marita Sølberg (Soprano) GENRE

VLADIMIR COSMA AT CHÂTELET

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Morgane Production (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Vladimir Cosma (France), Larghetto Music – Pierre-Richard Muller (France) PRODUCER Gérard Pont, Gérard Lacroix EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sylvain Plantard TV DIRECTOR Gilles Amado CAMERA François Dufour, Marie Fauvel, Nicolas Gassin, Hélène Girre, Laurent Grellet, Christian Harry, Patrick Vaneclo DURATION 85' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 09.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe – Roman Dance COMPOSER Vladimir Cosma CONDUCTOR Vladimir Cosma ORCHESTRA Ile de France National Orchestra (France) SOLOIST Sonya Yoncheva, Stanciu Simion, Philip Catherine, Fiona Monbet, Philippe Aerts, Claude Salmiéri, Richard Sanderson PIECE La Boum – Reality PIECE Knock on Wood – La Cabra PIECE The Dinner Game – Le dîner de Cons PIECE My Mother’s Castle – Valse d’Augustine PIECE La Boum 2 – Your Eyes PIECE Diva – Aria from La Wally PIECE La Septieme Cible – Concerto de Berlin PIECE The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob – Symphonic Dances PIECE Le bal des casse-pieds PIECE Hail the Artist – Yves & Danièle PIECE The Ace of Aces – Overture PIECE The Wing or the Thigh – Concerto Gastronomique PIECE Mistral’s Daughter – L'amour en héritage PIECE La Course à l’échalote SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

The Ile de France National Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Cosma himself, brings you the maestro’s most beautiful soundtrack music as part of a unique concert at the Théâtre du Châtelet.

WALDBÜHNE 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany), RBB (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY NHK (Japan), SMG (China) PRODUCER Bernd Hellthaler, Isabel Itturiagagoitia Bueno, Benjamin Benedict, Dorothea Diekmann TV DIRECTOR Henning Kasten CAMERA Stephan Langstädtler EDITOR Uli Peschke LIGHT DESIGN Hartmut Stenzel DURATION 125' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Waldbühne Berlin, 27.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Night on Bare Mountain COMPOSER Modest Mussorgsky PIECE Rusalka COMPOSER Antonín Dvoˇrák (Germany) SOLOIST Renée Fleming PIECE Spartacus COMPOSER Aram Khatchaturian PIECE Capriccio op. 85 COMPOSER Richard Strauss SOLOIST Renée Fleming PIECE Rienzi COMPOSER Richard Wagner PIECE Die tote Stadt COMPOSER Erich Wolfgang Korngold SOLOIST Renée Fleming PIECE Zueignung op. 10 Nr. 1 COMPOSER Richard Strauss PIECE Salut d’amour op. 12 COMPOSER Edward Elgar PIECE La Bohème COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini SOLOIST Renée Fleming PIECE La Bohème COMPOSER Ruggero Leoncavallo SOLOIST Renée Fleming PIECE Turandot COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini SOLOIST Renée Fleming PIECE Romeo and Julia COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

Exactly one hundred and fifty years after the birth of the brilliant composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, a select band of artists gathered in his birthplace, Kalište, to honour his creative talent in a very special way. Under the direction of the Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck and accompanied by the internationally acclaimed Mahler Chamber Orchestra, three world-famous soloists came to pay tribute to Mahler at a gala concert: Thomas Hampson, Anne Sofie von Otter and Marita Sølberg. The result was an unforgettable summer evening of classical music.

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Heliox Films (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY The Dissonances (France), Opéra de Dijon (France), Décadrages Productions (France) TV DIRECTOR Frédéric Delesques DURATION 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opéra de Dijon (France), 12.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto for violin and orchestra in D Major, op.61 (Symphony No 1 in C Major) COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven ORCHESTRA The Dissonances (France) SOLOIST David Grimal SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres in Europe, was in summer 2010 again the scene of an exciting open air concert with the Berlin Philharmonics under the baton of Ion Marin and with Grammy Grammy award winning soprano Renée Fleming. With music by Mussorgsky, Dvoˇrak, Smetana, Richard Strauss and Puccini, this evening became unforgettable for the over 20.000 attendees and many more viewers of the live broadcast on tv, the internet and in cinemas.

Europe Images International

Les Dissonances are a traditional orchestra with a very untraditional difference: they have no conductor. This series documents twenty-two concerts by Les Dissonances recorded at the Dijon Opera House in 2010. The first mini-series is dedicated to Beethoven: Concerto for violin in D Major, op.61 (45'), Symphony No. 1 in C Major (27') and Symphony No. 7 in A Major (43'). Our cameras record the performances including behind-the-scenes footage of rehearsals documenting their unique cooperative method of making music.

ARIA

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Les Films Figures Libres (France), Mezzo (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Le Béjart Ballet Lausanne (Switzerland) PRODUCER Sonia Paramo EDITOR Patrick Lauze DURATION 48' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Théâtre Beaulieu, Lausanne (Switzerland) DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Gil Roman DANCE COMPANY Béjart Ballet Lausanne (Switzerland) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Europe Images International (France) GENRE

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DJANGO REINHARDT’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

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Relay of: Musical, Live recording STATUS completed Woods TV (France) PRODUCER Pascal Dupont TV DIRECTOR Francois Bergeron CAMERA Robert Alazraki EDITOR Michel Delsol, Xavier Franchomme LIGHT DESIGN Renaud Corler DURATION 63' 05" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 21.01.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Europe Images International (France) GENRE

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In the rapidly evolving world of contemporary dance, three decades is a Major milestone. To celebrate the 30th Montpellier Dance Festival, organizers brought together some of the world’s most prestigious companies for an all-out extravaganza of the best in modern dance. Our cameras capture thrilling live performances of three works by top international choreographers Merce Cunningham, Alonzo King and Akram Khan. With its exquisitely restored outdoor amphitheater, the Montpellier Dance Festival is sure to continue to be an unmissable highlight in the calendar of contemporary dance for decades to come. Recorded live in June 2010.

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we present a living tribute to Django. The film combines making-of footage from a gala anniversary concert in Paris with contemporary groups playing in some of his favorite haunts as well as impromptu jam sessions in traditional Gypsy encampments. The result is a vibrant and fitting tribute to a man who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the 20th century’s greatest jazz musicians. avant première 2 0 11

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FOLLE JOURNÉE DE NANTES 2010: CHOPIN

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY KM Productions (France) TV DIRECTOR Rémi Fournis, Chloé Perlemuter, Frédéric Le Clair DURATION 372' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, HOMEVIDEO, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Europe Images International (France) GENRE

f France Télévisions AIDA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Act 4 Production (France) DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Vakoulsky Alexander ORCHESTRA Orchestre national de Montpellier (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo »Aida« is Verdi’s least understood opera, a fact that may seem strange for a production that has delighted audiences all over the world. Most audiences, however, reduce »Aida« to a parade of camels and elephants, surrounded by choirs in white robes stirring the air with palm fronds. The general public is overwhelmed by the sheer spectacle, but a music lover hears a succession of intimate scenes portraying the intractable conflict between ethics and nature, moral law and the demands of life. They hear a drama in which love, jealousy, duty, honor and betrayal tragically collide. GENRE

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»La Folle Journée« is a unique cultural event. Since 1995, its success has continued to grow and Nantes now hosts some 250 concerts over 5 days by the world’s greatest artists. This inventive, festive, perpetually renewed event pays tribute to one or more composers every year (e.g. in 2002, Haydn and Mozart) or to one of the main periods or movements in the history of music (e.g. in 2005, Beethoven and his friends). In 2010, »La Folle Journée« celebrated Frédéric Chopin.

MONTPELLIER: 30 YEARS OF DANCE

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed ARTE France (France), Festival Montpellier Danse 2010 (France), PMP/Pénélope (France) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Julie Charrier ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Leslie Grunberg TV DIRECTOR Denis Caïozzi, Marie-Hélène Rebois CAMERA Cécile Trelluyer EDITOR Arnaud Petitet, Richard Poisson DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Théâtre de l’AGORA de Montpellier DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Alonzo King, Merce Cunningham, Akram Khan SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Europe Images International (France) GENRE

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BÉATRICE AND BÉNÉDICT

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Opéra Comique (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Le Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxembourg) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française (France) PRODUCER France François Roussillon production DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2009 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Hector Berlioz CONDUCTOR Krivine Emmanuel CHOIR Chœur les éléments (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo Shakespeare, the founder of modern comic theatre, lives on at the Salle Favart Opéra-Comique. In »Beatrice and Benedict«, based closely on Shakespeare’s »Much Ado About Nothing«, Hector Berlioz created an opera that shimmers with Purcell’s romantic Baroque colors. GENRE

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PYGMALION

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Relay of: Musical, Live recording STATUS completed Bel Air Media (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Telmondis (France) TV DIRECTOR Vincent Bataillon DURATION 49' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Festival Aix en Provence MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Jean-Philippe Rameau CONDUCTOR William Christie ORCHESTRA Les arts Florissants (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO Beta SP/Stereo William Christie and Les Arts Florissants celebrated their 30th anniversary at the festival of Aix-enProvence, where they had performed many productions over the last 20 years including the »Fairy Queen«, »India Galantes«, »The Magic Flute« and more recently »The Return of Odysseus and Hercules«. In a coproduction with the Holland Festival GENRE

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and Athens Festival, the 2010 Festival d’Aix-enProvence joined William Christie and Trisha Brown, two great American artists who had been acquainted but had never before worked together. They chose to present »Pygmalion«, a jewel of French Baroque recorded by Les Arts Florissants in 1992 and one they long dreamed of bringing to the stage.

RIGOLETTO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Montparnasse spectacle (France) TV DIRECTOR Mario Bellochio PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Mantoue MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO Beta SP/Stereo After »Tosca« in Rome in 1992 and »La Traviata« in Paris in 2000, producer Andrea Anderman once again joins conductor Zubin Mehta and singer Placido Domingo to transform an opera into a global event. The three acts of Verdi’s celebrated »Rigoletto« are sung at the very site of the tragedy: the Ducal Palace in Mantua, Rigoletto’s home on the banks of the Mincio. Mario Bellochio directs film, broadcast live worldwide. GENRE

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Toni Hajal TV DIRECTOR François Roussillon 155' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Royal Opera House MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Francesco Cilea CONDUCTOR Mark Elder ORCHESTRA The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (UK) CHOIR The Royal Opera Chorus (UK) SOLOIST Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann STAGE DIRECTOR David McVicar SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France) »Adriana Lecouvreur« offers a fictionalised account of a real 18th-century French actress of the same name, leading lady of the Comédie-Française in Paris, who was believed to have been poisoned by a love rival. It is the most famous work of Francesco Cilea, a Major contemporary of Puccini. The glamorous star lives a life of high drama on and off stage until she dies by sniffing a posy of poisoned violets. First performed in 1902, the opera blends personal and political intrigue in 1730s Paris in music of extraordinary warmth, finesse and grand passions. With an exciting production team and an impressively stellar cast – a Major event! EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DURATION

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Opéra Comique (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) DURATION 115' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opéra Comique MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Béatrice et Bénédict COMPOSER Hector Berlioz CONDUCTOR Emmanuel Krivine ORCHESTRA La Chambre Philharmonique (France) CHOIR les éléments (France) SOLOIST Christine Rice, Allan Clayton STAGE DIRECTOR Dan Jemmett SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France) GENRE

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Telmondis (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Bel Air (France) DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo »Le Nozze di Figaro« (The Marriage of Figaro) is a comic opera in four acts adapted from the play »La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro« by Beaumarchais. Composed over two months in 1784, the opera was the first collaboration between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was initially banned from the stage by Louis XVI (who later relented) and Joseph II. »Le Nozze di Figaro« premiered in Vienna in 1786 to mixed reviews, but more successful performances in Prague motivated Da Ponte and Mozart to join forces once again to produce »Don Giovanni." GENRE

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WE – ACCORDIONS!

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Studio production STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pitch TV (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY 17 Juin Media (France) TV DIRECTOR Faroux Bernard DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO Beta SP/Stereo »We-accordions!« presents portraits of five accordionists. Though they have varying musical backgrounds including jazz, popular, classical music and bagpipe band, and different levels of ability, from superstar to novice, they all share the same passion for the accordion! GENRE

Italy during the Renaissance, the imposing shores of Sicily, the whisper of the sea and warlike epics, verbal sparring matches in courts where lords and performers develop a common art of living: romantic reverie based on the first centuries of modern history has produced many masterpieces, in the worlds of painting and opera alike. To an idealist such as Berlioz with a love of Italy, Shakespeare’s comedy offered a subject long in the back of his mind. With his last opera, rarely staged, Berlioz created a work in his own image – caustic and tender, sublime and grotesque, sensitive and powerfully lyrical – which is also one of the finest works of the genre.

François Roussillon et Associés

BILLY BUDD

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Royal Opera House (UK), ARTE France (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) GENRE

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FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON ET ASSOCIÉS – IDÉALE AUDIENCE Roussillon DURATION 165' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Glyndebourne Festival MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Billy Budd COMPOSER Benjamin Britten CONDUCTOR Mark Elder ORCHESTRA London Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) CHOIR The Glyndebourne Chorus (UK) SOLOIST John Mark Ainsley, Jacques Imbrailo, Phillip Ens STAGE DIRECTOR Michael Grandage SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France)

PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Opéra Comique (France), Mezzo (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Toni Hajal TV DIRECTOR François Roussillon DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Pelléas et Mélisande COMPOSER Claude Debussy CONDUCTOR Sir John Eliot Gardiner ORCHESTRA Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (UK) CHOIR accentus (France) SOLOIST Karen Vourc’h, Phillip Addis STAGE DIRECTOR Stéphane Braunschweig SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France) GENRE

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Glyndebourne Festival had never staged »Billy Budd« before, the 1951 all-male opera composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto co-written by E. M. Forster. Based on Herman Melville’s allegorical tale about the battle between pure good and blind evil, the opera takes place amidships on a British man-o'-war. The recipient of Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and South Bank Show awards for his work, stage director Michael Grandage makes his long-awaited operatic debut. With a string of Glyndebourne successes behind him, Sir Mark Elder returns to conduct this new production acclaimed by the critics: »A total joy...«, »Great production...«, »Billy Budd opens summer opera festival with a triumph«.

Premiered in the current Salle Favart in 1898 where this production was filmed in 2010, »Pelléas et Mélisande« is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated French operas worldwide. Under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner and staged by Stéphane Braunschweig, the playwriting of Maeterlinck – a real Shakespeare of modern times according to Octave Mirbeau – and the incredible score Debussy composed for it return to the warm intimacy and incomparable acoustics of this theater, in which these two worlds met almost miraculously in 1902 and merged into a scenic language that left an indelible mark on generations of artists and audiences.

LULU

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France), Mezzo (France) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Toni Hajal TV DIRECTOR François Roussillon DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Gran Teatre del Liceu MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Alban Berg CONDUCTOR Michael Boder ORCHESTRA Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain) SOLOIST Patricia Petibon, Ashley Holland, Paul Groves STAGE DIRECTOR Olivier Py SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France) »Lulu« ranks among the most important and highly regarded operas of the 20th century. The main character inhabits a dreamlike, stifling world. All the men she encounters are subjugated by her beauty and charm and meet with tragic ends. Her own death, at the hands of Jack the Ripper, is equally violent. Though »Lulu« belongs to the literary and operatic tradition of immoral, ambitious female characters, she has several differential traits: she is more passive and amoral than most, and she finishes up a victim of the society that has reduced her to an object of eroticism. The music, which loosely follows the twelve-tone technique, is entrancingly beautiful and lyrical but also reflects the humorous aspects of the complex plot. GENRE

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RINALDO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Théâtre de Caen (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Toni Hajal TV DIRECTOR François Roussillon DURATION 155' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Théâtre de Caen MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Rinaldo COMPOSER George Frideric Handel CONDUCTOR Václav Luks ORCHESTRA Collegium 1704 (Czech Republic) SOLOIST Mariana Rewerski, Katerˇina Kneˇžíková, Marie Fajtová STAGE DIRECTOR Louise Moaty SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France) GENRE

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In 2009, 250 years had passed since the death of the great master of Baroque Opera, George Frideric Handel. Louise Moaty, former assistant of Benjamin Lazar, stages his »serious opera«, which is one of the many musical settings of Tasso’s Renaissance epic poem »Jerusalem Delivered«. Unlike other versions of this theme, Handel’s work does not take the route of stories of »forbidden love« between a Christian man and a Muslim woman; it rather resembles, albeit distantly, the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Louise Moaty creates a stage illuminated by candlelight for a performance aimed at evoking the poetic atmosphere of the bygone glory of Baroque Opera. The talented Václav Luks conducts the Prague Orchestra Collegium 1704 he founded in 1991.

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Glyndebourne Enterprises Ltd (UK), Mezzo (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France), TF1 (France) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Toni Hajal TV DIRECTOR François Roussillon DURATION 160' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Glyndebourne Festival MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE The Rake’s Progress COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky CONDUCTOR Vladimir Jurowski ORCHESTRA London Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) CHOIR The Glyndebourne Chorus (UK) SOLOIST Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu STAGE DIRECTOR John Cox SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France)

music PIECE Tosca COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini CONDUCTOR Mikko Franck ORCHESTRA Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (France) CHOIR Choeurs des Opéras de Région (France), Maîtrise des Bouches du Rhône (France) STAGE DIRECTOR Nadine Duffaut SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV François Roussillon et Associés (France) One of Puccini’s most famous operas, »Tosca« is an opera in the crime genre and much like a novel of the same type, it portrays three striking characters that confront one another in a drama that moves at a breathless pace, underscored by music that leaves the spectator no respite. We should remember that Puccini wrote the opera at the dawn of moving pictures; the cinema was already in his blood. Yet another triumph by Roberto Alagna at the Chorégies d'Orange festival, with refined musical direction of the orchestra and staging that makes remarkable use of all the characteristics of this unique site.

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Opera National de Paris (France) PRODUCER Françoise Gazio, Pierre-Olivier Bardet TV DIRECTOR Benoit Jacquot, Louise Narboni CAMERA André Diot EDITOR Corentin Leconte LIGHT DESIGN Charles Edwards, André Diot DURATION 162' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opera Bastille, Paris MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Werther COMPOSER Jules Massenet CONDUCTOR Michel Plasson ORCHESTRA Opera National de Paris (France) CHOIR Choir of Hauts-de-Seine (France), Children chorus of the Opera National de Paris (France) SOLOIST Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, Ludovic Tézier, AnneCatherine Gillet COSTUMES Christian Gasc LIBRETTO Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Euroarts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Decca (UK) GENRE

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Inspired by William Hogarth’s famous cycle of satirical prints, Stravinsky’s 1951 opera is a modern musical morality play. The »hero« Tom Rakewell, signs a Faustian pact with the devil, swaps his simple country life and a devoted sweetheart for the vain pursuit of bigcity bonuses and increasingly exotic pleasures (climaxing in a loveless marriage to the bearded lady from a local fair) and ends up bankrupt and insane in Bedlam. Framed within David Hockney’s delightfully post-Hogarthian cross-hatched designs, John Cox’s 1975 Glyndebourne Festival production proved an instant classic. The revival of this legendary production is conducted for the first time at Glyndebourne by the Festival’s Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski.

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress François Roussillon et Associés (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Chorégies d'Orange (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Toni Hajal TV DIRECTOR François Roussillon DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Chorégies d’Orange MUSICAL STYLE Classical GENRE

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In Massenet’s masterpiece »Werther«, tears never cease to flow from the very moment the moonlight dream of Werther’s love for Charlotte is revealed and finally destroyed when he commits suicide. »My whole being cries at it,« says Werther. Beyond the opera’s avant première 2 0 11

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IDÉALE AUDIENCE usual tears, at times furtive or violent, Charlotte’s flow slowly and inexorably as over four acts she rereads Werther’s letters. Her tears are the only part Werther dares ask of her. At the sight of Werther’s bloodsoaked body they'll flow and flow, yet he refuses these last tears, for now he is at last happy and free.

LA SONNAMBULA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Opera National de Paris (France), NHK (Japan), Mezzo (Paris) PRODUCER Françoise Gazio TV DIRECTOR Don Kent CAMERA Madjid Khaled SETS Marco Arturo Marelli LIGHT DESIGN Marco Arturo Marelli DURATION 135' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opéra Bastille, Paris, 12.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE La Sonnambula COMPOSER Vincenzo Bellini CONDUCTOR Evelino Pido ORCHESTRA Opera National de Paris (France) CHOIR Choeur de l'Opéra de Paris (France) SOLOIST Nathalie Dessay, Michele Pertusi COSTUMES Dagmar Niefind LIBRETTO Felice Romani ORIGINAL TEXT Eugene Scribe Scribe, Jean Pierre Aumer STAGE DIRECTOR Marco Arturo Marelli SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

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Mozart’s second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. For its first new production of »Don Giovanni« in 10 years, Glyndebourne is pleased to welcome back the winning team of director Jonathan Kent, designer Paul Brown and Festival Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski. In the title role we also welcome back the great bass-baritone Gerald Finley.

DJANGO REINHARDT, THREE FINGERED LIGHTNING

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Documentary: Portrait, Studio production STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Pierre Bouteiller Productions (France), Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (France) PRODUCER Françoise Gazio TV DIRECTOR Christian Cascio CAMERA Eric Turpin EDITOR Anne Bettenfeld DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED France MUSICAL STYLE Jazz COMPOSER Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Louis Amstrong SOLOIST David Reinhardt, Martial Solal, André Hodeir, Alf Masselier, Roger Paraboschi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

»La Sonnambula« takes place in a pretty village in Switzerland, where the peasants have gathered to witness the signing of a marriage contract between Elvino, a rich young farmer, and Amina, the village belle, who is an orphan and the ward of Dame Teresa. All approve of the union except Lisa, the coquettish young mistress of the inn, who had hoped to win Elvino herself. The merrymakers are interrupted by the arrival of Rudolpho, seigneur of the village, who is at first unrecognised and announces his intention of sleeping at the inn. He makes pretty speeches to the lovely Amina, once again rousing the jealousy of Elvino.

»Django Reinhardt, three fingered lightning« tells the story of the extraordinary and legendary life of a man referred to as the greatest jazz guitar player of all time. The film introduces us to those who worked with Reinhardt, lived with him and loved him. It shows us how his mutilated left hand became a Major asset to his musical creativity, and traces his discovery of jazz through Louis Armstrong’s work. It takes us from Reinhardt’s encounter with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli to the creation of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, from luxurious times to his American disillusions.

DON GIOVANNI

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY BBC (England), Glyndebourne Festival (England), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Pierre Olivier Bardet TV DIRECTOR Peter Maniura SETS Paul Brown LIGHT DESIGN Mark Henderson DURATION 172' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Glyndebourne, 22.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Don Giovanni COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Vladimir Jurowski ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (England) CHOIR The Glyndebourne Chorus (England) SOLOIST Gerald Finley, Anna Samuil, William Burden, Alastair Miles, Brindley Sherratt, Luca Pisaroni, Kate Royal, Anna Virovlansky, Guido Loconsolo STAGE DIRECTOR Jonathan Kent SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION EMI (France) GENRE

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DAVID FRAY RECORDS THE MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS

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Documentary: Music, Live recording STATUS in progress Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Cinétévé (France), ZDF/ARTE (Germany) PRODUCER Helene Le Coeur TV DIRECTOR Bruno Monsaingeon CAMERA David Gopsill AUTHOR Bruno Monsaigeon DURATION 95' DURATION 2 52' GENRE

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2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano concertos Nos. 22 & 25 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Van Zweden Jaap ORCHESTRA Philharmonia Orchestra (UK) SOLOIST David Fray SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Virgin Classic (France) PRODUCTION YEAR

MISSA SOLEMNIS IN D MAJOR/ OP.123 – LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Soli Deo Gloria (USA) PRODUCER PierreOlivier Bardet ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Stephen Wright TV DIRECTOR Rhodri Huw DURATION 95' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Grand Auditorium de la Fondation Gulbenkian (Lisbonne, Portugal), 16.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Missa Solemnis in D Major Op.123 COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR John Nelson ORCHESTRA Chamber Orchestra of Europe (UK) CHOIR Gulbenkian Foundation Choir (Portugal) SOLOIST Tamara Wilson, Elisabeth DeShong, Nilkolaj Schukoff, Alastair Miles SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Tbc GENRE

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David Fray was voted Instrumental Soloist of the Year at France’s Victoires de la Musique Classique awards in 2010. The beauty of his playing, the rhythmic flow and vital energy he generates and his charismatic personality make him a pianist destined for greatness. His new CD recording for Virgin Classics features Mozart’s KV 482 and 503 piano concertos, performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jaap van Zweden. This recording at Abbey Road in London was a new opportunity for Bruno Monsaingeon, after his remarkable film »Swing, Sing and Think«, to film Fray again as the musician pursues his entirely personal way of addressing these Major works.

Unquestionably a great work, representing Beethoven at the height of his powers, the »Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123« was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819 – 1823. The orchestration of the piece features a quartet of vocal soloists, a substantial chorus and the full orchestra, each of which is used at times in virtuosic, textural and melodic capacities. In this version, John Nelson conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Gulbenkian Foundation Choir and four Major soloists.

THE EBENE QUARTET

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Relay of: Chamber music, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) PRODUCER Pierre-Martin Juban TV DIRECTOR Olivier Simonnet LIGHT DESIGN Alexis Kavyrchine DURATION 80' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Folies Bergère – Paris, 15.11.2010 PIECE standards of Beatles, Bruce Springsteen COMPOSER The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen ORCHESTRA Ebene Quartet (France) SOLOIST Natalie Dessay, Stacey Kent, Richard Héry SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Virgin Classic (France) GENRE

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Soli Deo Gloria (USA) PRODUCER Helene Le Coeur EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Pierre-Olivier Bardet ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Stephen Wright TV DIRECTOR Rhodri Huw DURATION 110' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Naarden Church (The Netherlands), 24.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Die Schöpfung (The Creation) COMPOSER Joseph Haydn CONDUCTOR John Nelson ORCHESTRA The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra (The Netherlands) CHOIR The Netherlands Radio Choir (The Netherlands) SOLOIST Lisa Milne, Werner Gura, Matthew Rose, Lucy Crowe, Jonathan Beyer SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Tbc GENRE

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With classical soprano Natalie Dessay, jazz singer Stacey Kent and drummer Richard Héry, the Ebène Quartet revisits jazz, pop and rock standards often used as movie soundtracks. In this live concert in the famed Folies Bergère music hall in Paris, they perform – and sing – their own arrangement of »Misirlou« (from the film »Pulp Fiction«), »Somewhere over the rainbow« (The Wizard of Oz), »Streets of Philadelphia«, »Corcovado« and many more!

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IDÉALE AUDIENCE – JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION Haydn undertook the composition of »The Creation« at the age of 65, and he required a year and a half to complete the work, from 1796 to April 1798. A deeply religious man, he later said, »Never had I been so devout as when I was composing 'The Creation'. Everyday I fell to my knees and prayed to God to give me strength for my work«. This concert provides a unique opportunity to experience first hand the beauty of Grote Kerk, where the acoustics are said to make music sound magical. The filming of this Haydn event is directed by Rhodri Huw, who also directed Nelson’s »Missa Solemnis« by Beethoven at the Gulbenkian Grand Auditorum in March 2010.

for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano COMPOSER Sergey Prokofiev SOLOIST Nikolai Lugansky, Daniel Hope, Vilde Frang, David Aaron Carpenter, Gautier Capuçon, Alexander Bedenko MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto No. 17 in G Major K. 453 – II. Andante con moto COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding ORCHESTRA Verbier Festival Orchestra (Switzerland) SOLOIST Menahem Pressler SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany)

VLADIMIR JUROWSKI CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) PRODUCER Pierre-Martin Juban TV DIRECTOR Olivier Simonnet DURATION 90' DURATION 2 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Theâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, 04.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Overture of Coriolan, Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Vladimir Jurowski ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment (UK) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

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For its 17th edition, the Verbier Festival has once again brought together the most prestigious artists in classical music. This series of TV programmes presents the very best of 28 concerts filmed over 17 days. Recorded are musical encounters by established musicians such as Martha Argerich and David Guerrier performing the Shostakovich concerto for violin and trumpet, piano recitals by Yuja Wang and Nicholas Angelich, chamber music with the Ebene Quartet and the Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding, Charles Dutoit or Paul McCreesh.

CLASSIC ARCHIVE

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Documentary: Music, Live recording STATUS completed Idéale Audience (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Pierre Martin Juban DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 5 COMPOSER Dmitri Shostakovich CONDUCTOR Leonard Bernstein ORCHESTRA London Symphony Orchestra (UK) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Haydn to Bruch – Violin Concertos COMPOSER Stern Isaac CONDUCTOR André Prévin ORCHESTRA London Symphony Orchestra (England) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Beethoven/Prokofiev/ Scriabine – Piano Recital in Moscow SOLOIST Gilels Emil SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, 14 x 52' TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany) GENRE

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»Jurowski conducts Beethoven« … take a closer look and one will find that this concert is far more original than one would expect. The programme gathers the lesser known »Fourth Symphony«, composed as Beethoven was enjoying one of the most peaceful times of his life, with the celebrated »Seventh«. Additionally, for this performance filmed at the Theâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, Vladimir Jurowski chose to work with the musicians of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and their period correct instruments, and in doing so cast a radically different light on these two symphonies.

VERBIER FESTIVAL 2011

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France), Museec (France), Verbier Festival (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Pierre-Martin Juban TV DIRECTOR Anais Spiro, Pierre-Martin Juban, Isabelle Soulard, Sebastien Glas, JeanPierre Loisil DURATION 43' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Verbier Festival, Switzerland MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concert for piano, trumpet and string orchestra No. 1 COMPOSER Dmitri Shostakovich CONDUCTOR Gábor Takács-Nagy ORCHESTRA Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Switzerland) SOLOIST Martha Argerich, David Guerrier MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Overture on Hebrew Themes GENRE

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This latest series of 17 »Classic Archives« programmes pays homage to some of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century: Leonard Berstein conducts live performances of Shostakovich, Bach and Stravinsky (1967 and 1977), Isaac Stern’s versatile artistry is reflected in concerto and sonata programs, titans of the keyboard Arthur Rubinstein and Emil Gilels are redis-

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covered in live recitals in Moscow while Tatiana Nikolayeva performs the complete cycle of Shostakovich’s 24 preludes and fugues in the BBC studios. Two of today’s greatest soloists are also included in the series: violonist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Murray Perahia (playing the five Beethoven piano concertos).

VALERIJ SOKOLOV RECORDS BARTOK & TCHAIKOVSKY

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE France (France) PRODUCER Hélène Le Coeur TV DIRECTOR Bruno Monsaingeon CAMERA Raphael O’Byrne AUTHOR Bruno Monsaingeon DURATION 95' DURATION 2 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Zurich – Switzerland MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto No. 2 COMPOSER Béla Bartok CONDUCTOR David Zinman ORCHESTRA Tonhalle Orchester – Zürich (Switzerland) SOLOIST Valerij Sokolov MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano Concert COMPOSER Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR David Zinman ORCHESTRA Tonhalle Orchester – Zürich (Switzerland) SOLOIST Valerij Sokolov SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV EuroArts Music International (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Virgin Classic (France)

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Japan Broadcasting Corporation BALLET »ROMEO AND JULIET« – THE ROYAL BALLET JAPAN TOUR

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan) PRODUCER Kazunori Yuki EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katsumi Ichikawa TV DIRECTOR Junya Yagi DURATION 140' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 29.06.2010 COMPOSER Sergey Prokofiev SOLOIST Miyako Yoshida, Steven MacRae DANCE Romeo and Juliet DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY Kenneth MacMillan SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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In October and November 2010, Valeriy Sokolov will record the »Tchaikovsky Concerto« and the Bartok »Second Concerto« for Virgin Classics along with the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, conducted by David Zinman, in the Tonhalle Great Hall. On this occasion, Bruno Monsaingeon will film the recording sessions, discussions with Valeriy Sokolov and David Zinman and an interview with Sokolov’s violin teacher, Mark Lubotsky.

NHK captured the entirety of the ballet »Romeo and Juliet« on tour in Japan by the world’s leading Royal Ballet, featuring the world-class Japanese prima ballerina Miyako Yoshida, who had been a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet over the years and retired from the company in the 2009/2010 season. This is a valuable film of her last stage performance as a member of the Royal Ballet.

GIL SHAHAM PLAYS BACH IN TOKYO

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan) PRODUCER Masayuki Ikeno EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katsumi Ichikawa ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Kazunori Sasaki TV DIRECTOR Tomoaki Motoki DURATION 55' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED A waterfront restaurant in Tokyo, 19.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach SOLOIST Gil Shaham SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION – LGM Erwin Ortner MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 3/Symphony No. 4 COMPOSER Johannes Brahms CONDUCTOR Andre Previn ORCHESTRA NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo (Japan) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 6/Symphony No. 7 COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Zubin Mheta ORCHESTRA Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Israel) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77/Symphony No. 5 in c Minor, op. 67, etc COMPOSER Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Paavo Jaervi ORCHESTRA Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Germany) SOLOIST Janine Jansen SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1, The duration of each program is 120 minutes. STAGE DIRECTOR

The world-class violinist Gil Shaham takes on pieces by Bach at a restaurant with a fascinating night view on the Tokyo Bay waterfront. The world of Bach interpreted by Shaham is depicted with a distinctive visual texture utilizing Canon’s newest flagship model of single-lens reflex digital cameras.

MONO-OPERA »THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK« (PREMIERE IN JAPAN)

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Relay of: Opera, Studio production STATUS completed NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan) PRODUCER Masayuki Ikeno EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katsumi Ichikawa TV DIRECTOR Yasuko Kobayashi CAMERA Hiroyuki Yamada SETS Kyoko Doi LIGHT DESIGN Shinichi Saito DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED NHK Studio 101, 18.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Mono-opera »The Diary of Anne Frank" COMPOSER Grigory Frid CONDUCTOR Tatsuya Shimono ORCHESTRA Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Japan) SOLOIST Akie Amou STAGE DIRECTOR Yasuko Kobayashi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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Unknown music is paired with an immortal tale. »The Diary of Anne Frank«, chronicling a Jewish girl’s secluded life with her family and her state of mind in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam during World War II was published after her death and became a worldwide bestseller. Russian composer Grigory Frid wrote a mono-opera based on this diary in 1969. Following the inclusion of »The Diary of Anne Frank« on the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme in July 2009, NHK attempted to stage the domestically unknown masterpiece of mono-opera in its studio.

NHK launched the NHK Music Festival in 2003 to commemorate the 51st anniversary of television broadcasting in Japan and the 31st anniversary of the foundation of NHK Hall. The 8th festival in 2010 focused the theme of »The Three Bs«: J. S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms. The audience was enthralled by the splendid performances of Concentus Musicus Wien lead by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra lead by Zubin Mehta, the NHK Symphony Orchestra lead by Andre Previn, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen lead by Paavo Järvi at NHK Hall in Tokyo.

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For the camera: Music video clip, Studio production completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Kroma Productions Ltd. (Finland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY YLE Teema / YLE CoProductions (Finland) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Marikki Hakola TV DIRECTOR Marikki Hakola CAMERA Raimo Uunila EDITOR Marikki Hakola AUTHOR Marikki Hakola LIGHT DESIGN Epa Tamminen DURATION 10' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Luonnotar COMPOSER Jean Sibelius CONDUCTOR Leif Segerstam ORCHESTRA Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Slovakia) SOLOIST Riikka Hakola DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Nina Hyvärinen COSTUMES Marikki Hakola LIBRETTO Jean Sibelius ORIGINAL TEXT Elias Lönnrot SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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»Luonnotar« is a new interpretation of the ancient Kalevala mythology involving the creation of the world. The symphonic poem for soprano and a grand orchestra was composed by Jean Sibelius. The film was realized using new digital computer animation and virtual set design combined with live actors. »In primeval times, a Maiden, beauteous Daughter of the Ether, passed for ages her existence in the great expanse of heaven, o'er the prairies yet unfolded …«

Herman PIECE Le rossignol COMPOSER Franz Liszt, Alexandre Alabiev SOLOIST Brigitte Engerer PIECE Danse Macabre, transcription for two Pianos and eight hands COMPOSER Camille Saint-Saëns, Ernest Guiraud SOLOIST Emmanuel Strosser, Shani Diluka, Mari Kodama, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger PIECE Allegro con spirito from the Sonata for two Pianos KV 448 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SOLOIST Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama PIECE La Valse for two Pianos COMPOSER Maurice Ravel SOLOIST Lidija Bizjak, Sanja Bizjak PIECE Transcription for twelve pianists and six Pianos of the Overture COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SOLOIST Brigitte Engerer, Sanja Bizjak, David Kadouch, Anne Queffélec, Lidija Bizjak, Adam Laloum, Emmanuel Strosser, Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Shani Diluka, Bertrand Chamayou, Iddo Bar-Shaï SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 – Duration: 3 x 45'

For 30 years now, La Roque d'Anthéron’s International Piano Festival has stood out as an exceptional foundation stone on the worldwide musical and piano scene. The Parc du Château de Florans remains the Mecca for these incomparable encounters that juxtapose an infinite range of creations, styles and artists. It was in this legendary garden, which shares all the history of the Chateau de Florans, that the Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary, surrounded by a host of artists ranging from young talents to the greatest international performers.

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30 YEARS OF PIANO AT LA ROQUE D'ANTHÉRON

Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (France), Mezzo (France), Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron (France), Mirare (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR FrançoisRené Martin, Sébastien Glas CAMERA Ned Burgess DURATION 135' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Parc du Château de Florans – La Roque d'Anthéron, 22.08.2010 PIECE Concerto for four Pianos in A Minor BWV 1065 COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland) SOLOIST Anne Queffélec, David Kadouch, Dezsö Ránki, Edit Klukon PIECE Adagio from the Concerto for three Pianos and Orchestra No. 7 in F Major K. 242 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Christian Zacharias ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland) SOLOIST Brigitte Engerer, Adam Laloum, Bertrand Chamayou PIECE Improvisation à quatre mains SOLOIST Yaron Herman, JeanFrédéric Neuburger PIECE Ménage à trois pour 6 mains COMPOSER Jacques Castérède SOLOIST Emmanuel Strosser, Brigitte Engerer, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger PIECE Transcription for twelve pianists and six pianos COMPOSER Richard Wagner SOLOIST Emmanuel Strosser, Brigitte Engerer, David Kadouch, Adam Laloum, Iddo Bar-Shaï, Bertrand Chamayou, Momo Kodama, Mari Kodama, Shani Diluka, Anne Queffélec, Lidija Bizjak, Sanja Bizjak PIECE Overture COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Christian Zacharias ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland) PIECE Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor FP61 COMPOSER Francis Poulenc CONDUCTOR Christian Zacharias ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland) SOLOIST Bertrand Chamayou, David Kadouch PIECE Improvisation SOLOIST Yaron GENRE

ALDO CICCOLINI’S 85TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (France), Mezzo (France), Festival International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron (France), Mirare (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR FrançoisRené Martin CAMERA Ned Burgess DURATION 105' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Parc du Château de Florans – La Roque d’Anthéron, 15. 08. 2010 PIECE Nocturne in b Major Op. 62 No. 1 – Andante COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin PIECE Nocturne in E Major Op. 62 No. 2 – Lento COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin PIECE Tarantelle in A flat Major Op. 43 COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin PIECE Mazurka in A flat Major Op. 59 No. 2 – Allegretto COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin PIECE Mazurka in f sharp Minor Op. 59 No. 3 – Vivace COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin PIECE PolonaiseFantaisie in A flat Major Op. 61 COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin PIECE Consolations COMPOSER Franz Liszt PIECE Paraphrases after Verdi COMPOSER Franz Liszt PIECE Hymne de l’enfant à son réveil Extrait des Harmonies poétiques et religieuses COMPOSER Franz Liszt PIECE La Mort d’Isolde , transcription for Piano COMPOSER Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner PIECE Invocation Extrait des Harmonies poétiques et religieuses COMPOSER Franz Liszt PIECE Méphisto Polka COMPOSER Franz Liszt SOLOIST Aldo Ciccolini SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 GENRE

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It was in the magical garden of La Roque d'Anthéron’s International Piano Festival that pianist Aldo Ciccolini gave a recital on his 85th birthday, thus associating his anniversary with that of the Festival for a memorable evening. Far from diminishing the pianist’s capabilities, the passing years have lent his technique an even greater sense of freedom; a technique whose finesse, balance and musical splendour we never tire of admiring.

ˇICH SMETANA: MÁ VLAST BEDR

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Thomas Grimm CAMERA Pascal Naber DURATION 50' 45" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Concertgebouw – Amsterdam, 16.04.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Má Vlast COMPOSER Bedr ˇich Smetana CONDUCTOR Nikolaus Harnoncourt ORCHESTRA Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 GENRE

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Major, op. 77 COMPOSER Johannes Brahms CONDUCTOR Bernard Haïtink ORCHESTRA Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) SOLOIST Frank Peter Zimmermann MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 15 in A Major, op. 141 COMPOSER Dmitri Shostakovich CONDUCTOR Bernard Haïtink ORCHESTRA Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 Conducted by Bernard Haitink for nearly 27 years, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is the most important and most famous symphony orchestra of the Netherlands. It was thus in an atmosphere of genuine cooperation that the conductor gave this concert composed of Brahms’s »D Major Violin Concerto« performed by Frank Peter Zimmermann and Shostakovitch’s »15th Symphony«, a work of which the conductor is particularly fond.

CARMEN

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Opéra de Lille (France), France Télévisions (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Thomas Grimm CAMERA Pierre Dupouey DURATION 159' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opéra de Lille, 14.05.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Carmen COMPOSER Georges Bizet CONDUCTOR Jean-Claude Casadesus ORCHESTRA Orchestre national de lille (France) CHOIR Chœur de l'opéra de lille (France) SOLOIST Stéphanie D'Oustrac, Gordon Gietz, Olga Pasichnyk, Jean-Luc Ballestra COSTUMES Virginie Gervaise STAGE DIRECTOR Jean-François Sivadier SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 GENRE

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Jean-François Sivadier returns to the Lille Opera. The skilled stage director sheds light on the destinies of the various characters of »Carmen« – destinies riddled with seduction, murder and Bohemian folklore. He is accompanied by Jean-Claude Casadesus at the helm of the Orchestre national de Lille, totally at home in his own musical garden. This accomplished performer of French music injects the score with all his sensitivity and enthusiasm. He directs a new young cast headed by Stéphanie d'Oustrac singing her first Carmen alongside Canadian tenor Gordon Gietz and baritone JenLuc Ballestra.

A programme focusing on great names: composer Bedrich Smetana, renowned conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt and one of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. These fabulous components combine to perform the cycle of six symphonic poems »Ma Vlast«, evoking the history, landscapes and folklore of the composer’s native land in Amsterdam’s magnificent and legendary Concertgebouw auditorium.

BRAHMS: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR, OP. 77 – SHOSTAKOVITCH: SYMPHONY NO. 15 A MAJOR, OP. 141

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Thomas Grimm CAMERA Pascal Naber DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 19.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto for violin in D GENRE

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CARTE BLANCHE FOR RENAUD CAPUÇON

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (France), Mezzo (France), Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron (France), Mirare (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR FrançoisRené Martin CAMERA Ned Burgess DURATION 95' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Parc du Château de Florans – La Roque d'Anthéron, 16.08.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto for piano, violin et orchestra in D Major, op. 21 COMPOSER Ernest Chausson CONDUCTOR Renaud Capuçon GENRE

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CONCERT WITH ELISABETH LEONSKAJA AND THE ORCHESTRE DE PARIS CONDUCTED BY PAAVO JÄRVI

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (France), Orchestre de Paris (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Louise Narboni CAMERA Cécile Trelluyer DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 04.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Silhouette, hommage à Gustave Eiffel COMPOSER Arvo Pärt CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Philippe Aïche MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto for Piano in a Minor, Op. 16 COMPOSER Edvard Grieg CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Elisabeth Leonskaja, Philippe Aïche MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 COMPOSER Jean Sibelius CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Philippe Aïche SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format 16/9 GENRE

Renaud Capuçon made his debuts on the stage of the Parc du Château de Florans alongside prestigious masters, and ever since has given audiences immense pleasure performing with the finest artists. The »Carte Blanche« offered to this marvellous artist at the peak of his career, surrounded by two great pianists Nicholas Angelich and the young virtuoso Khatia Buniatishvilli, promises a memorable evening.

CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR François Goetghebeur CAMERA Julien Jaunet DURATION 56' 17" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 20.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Christoph Eschenbach ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Christoph Eschenbach, Philippe Aïche MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano concerto No. 23 in A Major KV 488 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Christoph Eschenbach ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Christoph Eschenbach, Roland Daugareil SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9

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In festive tones with the group Silhouette, this new work in tribute to Gustave Eiffel was composed for Paavo Järvi’s arrival in Paris. The concert’s Nordic theme continues with Grieg’s great atmospheric, nocturnal and rhythmic virtuoso concerto, performed by Elisabeth Leonskaja, appreciated for her technique as engagingly poetic as it is convincing. She returns to play with the Orchestre de Paris after a fifteen year absence.

CONCERT WITH NELSON FREIRE AND THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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Christoph Eschenbach’s first performance with the Orchestre de Paris was in the role of pianist, invited by Herbert von Karajan in 1969. Today, as both conductor and pianist, he performs two gems that bathe in the pure light of Mozart’s free-flowing genius, the concertos Nos. 12 and 23.

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France), Orkiestra Sinfonia Varsovia (Poland), Mirare (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR François-René Martin, Sébastien Glas CAMERA Martial Barrault DURATION 825' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Théâtre Wielki – Opéra Narodowa – Varsovie, 11.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Complete works for solo piano COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin SOLOIST Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Iddo BarShaï, Jean Frédéric Neuburger, Momo Kodama, Philippe Giusiano, Anne Queffélec, Andreï Korobeinikov SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format 16/9 – Duration 15 x 55' GENRE

CONCERT WITH VADIM REPIN AND THE ORCHESTRE DE PARIS CONDUCTED BY PAAVO JÄRVI

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Orchestre de Paris (France), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR François-René Martin CAMERA Alexis Kavyrchine DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 13.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE L'Apprenti Sorcier, symphonic poem COMPOSER Paul Dukas CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Roland Daugareil MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto for Violin No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77 COMPOSER Dmitri Shostakovitch CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Vadim Repin MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 2 in e Minor, Op. 27 COMPOSER Sergey Rachmaninoff CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Roland Daugareil SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 GENRE

It was only natural that La Folle Journée should pay tribute to Frédéric Chopin in this the bicentenary of his birth in the city of Warsaw, where he grew up and which left an indelible mark on the entire work of one of the most captivating figures of musical romanticism. Expressing an infinite variety of emotions and feelings in language that is immediately accessible to the widest of audiences, Chopin’s work is at the same time one of the most modern. Here we present the complete works for solo piano in the chronological order of their composition.

MAKOTO OZONE AND THE NO NAME HORSES BAND

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (France), Mezzo (France), Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron (France), Mirare (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR FrançoisRené Martin CAMERA Ned Burgess DURATION 105' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Parc du Château de Florans – La Roque d'Anthéron, 31.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz PIECE Jungle COMPOSER Makoto Ozone ORCHESTRA No Name Horses (Japan) SOLOIST Makoto Ozone MUSICAL STYLE Jazz PIECE Midnight Call COMPOSER Toshio Miki ORCHESTRA No Name Horses (Japan) SOLOIST Makoto Ozone MUSICAL STYLE Jazz PIECE T for 2 COMPOSER Eijiro Nakagawa ORCHESTRA No Name Horses (Japan) SOLOIST Makoto Ozone MUSICAL STYLE Jazz COMPOSER Makoto Ozone ORCHESTRA No Name Horses (Japan) SOLOIST Makoto Ozone MUSICAL STYLE Jazz PIECE No siesta COMPOSER Makoto Ozone ORCHESTRA No Name Horses (Japan) SOLOIST Makoto Ozone MUSICAL STYLE Jazz PIECE No strings attached COMPOSER Makoto Ozone ORCHESTRA No Name Horses (Japan) SOLOIST Makoto Ozone, Chick Coréa SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 GENRE

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For Vadim Repin everything began with Shostakovitch and a magnificent version of his »First Concerto«. The work has not left his repertoire since, for it is perfectly suited to this performer. By combining this concerto with Paul Dukas’ »Sorceror’s Apprentice«, Paavo Järvi will perhaps succeed in exorcising the curse that pursued Shostakovitch, a composer who fell victim to politics, by applying Dukas’ humour as a form of resistance. Rachmaninoff ’s »Second Symphony« is the composer’s great masterpiece. This is his vastest symphony, a cyclical score overflowing with energy and emotion – pure magic!

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PIERRE BOULEZ – A UNIQUE JOURNEY

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France), Orchestre de Paris (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Louise Narboni CAMERA Cécile Trelluyer LIGHT DESIGN Catherine Verheyde DURATION 82' DURATION 2 84' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 27.05.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Des canyons aux étoiles - Appel interstellaire COMPOSER Olivier Messiaen CONDUCTOR Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 2nd movement COMPOSER Belá Bartok ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Five movements for string quartet op. 5 – 1909 version for string quartet – move COMPOSER Anton Webern ORCHESTRA Ensemble intercontemporain (France) PIECE Four pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 COMPOSER Alban Berg ORCHESTRA Ensemble intercontemporain (France) PIECE Octandre for eight instruments COMPOSER Edgar Varèse ORCHESTRA Ensemble intercontemporain (France) PIECE Nocturnes Nuages COMPOSER Claude Debussy ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Five pieces for orchestra op. 16 – 1909 version – II and III COMPOSER Arnold Schoenberg ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Une barque sur l’océan COMPOSER Maurice Ravel ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE The Rite of Spring – Excerpt from second part: Danse sacrale COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Quatre dédicaces – IV – Encore COMPOSER Luciano Berio ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Anniversary COMPOSER Elliott Carter ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Theme for twelve instruments COMPOSER Franco Donatoni ORCHESTRA Ensemble intercontemporain (France) PIECE Klavierstück V COMPOSER Karlheinz Stockhausen ORCHESTRA Ensemble intercontemporain (France) PIECE Kammerkonzert for thirteen instruments – 3rd movement COMPOSER György Ligeti ORCHESTRA Ensemble Intercontemporain (France) PIECE Stele Op. 33 – 2nd movement COMPOSER György Kurtag ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Notations II et III COMPOSER Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Distances COMPOSER Jean-Baptiste Robin ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Virga COMPOSER Helen Grime ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) PIECE Concertate il suono, for orchestra COMPOSER Marc-André Dalbavie ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format 16/9 – Recording date 27 et 28/05/2010 GENRE

Makoto Ozone had no difficulty standing out at the keyboard in the magical garden of La Roque d’Anthéron’s International Piano Festival. This fantastic pianist of breathtaking virtuosity dominated the keyboard from the first note to the last with an innate sense of rhythm and a unique sensitivity offering us some truly great moments of music.

MARTHA ARGERICH AND FRIENDS

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Relay of: Chamber music, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR François-René Martin CAMERA Martial Barrault DURATION 110' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 06.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Piano quartet in C Major COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven SOLOIST Akané Sakaï, Lyda Chen-Argerich, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, Mark Drobinsky MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Fantasia Baetica COMPOSER Manuel De Falla SOLOIST Nelson Goerner MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Suite No. 1 for two pianos in B flat Major Op. 5 COMPOSER Sergey Rachmaninoff SOLOIST Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Sonata for Violin and Piano COMPOSER Claude Debussy SOLOIST Akané Sakaï, Geza Hosszu-Legocky MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Prélude et fugue COMPOSER Sergey Taneyev SOLOIST Lilya Zilberstein MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion Sz 110 COMPOSER Béla Bartók SOLOIST Martha Argerich, Nelson Goerner, Jean-Claude Gengembre, Camille Baslé SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format 16/9 GENRE

The pianist Martha Argerich tops the bill for two concerts revealing the contrasting facets of her musical personality. Rarely filmed in France in recent years, this was an opportunity not to be missed. An evening conveying the truly special atmosphere of the atypical musical event that is the Lugano Festival. Alongside Argerich the city plays host to chamber-music players from all round the world in a particularly hospitable atmosphere. The Argerich »clan« includes both famous performers as well as young talents discovered by Argerich herself. All these performers share the same passionate and intense performance style.

Like a landscape in mosaic, these programmes are composed of works and excerpts from works by Pierre Boulez. This »self-portrait« in music spans a century of creation during the course of which the questions of heritage, formal liberty, musical renewal, rhythmic invention and the rejection of the fetters of tradition and preconceived patterns have all been keenly felt.

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SIDDHARTA

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Opéra National de Paris (France), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Denis Caïozzi CAMERA Madjid Hakimi LIGHT DESIGN Dominique Bruguières DURATION 97' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Opéra Bastille – Paris, 09.04.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Siddharta COMPOSER Bruno Mantovani CONDUCTOR Susanna Mälkki ORCHESTRA Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris (France) SOLOIST Nicolas Le Riche, Aurélie Dupont, Wilfried Romoli, Stéphane Bullion, Muriel Zusperreguy, Alice Renavand DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Angelin Preljocaj DANCE COMPANY Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris (France) COSTUMES Olivier Bériot SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1, Format: 16/9 DISTRIBUTION TV Poorhouse International (UK) DVD DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik (Germany) GENRE

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The Salle Pleyel entrusted the prestigious Orchestra of Saint Petersburg’s Mariinski Theatre, under the brilliant and inspired baton of its conductor Valery Gergiev, with a performance of the complete symphonies of Tchaikovsky.

THE ORCHESTRE DE PARIS CONDUCTED BY PAAVO JÄRVI

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Orchestre de Paris (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Louise Narboni CAMERA Cécile Trelluyer DURATION 110' 44" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 15.09.2010 PIECE La Péri, dance poem for orchestra COMPOSER Paul Dukas CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) SOLOIST Roland Daugareil PIECE Kullervo COMPOSER Jean Sibelius CONDUCTOR Paavo Järvi ORCHESTRA Orchestre de Paris (France) CHOIR Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris (France), Chœur national d’hommes d’Estonie (Estonia) SOLOIST Soile Isokoski, Juha Uusitalo SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format: 16/9 GENRE

The choreographer Angelin Preljocaj draws inspiration from the founding myth of Siddhartha for this original new work offered to the Paris Opera Ballet. He revisits the story of the one who would become the Awakened One through a personal interpretation that explores the themes of transcendence, ordeal and sacrifice in the quest for absolute truth. Preljocaj’s companions on this journey are two artists with strong personalities: Bruno Mantovani, a brilliant young French composer writing for the Paris Opera for the first time, and the visual artist and scenographer Claude Lévêque.

TCHAIKOVSKY-GERGIEV

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY LGM (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Sabrina Iwanski, Pierre Moitron TV DIRECTOR Andy Sommer CAMERA Martial Barrault DURATION 293' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salle Pleyel – Paris, 25.01.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphonies Nos. 1 – 6 COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Valery Gergiev ORCHESTRA Orchestre du Théâtre Mariinsky (Russia) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, Format 16/9 – Duration 6 x 50' DISTRIBUTION TV Poorhouse International (UK) DVD DISTRIBUTION Mariinsky Theatre (Russia) GENRE

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With this first concert, Paavo Järvi assumes his post as the seventh musical director of the Orchestre de Paris with a programme composed of two very rare works. The first part of the concert is devoted to »La Péri«, a poème dansé by Paul Dukas, considered to be the most mature and sophisticated of all his works. The second part proposes Jean Sibelius’ great symphonic poem »Kullervo«, recognised today as a seminal work of Finnish national music.

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The Zurich Opera operates an international opera studio that each year allows 20 young singers from all over the world to fine-tune their skills and become qualified performers. This is a pool of young talents for the Zurich State Opera as well as many other opera houses. The artistic coach is the Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza. For 15 years he has been one of the leading tenors on the world’s opera stages. His enormous experience coupled with his highly sensitive and motivating practice makes Francisco Araiza an ideal mentor to the young highflyers in the IOS Zurich.

PICTURES OF A LIFE – NICOLAS ECONOMOU

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress LOFT music (Germany), Nicolas Economou Foundation (Cyprus) TV DIRECTOR Steve Sklair AUTHOR Steve Sklair DURATION 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Cyprus, Berlin, Munich, Moscow, USA MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana SOLOIST Nicolas Economou, Martha Argerich, Friedrich Gulda, Chick Corea SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DV/Stereo GENRE

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VERBIER FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress LOFT music (Germany) PRODUCER Manfred Frei EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Manfred Frei DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Israel, Verbier MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Gábor Takács-Nagy, Maxim Vengerov ORCHESTRA Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Switzerland) SOLOIST Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Maxim Vengerov SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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»Pictures of a Life« is a portrait of Nicolas Economou – pianist and composer. Born in Cyprus and trained at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, he took the classical world by storm with his technical skills and Mediterranean fire. He was equally at home improvising with Chick Corea, playing with Friedrich Gulda and Martha Argerich or writing film scores for Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff. A troubled genius who lived through bad times and good, he died tragically in Christmas 1993 at age 40.

THE BEAUTY OF THE VOICE

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress LOFT music (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/ARTE (Germany/France), SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland), unico film und projektrealisation (Switzerland) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Manfred Frei ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Nico Gutmann TV DIRECTOR Sabine Gisiger AUTHOR Sabine Gisiger DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Zurich, New York, Dresden MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOLOIST Francisco Araiza SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra was created in 2005 and consists of highly gifted and extremely motivated young professional musicians from all over the world. In October 2005 they met in Israel together with Maxim Vengerov to prepare a pure Mozart program for a CD recording in London, which which was followed by a world tour. Since then the orchestra has played with numerous world-famous artists. The documentary includes excerpts from recordings with Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon, Joshua Bell and Ian Bostridge. Among the conductors are the present Music Director of the orchestra Gábor Takács-Nagy and Marc Minkowski.

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ONE: MATTHEW HERBERT SAMPLENGAGEMENT

THE CORONATION OF POPPEA

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Documentary: Portrait STATUS in progress PRODUCTION Production La Seine (France) PRODUCER Jean-Pierre Zirn DURATION 90' DURATION 2 56' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV MODemay Entertainment (Canada) »ONE« is a highly eloquent portrait of the multifaceted British artist: a musician, a high-tech technician, an activist, a musical philosopher, a DJ, a composer, a producer. Known and unknown, Matthew Herbert bares multiple names and numerous musical approaches from jazz to dance, classical to techno. The film follows the creative steps and political statements of Matthew Herbert as he creates his trilogy »ONE«, to be released March 2011. In »ONE«, Herbert reduces his musical vision(s) into 3 albums: »One-One«, »One-Club«, and »One-Pig« – three different stories created out of specific samples he recorded himself using no other vocalists or musicians.

Relay of: Opera, Studio production STATUS in progress NordicStories (Norway) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Den Norske Opera & Ballett (Norway) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY NRK (Norway) PRODUCER Stein-Roger Bull ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Tom Remlov TV DIRECTOR Ole Anders Tandberg, Anja Stabell, Stein-Roger Bull SETS Erlend Birkeland LIGHT DESIGN Ellen Ruge DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED The Norwegian Opera, 04.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Coronation of Poppea COMPOSER Claudio Monteverdi CONDUCTOR Alessandro De Marchi ORCHESTRA Den Norske Opera&Ballet Orkester (Norway) SOLOIST Birgitte Christensen, Lacek Laszczkowski, Tim Mead, Giovanni Battista, Marita Sølberg COSTUMES Maria Geber LIBRETTO Giovanni Francesco Busenello STAGE DIRECTOR Ole Anders Tandberg SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo, An opera in four parts as a dramaseries. DISTRIBUTION TV NordicStories (Norway) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION Den Norske Opera&Ballett (Norway) DVD DISTRIBUTION NordicStories (Norway) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Duration: 4 x 45 minutes

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TONGUES ON FIRE: A TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK PANTHERS

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Barking Dogs (France) PRODUCER Amos Rozengerg DURATION 66' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole The Last Poets CONDUCTOR David Murray ORCHESTRA Living Colour (USA) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV MODemay Entertainment (Canada) GENRE

The Black Panther Party’s goal was simply freedom in determining the fate of African-Americans and other communities perceived to be oppressed; Tongues on Fire elaborates on that objective in artistic form. In a sublime example of one type of expression motivating another, the graphic art of Black Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas here inspires the poetry of The Last Poets which in turn inspires the musical compositions of jazz luminary David Murray as conveyed by the funk-metal band Living Colour.

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This is an adaption of a performance where the stage has been turned into a TV studio without an audience. At the centre of events is the power-crazed Poppea. She aspires to the top level of the hierarchy and seduces Emperor Nero, making life difficult for both Empress Ottavia and Poppea’s former lover, Ottone. The performance portrays the decadence of the late Roman Empire, with obvious parallels to our times, but it swells to a grand crescendo in one of the loveliest duets ever composed, »Pur Ti Miro«. It is a story about passion, heavily erotic relationships, 17 litres of blood and a great deal of humor. The production is an opera drama series in four parts of forty-five minutes each.

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The Norwegian choreographer Jo Strømgren experienced great success with the ballet filmed for television, »The Neighbour« (Golden Rose in Performing Arts this year). This autumn he also premiered this new ballet based on Vivaldi’s well known music, and like Vivaldi the performance is entertaining and humorous, but anchored by serious undertones and meaningful messages.

NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed NRK (Norway) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Anne Røthing TV DIRECTOR Erik Conders CAMERA Pål Andresen SETS John-Kristian Alsaker LIGHT DESIGN Franck Evin DURATION 160' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Norwegian Opera and Ballet, 18.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Gisle Kverndokk CONDUCTOR Christian Eggen ORCHESTRA Norwegian Opera Orchestra (Norway) CHOIR Norwegian Opera Choir (Norway) COSTUMES Tina Schwab LIBRETTO Øystein Wiik STAGE DIRECTOR Stein Winge, Tzara Tristana SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV NRK (Norway) GENRE

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THE MAKING OF AN ORCHESTRA

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Studio production STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY NRK (Norway) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Anne Røthing TV DIRECTOR Skolsegg Hans Petter CAMERA Andresen Pål SETS Aili Strømsted LIGHT DESIGN Vidar Røis Jensen DURATION 40' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED NRK Studio, 25.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Div CONDUCTOR Andrew Manze ORCHESTRA Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norway) ORIGINAL TEXT Andrew Manze SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV NRK (Norway) What is an orchestra? How did it develop? Conductor Andrew Manze takes us through the history of the orchestra in a musical dialogue with NRK’s very popular Radio Orchestra. Small pieces are integrated as examples from the different phases of orchestral history: Music by Purcell with string quartet only, Vivaldi’s »Spring«, Tchaikovsky’s »Serenade« for strings, excerpts from Händel and Mozart – and Wagner’s »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg«. GENRE

A brand new opera based on the well known story of Jules Verne about Phileas Fogg and his trip around the world in 80 days. We join Fogg on a journey through the history of the operatic world; in Paris he runs into a scene from »La Traviata«, in Rome of course he meets Tosca, etcetera. New music is written by the Norwegian composer Gisle Kverndokk and the libretto is composed by Øystein Wiik. This colorful and huge production was recorded in the recently built Norwegian Opera and Ballet which exhibited the scenographic possibilities a newly constructed opera house can offer.

THE FOUR SEASONS

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed NRK (Norway) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Anne Røthing TV DIRECTOR Erik Conders CAMERA Norun Knotten EDITOR Jan Erik Sælø SETS Gilles Berger LIGHT DESIGN Stephen Rolfe DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, 14.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE The four seasons COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi CONDUCTOR Per Kristian Skalstad ORCHESTRA The Norwegian Opera Orchestra (Norway) DANCE STYLE Modern dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Jo Strømgren DANCE COMPANY The Norwegian National Ballet (Norway) COSTUMES Bregje Van Balen STAGE DIRECTOR Jo Strømgren SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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THE SOUND OF OLE BULL

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Documentary: Historical, on location STATUS completed NRK Hordaland (Norway) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Trond Lillealtern TV DIRECTOR Trond Lillealtern CAMERA Thimas Hellum AUTHOR Steinar Birkeland DURATION 59' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ole Bull SOLOIST Ragnhild Hemsing, Eldbjørg Hemsing SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV NRK (Norway) What was the sound of the greatest Norwegian superstar ever? The two young violinists Eldbjørg and Ragnhild Hemsing are searching for the answer. Ole Bull aroused hysterical enthusiasm all over the world with his virtuoso violin playing but today he is virtually unknown. 200 years after his birth we follow the two sisters on their journey in which they attempt to come as close as possible to the master’s sound. GENRE

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THE VIOLINMAKER JACOB VON DER LIPPE

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed NRK (Norway) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Arild Erikstad TV DIRECTOR Arild Erikstad EDITOR Morten Rønningen DURATION 29' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Oslo and Cremona MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV NRK (Norway) GENRE

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NRK NORWEGIAN BROADCASTING CORP. – ORF In this program we follow the Norwegian violinmaker Jacob von der Lippe as he crafts two new instruments – a violin and a cello. Both are copies of famous old instruments, and we attempt to determine how close the new instruments can come to the sound of the original instruments. We also follow Jacob back to Cremona in Italy where he studied – still the principal city for violinmakers in the world.

Jazz Live! is a new series of concert videos and documentaries in partnership with cutural TV channel ARTE through an itinerary of the most innovative jazz festivals in France. The series bounces from festival to festival year round to bring you the best of jazz in all its forms and glory. To understand what is jazz today, we must embrace all its differences, explore its territories. In this sense, JazzLive! is taking to a trip on the planet jazz. The itinerary will be made of JazzLive creations, exclusive concerts, meetings outsized ...

TREASURES

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Studio production STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY NRK (Norway) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Anne Røthing TV DIRECTOR Anne Kjersti Goberg CAMERA Norun Knotten EDITOR Øivind Enggrav SETS Aili Strømsted LIGHT DESIGN Vidar Røis Jensen DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED NRK Studio PIECE Div SOLOIST Tora Augestad SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV NRK (Norway) GENRE

Opus Arte LA BOHÈME

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed The Royal Opera House (UK) PRODUCER Frances Whitaker TV DIRECTOR Copley John DURATION 121' PRODUCTION YEAR 2009 COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini CONDUCTOR Andris Nelsons ORCHESTRA The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (UK) CHOIR Royal Opera Chorus (UK) LIBRETTO Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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Treasures of music and lyric are here kept alive by some of Norway’s most outstanding singers. Tora Augestad performs music by Kurt Weil, the Polish Zygmunt Konieczny and the Norwegian Susanne Sundfør.

John Copley’s enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman and an excellent cast headed by Hibla Gerzmava and Teodor Ilincai, this 2009 revival, in which conductor Andris Nelsons makes a distinguished Royal Opera House debut, does full justice to Puccini’s masterpiece.

MACMILLAN TRIPLE BILL (CONCERTO ELITE SYNCOPATIONS, THE JUDAS TREE)

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed The Royal Ballet (UK) DURATION 104' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Kenneth MacMillan, Dmitri Shostakovich, Scott Joplin, Brian Elias CONDUCTOR Dominic Grier, Robert Clark, Barry Wordsworth ORCHESTRA The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (UK) DANCE STYLE Classical ballet SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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Documentary: Music, Live recording STATUS in progress Oleo Films (France) DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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THE VALKYRIE

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress BF Medien (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY United Motion (Germany) PRODUCER Ulrike Bornschein EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Michael Dillmann TV DIRECTOR Tankred Dorst DURATION 225' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Richard Wagner CONDUCTOR Christian Thielemann ORCHESTRA Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (Germany) CHOIR Bayreuth Festival Chorus (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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MacMillan’s vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet’s style and repertory, and what better way to appreciate his art than with this rare chance to experience three contrasting works in a single performance. Abstract, dramatic, humorous – this programme gives a wonderfully varied introduction not just to MacMillan’s work but to the beauty and dramatic power of ballet itself. »Concerto«, to Shostakovich’s »Second Piano Concerto«, contrasts moments of exuberance and elegiac reflection. »The Judas Tree« places a single woman among thirteen men to enact a harrowing event that is recognizably contemporary but with biblical overtones. »Elite Syncopations« completes the programme with a sparkling evocation of a dance hall that brings ragtime rhythms to dance, and a ragtime band to the stage.

»The Valkyrie« is the second of four operas that comprise Wagner’s epic »Ring« cycle (The Ring of the Nibelung), best known for its »Ride of the Valkyries«. This dramatic production by Tankred Dorst stars Albert Dohmen and Linda Watson in the lead roles, conducted by Christian Thielemann, one of the world’s most acclaimed directors.

THE QUEEN OF SPADES

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain) TV DIRECTOR Gilbert Deflo DURATION 235' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Michael Boder ORCHESTRA Orquestra Simfònica i Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain) CHOIR Chorus Intermezzo (Spain) CHOREOGRAPHY BY Nadejda Loujine SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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The tragic destiny of the male protagonist – a compulsive gambler whose passion drives him to sacrifice his love, to commit murder and ultimately to die – is underscored by Tchaikovsky’s masterly musical treatment of the Major phantasmagorical elements so widespread in Russian literature and art. »Queen of Spades« is a work of great inspiration and dramatic efficacy which ranks alongside »Yevgeny Onyegin« at the very forefront of Tchaikovsky’s operatic output.

ORF ALBAN BERG AND HIS FEMME FATALE

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Documentary: Other STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ORF (Austria) PRODUCER Martin Schermann EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sandra Marchart TV DIRECTOR Barbara Pichler-Hausegger CAMERA Martin Piro DURATION 29' 22" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Salzburg, Vienna MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Alban Berg SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ORF (Austria) Accompanying the preparations for the new »Lulu« production at the Salzburg Festival 2010, Barbara Pichler reveals the story of Alban Berg: his love affairs and friendships with women who gained influence on his composing oeuvre. Without them, his look at the role of femme fatale Lulu may have been a very different one. The film also sheds some light on the aspect of unfinished opera and its later completion in 1979 by Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha. GENRE

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CARMEN

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY BR (Germany), UNITEL CLASSICA (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Wiener Staatsoper (Austria) PRODUCER Michael Heinzl, Magdalena Herbst EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Heidelinde Rudy, Jürgen Seeger TV DIRECTOR Karina Fibich CAMERA Wolfgang Hirschl EDITOR Wolfgang Hermann DURATION 158' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Wiener Staatsoper MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Georges Bizet CONDUCTOR Andris Nelsons ORCHESTRA Wiener Staatsopernorchester (Austria) CHOIR Wiener Staatsopernchor (Austria) STAGE DIRECTOR Franco Zeffirelli SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL (Germany) GENRE

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Being able to sing, standing on stage and being cheered by audiences as a star; many people dream that dream. The profession of opera singer can certainly be an ambition, but the way to a happy and successful singing career is complicated and full of hurdles. Singing opera is similar to a high performance sport and demands a very special lifestyle. Singers like Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Nathalie Dessay and Christa Ludwig and specialists like medical doctor Reinhard Kürsten or Jürgen Kesting provide an astonishingly candid insight into quite a complicated, miraculous and time-consuming job: opera singing.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, SYMPHONY NO. 9

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One of the most appreciated operas at Vienna State Opera, Bizet’s »Carmen« was re-staged last spring in the legendary setting of 1978 by Franco Zeffirelli. Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Nadia Krasteva played Carmen while star soprano Anna Netrebko gave an impressive performance in her role as Micaela. Highly acclaimed tenor Massimo Giordano sang Don José and baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo thrilled his Viennese fans as Escamillo. Replacing Mariss Jansons on short notice, young talent Andris Nelsons made his conducting debut with the orchestra and choir of the Vienna State Opera.

Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL CLASSICA (Germany), ORF (Austria) PRODUCER Michael Heinzl EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Magdalena Herbst, Heidelinde Rudy TV DIRECTOR Agnes Meth CAMERA Alexander Rühmkorf EDITOR Herbert Roseneder DURATION 80' 03" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Musikverein, Vienna MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Christian Thielemann ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) CHOIR Wiener Singverein (Austria) SOLOIST Annette Dasch, Mihoko Fujimura, Piotr Beczala, Georg Zeppenfeld SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) GENRE

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HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT: SINGING OPERA

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Documentary: Music STATUS in progress PRODUCTION Wunderlich Medien (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY SWR (Germany), ORF (Austria) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) PRODUCER Barbara Wunderlich EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karl Thumm, Karin Veitl TV DIRECTOR Thomas Voigt, Wolfgang Wunderlich CAMERA Wolfgang Wunderlich EDITOR Wolfgang Wunderlich AUTHOR Thomas Voigt DURATION 43' 30" DURATION 2 28' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) GENRE

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Christian Thielemann, one of the most recognized conductors, joined forces with the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and UNITEL in a monumental project: BEETHOVEN 9, the recording of all nine symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven. Using the newest technology, UNITEL and Austrian Television (ORF) produced this »super-cycle« in the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein. Between December 2008 and April 2010, the cycle has been completely recorded. In the »9th Symphony«, soloists like Annette Dasch, Piotr Beczala, Mihoko Fujimura and Georg Zeppenfeld have earned wide acclaim by an international audience.

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BEETHOVEN 9, the recording of all Beethoven symphonies, brings to a new climax the longstanding collaboration between Christian Thielemann and the Wiener Philharmoniker, who have been cultivating the music of Beethoven since their founding nearly 170 years ago. They are one of the few great orchestras to have preserved their unique sound. Film maker Barbara Pichler accompanied the making of all 9 symphonies, documenting the energetic collaboration between the musicians during rehearsal and concert, and capturing exclusive photos and moments of ideal partnership between conductor and orchestra.

LULU

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed ORF (Austria), 3sat (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL CLASSICA (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Salzburger Festspiele (Austria) PRODUCER Michael Heinzl, Magdalena Herbst EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Heidelinde Rudy TV DIRECTOR Brian Large CAMERA Wolfgang Hirschl EDITOR Wolfgang Roseneder DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Alban Berg CONDUCTOR Mark Albrecht ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) SOLOIST Patricia Petibon, Thomas Piffka, Franz Grundheber STAGE DIRECTOR Vera Nemirova SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) GENRE

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MUSIC AFTER THE WAR YEARS

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Documentary: Music STATUS in progress PRODUCTION ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY BR (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Deutsche Welle (Germany) PRODUCER Martin Schermann EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karin Veitl TV DIRECTOR Walter Wehmayer CAMERA Walter Reichl, Wolfram Wuinovic DURATION 59' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Austria, Kosovo, Serbia SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ORF (Austria) GENRE

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The Salzburg Festival 2010 began the opera program with Alban Berg’s »Lulu«. Performing as Lulu was the young soprano Patricia Petibon, who achieved great success as Despina in Mozart’s »Così fan tutte« at the 2009 Salzburg Festival. The Festival decided on the three act version of the opera, completed by Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha. Vera Nemirova, former pupil of Peter Konwitschny and Ruth Berghaus and one of the most interesting and controversial stage directors of the younger generation, created a notable atmosphere of Germany’s late twenties. German artist Daniel Richter was invited for the first time to use the stage of the great Salzburg Festival Hall for his immense paintings and decorations.

In summer 2010, Austrian cellist Meinhard Holler invited for the first time young Albanian and Serbian musicians to participate in a chamber music workshop with the aim of performing concerts in their home countries. Here, the former enemies are still surrounded by the memories of conflicts and crimes. The film reveals not only moving sequences of personal musical experience, but also a chapter of recent European history which has not yet come to a close.

MAKING VAN BEETHOVEN

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Documentary: Music STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ORF (Austria), UNITEL (Germany) PRODUCER Michael Heinzl, Magdalena Herbst EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Heidelinde Rudy TV DIRECTOR Barbara Pichler-Hausegger DURATION 44' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Musikverein, Vienna MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Christian Thielemann ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) GENRE

MY TIME WILL COME – GUSTAV MAHLER AS REMEMBERED BY NATALIE BAUER-LECHNER

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Documentary: Historical STATUS completed PRODUCTION Tellux Film (Wien) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ORF (Austria), BR (Germany), 3sat (Austria) PRODUCER Golli Marboe, Martin Schermann EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karin Veitl, Jürgen Seeger TV DIRECTOR Beate Thalberg CAMERA Stephan Mussil EDITOR Markus Wogrolly AUTHOR Beate Thalberg DURATION 52' 56" DURATION 2 58' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Vienna, Budapest, etc. MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Gustav Mahler SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Tellux Film (Wien) GENRE

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PAN DREAM A wonderful new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s »Aida«, recorded in high definition in the extraordinary Greek Theatre of Taormina under the theatrical and video direction of Enrico Castiglione and with the very charming new costumes of Sonia Cammarata. The production combines tradition and new technology, with which Enrico Castiglione transforms the ancient Theatre of Taormina into spectacular scenes of Ancient Egypt as he directs with great dramatic power.

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The film takes a close look at the person Gustav Mahler and shines a light on the loving but honest insider’s perspective of Austrian musician Natalie Bauer-Lechner who knew Mahler like none other. Having been his confidante for 12 years, she witnessed not only the rise of Mahler as a young conductor but also his fall as well as his dramatic family catastrophes. Natalie retained some diaries of her days with Mahler. In the course of research these diaries were rediscovered in Paris and for this film unveiled for the first time in 60 years.

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Fonadzione Festival Euro Mediterraneo (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Turandot COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini CONDUCTOR Fabio Mastrangelo ORCHESTRA Orchestra Teatro Vittorio Emanuele di Messina (Italy) SOLOIST Francesca Patané, Dario Volonté, Chiara Taigi, Francesco Ellero D´Artegna, Leonardo Galeazzi, Aldo Orsolini, Massimiliano Chiarolla, Antonio Barbagallo CHOREOGRAPHY BY Rita Colosi DANCE COMPANY Koros-GiovanEnsemble (Italy) COSTUMES Sonia Cammarata SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) GENRE

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This new production of Giacomo Puccini’s »Turandot«, filmed in high definition, combines tradition and new technology, elegance and dramatic power. Director Enrico Castiglione transforms the Ancient Theatre of Taormina into spectacular locations within the Forbidden City of Beijing and creates a realistic performance with the help of the cast of singers and the costumes of Sonia Cammarata.

AIDA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Pan Dream (Italy), UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2009–2010 RECORDED Greek Theatre of Taormina MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Aida COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Fabio Mastrangelo ORCHESTRA Orchestra nazionale dei conservatori di musica (Italy) SOLOIST Isabella Kabatu, Salvatore Licitra, Juan Pons, Rossana Rinaldo, Christophoros Stamboglis, Antonio De'Gobbi, Aldo Bruni, Raffaella Fraioli CHOREOGRAPHY BY Rita Colosi DANCE COMPANY Koros-GiovanEnsemble (Italy) COSTUMES Sonia Cammarata SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy), C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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THE NINE SYMPHONIES I

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival Euro Mediterraneo (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008–2010 RECORDED Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Lorin Maazel ORCHESTRA Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini (Italy) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) GENRE

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This is an extraordinary rendition of the full cycle of the Beethoven’s »Nine Symphonies«. Under the spectacular direction of Italian Enrico Castiglione in the wonderful scenery of the Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy, Lorin Maazel conducts the Symphonica Toscanini Orchestra. Recorded in high definition and Dolby 5.1 Surround, it is an excellent product for television and home video. In this programme are symphonies 1 & 3 »Eroica«, as well as the overture »Egmont«.

This is an extraordinary rendition of the full cycle of the Beethoven’s »Nine Symphonies«. Under the spectacular direction of Italian Enrico Castiglione in the wonderful scenery of the Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy, Lorin Maazel conducts the Symphonica Toscanini Orchestra. Recorded in high definition and Dolby 5.1 Surround, it is an excellent product for television and home video. In this programme are the symphonies 4 & 6 »Pastorale«, and more overtures.

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival Euro Mediterraneo (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008–2010 RECORDED Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Lorin Maazel ORCHESTRA Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini (Italy) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy)

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This is an extraordinary rendition of the full cycle of the Beethoven’s »Nine Symphonies«. Under the spectacular direction of Italian Enrico Castiglione in the wonderful scenery of the Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy, Lorin Maazel conducts the Symphonica Toscanini Orchestra. Recorded in high definition and Dolby 5.1 Surround, it is an excellent product for television and home video. In this programme are the symphonies 2 & 5, and the overture »Fidelio«.

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival Euro Mediterraneo (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008–2010 RECORDED Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 »Pastorale« COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Lorin Maazel ORCHESTRA Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini (Italy) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) GENRE

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival di Pasqua/Symphonica Toscanini Foundation (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008–2010 RECORDED Basilica di Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Nisi Dominus COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi CONDUCTOR Stefano Sabene ORCHESTRA Schola Romana Ensemble (Italy) CHOIR Schola Romana Ensemble (Italy) SOLOIST Francesco Ghelardini, Paola Alonzi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) Sacred and classical music of Antonio Vivaldi is recorded in high definition in the wonderful Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome and performed on period correct instruments.

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VIVALDI NISI DOMINUS

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REQUIEM

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival di Pasqua/Symphonica Toscanini Foundation (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008–2010 RECORDED Basilica di Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Requiem COMPOSER Luigi Cherubini CONDUCTOR Paolo Ponziani Ciardi ORCHESTRA Orchestra Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini di Firenze (Italy) CHOIR Coro Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini di Firenze (Italy) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) On occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Luigi Cherubini, »Requiem« was recorded in high definition in one of the oldest churches in Rome, with the excellent Chorus and Orchestra Luigi Cherubini of Florence. GENRE

MAAZEL & CASTIGLIONE: OUR BEETHOVEN

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MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ: HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM ROME

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Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival di Pasqua/ Symphonica Toscanini Foundation (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 80' PRODUCTION YEAR 2009–2010 RECORDED Basilica di Santa Maria Madre in Rome, Italy PIECE Various pieces / Christmas music CONDUCTOR José Collado ORCHESTRA Orchestra Sinfonica d´Italia (Italy) CHOIR Coro Cittá di Roma (Italy), Coro Voci Bianche dell´Arcum (Italy) SOLOIST Montserrat Caballé, Montserrat Martí SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) GENRE

The film is a dynamic documentary about an extraordinary rendition of the full cycle of the Beethoven’s »Nine Symphonies«. Under the spectacular direction of Italian Enrico Castiglione in the wonderful scenery of the Greek Theatre of Taormina, Italy, Lorin Maazel conducts the Symphonica Toscanini Orchestra. Recorded in high definition, it is an excellent product for television and home video. 74 avant première 2011

This original Christmas concert was filmed with Spanish star Montserrat Caballé singing traditional songs and arias in a beautiful church, and was recorded in Rome in high definition under the direction of Enrico Castiglione.

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THE TRIUMPH OF TIME AND TRUTH

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GENRE Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival di Pasqua (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2009–2010 RECORDED Basilica dei Santi Dodici Apostoli, Rome, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE The Triumph of Time and Truth COMPOSER George Frideric Handel CONDUCTOR Lorenzo Tozzi ORCHESTRA Orchestra Ensemble Romabarocca (Italy) SOLOIST Alla Gof, Marta Vulpi, Mario Bassani, Yasuharu Fukushima SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) For the first time on video, director Enrico Castiglione presents one of the most beautiful scores composed by George Frideric Handel for the city of Rome, performed in the magnificent setting of the Basilica of the Holy Apostles. Recorded in high definition, the film captures the charm of Baroque music by Handel through the use of antique instruments.

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PASSIO DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI SECUNDUM IOANNEM

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pan Dream (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Festival di Pasqua/Symphonica Toscanini Foundation (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Enrico Castiglione DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008–2010 RECORDED Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Ioannem COMPOSER Alessandro Scarlatti CONDUCTOR Stefano Sabene ORCHESTRA Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini (Italy) CHOIR Schola Romana Ensemble (Italy) SOLOIST Francesco Ghelardini, Paola Alonzi, Mario Bassani, Franco Todde, Luciano Amleto SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION Pan Dream (Italy) This concert combines the splendor of ancient music with the classic repertoire of sacred music. Captured in high definition under the direction of Enrico Castiglione, this is the first video recording of Scarlatti’s »Passio Domini«. It is conducted by Stefano Sabene, an italian specialist of Scarlatti and sung by the famous controtenore Mario Bassani. GENRE

This is a spectacular Christmas concert in Campidoglio, in one of the most ancient basilicas of Rome. It features a cast of stars of pop and classical music, under the conduction of Ennio Morricone and the television direction of Enrico Castiglione. The programme includes traditional and pop music as well as music by Ennio Morricone, Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, Pietro Mascagni and Giacomo Puccini, recorded in high definition and stereo Dolby Surround 5.1.

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Documentary: Other STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Pars Media GmbH (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/3sat (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY RB Film (Germany) PRODUCER Marieke Schroeder, Jan Schmidt-Garre TV DIRECTOR Jan SchmidtGarre CAMERA Ralph Netzer EDITOR Gaby Kull-Neujahr AUTHOR Georg-Albrecht Eckle DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Nohant, France MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin SOLOIST Roland Pöntinen, Katerina Hebelkova, Christiane Libor, Karolina Ferencz, Dávid Adorján SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik GmbH (Germany) DVD DISTRIBUTION Arthaus Musik GmbH (Germany) GENRE

This excellent film is a wonderful and emotional video of the masterpiece by Joseph Haydn, conducted by Lorin Maazel. It was recorded in high definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 under the direction of Enrico Castiglione at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Vatican City.

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For Chopin, opera was the highest form of art, even though he never entertained the thought of writing for the stage himself. At the castle of Chopin’s beloved George Sand, in Nohant in France, three singers, a pianist and an actress meet with the most knowledgeable contemporary experts on bel canto and Chopin. They delve into Chopin’s opera experiences: his admiration for the great bel canto singer Giuditta Pasta, his friendship with Bellini and his relationship with Pauline Viardot who, as pianist and composer, arranged Chopin’s Mazurkas for voice and piano.

Not since Paganini has there been such a magician as Jascha Heifetz on the violin. We will see never-beforeseen vintage performance clips on film and learn that Heifetz was the first truly modern violin virtuoso, the man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, »When I spoke with him, I thought, 'I can't believe I'm talking with God'.« This film will portray an artist for whom only perfection would do. A musical »wunderkind« who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. We will get to know, through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, a prestigious concert artist so well known in popular culture that his name became shorthand for greatness.

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Documentary: Other STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Pars Media GmbH (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY SWR (Germany) PRODUCER Jan Schmidt-Garre, Marieke Schroeder TV DIRECTOR Marieke Schroeder CAMERA Ralph Netzer EDITOR Gabi Kull-Neujahr AUTHOR Georg-Albrecht Eckle DURATION 58' DURATION 2 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo There is not one audience for classical music but rather several. Why do some people love the opera whereas others despise it? If one visits the opera, how should one behave? Is coughing allowed, and how does one unwrap candy and what should one wear? A film about the people in the theatre, who by booing and applauding have a powerful influence on operatic life and even on the length of operas – a film about the magic that can happen during a night at the opera. GENRE

THE BYRON JANIS STORY

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. (USA) COPRODUCTION COMPANY Pro Musicis Foundation (USA) PRODUCER Peter Rosen EXECUTIVE PRODUCER John Haag TV DIRECTOR Peter Rosen CAMERA Peter Rosen EDITOR Greg Keras, Mark Freed AUTHOR Holly Brubach DURATION 54' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED New York, Moscow, 01.01.2009 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE various SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DV/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV WQED PBS (USA) GENRE

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Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. JASCHA HEIFETZ: GOD’S FIDDLER

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. (USA) COPRODUCTION COMPANY EuroArts Music International (Germany) PRODUCER Peter Rosen EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Carol Hogel TV DIRECTOR Peter Rosen CAMERA Barry Markowitz, Peter Rosen EDITOR Josh Waletzky, Peter Rosen, Molly Bernstein AUTHOR Sara Lukinson SETS Peter Rosen, Katharina Schulenberg DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED New York, Moscow, Los Angeles, Vilna Lithuania MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Various COMPOSER Various CONDUCTOR Various ORCHESTRA Various SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ARTE/WDR – EuroArts Music International (Germany) HOMEVIDEO, DVD DISTRIBUTION EuroArts Music International (Germany)

Byron Janis is one of the greatest American pianists and has been recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. In the 1950s, a galaxy of brilliant young American pianists burst onto the international scene: Van Cliburn, Julius Katchen, William Kapell, Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman and Byron Janis. Cliburn dropped out. Katchen died young. Kapell was killed in a plane crash. Both Fleisher and Graffmann lost use of their right hands. Only Janis remains. And by all accounts, at every turn, his career should have ended like the rest. Instead he rose to every challenge and became an American legend.

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Extraordinarily moving and musically beautiful this dramatic tour de force between the British soprano Amanda Roocroft and the American Deborah Polaski turned out to be the huge success of the 2009/2010 season at the Teatro Real Madrid.

THE CURSE

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. (USA) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY WDR (Germany) PRODUCER Peter Rosen TV DIRECTOR Peter Rosen CAMERA Peter Rosen DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED New York, Moscow, Los Angeles, Mexico, France MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Various COMPOSER Various CONDUCTOR Various ORCHESTRA Various SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV WDR (Germany) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION Peter Rosen (USA) GENRE

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KICKING THE NOTES THE TORADZE WAY

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed WNIT-TV (USA) TV DIRECTOR Linda Schaller DURATION 58' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Poorhouse International Ltd. (UK) GENRE

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Deaths, suicides, overdoses, kidnapping, extreme wealth, AIDS...Gordon Getty has seen the lot. How did it affect his music? Although he thinks that he would have become a composer no matter the circumstances, the son of oil magnate J. Paul Getty credits his wealth for giving him the unrestricted liberty to compose. Yet he attributes his passion for music for lifting the curse of his family’s inherited wealth and for letting him avoid all the trappings of money. »I have ideals. And if you have ideals, and the ideal is something bigger than you – music is something bigger than me – it’s a mountain I'm trying to climb. Then you might escape the curse."

This is a documentary of political rebellion, passionate performance and extraordinary master teaching. The story begins with a boy in the Soviet Union during the Cold War secretly listening to the Jazz Hour from Voice of America. Little did he know how that music would influence his style of performing classical piano, his political decisions and the students he would one day teach. The dramatic story of the life of Alexander Toradze and his piano studio is central to the documentary and is punctuated with their stellar musical performances and locations from around the world: the United States, Italy, Georgia and Finland.

MASTER OF THE QUEEN’S MUSIC – SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Lucida Productions (UK) TV DIRECTOR Paul Joyce DURATION 88' DURATION 2 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Poorhouse International Ltd. (UK) GENRE

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Relay of: Opera STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Teatro Real Madrid (Madrid) TV DIRECTOR Angel Luis Ramirez DURATION 130' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Teatro Real Madrid MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Jenufa COMPOSER Leos Janacek CONDUCTOR Ivor Bolton ORCHESTRA Madrid Symphony Orchestra (Madrid) SOLOIST Amanda Roocroft, Deborah Polaski STAGE DIRECTOR Stephane Braunschweig SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Poorhouse International Ltd. (UK) HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Opus Arte (UK) GENRE

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is a prolific composer who has written music in a variety of styles and idioms in the course of his career. Since 2004 he also holds the ancient royal post of Master of the Queen’s Music. Lucida Productions have obtained exclusive access to Sir Peter both professionally and personally, traveling to the remote northern Scottish island of Sanday to film him at home and working within the landscape which has inspired him for over three decades. We also see him working at several London and European venues including the Royal Albert Hall which hosts his special 75th birthday promenade concert. avant première 2 0 10

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ROUND AND ROUND AND HAND IT OVER...

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Documentary: Dance, on location STATUS completed Mitiki Image (France) TV DIRECTOR Bertrand Guerry DURATION 50' 23" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo How does a percussionist dance? How does the body of a dancer sound? These questions about the delicate relationship between dance and music lead to the creation of the ECHOA project. You will see the music and hear the dance on a very successful tour, which began in North America … GENRE

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How do three generations of musicians cope with a family legacy rooted in the experience of a woman who survived Auschwitz by playing the cello for the SS? Anita Lasker Wallfisch was sent to a death camp at the age of 16. She was fortunate to find her way into the women’s orchestra. Anita’s tale has been told before but this film takes a different route, exploring the impact of her story on her family. All of the Wallfischs are charismatic and articulate, as well as excellent musicians. The film is funny, thought-provoking and moving, with some accessible and beautiful music.

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RUBINSTEIN BY THE RUBINSTEINS

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Zone d'Images (France) TV DIRECTOR MarieClaire Margossian DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

To bring to life the personality of a great artist has never been an easy task. Filmmaker Marie-Claire Margossian undertook a voyage through the pianist’s life with the help of Rubinstein’s daughter Eva, a photographer, and testimonies of friends like Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta and others. Biographic data is one approach but unless it is brought to life through pictures and memories it means very little. With the help of the family archive and hundreds of snapshots Margossian created and visualized the stages of Rubinstein’s career and revealed persona behind the celebrity.

SAVED BY MUSIC – THE WALLFISCH FAMILY

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Documentary: Other, on location STATUS completed Calliope Media (UK) TV DIRECTOR Mark Kidel DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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This special music magazine pilot presents three stories under one heading, »Music and Power«. You will witness the creation of a Putin election hit, visit Fela Kuti’s son Seun in Nigeria and experience how Marat Bisangaliev, Khazakhstan’s most famous violonist takes sweet revenge on Erran Baron Cohen of »Borat« fame. The magazine wraps up with a »global hit« to chill out with by Mariza, Queen of Fado.

THE NUTCRACKER

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GENRE Relay of: Dance STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY San Francisco Ballet (USA) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY KQED Public Television (USA) TV DIRECTOR Matthew Diamond DURATION 94' PRODUCTION YEAR 2008 RECORDED San Francisco Opera MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Nutcracker COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Martin West SOLOIST Damian Smith, Elisabeth Powell, Davit Karapetyan CHOREOGRAPHY BY Helgi Tomasson DANCE COMPANY San Francisco Ballet (USA) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Poorhouse International Ltd. (UK) HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Opus Arte (UK)

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A new look at an old Christmas favourite. Choreographer Helgi Tomasson reinterprets the well known story for his San Francisco Ballet by setting it in San Francisco, using the »Victorian Ladies« as a backdrop and the remains of the 20s' world fair as a playground. On display is fabulous dancing from Damian Smith, Elisabeth Powell, Davit Karaoetyan and others.

ZAHIA ZIOUANI – A CELEBRATION OF FRENCH MUSIC

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert STATUS completed Senso Films (France) TV DIRECTOR Fabrice Castanier, Valerie Bregai DURATION 100' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Cite de la Musique MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in a Minor COMPOSER Camille Saint-Saëns CONDUCTOR Zahia Ziouani ORCHESTRA Divertimento Symphony Orchestra (France) SOLOIST Raphael Pidoux MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice COMPOSER Paul Dukas CONDUCTOR Zahia Ziouani ORCHESTRA Divertimento Symphony Orchestra (France) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Spanish Symphony COMPOSER Edouard Lalo CONDUCTOR Zahia Ziouani ORCHESTRA Divertimento Symphony Orchestra (France) SOLOIST Jean-Marc Phillips Varjabedian MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Spain COMPOSER Emmanuel Chabrier CONDUCTOR Zahia Ziouani ORCHESTRA Divertimento Symphony Orchestra (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo Zahia Ziouani very cleverly arranged a programme of 19th century French music all written within two decades of Bizet’s »Carmen« (1875). GENRE

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r RAI Trade 2011 NEW YEAR’S CONCERT AT TEATRO LA FENICE

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Rai Uno (Italy), RaiTrade (Italy), ARTE (France-Germany) DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

As is now a customary, Daniel Harding will conduct the eighth edition of the New Year’s Concert at Teatro La Fenice; the first part of the concert will be purely for orchestra. With soloists and a choir, the second part is dedicated to melodrama and will end with the now traditional choral »Va’ Pensiero« from Nabucco and the toast »Libiam ne' lieti calici« from »La Traviata« by Giuseppe Verdi.

ZAHIA ZIOUANI – SYMPHONIES FOR THE SUBURBS

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Senso Films (France) TV DIRECTOR Valerie Bregaint DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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ASSISI CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2010

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Patriarcale Basilica di S. Francesco (Italy) DURATION 50' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 CHOIR Coro della Basilica di S. Francesco (Italy), Piccoli Musici (Italy) SOLOIST Michael Bolton, Achinoam (Noa) Nini SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 Michael Bolton, Noa and the choir of Piccoli Musici are among the performers of the 2010 Christmas Concert. GENRE

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Zahia Ziouani is a young woman of Algerian descent and one of the few truly successful female conductors. A portrait of Ziouani is formed from a series of encounters between Ziouani and the filmmaker Valérie Brégraint, between the orchestra and the audience and between Paris and the suburb of Stains where she has been director of the Conservatoire since 2003.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Teatro alla Scala (Italy) DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Daniele Gatti ORCHESTRA Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Italy) CHOIR Coro del Teatro alla Scala (Italy) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 The programme for this Christmans concert includes chorus, symphonies and ballabili. GENRE

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I PAGLIACCI

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress Teatro alla Scala (Italy) SETS Sergio Tramonti LIGHT DESIGN Pasquale Mari DURATION 170' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ruggero Leoncavallo CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding ORCHESTRA Teatro alla Scala (Italy) SOLOIST Oksana Dyka, Kristine Opolais, José Cura, Antonello Palombi, Ambrogio Maestri, Alberto Mastromarino, Celso Albelo, Mario Cassi, Gabriele Viviani COSTUMES Ursula Patzak STAGE DIRECTOR Mario Martone SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 Tonio comes to the stage curtain and asks the audience to meditate on a new theme which the Author has invited him to enact. In reintroducing the time-honoured masks of the Commedia dell'Arte the Author wishes to affirm that the artist is a man and must write for men. Aside from theatrical conventions, it is up to the audience to enter into the profoundly human spirit of the characters whom they are about to see played upon this stage. This prologue may thus be considered the manifesto of verist opera. GENRE

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The last great work from the glorious era of the Imperial ballets has never before been performed by the La Scala ballet. This La Scala premiere marks the most faithful version to the original »Raymonda« yet – a ballet that in this form met with triumphant success in St. Petersburg in 1898. Based on a medieval legend, with ladies, knights, crusaders and Saracens, the libretto sparked the imagination of a young Alexander Glazunov in his first ballet score, and the infinite wisdom of Petipa, who complemented it with an enormously rich succession of dances along with with a grandiose finale including pantomime, lyrical pas de deux and a heavily featured corps de ballet.

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy) TV DIRECTOR Beppe De Tomasi SETS Teatro Massimo di Palermo DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Bruno Bartoletti ORCHESTRA Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy) CHOIR Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy) SOLOIST Roberto Aronica, Marco Di Felice, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ivan Inverardi, Dimitra Theodossiu COSTUMES Francesco Zito LIBRETTO Francesco Maria Piave SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress Teatro alla Scala (Italy) SETS Sergio Tramonti LIGHT DESIGN Pasquale Mari DURATION 170' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Italy COMPOSER Pietro Mascagni CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding ORCHESTRA Orchestra (Italy) SOLOIST Luciana D'Intino, Giuseppina Piunti, Salvatore Licitra, Claudio Sgura, Ivan Inverardi, Elena Zilio COSTUMES Ursula Patzak STAGE DIRECTOR Mario Martone SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 Young Tiruddu returns home to his Sicilian village after completing his military service to find his fiancée, Lola, married to a rich and possessive businessman. But Lola soon provokes her former beau and Tiruddu succumbs to her charms. Santuzza, who is in love with Tiruddu, is quick to inform the husband of Lola’s infidelity. GENRE

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THE MAGIC FLUTE

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles (Belgium), Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (Italy), Opéra di Lille (France), Théâtre di Caen (France) TV DIRECTOR William Kentridge EDITOR Catherine Meyburgh SETS William Kentridge, Sabine Theunissen LIGHT DESIGN Jennifer Tipton PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Roland Böer SOLOIST Günther Groissböck, Genia Kühmeier, Ailish Tynan, Alex Esposito, Samir Pirgu, Steve Davislim COSTUMES Greta Goiris SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 Rounding off the programme’s perfect balance between Italian and non-Italian repertory is Mozart’s most celebrated German opera »Die Zauberflöte« ("The Magic Flute"), in the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels) production by acclaimed director William Kentridge, which has already enjoyed highlypraised runs in Europe. GENRE

In this staging audiences will discover a seldom-heard yet hidden gem of a work.

RAYMONDA

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS in progress Teatro alla Scala (Italy) SETS Orest Allegri, Pëtr Lambin, Konstantin Ivanov, Boris Kaminsky LIGHT DESIGN Damir Ismagilov DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Aleksandr Glazunov CONDUCTOR Michail Jurowski SOLOIST Massimo Murru, Olesia Novikova, Guillaume Côté DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY Marius Petipa, Sergej Vikharev COSTUMES Ivan Vsevoložskij, Irene Monti LIBRETTO Lidia Pashkova, Marius Petipa SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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loved trout. Bartok created a »Miraculous Mandarin« duck. What came from Beethoven’s oven? This is a new series about two willing bedfellows: music and food, art and cuisine, »Beauty and the Feast«. The programme features ravishing, ravenous Susanne Hou and friends.

I VESPRI SICILIANI

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress Teatro Regio di Torino (Italy) SETS Santi Centineo LIGHT DESIGN Andrea Anfossi DURATION 240' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Gianandrea Noseda ORCHESTRA Orchestra del Teatro Regio (Italy) CHOIR Coro del Teatro Regio (Italy) SOLOIST Sondra Radvanovsky, Gregory Kunde, Franco Vassallo, Gabriele Viviani, Aleksej Tanovitski, Dario Russo, Giovanna Lanza, Giacomo Patti, Cristiano Olivieri, Mease Carico Seth, Matthias Stier COSTUMES Giusi Giustino LIBRETTO Arnaldo Fucinato ORIGINAL TEXT Eugène Scribe, Charles Duveyrier STAGE DIRECTOR Davide Livermore SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR

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Studio production STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Strada Films (Canada) PRODUCER Sandra Cunningham EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Albert Schultz, Leslie Lester ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Brad Fox TV DIRECTOR Willis Sweete Barbara CAMERA Milan Podsedly EDITOR Susan Maggi AUTHOR John Gray, Eric Peterson SETS Teresa Przybylski LIGHT DESIGN Brad Dickson DURATION 84' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

»I vespri siciliani« opened the new Teatro Regio di Torino’s season on 10 April 1973 and marked the debut of Maria Callas as stage director, together with Giuseppe Di Stefano. This is a brand new staging by Teatro Regio.

The story of the feisty flyer who became the most renowned ace in the RAF during the First World War, »Billy Bishop Goes to War« is performed by acting legend Eric Peterson and award-winning writer/composer John Gray. Adapted for the screen from the stageplay of the same name and directed by Barbara Willis Sweete of Rhombus Media, »Billy Bishop Goes to War« is a collaboration between The Soulpepper Theatre Company, Strada Films and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Rhombus Media BEAUTY & THE FEAST

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Documentary: Other, on location STATUS in progress Rhombus Media (Canada) PRODUCER Austin Wong, Sonya Di Rienzo EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Larry Weinstein TV DIRECTOR David New DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Six-part television series GENRE

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POLITICS IS CRUEL: AN OPERA

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on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Rhombus Media (Canada) PRODUCER Jessica Daniel, Larry Weinstein EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Niv Fichman TV DIRECTOR Larry Weinstein CAMERA Boris Mojsovski EDITOR David New AUTHOR Dan Redican (writer), Louie Alexina (composer) SETS Marian Wihak DURATION 75' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO Film 35 mm/Dolby surround 5.1 THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION Alliance Films (Canada) GENRE

Music and food – when these two art forms combine, they're more than the sum of their parts. Paganini’s virtuosity was an aphrodisiac to young women seduced by his tones. He sprouted from the land of truffles. Could it be that those pungent fungi fuelled Paganini’s prowess? And what possessed Rossini to retire prematurely so he could devote his life to culinary inventions? Debussy favoured foamy French froths. Did »la meringue« inspire »La Mer«? Schubert

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RHOMBUS MEDIA – RSI RADIOTELEVISIONE SVIZZERA »Politics is Cruel« is an original tragic-comic opera that centres on the rise and fall of one of the most universally archetypal politicians imaginable: the former Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. The film sends up and examines political leaders of all kinds, fickle electorates and the plight of real and imagined power all through the lens of song and dance. Set to an original operatic score, with oft-quoted strains of Wagner, Mozart, Puccini, Bizet and Purcell, this film is about a journey from obscurity to infamy, ending with the stark realization that like life itself, politics is indeed cruel.

PROJECT 7 (WORKING TITLE)

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in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Rhombus Media (Canada) Daniel Langlois EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Niv Fichman TV DIRECTOR Francois Girard, Larry Weinstein, Barbara Willis Sweete AUTHOR Francois Girard, Daniel Langlois DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 In a re-imagining of an idea made famous by Walt Disney’s »Fantasia«, this full length film will unite multiple creators who, using a variety of media, will collectively compose an epic masterpiece for a new generation. »Project 7« (working title) will be comprised of seven animated short films, each one inspired and accompanied by seven contemporary orchestral pieces. Each animated film will evoke seven different attributes, including the seven deadly sins, spectral colours, etcetera. Project 7 will be the first of its kind, a deeply interactive experience presenting multiple layers for audiences to explore. Featured composers will include Olivier Messiaen, John Adams, Arvo Pärt, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Claude Vivier and Toru Takemitsu.

RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera ENERGIE NOVE QUARTET PLAYS BEETHOVEN

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Relay of: Instrumental recital STATUS completed RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) PRODUCER Giovanni Conti TV DIRECTOR Roberta Pedrini EDITOR Marzio Bertoli DURATION 49' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven SOLOIST Hans Liviabella, Felix Vogelsang, Barbara Ciannamea, Ivan Vukcevic SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) GENRE

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This increasingly popular quartet is composed of musicians from many different musical backgrounds and cultures. The wide variety of origins makes it one of the most interesting ensembles on the European musical scene. This is illustrated by their fully aware and most original approach in interpreting two grand pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet No. 10 in E flat Major op. 74 and Quartet No.11 in f Minor op. 95.

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Metropolitan Opera (US) PRODUCER Mia Bongiovanni, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Peter Gelb TV DIRECTOR Barbara Willis Sweete DURATION 165' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED 06.02.2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

LA FARSA DEL BARBA – RENAISSANCE WITTY COMEDY

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Genre STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) PRODUCER Renzo Rota EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Giovanni Conti TV DIRECTOR Mando Bernardinello EDITOR Marzio Bertoli DURATION 57' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Teatro sociale Bellinzona STAGE DIRECTOR Mando Bernardinello SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland)

More than 15 years since he first thrilled Met audiences with his portrayal of the tenor role, the fiery revolutionary Gabriele Adorno, Plácido Domingo has returned to Verdi’s masterpiece in an unprecedented artistic tour-de-force, this time taking on the baritone title role of Simon Boccanegra. This is one of Verdi’s richest characters, demanding extraordinary emotional intensity. Audiences have hailed Domingo’s performance as one of the most searing and memorable in his remarkable career. James Levine conducts a brilliant cast that includes Adrianne Pieczonka as Amelia, Marcello Giordani as Gabriele Adorno, and James Morris as Fiesco. The HD Simulcast production was directed by Barbara Willis Sweete. 82 avant première 2011

A flashback to the early Italian Renaissance brings us a sample of the art of treating love and passion with irony in a classical music style destined for popularization. Hilarity, jokes, strambottos and madrigal-like songs all signed by great composers who lived in Italy in the early 16th century are presented in this picturesque setting of a »pleasure« tavern. Here, encouraged by Barba, the philosophy-loving tavern-keeper,

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patrons have no qualms about sharing their pangs of love. This leads to a hilarious farce in period costume, based entirely on original texts and music without a single reprieve from the steady, extremely witty and refined use of puns and double entendres.

Svizzera Italiana under the authoritative direction of Alain Lombard. In this performance the ballet music of »The Miraculous Mandarin«, which Bartók composed by drawing inspiration from a pantomime sketch by playwright and comedy writer Menyhèrt Lengyel, comes to life. In »Symphonie fantastique« each individual piece of the composition represents a self-contained story in which the fascination of music mixes with brilliant intuitions in one of Hector Berlioz’s most beautiful works, presented here in a masterful interpretation by Lombard and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana.

LILYA ZILBERSTEIN – PIANO RECITAL

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Relay of: Instrumental recital STATUS completed RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) PRODUCER Giovanni Conti TV DIRECTOR Roberta Pedrini EDITOR Marzio Bertoli DURATION 70' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven SOLOIST Lilya Zilberstein SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) GENRE

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MANACORDA AND THE ORCHESTRA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) PRODUCER Renzo Rota EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Giovanni Conti EDITOR Marzio Bertoli DURATION 73' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Auditorio RSI MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Charles Ives, Maurice Ravel, Béla Bartók CONDUCTOR Antonello Manacorda ORCHESTRA Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (Switzerland) SOLOIST Davide Cabassi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) GENRE

This great Russian pianist and best friend of Martha Argerich has suspended her dizzying international concert schedule to focus on a captivating video production based on two legendary figures of 19th century piano composition. In her performance, she captures some dazzling moments of their production: the graceful and full-bodied Rondo in c Minor op. 1 and the vivacious »Variations brillantes« op. 12 by F. Chopin, alongside two imposing Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven: No. 2 in A Major op. 2 and the unsurpassed »Appassionata« (No. 23 in f Minor op. 57).

The Italian Antonello Manacorda, one of the rising stars of the new generation of conductors, has chosen the German capital as his base and in this production directs the most Mediterranean of all Swiss orchestras, the OSI (Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana). The programme shows his tremendous energy and interpretative strength in three unique pages of the symphonic repertoire, from the rarefied atmosphere of »Central Park in the Dark« by C. Ives and the brilliance of Bartók’s »Music for strings and percussion« to the pure energy of Ravel’s »Piano concerto in G« with the up-and-coming Davide Cabassi as soloist.

LOMBARD AND THE ORCHESTRA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) PRODUCER Renzo Rota EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Giovanni Conti TV DIRECTOR Mando Bernardinello, Roberta Pedrini EDITOR Marzio Bertoli DURATION 72' PRODUCTION YEAR 2009 RECORDED Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Hector Berlioz, Béla Bartók CONDUCTOR Alain Lombard ORCHESTRA Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (Switzerland) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

QUINTETTO BISLACCO – A SILLY VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCE

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance STATUS completed RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) PRODUCER Renzo Rota EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Giovanni Conti TV DIRECTOR Mando Bernardinello EDITOR Marzio Bertoli DURATION 50' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Soazza SOLOIST Walter Zagato, Duilio Galfetti, Gustavo Fioravanti, Marco Radaelli, Enrigo Fagone SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera (Switzerland) GENRE

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The famous suite from »The Miraculous Mandarin« by Béla Bartók and the genius of Berlioz’s »Symphonie fantastique« are performed by the Orchestra della

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RSI RADIOTELEVISIONE SVIZZERA – RTV SLOVENIJA For many reasons the production of »Don Quixote« at la Monnaie was interesting. It was not only van Dam’s farewell to the Brussels stage and Laurent Pelly’s first involvement with the famed opera house, but it was also an opportunity for young singers to take part in this project. A special casting was organized to find a suitable vocal quartet for the »pretendants«. The documentary follows the participants during the course of a year, climaxing with the premiere.

A roundup of popular favourites, from classical to pop, from film scores to country music is revisited with fascinating irony in a variety of styles and adapted for a string quintet formed by professional musicians from several famous orchestras (La Scala, Turin Regio and Parma Regio and the Swiss Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana). The setting for this exhilarating performance is a Swiss alpine village tucked away in the charming countryside, and the theme for their programme is, »never take yourself too seriously«.

QUEEN ELISABETH COMPETITION

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY RTBF – Belgian TV (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Belgium) DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Joseph Haydn, Sergey Prokofiev CONDUCTOR Marin Alsop ORCHESTRA National Orchestra of Belgium (Belgium) SOLOIST Denis Kozhukin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

RTBF – Belgian TV DON QUIXOTE

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed RTBF – Belgian TV (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE G.E.I.E. (France), VRT (Belgium), Euro1080 (Belgium) PRODUCER Benoit Jacques de Dixmude TV DIRECTOR Benoit Vlietinck DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Don Quichotte COMPOSER Jules Massenet CONDUCTOR Marc Minkowski ORCHESTRA Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie (Belgium) CHOIR La Monnaie (Belgium) SOLOIST José Van Dam, Silvia Tro Santafé, Werner Van Mechelen STAGE DIRECTOR Laurent Pelly SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Sonuma (Belgium), ARTE (France) GENRE

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This year the Queen Elisabeth Competition was devoted to piano. The winner was the young and talented Denis Kozhukin from Russia.

THE LAEKEN CONCERT

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording completed PRODUCTION COMPANY RTBF – Belgian TV (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Belgium) PRODUCER Benoit Jacques de Dixmude ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Kristin Verboven TV DIRECTOR Pierre Barré DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED 02.07.2010 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Patrick Davin ORCHESTRA Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie (Belgium) CHOIR La Monnaie (Belgium) SOLOIST José Van Dam, Philip Catherine, Claude Maurane SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo To mark the opening of the Belgian presidency over the EU, a very special concert was organized in the King’s gardens at his Laeken castle. GENRE

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As the last work of Jules Massenet and the first appearance of Laurent Pelly at la Monnaie, as well as the farewell performance by José van Dam, this production of »Don Quixote« stands out for many reasons. But most of all it is distinguished because of its moving and musical qualities.

RTV Slovenija A LANDSCAPE OF SONGS

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For the camera: Music video clip, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenia) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Milena Olip CAMERA Milorad Cˇadež, Boris Poropat AUTHOR Milena Olip DURATION 10' 19" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Slovenian Philharmonia, Carinthia MUSICAL STYLE Ethnic music SOLOIST Bernarda Fink, Janez Gregoric ˇ SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

DON QUIXOTE BACKSTAGE

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Documentary: Music STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Media Res (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY RTBF – Belgian TV (Belgium) PRODUCER Patrick Paulo DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Jules Massenet CONDUCTOR Marc Minkowski ORCHESTRA Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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locations around the city. St. Jacob’s Church hosted an international ensemble of musicians from Argentina, singers from Italy and a conductor from Spain. Their programme was dedicated to one of the greatest Argentinian musicians, the composer and pianist Ariel Ramirez, who passed away in February 2010. With his best known composition »Misa Criolla«, Ramirez nobly paid homage to the victims of World War II and the lifting of the ban on the use of modern languages by the Second Vatican Council. The mass unites liturgical texts with folk music, based upon South American rhythms and melodies. © Klemen Breitfuss

Mezzosoprano Bernarda Fink and the guitarist Janez Gregori recorded their »Landscape of Songs«, a project where they set to music a selection of Slovenian poetry. The poems are originate from the great Slovenian poet France Prešeren, Carinthian lyrical poems from the 20th century, and adaptations of Carinthian folk songs. These folk songs reflect the influence of such traditional art on creations in the fields of both music and literature. The emotive interpretations by Bernarda Fink and the haunting sounds of guitar evoke deep feelings in the listener. Therefore the performance is recorded in black and white to focus the viewers on its essence and core: the music and its performers.

BRANKO, LIFE IN PROGRESS

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Daniel Celarec EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Jan Zakonjšek CAMERA Andrej Lupinc, Bojan Kastelic EDITOR Andrej Modic AUTHOR Jan Zakonjšek DURATION 43' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenia) GENRE

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ANDERS BERGCRANTZ GROUP

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Zarja Zavodnik EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Samo Milavec EDITOR Andrej Modic DURATION 94' 05" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Municipal Museum, Ljubljana, 31.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz ORCHESTRA Anders Bergcrantz group (International (Sweden, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia)) SOLOIST Anders Bergcrantz, Ratko Zjaca, Martin – Dakonovski, Ratko Divjak SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo This programme is a recording of a jazz concert given by an international group of musicians performing during the IMAGO SLOVENIA – Podoba Slovenije Festival. This group of musicians, led by one of the finest trumpeters of the new generation, the Swedish musician Anders Bergcrantz, performed within an open atrium of the museum. Anders Bergcrantz had already been honored with the distinguished Swedish Golden Record award, twice the Best Jazz Musician award and also the Best Album award for his latest CD. On his European tour, Bergrantz was accompanied by a group of excellent and experienced jazz musicians from the former Yugoslavia who also perform around Europe: the guitarist Rajko Zjaca, contrabass player Martin Akonovski and the drummer Ratko Divjak. GENRE

ARIEL RAMIREZ: CREOL MASS / OUR CHRISTMAS

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Zarja Zavodnik EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Svetlana Dramlic´ EDITOR Goran Todorovic´ DURATION 45' 49" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED St. Jacob’s Church, Ljubljana, 27.07.2010 MUSICAL STYLE World music PIECE Creol Mass, Our Christmas COMPOSER Ariel Ramirez CONDUCTOR José Luis Ocejo ORCHESTRA Del Barrio Ensemble (Argentina) CHOIR Philharmonic Choir Pesaro (Italy) SOLOIST Paolo Cauterricio SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenia) Ljubljana Festival, the biggest summer festival of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, takes place at different

This documentary shows the life and work of the tenor Branko Robinšak (born in 1955), one of the best Slovene opera singers. His professional career took off in the Ljubljana Opera House and continued in Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck and Switzerland. The authors of the programme followed Branko through the entire process of creating a role and simultaneously learned the intricacies involved in the production of an opera. This programme reveals how exposed an opera soloist is – his fragility, vulnerability and the price he must pay for fame and glory.

DANCERS TO DANCERS, THE INTERNATIONAL CHARITY GALA CONCERT TO BENEFIT CHILE

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GENRE Relay of: Dance STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenija) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Vojko Vidmar DURATION 121' 10" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Slovene national theatre Maribor SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo

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RTV SLOVENIJA In February 2010, Chile was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake, the second strongest recorded earthquake in the history of Chile and one of the five strongest recorded in the history of mankind. The earthquake didn't spare the main Chilean opera and ballet house, Teatro Municipal. The ballet dancers of the Slovenia Society, RTV Slovenija and two national theatres, Opera in Balet Ljubljana and Maribor respectively, all joined forces and organised a night where ballet dancers from 14 different countries raised funds in order to assist their Chilean colleagues to resume performing and once again to fulfil their ballet dreams. When the recording of this ballet performance was aired, viewers were invited to donate online.

This is the recording of a charity concert with one of the greatest tenors in the world, the Spanish singer José Carreras. With his performance, Carreras honoured the new Stožice Arena in Ljubljana with his diverse repertoire of the most beautiful operatic arias as well as Italian and Spanish songs. Carreras was accompanied by his guest singer, the leading Irish soprano Celine Byrne, and the Slovenian Symphonic Orchestra RTV Slovenija under the baton of the distinguished Spanish conductor David Giménez.

EUROPEAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH NINA STRNAD AND TADEJ TOMŠI

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Daniel Celarec EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Tomaž Švigelj DURATION 84' 31" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

KATICE: LOOK, THE NEW YEAR IS HERE!

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GENRE on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Zarja Zavodnik EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Milena Olip EDITOR Zlatjan Cˇucˇkov DURATION 16' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Božidar Jakac Art Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki, 11.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Ethnic music PIECE Winter carols CHOIR Katice Vocal Group (Slovenia) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenia)

The European Jazz Orchestra was established in 1998 and consists of the best EU jazz musicians. In 2010, Slovenian Tadej Tomši was selected as the orchestra’s conductor and composer. Tomši is a saxophonist and the conductor of Big Band RTV Slovenija. The European Jazz Orchestra concluded their European tour 2010 in Slovenia, where they charmed and enthused jazz music fans. Nina Strnad performed as a soloist. The programme included the music of Tadej Tomoši and Jože Privšek, along with popular jazz evergreens such as »Sweet Georgia Brown« and »Sentimental Journey«.

This is the recording of a visual performance with selected songs by the Katice Vocal Group. The group of female singers revives old, simple, but beautiful songs and adapts them to suit new times and modern tastes. Last year they released their new CD entitled »Oj, fijole, novo leto je!« ("Look, the New Year is Here"), a selection of winter carols originating in Slovenian folk songs from various regions. The singers often add and enrich their huge repertoire with the use of folk musical instruments and dancing. The selection of songs and recording of their visual representation are inspired by winter’s festive time.

JOSÉ CARRERAS IN LJUBLJANA

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Relay of: Vocal recital, on location STATUS completed TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Zarja Zavodnik EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Samo Milavec EDITOR Milan Miloševic´ DURATION 59' 32" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, 07.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR David Giménez ORCHESTRA Symphonic Orchestra RTV Slovenija (Slovenia) SOLOIST José Carreras, Celine Byrne SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenia) GENRE

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MAESTRO DANCE GROUP

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Relay of: Dance, Studio production STATUS in progress TV Slovenija (Slovenia) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Vojko Vidmar DURATION 10' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 DANCE COMPANY Maestro (Slovenia) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenia) GENRE

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The successful and renowned dancer Anže Škrube, who represented TV Slovenia with hip hop at the Eurovision Young Dancers Contest 2003 in Amsterdam, established the dance group Maestro in 2008. The dancers of the Maestro Dance Studio immediately became the most sought after in the Slovenian dance industry. They have won numerous titles: World Championship 2009 in Hip Hop, State Championship Slovenia – Hip Hop Maestro, State Championship Slovenia 2010 Hip Hop Formations, European Hip Hop Championships Amsterdam 2010 Groups Adults, World Champions 2010 at the Bochum 2010 in the Hip Hop small groups category and World Champions 2010 – Hip Hop Formations.

It isn't a coincidence that on the 80th anniversary of the birth of Maestro Carlos Kleiber, celebrated by the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti, the concert took place in Ljubljana. Kleiber was married to the Slovenian ballerina Stanka Brezovar. Stanka and Carlos built their summer house in the village of Konjšica in central Slovenia, where the family spent their summers. The maestro took great pleasure in hiking in the nearby hills. In one of his few interviews he said that he would do anything for Slovenia. Kleiber spoke Slovenian fluently. He and his wife Stanislava found eternal peace in this small village.

MARIJAN LIPOVŠEK

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THE INSPIRATION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, EVA-NINA KOZMUS

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For the camera: Music video clip, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TV Slovenija (Slovenia) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Kaja Tokuhisa CAMERA Artur Rutar AUTHOR Kaja Tokuhisa DURATION 5' 59" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Ljubljana MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Tango Fantasia COMPOSER Jacob Gade, Toke Lund Christiansen SOLOIST Eva-Nina Kozmus, Katalin Krivokapic ˇ SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

Marijan Lipovšek (1910 – 1995) was multitalented Slovenian musical persona: a composer, pianist, teacher and musical writer. During his lifetime, Lipovšek was prolific both as a musician and a writer and was actively involved in other areas of life as well. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Slovenian Composer Society’s music publications, the manager of the Slovenian Philharmonic and the Chancellor of the Academy of Music. In his private life, he was a great admirer of mountains, where he could »fill his lungs with silence and nature«. This portrait depicts Lipovšek as a person of very diverse and open dimensions.

With the 16-year old flautist Eva-Nina Kozmus, the winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2010, we recorded a visualisation of her interpretation of »Tango Fantasia« composed by Jacob Gade and Toke Lund Christiansen.

MEMORIAL CONCERT TO COMMEMORATE CARLOS KLEIBER’S 80TH BIRTHDAY

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert STATUS completed TV Slovenija (Slovenia) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Jan Zakonjšek EDITOR Andrej Modic AUTHOR Danica Dolinar DURATION 116' 02" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom, 21.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony in C Major, No. 36, KV 425 COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Riccardo Muti ORCHESTRA Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 8 in b Minor COMPOSER Franz Schubert CONDUCTOR Riccardo Muti ORCHESTRA Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria) PIECE Symphony No. 6 in b Minor op. 74 COMPOSER Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CONDUCTOR Riccardo Muti ORCHESTRA Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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UROŠ ROJKO: KING DAVID, ZITHER AND A SWORD, A CHAMBER OPERA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed TV Slovenija (Slovenia) PRODUCER Daniel Celarec EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Klemen Dvornik DURATION 86' 29" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Uroš Rojko: King David, Zither and a Sword, a chamber opera COMPOSER Uroš Rojko LIBRETTO Marc Günther STAGE DIRECTOR Marc Günther SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenia) GENRE

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The chamber opera »King David, Zither and a Sword« by the Slovenian composer Uroš Rojko was performed at the Slovenian Music Days 2010 Festival. The libretto is based on the biblical story about King David and was written by Marc Günther, who also directed the opera. The performers were the Anton Webern Chor (Choir) Freiburg, Ensemble Aventure Freiburg and Theater im Mariendbad, Freiburg. Uroš Rojko (born in 1954) is one of the more prominent contemporary Slovenian composers. Rojko is a holder of several international awards including Alpe-Adria, Musikprotokoll 1987, Premio Europa 1985 and Wiener Internationaler Kompositionspreis 1991.

Keeping Score GENRE Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY San Francisco Symphony (USA) PRODUCER Michael Bronson, Elaine Warner EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Michael Tilson Thomas, John Kieser TV DIRECTOR Gary Halvorson EDITOR Gary Bradley DURATION 55' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Songs of a Wayfarer, Symphony No. 5 Adagietto, Symphony No. 7 Scherzo, et al. COMPOSER Gustav Mahler SOLOIST Thomas Hampson SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV American Public Television Worldwide (USA) HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Avie Records (UK) DVD DISTRIBUTION Harmonia Mundi (USA) SERIES

WHEN POP MEETS CLASSICAL MUSIC

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress TV Slovenija (Slovenija) PRODUCER Daniel Celarec EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Danica Dolinar TV DIRECTOR Aleš Žemlja CAMERA Pavel Jurca, Uroš Hocˇevar EDITOR Milan Miloševicˇ AUTHOR Daniel Celarec, Aleš Žemlja DURATION 50' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV TV Slovenija (Slovenija) GENRE

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The San Francisco Symphony performs some of Gustav Mahler’s most accessible music, featuring works from the 1890s to the end of the composer’s life. These highlights of the San Francisco Symphony’s 2009 Mahler Festival include »Songs of a Wayfarer«, sung by world-renowned baritone Thomas Hampson, and Mahler’s famous and poignant love song, »Adagietto from Symphony No. 5«, plus movements from Symphony Nos. 7 and 9. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas offers insight into the man and the inspiration for his compositions.

GUSTAV MAHLER LEGACY

Classical music was pop music in its time and classical musicians were the pop stars of their era. This programme shows us in an entertaining manner the role classical music plays today and how modern Slovenian pop-stars, who began their music careers in classical music, feel about it. The programme slowly disperses today’s prejudices connected with this musical genre. DJ Umek, one of the best known European DJs, presents his own techno rendition of a composition by Vivaldi. The host of the programme is the popular Slovenian comedian Jure Godler.

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Keeping Score GENRE Documentary: Music, on location completed PRODUCTION COMPANY San Francisco Symphony (USA) PRODUCER David Kennard, Joan Saffa EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Michael Tilson Thomas, John Kieser TV DIRECTOR David Kennard, Joan Saffa EDITOR Blair Gershkow DURATION 55' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Mahler Symphonies 5 through 10, Rückert-Lieder, Song of the Earth COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Michael Tilson Thomas ORCHESTRA San Francisco Symphony (USA) SOLOIST Thomas Hampson SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV American Public Television Worldwide (USA) HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Avie Records (UK) DVD DISTRIBUTION Harmonia Mundi (USA) SERIES

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Michael Tilson Thomas examines Mahler’s creative flowering, from the 1890s to his untimely death at the age of 51 in 1911, including Symphonies 5 through 10, the Rückert songs, and the »Song of the Earth«. Michael Tilson Thomas explains why Mahler has so profoundly affected his own life as he charts Mahler’s mercurial career as a conductor, from the Vienna Opera (some called it the most prestigious music job in the world) to Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as his tempestuous relationship with his wife Alma.

GUSTAV MAHLER ORIGINS

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Keeping Score GENRE Documentary: Music, on location completed PRODUCTION COMPANY San Francisco Symphony (USA) PRODUCER David Kennard, Joan Saffa EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Michael Tilson Thomas, John Kieser TV DIRECTOR David Kennard, Joan Saffa EDITOR Blair Gershkow DURATION 55' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 1 COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Michael Tilson Thomas ORCHESTRA San Francisco Symphony (USA) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV American Public Television Worldwide (USA) HOMEVIDEO DISTRIBUTION Avie Records (UK) DVD DISTRIBUTION Harmonia Mundi (USA) SERIES

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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, »Titan«. The »live on tape« performance was part of the SFS’s Mahler Festival 09 which took place in Davies Symphony Hall in September and October of 2009.

SF Schweizer Fernsehen AIDA ON THE RHINE

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Relay of: Opera, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY RTS, RSI (Switzerland), 3sat, ZDFtheaterkanal (Germany) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Christian Eggenberger TV DIRECTOR Nadja Zonsarowa CAMERA William Tügel LIGHT DESIGN Manfred Ollie Olma DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Basel, Switzerland, 01.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Aida COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Gabriel Feltz ORCHESTRA Sinfonieorchester Basel (Switzerland) CHOIR Chor und Extrachor Theater Basel (Switzerland) SOLOIST Angeles Blancas, Michelle DeYoung, Sergej Khomov LIBRETTO Antonio Ghislanzoni STAGE DIRECTOR Georges Delnon SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Telepool Zurich (Switzerland) DVD DISTRIBUTION Rolf Siegrist Productions (Switzerland) GENRE

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Michael Tilson Thomas explores Gustav Mahler’s birth, conflicted childhood and early influences in the backwoods of Bohemia, then a part of the AustroHungarian Empire, through his student days in Vienna and early song-writing to his emerging triumph as a conductor in concert halls all over Europe. The premiere of his own First Symphony in Budapest in 1888 shocked the contemporary audience, but this groundbreaking work, Tilson Thomas explains, contains many of the seeds of Mahler’s successive compositions.

GUSTAV MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN CONCERT

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Something very special happened when Verdi’s opera »Aida« took over day-to-day life in Basel. Swiss Television transformed the bank of the Rhine around the Mittlere Brücke bridge, the Grand Hotel and a freight ship into an extended opera stage, for a brand new perspective on Verdi’s work. For those who experienced »Aida on the Rhine«, everyday Basel will never be the same again. »Aida am Rhein« concludes Swiss Televsion’s opera trilogy. The staging of »La Traviata at the Main Station« in Zurich was honoured with two Czech Crystal awards, while SF received the Golden Rose 2010 award in the Variety and Live Event Show category for »La Bohème at the Towerblock«. avant première 2 0 11

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RIO SONATA, WITH NANA CAYMMI

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Georges Gachot (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland), SRG SSR (Switzerland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Idéale Audience (France) TV DIRECTOR Georges Gachot CAMERA Matthias Kälin, Pio Corradi EDITOR Ruth Schläpfer DURATION 85' DURATION 2 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE World music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Doc and Film, Daniela Elstner (France) GENRE

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ServusTV BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE SALZBURGER FESTIVAL

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed ServusTV (Austria) PRODUCER Frank Gerdes TV DIRECTOR Silke Theiner CAMERA Peter Pfund DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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The same procedure as every year: the »Salzburger Festival« turns the idyllic town of Salzburg upside down. The documentary goes behind the scenes of the world’s most important festival of opera, music and theatre. Featuring the new »Jedermann« production and the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s opera »Dionysos«. There are two programmes of 30 minutes each.

»Rio Sonata« is dedicated to Nana Caymmi, one of Brazil’s most sophisticated singers, who has been a leader in Brazilian music for the last 50 years. Nana Caymmi is the guardian of an unrivaled musical heritage. She is also the daughter of emblematic composer Dorival Caymmi, former wife of Gilberto Gil, muse of Milton Nascimento and childhood friend of Nelson Freire.

ROLF LIEBERMANN – MUSICIAN

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY 3sat (Germany), NDR (Germany) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Thomas Beck TV DIRECTOR Mürra Zabel DURATION 52' 35" DURATION 2 56' 35" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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CAMERON CARPENTER – SUPERSTAR

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress ServusTV (Austria) PRODUCER Frank Gerdes TV DIRECTOR Claus Wischmann, Caroline Beiersdorf DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV ServusTV (Austria) GENRE

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Rolf Liebermann, musician, composer, and artistic director, discovered Plácido Domingo, inspired composers such as Mauricio Kagel, gave the Hamburg State Opera new sparkle, and revived the outmoded Paris Opera. To mark the centenary of this renowned Swiss composer and opera manager, Swiss Television presents a portrait of a life lived unconditionally devoted to music. Mürra Zabel has produced a variety of documentaries for Schweizer Fernsehen and 3sat. She worked alongside Rolf Liebermann at the Hamburg State Opera from 1966 to 1971.

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The documentary »Cameron Carpenter – Superstar« is a portrait of an exceptional artist; Cameron Carpenter is prodigiously gifted, a born showman and his flamboyant presentation goes hand in hand with his virtuosity on the organ. The filmmakers follow the eccentric young artist Carpenter on his tour in autumn 2010, show him building his personal organ, accompany him during jam sessions in clubs and observe as he designing his extravagant outfits.

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GRAND OPERA – BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE VIENNA STATE OPERA

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed ServusTV (Austria) PRODUCER Kurt Langbein TV DIRECTOR Florian Gebauer DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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On the 11th July 2004 Carlos Kleiber got into his car and drove from Munich to his holiday home in Slovenia. There he wrote a final letter to a friend in which he bid farewell to the world. A short time later the conductor was found dead. The documentary »Traces to Nowhere«, represents the first film dedicated to the enigmatic personality of the conductor. The film follows in the traces of Kleiber’s final journey and, by means of the recollections of friends and others who knew Kleiber, as well as rare archive footage portrays a conductor as renowned for his difficult personality as his brilliant work.

This docu-soap goes behind the scenes of the Vienna State Opera with Ioan Holender in his last season as the director of the opera. This is a programme in 6 parts of 30 minutes.

KULTOUR WITH HOLENDER

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Documentary: Other, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ServusTV (Austria), Langbein & Partner (Austria) PRODUCER Kurt Langbein TV DIRECTOR Florian Gebauer DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Sombrero & Co (France) PRODUCER Patrick Villeneuve TV DIRECTOR Laurent Hasse, Thierry Villeneuve DURATION 57' 47" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Le Cabaret Sauvage – La Vilette – Paris, 14.01.2010 MUSICAL STYLE World music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

In Austria everybody knows Ioan Holender and Ioan Holender knows everything about cultural life in Austria. In the new magazine »kulTOUR mit Holender«, the former director of the Vienna State Opera undertakes a cultural journey. In an entertaining, informative and also critical way he presents outstanding cultural events like the season opening of »La Scala« in Milan.

TRACES TO NOWHERE – THE CONDUCTOR CARLOS KLEIBER

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ServusTV (Austria) PRODUCER Frank Gerdes TV DIRECTOR Eric Schulz CAMERA Fariba Nilchian DURATION 71' 30" DURATION 2 54' 18" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

Recorded live at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris, Angelique Kidjo with her golden voice sings to us of her African childhood and includes extracts of her last album »Oyo«.

IN BACH CANTATAS

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Relay of: Vocal recital, Live recording STATUS completed Sombrero & Co (France) PRODUCER JeanPhilippe Perrot, Patrick Villeneuve TV DIRECTOR Jean-Philippe Perrot DURATION 91' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Arsenal de Metz, 02.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Bach Cantatas COMPOSER Johan Sebastian Bach CONDUCTOR Nathalie Stutzmann ORCHESTRA Orfeo 55 (France) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Mezzo (Europe) GENRE

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Jonas Kaufmann sings German composers. His reputation is unequalled among present-day German tenors. The tenor turns towards the repertoire of classicism and romanticism. Accompanied by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, he sings arias by Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Weber.

An exceptional concert in which maestro and singer Nathalie Stutzmann directs Bach’s »Arias and Cantatas«. This is Stutzmann’s first TV appearance as a maestro, with her own Baroque ensemble Orfeo 55. The programme was filmed in HD in the prestigious concert hall L’Arsenal de Metz.

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION AT JAZZ SOUS LES POMMIERS FESTIVAL

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Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Sombrero & Co (France) PRODUCER Patrick Villeneuve, Eric Hallier DURATION 88' 43" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Jazz COMPOSER John McLaughlin SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

NOT OF THIS WORLD – PIANIST MURRAY PERAHIA

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed sounding images (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY DOKfilm (Germany) PRODUCER Stefan Pannen ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Jost Bösenberg TV DIRECTOR Claus Wischmann, Holger Preusse CAMERA Fariba Nilchian EDITOR Thomas Wellmann DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED London, Berlin, Warsaw, Switzerland MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ORCHESTRA Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (England) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany) GENRE

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This concert by John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension was one of the highlights of the 2010 Jazz Sous Les Pommiers Festival. He combined various musical styles including bluesrock, free-jazz and be-bop with his own genius. With his »quatuor« the 4th Dimension, John McLaughlin reinvents contemporary Jazz Fusion.

Today Murray Perahia is a legend in his own right. Perahia spends months exploring the ways in which the various parts of a given work combine to form a whole. Like a skilled psychoanalyst, he uncovers one layer of meaning after another in his single-minded endeavour to fathom the importance of each individual note.

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PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY – FORGOTTEN ARIAS

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Relay of: Vocal recital, Live recording STATUS completed sounding images (Germany) PRODUCER Stefan Pannen TV DIRECTOR Torben Schmidt AUTHOR Stefan Pannen DURATION 43' DURATION 2 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Munich MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber CONDUCTOR Michael Guettler ORCHESTRA Münchner Rundfunkorchester (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany)

Relay of: Vocal recital, on location STATUS completed sounding images (Germany) PRODUCER Stefan Pannen TV DIRECTOR Claus Wischmann CAMERA Andreas Hussong EDITOR Peter Klum DURATION 52' DURATION 2 43' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Munich, Cologne, 24.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Antonio Caldara, Antonio Vivaldi ORCHESTRA Concerto Köln (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV C Major Entertainment (Germany)

LONGING – JONAS KAUFMANN SINGS GERMAN ARIAS

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For the camera: Screen choreography (with human participation), on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY St Paul Film AB (Sweden) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) PRODUCER Mathilde Dedye, Ivica Zubak EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Frederik Heining TV DIRECTOR Pontus Lidberg CAMERA Martin Nisser EDITOR Pontus Lidberg, Lars Gustafson SETS Magdalena Walz DURATION 28' 30" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Svartsjö Slott, 15.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER David Lang CONDUCTOR B Tommy Andersson ORCHESTRA NorrlandsOperans Orkester (Sweden) SOLOIST Wendy Whelan, Giovanni Buccieri, Pontus Lidberg, Maya Beiser DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Pontus Lidberg LIBRETTO Niklas Holmgren, Pontus Lidberg SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV St Paul Film (Sweden) GENRE

Philipe Jaroussky and the Concerto Cologne embark on a journey into the world of an almost forgotten composer. Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) was one of the most renowned opera composers of his time. Philippe Jaroussky and his ensemble transfer selected arias of the composer into the 21st century. The film accompanies the musicians to rehearsals and to the concert at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.

Sveriges Television, SVT DON GIOVANNI AT DROTTNINGHOLM

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) PRODUCER Ditte Feuk TV DIRECTOR Ditte Feuk CAMERA Per Olov Lantto AUTHOR Lorenzo Da Ponte LIGHT DESIGN Thorsten Dahn DURATION 160' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Drottningholm Court Theatre, 14.08.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Mark Tatlow ORCHESTRA Drottningholmsteaterns Orkester (Sweden) CHOIR Drottningholmsteaterns Kör (Sweden) SOLOIST Loa Falkman, Marika Schönberg, Lars Arvidsson, Magnus Staveland, Miriam Treichel, Håvard Stensvold, Susanna Stern COSTUMES Karin Erskine LIBRETTO Lorenzo Da Ponte STAGE DIRECTOR Johanna Garpe SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV SVT Sales (Sweden) THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION Drottningholm Court Theatre (Sweden) Mozart’s acclaimed masterpiece is performed in a perfect setting of the unique Baroque theatre Drottningholm. In this interpretation, Don Giovanni is getting older and times are changing with new revolutionary ideas. It is not as easy to charm and violate society anymore, or is it? GENRE

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The marriage between a husband and his wife is routine, without passion. The jealous husband suspects infidelity and tries to catch his wife in the act. The mysterious flat where they live suddenly transforms into a labyrinth, illustrating their inner turmoil. The husband finds himself with a knife in his hand; is everything a nightmare?

MUSIC THAT HURTS

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Hjalmar Palmgren TV DIRECTOR Carl Tofft DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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FIDDLER ON THE MOVE

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sofi Stridh TV DIRECTOR Bengt Wennehorst-Norrman CAMERA Michael Kinmansson EDITOR Christer Ahlqvist DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Ethnic music SOLOIST Görgen Antonsson SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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The film is an upsetting documentary on music being used in wars and conflicts. To most of us, music represents something good, soothing and even divine. But the power of music can also be a tool for violence and hatred all over the world. Prisoners at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib testify to the use of music as torture to make them talk. Why these children’s songs, heavy metal, and rap? Ariel Dorfmann also talks about the origin of his famous play »Death and the Maiden«.

A musical road movie featuring Görgen Antonsson, celebrated folk fiddler and actor. I includes lots of groovy Swedish folk music wherever Antonsson turns up!

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ROBERT SCHUMANN 200 YEARS

SOUSOU & MAHER CISSOKO

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Camilla Lundberg TV DIRECTOR Jonas Jannopoulos EDITOR Christer Ahlqvist DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Robert Schumann CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding ORCHESTRA Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sweden) CHOIR Swedish Radio Choir (Sweden) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo

Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Vitamin Film (Sweden) COPRODUCTION COMPANY Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Marianna Widmalm TV DIRECTOR Martin Larsson DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE World music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo

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Sousou & Maher Cissoko come from musical dynasties: she from southern Sweden, he from Senegal. Now they are joined in marriage and music, mixing their musical mother tongues. The beautiful kora is a common denominator as they perform both in Sweden and in Senegal.

Star conductor Daniel Harding is an indefatigable and supreme champion of Schumann’s orchestral music. Together with his Swedish Radio orchestra, Harding explains and interprets his great love for some of the lesser known works such as the fascinating »Scenes« from Goethe’s »Faust«, here sung by Christian Gerhaher, Miah Persson and Alastair Miles.

STRINDBERG AND THE SPANISH GUITAR

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For the camera: Screen choreography (with human participation), on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY DOCH, Dans och Cirkushögskolan Stockholm (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ditte Feuk CAMERA Erik Wallsten EDITOR Björn Eriksson SETS Peder Svens LIGHT DESIGN Rikard Degerman DURATION 58' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Täby Centrum, 15.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Tilde Björfors, Helena Franzén, Lotta Melin, Daniel Rörström DANCE COMPANY DOCH, Dans och Cirkushögskolan Stockholm (Sweden) COSTUMES Helvi Treffner SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Sveriges Television Drama (Sweden) »Shopping Moves« will surprise you. Suddenly, the whole shopping mall dances! People get in touch with each other on all levels. Customers move, throw, and jump through the café and department store. What was once an ordinary arena with escalators is magically changed. GENRE

Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Camilla Lundberg TV DIRECTOR Jonas Jannopoulos EDITOR Christer Ahlqvist AUTHOR Ture Rangström DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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No, Spanish guitar master Tárrega and Swedish author Strindberg never met. But they were contemporary giants in their respective fields, and August Strindberg was a keen amateur on the guitar. This is a tribute to the Spanish guitar featuring young virtuoso Anabel Montesinos with versatile guitarist Mats Bergström in concert.

SJÖHOLM & TERFEL

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Relay of: Vocal recital, Live recording STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Camilla Lundberg TV DIRECTOR Bengt WennehorstNorrman DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Berwald Hall, Stockholm, 09.01.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Daniel Harding ORCHESTRA Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sweden) SOLOIST Bryn Terfel, Helen Sjöholm SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo In a unique encounter, baritone legend Bryn Terfel joins Swedish leading musical star Helen Sjöholm on stage. GENRE

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WINTER FESTIVAL IN DALECARLIA

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Relay of: Chamber music, on location STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Maria Jämtelid TV DIRECTOR Ulf Caresten DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOLOIST Martin Fröst SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826) composed the romantic opera »Der Freischütz« between 1810 and 1821. He finished the main part of the opera in Dresden and at his country house in Hosterwitz not far from Dresden. In 1810 Weber had already been fascinated by the opera’s tale, which he discovered in a collection of ghost stories by Johann August Apel. For many years, Weber’s opera remained a draft entitled »Die Jägersbraut« ("The Hunter’s Bride"). This documentary reveals the historical backround of the opera.

An international gathering of top artists in the picturesque snowy settings of central Sweden. Clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst hosts the festival featuring a.o. Anne Sofie von Otter, Julian Rachlin, Viviane Hagner and comic act Igudesmann & Joo.

YOUNG MUSIC

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden) TV DIRECTOR Ditte Feuk DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO Beta SP/Stereo Was music younger in older days? Teenage musicians play masterpieces by teenage composers, from Mendelssohn to contemporary composers. GENRE

WAGNER HAS STARTED A LIASON IN PENZING!

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress Syquali Multimedia AG (Switzerland) COPRODUCTION COMPANY 3D-Artstudio (Deutschland) PRODUCER Jens Neubert ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Peter Barczewsky DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo The documentary reveals the original Wagner with documents and relicts of Swiss private collections and the unbelievable stories of these artifacts. GENRE

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A TRIBUTE TO FRANZ GRUNDHEBER

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Documentary: Portrait STATUS in progress PRODUCTION Syquali Multimedia AG (Switzerland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY 3D-Artstudio (Deutschland) PRODUCER Jens Neubert ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Peter Barczewsky DURATION 30' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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Telmondis DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Telmondis (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Monaco) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Antoine Perset, Denis Morlière, Emma Enjalbert TV DIRECTOR Denis Caïozzi AUTHOR Jean-Christophe Maillot SETS Jérôme Kaplan, Ernest Pignon-Ernest DURATION 35' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 PIECE Daphnis et Chloé COMPOSER Maurice Ravel CONDUCTOR Yakov Kreizberg ORCHESTRA Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (Monaco) CHOIR Chorus of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (Monaco) SOLOIST Jeroen Verbruggen, Anjara Ballesteros, Bernice Coppieters, Gaëtan Morlotti DANCE Daphnis and Chloé DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Jean-Christophe Maillot DANCE COMPANY Les ballets de Monte-Carlo (Monaco) COSTUMES Jérôme Kaplan STAGE DIRECTOR Jean-Christophe Maillot, Ernest Pignon-Ernest SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Telmondis (Frane) GENRE

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The world-famous baritone Franz Grundheber gives insight into his life and work.

HUNTER’S BRIDE – A SHORT STORY ABOUT ITS GENESIS

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Documentary: Historical, Studio production STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY Syquali Multimedia AG (Switzerland) PRODUCER Jens Neubert DURATION 29' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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TELMONDIS – THIRTEEN FOR WNET.ORG The choreographer tells the tender story of two pure and beautiful characters – children that can never be separated – in this pastoral romance written by Longus in the 3rd century. »Daphnis et Chloé« is a ballet originally created by Fokine in 1912 with sets and costumes by Bakst.

DEGAS' LITTLE DANCER

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Telmondis (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Bel Air Media (France), Opéra National de Paris (France), Mezzo (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) PRODUCER Antoine Perset, Denis Morlière ASSOCIATED PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Vincent Bataillon SETS Ezio Toffolutti LIGHT DESIGN Marion Hewlett DURATION 105' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Denis Levaillant CONDUCTOR Koen Kessels ORCHESTRA Pars Opera Orchestra (France) SOLOIST Clairemarie Osta, Dorothée Gilbert, Mathieu Ganio DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY Patrice Bart DANCE COMPANY Paris Opera Ballet (France) COSTUMES Sylvie Skinazi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Telmondis (France) GENRE

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Roland Petit created »Le Rendez-Vous« in 1945 based on a poem by Jacques Prévert. It evokes images of bohemian Paris after the war. During the dance, as the poor people of the streets cross, a young man proud and free revels in the joy of life. But his fate changes, and he is drawn into an expressionistic dance with Death.

SHÉHÉRAZADE

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed Telmondis (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Monaco) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France), Mezzo (France) PRODUCER Antoine Perset, Denis Morlière, Emma Enjalbert TV DIRECTOR Denis Caïozzi AUTHOR Jean-Christophe Maillot SETS Jérôme Kaplan LIGHT DESIGN Dominique Drillot DURATION 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 COMPOSER Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov CONDUCTOR Yakov Kreizberg ORCHESTRA Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (Monaco) SOLOIST Bernice Coppieters, Gaëtan Morlotti, Leart Duraku, Olivier Lucea DANCE Shéhérazade CHOREOGRAPHY BY Jean-Christophe Maillot DANCE COMPANY Les ballets de Monte-Carlo (Monaco) COSTUMES Jérôme Kaplan LIBRETTO Michel Fokine SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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The idea of creating a ballet came to Brigitte Lefèvre, the Paris Opera Ballet’s dance director, after reading Martine Kahane’s research on Degas. Though numerous exhibitions, books and films had already been dedicated to Degas and dance, no choreographic work had yet done so. The project, entrusted to choreographer Patrice Bart and composer Denis Vaillant, took its form from the intrinsic modernity of a 19th century sculpture and expressed it in music and the language of the stage. From a mere experiment, the ballet evolved into a quest to recreate the imaginative world of classical dance through the world of Degas.

LE RENDEZ-VOUS

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Relay of: Dance, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY Telmondis (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Euromedia (France), Opéra National de Paris (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévision (France), Mezzo (Fance) PRODUCER Antoine Perset, France Morlière TV DIRECTOR Vincent Bataillon AUTHOR Roland Petit SETS Brassaï DURATION 27' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED 07.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Joseph Kosma CONDUCTOR Yannis Pouspourikas ORCHESTRA Paris Opera Orchestra (France) SOLOIST Isabella Ciaravolla, Nicolas Leriche, Michael Denard DANCE Le Rendez-Vous DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Roland Petit DANCE COMPANY Paris Opera Ballet (France) COSTUMES Mayo Mayo LIBRETTO Jacques Prévert SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV Telmondis (France)

More than a tribute to the Ballets Russes, this vision of »Shéhérazade« by Jean-Christophe Maillot arranges a reunion between the choreographer and the creatures that inhabit his artistic universe.

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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Telmondis (France) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Bel Air Media (France), Opéra National de Paris (France) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY France Télévisions (France) PRODUCER Antoine Perset, Denis Morlière ASSOCIATED PRODUCER François Duplat TV DIRECTOR Don Kent AUTHOR Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SETS Ezio Frigerio LIGHT DESIGN Giorgio Strehler DURATION 180' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED France, 03.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE The Marriage of Figaro COMPOSER Wolfgang GENRE

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Amadeus Mozart CONDUCTOR Philippe Jordan ORCHESTRA Paris Opera Orchestra (France) CHOIR Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (France) SOLOIST Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Ekaterina Syurina, Luca Pisaroni, Karine Deshayes COSTUMES Franca Squarciapino LIBRETTO Lorenzo Da Ponte ORIGINAL TEXT Pierre Beaumarchais STAGE DIRECTOR Giorgio Strehler, Humbert Camerlo SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV Telmondis (France) DVD DISTRIBUTION Bel Air Media (France)

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: PIERRE BOULEZ CONDUCTS MAHLER’S 7TH

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Chicago Symphony Orchestra (USA) PRODUCER Cara Cosentino, Julie Shapiro Thorman, John Walker EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn TV DIRECTOR Brian Large EDITOR Gary Bradley, Laura Young LIGHT DESIGN Bob Barnhart DURATION 86' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, 15.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Symphony No. 7 COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA Chicago Symphony Orchestra (USA) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) DVD DISTRIBUTION Chicago Symphony Orchestra (USA) GENRE

Although the play by Beaumarchais was initially banned in Vienna due to its satire of the aristocracy, considered dangerous in the decade before the French Revolution, the opera became one of Mozart’s most successful works. This greatly celebrated version staged by Giorgio Strehler with sets by Ezio Frigerio was performed for the first time in France at the Versailles Opera in 1973. It then moved to the Palais Garnier for an additional 55 acclaimed performances.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez leads the Windy City’s internationally renowned orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s »Symphony No. 7«, taped over two nights on October 14 and 15 for »Great Performances«. One of Chicago’s most popular conductors, Boulez, winner of 26 Grammy Awards, is a composer, conductor and tireless advocate for new music and one of the most important musical and intellectual figures of our time. He served as CSO’s principal guest conductor – only the third person to hold that title – from 1995 until 2006, when he was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus.

THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG BILLY JOEL LIVE AT SHEA (WORKING TITLE)

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) PRODUCER Cara Cosentino EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn DURATION 86' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Shea Stadium, New York, NY, 18.07.2008 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER Billy Joel SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) GENRE

ERIC CLAPTON CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL 3 (WORKING TITLE)

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Relay of: Ensemble/band appearance, on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) PRODUCER Mitch Owgang EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn DURATION 116' 46" RECORDED Toyota Park, Chicago, IL, 26.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music SOLOIST Bill Murray, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Steve Winwood SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) GENRE

Shortly before the demolition of New York City’s Shea Stadium in July 2008, superstar Billy Joel performed two farewell concerts at the historic arena. This performance documentary captures the excitement backstage and on stage during the performances, including a duet with Joel’s special guest Paul McCartney.

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THIRTEEN FOR WNET.ORG – TVP KULTURA Grammy Award-winning guitar superstar Eric Clapton has reunited with fellow »guitar gods« for a third Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, America’s Blues Capital, which was also the scene for the second allstar concert in 2007. Shining a spotlight on the wide variety of guitar virtuosity, the gathering further expands the diverse range of musicianship in many musical genres, including blues, bluegrass, country, rhythm & blues and more. The programme features performances by Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Johnny Lang, John Mayer, Steve Winwood, Ron Wood and more; Bill Murray returns to host.

MIAMI CITY BALLET DANCES BALANCHINE & THARP

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Relay of: Dance, Studio production STATUS in progress THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) PRODUCER Joan Hershey, Mitch Owgang EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Bill Kabel TV DIRECTOR Matthew Diamond EDITOR Girish Bhargava SETS George Tsypin LIGHT DESIGN Alan Adelman DURATION 86' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED COMTEL Inc., Miami, FL, 11.09.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Concerto Grosso in b Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 et al. COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli DANCE Square Dance DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY George Balanchine DANCE COMPANY Miami City Ballet (U.S.A.) COSTUMES Karinska MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music COMPOSER David Byrne DANCE The Golden Section DANCE STYLE Modern dance CHOREOGRAPHY BY Twyla Tharp DANCE COMPANY Miami City Ballet (USA) COSTUMES Santo Loquasto MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Western Symphony COMPOSER Hershy Kay DANCE Western Symphony DANCE STYLE Classical ballet CHOREOGRAPHY BY George Balanchine DANCE COMPANY Miami City Ballet (USA) COSTUMES Karinska SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, DVD DISTRIBUTION THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) GENRE

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SONDHEIM! THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT

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Relay of: Musical, on location STATUS completed Ellen M. Krass Productions (USA) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) PRODUCER Matt Cowart, Ellen M. Krass, Mort Swinsky, Lonny Price EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley, Cathy Fitzpatrick TV DIRECTOR Lonny Price EDITOR Gary Bradley, Laura Young SETS James Noone LIGHT DESIGN Alan Adelman DURATION 116' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 16.03.2010 COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Mary Rodgers CONDUCTOR Paul Gemignani ORCHESTRA The New York Philharmonic (USA) SOLOIST Laura Benanti, Matt Cavanaugh, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Jenn Colella, Jason Danieley, Joanna Gleason, Nathan Gunn, George Hearn, Blaine Hoven, Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, John McMartin, Donna Murphy, Karen Olivo, Karen Osnes, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Maria Riccetto, Bobby Steggert, Elaine Stritch, Jim Walton, Chip Zien CHOREOGRAPHY BY Josh Rhodes STAGE DIRECTOR Lonny Price SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) DVD DISTRIBUTION Image Entertainment (USA) GENRE

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Stephen Sondheim has been a singular voice in the pantheon of Major American songwriters and composers. Beginning with his collaborations as lyricist on such fabled shows as »West Side Story« and »Gypsy«, to his breakthrough scores for »Company«, »A Little Night Music« and »Sweeney Todd« among many others, Sondheim led the way from Broadway’s golden age into the increasingly ambivalent times of America’s emerging rock & roll culture. Performed on the occasion of Sondheim’s 80th birthday and hosted by David Hyde Pierce, »Great Performances« presents the New York Philharmonic’s concert celebration of a Broadway legend. Longtime Sondheim music director Paul Gemignani conducts.

Dance in America shines a spotlight on one of America’s finest regional companies, Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet. The program showcases the company’s critically acclaimed performances of George Balanchine’s »Square Dance« and »Western Symphony«, as well as Twyla Tharp’s »The Golden Section«. From their home base in Miami Beach, Miami City Ballet is now approaching 26 years of accomplished dancing with more than 88 ballets in its repertoire. Reviewing the company’s 2009 performance at New York’s City Stage, Alastair Macaulay of the New York Times wrote, »To watch [Miami City Ballet] dance »Balanchine« is to see aspects of his choreography more clearly than with any other company today«.

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THE HITMAN RETURNS

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on location STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Warner Bros. RecordUs (USA) PRODUCER Mitch Owgang EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Horn ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Bill Kabel, Kristen Sonntag TV DIRECTOR David Horn EDITOR Gary Bradley, Ed Goldberg DURATION 86' 46" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music PIECE Multiple songs COMPOSER David Foster SOLOIST Michael Bolton, Charice, Natalie Cole, Seal, Kenny Loggins, Ruben Studdard, Donna Summer, Chaka Kahn COSTUMES Paige Pollard STAGE DIRECTOR Cindi Owgang, Rob Sellers, Eric Rhoden, Tshaka Stewart SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 DISTRIBUTION TV THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG (USA) DVD DISTRIBUTION Warner Bros. Records (USA) GENRE

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MADE IN POLAND – COLLECTION OF POLISH MUSIC

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Relay of: Chamber music, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TOProduction (Poland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY TVP Kultura (Poland), Polish National Audiovisual Institute (Poland) PRODUCER Dariusz Przebinda TV DIRECTOR Halina Przebinda, Piotr Jaworski CAMERA Marek Gajczak EDITOR Beata Boleslawska-Lewandowska LIGHT DESIGN Grzegorz Barszczewski DURATION 86' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Contemporary music ORCHESTRA The Ensemble Modern (Germany), The London Sinfonietta (UK), Klangforum Wien (Austria) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 »Made in Poland – a Collection of Polish Music« is a joint artistic undertaking by the Sacrum Profanum Festival, the National Audiovisual Institute, Polish Radio and Polish Television, aimed at promoting contemporary Polish music at home and abroad, as well as the creation of new, top-level cultural events. The pieces were performed during the Sacrum Profanum Festival to provide a complete and representative picture of the Polish music of recent decades. The project includes »Chain 1« by Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki’s »Quartetto per archi«, »Kleines Requiem für eine Polka« by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, »Fantasmagoria« by Kazimierz Serocki, »3 for 13« by Paweł Mykietyn, »Appendix« by Paweł Szymanski, and »Cascando« by Agata Zubel. GENRE

Legendary songwriter, producer, and maestro to the stars, David Foster has generated some of the world’s best known popular music, and has collaborated with a veritable »who’s who« of superstars in a career spanning more than three decades. In December 2008, »Great Performances« broadcast an all-star celebration featuring some of the biggest names in contemporary music in one-night-only concert tribute. This follow-up concert will feature even more charttopping stars and music from Foster’s extensive career catalog, with performances by Michael Bolton, Charice, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Seal, Ruben Studdard, Donna Summer and more.

TVP Kultura ANDERSZEWSKI PLAYS SCHUMANN

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TVP Kultura (Poland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Polish National Audiovisual Institute (Poland) PRODUCER Tomasz Kronenberg EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Beata BolesławskaLewandowska TV DIRECTOR Bruno Monsaingeon CAMERA Michał Popiel-Machnicki DURATION 35' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Studies for Pedal Piano op. 56 (arr. Piotr Anderszewski) COMPOSER Robert Schumann SOLOIST Piotr Anderszewski MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Dawn Songs op. 133 COMPOSER Robert Schumann SOLOIST Piotr Anderszewski SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TVP Kultura (Poland) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Polish National Audiovisual Institute (Poland), The Frédéric Chopin Institute (Poland) PRODUCER Tomasz Kronenberg EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Robert Kamyk EDITOR Barbara Gola, Beata Delida SETS Izabela Chelkowska LIGHT DESIGN Adam Tyszka DURATION 900' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Warsaw MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin CONDUCTOR Antoni Wit ORCHESTRA Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

Bruno Monsaingeon directs »Anderszewski plays Schumann«, a new film highlighting the excellent pianist, Piotr Anderszewski. Both artists have been working together for years on productions such as the famous »Diabelli Variations« and »Piotr Anderszewski, Unquiet Traveller«. This time Monsaingeon filmed Anderszewski’s performance of two piano cycles by Robert Schumann, whose 200th birthday anniversary was celebrated in 2010. The pieces include: »Studien für den Pedalflügel op. 56« (arr. Piotr Anderszewski) and »Gesänge der Frühe op. 133«. Because of this rarely presented repertoire, the entire project is highly unique and original. The programme was filmed in the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall in Łódz, Poland.

The 16th International Chopin Piano Competition, one of the most renowned piano competitions in the world, has been held in Warsaw since 1927. The event is entirely dedicated to the works of Frédéric Chopin. The 2010 edition of the event was noteworthy because it coincided with the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. TVP Kultura recorded and broadcast the entire event live, delivering to the channel’s viewers an in-depth look at the competition and an interpretation of Chopin’s music. The performances of the competitors were interspersed with contextual material, comments, backstage views of the contestants and interviews.

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YOUNG POLISH INSTRUMENTALISTS: MATEUSZ KOŁAKOWSKI, MECCORRE STRING QUARTET, QUADROPHONIC

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY TVP Kultura (Poland) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Polish National Audiovisual Institute (Poland) PRODUCER Tomasz Kronenberg TV DIRECTOR Jarosław Minkowicz, Tomasz Motyl EDITOR Beata Delida LIGHT DESIGN Adam Tyszka DURATION 120' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo TVP Kultura is continuing a project presenting the most promising Polish musicians of the younger generation. Their performances were combined with an interesting concept based on elements like Water, Air and Fire. Mateusz Kolakowski is one of the most talented Polish jazz pianists with unique improvisational skills. Meccorre String Quartet is comprised of four talented and already titled solo musicians, whose common passion has been the interpretation of chamber compositions. Quadrophonic is a group of four musicians that formerly performed as two duets: the Lutoslawski Piano Duo and the percussionist Hobbeats Duo. They are now concentrating on a search for new sounds and sources of inspiration, and continue to be successful performers of contemporary music. GENRE

BEETHOVEN, SYMPHONY NO. 5

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Karina Fibich DURATION 39' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Wiener Musikverein MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Christian Thielemann ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

High-profile conductor Christian Thielemann joins forces with the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and UNITEL in a monumental project: »Beethoven 9, the Beethoven of the 21st century«, a recording of all nine symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven for TV, DVD and new media. The works were recorded in HD and 5.0 surround sound at the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein. Between 2010 and 2013 the orchestra will crown the venture with special-event performances of the complete cycle in Major cities around the world.

UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG ADVENT CONCERT AT DRESDEN’S FRAUENKIRCHE

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Dresden Frauenkirche MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Bertrand de Billy ORCHESTRA Staatskapelle Dresden (Germany), Semper Brass (Germany) CHOIR Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

In 2000 the Staatskapelle performed at the first ZDF Advent Concert under the direction of former principal conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. Repeated annually over the next few years, the pre-Christmas musical celebration entitled »From the site of the Frauenkirche« documented the rebuilding of Dresden’s landmark church, as well as helped to raise money. The concerts continued following the church’s reopening, with programmes featuring celebrated soloists and conductors. 100 avant première 2011

BEETHOVEN, SYMPHONY NO. 6

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Karina Fibich DURATION 50' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Wiener Musikverein MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Christian Thielemann ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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Rossini’s very first opera, written when he was a teenager, was premiered in Rome in 1812 and revived at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro in 2010. Young stage director Davide Livermore, heading a production of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, turns the libretto into a ghost story, setting the action at night behind the stage of an opera house. Thanks to various »phantasmagorical« tricks, Livermore creates an enchanting atmosphere that is musically enhanced by the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini under Corrado Rovaris. Each giving outstanding performances are the four young soloists Maria José Moreno, Victoria Zaytseva, Yijie Shi and Mirco Palazzi, »stars ... of the highest international order« (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

BRENDEL LECTURES

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS in progress UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) COPRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer, Calliope Media TV DIRECTOR Mark Kidel DURATION 270' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Schüttkasten/Salzburg Festival MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOLOIST Alfred Brendel SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 3 episodes (90'), each available in English and German GENRE

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ELEKTRA

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Over the years Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, has written highly original musical essays. Now retired from public performance, he is presenting some of his most acclaimed written work in the form of lectures richly illustrated by examples played on the piano. The themes he covers, in three sessions specially presented for the camera, include humour in music, the role of character in Beethoven’s piano sonatas and the realms of light and shade in interpretation. One of the greatest musical thinkers and soloists of our time shares his ideas with us in an intimate setting.

DEMETRIUS AND POLYBIUS

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Richard Strauss’s »Elektra« is an Expressionist masterpiece that moves the listener to the core with its powerfully expressive chords, spooky waltzes and mad dance of triumph. The orchestra is so rich that only the finest orchestras can do full justice to this work, such as the Münchner Philharmoniker here under Christian Thielemann, in a production by Herbert Wernicke recorded at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Topping the superb cast are Linda Watson in the title role, Jane Henschel, Manuela Uhl, Albert Dohmen and René Kollo.

PORTRAIT ANDRIS NELSONS

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RUSSIAN SONGS

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Relay of: Vocal recital, Live recording STATUS completed UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) COPRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/ARTE (Germany), CLASSICA (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Germany) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Elisabeth Malzer DURATION 82' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Berlin Philharmonie MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky SOLOIST Anna Netrebko, Daniel Barenboim SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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Ever since he emerged on the international stage a few years ago, young Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons (born in 1978) has been heaped with praise by critics, audiences and musicians alike. Filmmaker Astrid Bscher accompanied him through the entire year in which he made his international breakthrough. She documented his work as Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conducting other great orchestras and opera ensembles. Bscher speaks with Nelsons about his childhood in Riga, his studies in St. Petersburg, his years at the Latvian National Opera, his international breakthrough with the support of the great conductor Mariss Jansons and his plans for the future.

World-class soprano Anna Netrebko and all-round musical phenomenon Daniel Barenboim tackle the songs of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky – little known Russian gems in a variety of styles and genres. Netrebko has the warm, velvety timbre, the mellow lower range, the incredible pianissimi and, above all, the Russian soul that are needed to let these songs exert their full impact. At the piano, Daniel Barenboim is subtle and delicate, providing the forceful yet unobtrusive background for the mini-dramas being expressed by his partner. »Has anyone ever heard her sing more beautifully than on this evening in the Philharmonie?«, wrote the Berlin daily »Der Tagesspiegel«.

RUSALKA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Bayerische Staatsoper (Germany) PRODUCER Gemini Quint TV DIRECTOR Thomas Grimm DURATION 150' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Bayerische Staatsoper MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Antonín Dvorˇák CONDUCTOR Tomáš Hanus ORCHESTRA Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Germany) CHOIR Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Germany) SOLOIST Kristine Opolais, Klaus Florian Vogt, Nadia Krasteva, Günther Groissböck STAGE DIRECTOR Martin Kušej SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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SALZBURG FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/3sat (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Salzburger Festspiele (Austria) TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer DURATION 85' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Großes Festspielhaus MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven, Pierre Boulez, Anton Bruckner CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim ORCHESTRA Wiener Philharmoniker (Austria) CHOIR Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (Austria) SOLOIST Dorothea Röschmann, Elina Garanca, Klaus Florian Vogt, René Pape SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

In their opera »Rusalka«, which premiered in 1901, Antonin Dvorˇák and his librettist Jaroslav Kvapil mixed the Slavic myth of an undead vengeful woman from the water with such storybook characters as Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s Undine and Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid. These fascinating musical worlds with their lyrical and highly dramatic moments came together to make »Rusalka« one of the most successful Czech operas ever written.

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus, the 2010 Salzburg Festival put together a truly one-of-a-kind program for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s traditional opening concert. Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the concert opens with Beethoven’s »Piano Concerto No. 4«, whose solo part is also played by the conductor. This is followed by the scintillating »Notations« by Pierre Boulez, who celebrated his 85th birthday in 2010. Concluding the concert is Anton Bruckner’s mighty »Te Deum« featuring soloists Dorothea Röschmann, Elı-na Garancˇa, Klaus Florian Vogt and René Pape. © Klavier-Festival Ruhr/Mark Wohrab

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin stimulated a new appreciation of the Polish composer’s works. One of the truly great homages paid to Chopin was the concert presented on this recording and featuring the two Chopin piano concertos performed by Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin under Andris Nelsons at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen. »Storms of applause for a dream couple: Daniel Barenboim and Andris Nelsons won over the audience ... with their rousing Chopin interpretations«, raved the press.

SIGISMONDO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Rossini Opera Festival (Italy) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) PRODUCER Metisfilm Classica TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 164' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Rossini Opera Festival MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Gioacchino Rossini CONDUCTOR Michele Mariotti ORCHESTRA Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy) CHOIR Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy) SOLOIST Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa STAGE DIRECTOR Damiano Michieletto SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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THE PASSENGER

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), ORF (Austria) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) PRODUCER Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt ASSOCIATED PRODUCER Bregenz Festival TV DIRECTOR Felix Breisach DURATION 161' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Bregenzer Festspiele MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Mieczysław Weinberg CONDUCTOR Teodor Currentzis ORCHESTRA Wiener Symphoniker (Austria) CHOIR Prague Philharmonic Choir (Czech Republic) SOLOIST Michelle Breedt, Roberto Saccà, Elena Kelessidi STAGE DIRECTOR David Pountney SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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Filled with beautiful, original music, Rossini’s rarely performed »Sigismondo« was resurrected at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The press called the production a »perfect symbiosis of music and stage work« (Quotidiano Nazionale). Director Damiano Michieletto sets the first act in a realistic »insane asylum« of past times; the second takes place in an elegant palace. Mezzo Daniela Barcellona portrays the mad King Sigismondo with fierce intensity and flowing coloraturas; also outstanding are Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa and Andrea Concetti. Leading the orchestra with supreme musicality is Michele Mariotti, principal conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and acclaimed maestro at La Scala, the Met and other leading houses.

THE CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTOS

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, Live recording STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Initiativkreis Ruhr (Germany), Klavier-Festival Ruhr (Germany) PRODUCER Paul Smaczny TV DIRECTOR Enrique Sánchez Lansch DURATION 110' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Essen Philharmonie MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin, Joseph Haydn CONDUCTOR Andris Nelsons ORCHESTRA Staatskapelle Berlin (Germany) SOLOIST Daniel Barenboim SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish-Russian composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s »The Passenger« in 2010. Written in 1967-68, the opera relates the chance meeting of a former concentration camp guard and one of her former inmates on an ocean liner years after the war. Bringing the work to vibrant life are the Wiener Symphoniker under Teodor Currentzis; topping the cast are Michelle Breedt and Elena Kelessidi. The work is well served by David Pountney’s stage direction and Johan Engels' two-level set, with the ocean liner above and the concentration camp below.

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UNITEL GMBH & CO. KG – VRT VLAAMSE RADIO EN TELEVISIE Puccini’s »verismo« masterpiece demands a trio of vocal soloists of stellar quality. This Munich Festival production of »Tosca« meets all expectations. The great Finnish soprano Karita Mattila infuses her Tosca with passion and controlled intensity. As her lover Cavaradossi, Jonas Kaufmann once again confirms his status as one of the leading tenors of our time, and Juha Uusitalo’s evil Scarpia brims with dark menace.

THE TROJANS

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS in progress UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Palau de les Arts »Reina Sofía« (Spain) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY CLASSICA (Germany) PRODUCER Metisfilm Classica TV DIRECTOR Tiziano Mancini DURATION 251' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Palau de les Arts »Reina Sofía«, Valencia MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Hector Berlioz CONDUCTOR Valery Gergiev ORCHESTRA Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) CHOIR Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) SOLOIST Lance Ryan, Gabriele Viviani, Giorgio Giuseppini, Stephen Milling STAGE DIRECTOR Carlus Padrissa/La Fura dels Baus SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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VRT Vlaamse Radio en Televisie ALAIN PLATEL. WHO WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS in progress VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) PRODUCER Lea Van Egdom TV DIRECTOR Guido De Bruyn CAMERA Jo Vemaercke EDITOR Greet Pluymers DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Ghent COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach, Fabrizio Cassol DANCE STYLE Contemporary dance DANCE COMPANY Les Ballets C de la B (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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Hector Berlioz’ grand opera »Les Troyens« is given an appropriately grand treatment in this production by the renowned Catalan theater group La Fura dels Baus under Carlus Padrissa, recorded at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts. In the first part, Padrissa plays with the present-day meaning of »Trojans« as computer viruses; in the second, he takes us to a future civilisation headed towards self-destruction. The production is a triumph for Valery Gergiev, who conducts »with impressive energy« (FAZ), and for the grandiose, world-famous lead singers Daniela Barcellona, Elisabete Matos and Stephen Gould.

Alain Platel might introduce himself as a choreographer but he prefers to be called director. He tours the world with the performances he makes for his dance/theatre company Les ballets C de la B, based in Ghent. Platel – trained as a remedial educationalist – searches for the movement of the soul. Hence vulnerability precedes virtuosity.

TOSCA

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY BR/ARTE (Germany), CLASSICA (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Bayerische Staatsoper (Germany) PRODUCER Gemini Quint TV DIRECTOR Michael Beyer DURATION 126' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Bayerische Staatsoper MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Giacomo Puccini CONDUCTOR Fabio Luisi ORCHESTRA Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Germany) CHOIR Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Germany) SOLOIST Karita Mattila, Jonas Kaufmann, Juha Uusitalo STAGE DIRECTOR Luc Bondy SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Dolby surround 5.1 TV, THEATRICAL, HOMEVIDEO, DVD, MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION C Major Entertainment GmbH (Germany) GENRE

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BARTHOLD KUIJKEN. CONFESSIONS OF AN AUTODIDACT

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) PRODUCER Els T’Seyen TV DIRECTOR Marianne Soetewey CAMERA Jo Vermaercke DURATION 52' 49" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Brussels, The Hague, De Panne MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Fantasia in d Minor COMPOSER Georg Philipp Telemann SOLOIST Barthold Kuijken MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Sonata in D Major, HWV 378 COMPOSER George Frideric Handel SOLOIST Barthold Kuijken, Ewald Demeyere MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Pariser Quartet COMPOSER Georg Philipp Telemann SOLOIST Barthold Kuijken, Ryo Terakado, Wieland Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Brandenburg Concert No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach CONDUCTOR Sigiswald Kuijken ORCHESTRA La Petite Bande (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

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Saintes and Tuscany. In addition to a continuing evolution in their musical thinking, a true passion for music lies at the heart of their working process. This musical portrait contains interviews with both Philippe Herreweghe and members of the choir, as well as revealing testimonies of his collaborating musicians.

EL BACHA PLAYS CHOPIN

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Relay of: Instrumental recital, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) PRODUCER Hugo Sledsens TV DIRECTOR Jo Frère LIGHT DESIGN Johan De Vogelaere DURATION 36' 16" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Brussels, Residence Palace, 26.03.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE 4 Ballads COMPOSER Frédéric Chopin SOLOIST Abdel Rahman El Bacha SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

This programme is a portrait of Barthold Kuijken, commonly regarded as the foremost baroque flute specialist worldwide despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that he is a confessed autodidact. He often shares the stage with Gustav Leonhardt and his brothers Wieland (cellist) and Sigiswald Kuijken (violin player and conductor). He is also a well-known flute teacher at the music conservatories of Brussels and The Hague. Extensive research work does not prevent him from standing by his down-to-earth approach, as opposed to boasting of unfounded or pedantic knowledge about precise historic musical sound quality. In his view, the means used are more important than the attained goal.

COLLEGIUM VOCALE GHENT: 40 YEARS OF PASSION

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Documentary: Portrait, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY RTBF (Belgium), NTR (The Netherlands), Collegium Vocale Ghent (Belgium) PRODUCER Els T'Seyen TV DIRECTOR Pierre Barré EDITOR Thierry Loreau DURATION 51' 53" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Ghent, Saintes, Tuscany, Antwerp, Brussels MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE St. Matthew Passion COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach CONDUCTOR Philippe Herreweghe ORCHESTRA, CHOIR Collegium Vocale Ghent (Belgium) MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Missa Solemnis COMPOSER Ludwig van Beethoven CONDUCTOR Philippe Herreweghe ORCHESTRA Orchestre des Champs-Elysées (France) CHOIR Collegium Vocale Ghent (Belgium) MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Vespers for the Blessed Virgin COMPOSER Claudio Monteverdi CONDUCTOR Philippe Herreweghe ORCHESTRA Concerto Palatino (Belgium) CHOIR Collegium Vocale Ghent (Belgium) MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Magnificat COMPOSER Johann Sebastian Bach CONDUCTOR Philippe Herreweghe ORCHESTRA, CHOIR Collegium Vocale Ghent (Belgium) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

Pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha, who in 1978 won the Queen Elisabeth piano contest as a 19 year old musician, has achieved a reputation as one of the world’s finest Chopin performers. This TV production contains his unique performance of Chopin’s widely appreciated »Four Ballads« that are among the most formidable in their genre.

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IL GIARDINO ARMONICO PLAYS VIVALDI

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Els T'Seyen TV DIRECTOR Johan Cloetens DURATION 32' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Bruges, Concertgebouw, 06.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Early music PIECE Concerto »La Tempesta di mare« for flute, str. and b.c., RV433 COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi CONDUCTOR Giovanni Antonini ORCHESTRA Il Giardino Armonico (Italy) SOLOIST Giovanni Antonini PIECE Concerto in D Major »Grosso Mogul« for violin, strings and b.c., RV208 COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi SOLOIST Enrico Onofri PIECE Concerto for lute, strings and b.c. COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi PIECE Concerto in b Minor for 4 violins, strings and b.c., RV580 COMPOSER Antonio Vivaldi SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo ADDITIONAL INFORMATION To be recorded. Probably 2x ca. 32' GENRE

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Collegium Vocale Ghent celebrate their fortieth anniversary. Philippe Herreweghe’s choir, which attained international fame with outstanding Bach performances, was pivotal in the revival process of ancient music. Besides archival highlights from the past forty years, we will witness Collegium Vocale Ghent during rehearsals in Ghent, as well as at the festivals of

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VRT VLAAMSE RADIO EN TELEVISIE – ZDF Twenty-five years ago, the Italian ensemble Il Giardino Armonico conquered the baroque world with vibrant freshness. In this programme, Giovanni Antonini and his ensemble dazzle in their undisputed top-of-the-bill status, performing concerti by Vivaldi for violin, flute and various charming combinations. This live recording was captured at the Concertgebouw in Bruges.

SCHUMANN CHAMBER MUSIC

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Relay of: Chamber music, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) PRODUCER Hugo Sledsens TV DIRECTOR Jo Frère LIGHT DESIGN Johan De Vogelaere DURATION 38' 23" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Brussels, Residence Palace, 26.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Sonata in a Minor op. 105 for violin and piano COMPOSER Robert Schumann SOLOIST Albrecht Breuninger, Piet Kuijken MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Adagio and Allegro op. 70 for French horn and piano COMPOSER Robert Schumann SOLOIST Luc Bergé, Piet Kuijken MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Fantasiestücke op. 73 for clarinet and piano SOLOIST Benjamin Dieltjens, Piet Kuijken SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

In Mahler’s commemorative years 2010 and 2011, the Symphonic Orchestra of La Monnaie and soloists Dietrich Henschel and Tom Randle, conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, perform Mahler’s impressive »Lied von der Erde«. Recorded live at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.

ZDF ANNA NETREBKO – STABAT MATER

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GENRE Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) PRODUCER Jörg Hitzemann TV DIRECTOR Elisabeth Malzer DURATION 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Frauenkirche Dresden, 27.11.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Bertrand De Billy ORCHESTRA Staatskapelle Dresden (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DV/Stereo

Belgian pianist Piet Kuijken performs with his musical friends three of Schumann’s chamber music pieces. Piet Kuijken plays a pianoforte by Johann Baptist Streicher dating from Schumann’s time. Recorded in the foyer of the Brussels Résidence Palace.

SONG OF THE EARTH

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Relay of: Orchestral/choral concert, Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY VRT (Canvas) (Belgium) PRODUCER Hugo Sledsens TV DIRECTOR Johan Cloetens LIGHT DESIGN Johan De Vogelaere DURATION 78' 18" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 18.02.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music PIECE Das Lied von der Erde COMPOSER Gustav Mahler CONDUCTOR Hartmut Haenchen ORCHESTRA Symphonic Orchestra of La Monnaie/De Munt (Belgium) SOLOIST Dietrich Henschel, Tom Randle SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

One of the most beautiful religious pieces of the Baroque era is the »Stabat Mater«, a legendary work by Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi written presumably just before his early death at the age of twenty-six. This extraordinary music carries a sound more like opera than gospel. Anna Netrebko is the soprano soloist making her performance debut at Dresden’s Frauenkirche, reopened only five years ago. Beside her is Italian mezzosoprano Marianna Pizzolato. They are accompanied by the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Bertrand de Billy.

ECHO DER STARS

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GENRE Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Germany) PRODUCER Tobias Feilen, Martin Schneider TV DIRECTOR Utz Weber CAMERA Volker Schmidt DURATION 113' 23" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Philharmonie Essen, Germany, 17.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Andrey Boreyko ORCHESTRA Essener Philharmoniker (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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To perform Beethoven’s »All Nine« amounts to a master stroke for every conductor. Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic achieved them at the Vienna Musikverein in 2010. Their recording prompted ZDF to produce a feature film about the importance and impact of the 9th Symphony. Comparing different recordings by great conductors, Christian Thielemann and music critic Joachim Kaiser closely examine the history of its performances. The »Ninth« marks a zenith in symphonic development and is, worldwide, one of the most popular pieces in classical music in part due to its vocal final movement »The Ode to Joy«.

The ECHO Klassik has been established as one of the most important awards in the world of classical music. In 2010 the fabulous award show was broadcast on ZDF for the 15th time. Germany’s most popular presenter, Thomas Gottschalk, featured award winning stars like Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Lang Lang, Kurt Masur and David Garrett. With an audience of nearly two and a half million »Echo der Stars« proved once more to be the best rated classical music program on German TV.

NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FROM THE SEMPEROPER

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GENRE Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) PRODUCER Tobias Feilen TV DIRECTOR Utz Weber CAMERA Volker Schmidt DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Dresden, Semperoper, 31.12.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music CONDUCTOR Christian Thielemann ORCHESTRA Staatskapelle Dresden (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

ROLANDO VILLAZÓN: MY MEXICO – A MUSICAL ROAD MOVIE

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Documentary: Music, on location STATUS completed ZDF (Germany) PRODUCER Jörg Hitzemann TV DIRECTOR Peter Schönhofer DURATION 61' 57" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Mexico MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) GENRE

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For more than three decades the New Year’s Eve Concert on ZDF has remained one of the annual classical music highlights on TV. In 2010 this event has been completely redesigned and was for the first time produced in the Dresden Semperoper. The Sächsische Staatskapelle performed under the baton of its future music director Christian Thielemann. For this premiere he chose one of his personal favourites, Lehár’s »Merry Widow«, and featured top star soloists like Renée Fleming. Dancing in the magnificent foyers and vestibules the Dresden Semperoper Ballet added to a splendidly merry evening.

The popular tenor Rolando Villazón visits his native country on the occasion of Mexico celebrating two hundred years of independence from Spain. Villazón sets out for his country to meet friends and musicians and perform concerts with traditional Mexican songs. The character of this music film is a road movie; Rolando Villazón, a both vivacious and passionate guide, drives with his glaring red pickup truck through the capital Mexico City, the colonial centre Guanajuato and the legendary Acapulco. Like a multicoloured kaleidoscope the film portrays the versatility of this exceptional artist. Thus, Villazón’s journey through Mexico eventually becomes a journey of self-discovery.

IN BEETHOVEN’S WORKSHOP – THE NINTH, THIELEMANN AND THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC

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Documentary: Music STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) PRODUCER Anca-Monica Pandelea EDITOR Christoph Engel DURATION 44' 17" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

SUMMER NIGHT’S MUSIC WITH DAVID GARRETT

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GENRE Live recording STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY DEAG Classics (Germany) PRODUCER Tobias Feilen, Timo Rieth TV DIRECTOR Frank Hof CAMERA Axel Leist DURATION 58' 11" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Berlin, Wuhlheide, 08.06.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music ORCHESTRA Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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ZDF presents the highlights of their »Summer Night’s Music«, an open air concert much acclaimed and celebrated by an audience of 15,000. With his mix of classical music, pop and cinema soundtrack hits David Garrett, the rock star among virtuoso violinists, enthuses a »classical« audience as well as the MTV-generation. Accompanied by a symphonic orchestra and his band he performed rock classics like Metallica’s »Nothing Else Matters«, pompous arrangements of soundtracks like »Pirates of the Caribbean« and all time classics like Antonio Vivaldi’s »Four Seasons«. A perfect staging with spectacular light and pyrotechnical effects made the evening an unforgettable experience.

At the centre of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta »La Périchole«, set in the 18th century, stands the impoverished population of Peru. The Peruvians manage to fool the king by pretending to be happy and content. When, however, the street singer Périchole appears and moans about the evidently bad situation, the flimsy facade begins to crumble. The king, charmed by so much honesty, decides to conquer »Périchole« ... Nicolas Stemann, celebrated stage director, gives his music theatre debut with this satire. Known for his sophisticated interpretations, Stemann shows Jacques Offenbach to be a master of political entertainment.

VICTIMS AND SEDUCERS – THE CASTRATOS' FATE

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TAXI DANCER

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They were admired and adored; they were as famous as today’s football or pop stars. Their virtuoso voices used to send audiences all over Europe into raptures. They represent a glittering yet cruel chapter in the history of music, for in Italy thousands of boys were castrated per annum in the name of music. The protagonists of this featured documentary are Farinelli, the most glamorous of all castratos, and mezzosoprano Cecilia Bartoli. She rediscovered many of the demanding castrato arias that had fallen into oblivion. In the programme she lends her voice to Farinelli and in doing so, guides us from the present to the past, from documentary to an imagined scene.

Eduardo Amarillo’s passion has become his profession: he is a »tango taxi dancer« and you can rent him as a dancing partner for an evening of tango dancing. In Argentina’s vibrant capital Buenos Aires he offers a special service: Eduardo and his staff of dancers accompany their clients to the »milongas«, the Argentinian dance halls. Eduardo’s service is in high demand, not only by female tourists from all over the world but also by beginners and older ladies. However, gentlemen who hope to grasp a deeper understanding of the rituals of tango dancing also call on Eduardo for advice.

ZDF/3sat JACQUES OFFENBACH: LA PÉRICHOLE

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Relay of: Opera, on location STATUS completed PRODUCTION ZDF/3sat (Germany) TV DIRECTOR Andreas Morell CAMERA Volker Schmidt EDITOR Jana Schneider DURATION 135' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED 06.06.2010 CONDUCTOR Markus Poschner ORCHESTRA Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin (Germany) STAGE DIRECTOR Nicolas Stemann SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Dolby surround 5.1 GENRE

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Even more than half a century after his death the life and work of Kurt Weill still attracts attention all over the world. His music mirrors the artistic, moral and political contradictions of his time and generation; most celebrated is his »Three Penny Opera«. Kurt Weill combines popular and classical aspects of music. During his time in America he played with different styles of music: jazz, folk and musical. Weill’s work was always associated with his wife, the »voice of his life«, Lotte Lenya. His passion for her deeply influenced his work. This documentary presents the life of the unconventional composer from Lotte Lenya’s perspective.

Frédéric Chopin is the genius of specialisation among composers. He focused on piano music in order to develop new musical forms and ideas. The American pianist Tzimon Barto on the other hand stands for variety. Barto’s repertoire embraces the piano repertoire from Bach to contemporary music, but his favourite composer remains Frédéric Chopin. He admires the rhythm and the spirit of Chopin’s music which transmits fundamental emotions of humanity. In the documentary Tzimon Barto not only reflects on the work of Frédéric Chopin but also reveals the conflicts and challenges in his own life.

ATERBALLETTO DANCES IN BADEN-BADEN

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IGOR LEVIT – MY LISZT

On the occasion of the 200 birthday of Franz Liszt the pianist Igor Levit follows in the footsteps of the great composer. In Milano, Rom and Bellaggio Levit visit the places where Liszt composed great piano pieces. The 23 year old German-Russian Igor Levit is already one of the most important pianists of our time. He is celebrated for his technical brilliance and his smooth and powerful play. In the documentary Igor Levit not only reflects the work of Franz Liszt but also reveals the challenges in his own life.

Aterballetto stands for choreographies brimming with passion. 3sat aims to capture this intensity with this recording of the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s »Le sacre du printemps«. The second choreography performed in Baden-Baden was George Frideric Handel’s »Come un respiro«. It is an intimate and breathtaking work for nine female and five male dancers – a kind of chamber ballet reduced to the essential gestures of life and love. The creator of both works is the Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti. His worldwide reputation results from his absolute commitment to the beauty of art as well as his intuition for elegant movement. In addition to the choreographies, 3sat will broadcast a portrait of the choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti.

KURT WEILL RELOADED

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ZDF/ARTE amongst school children with their songs and keep an eye out for new vocal talent. The film tells the stories of this journey through South Africa’s provinces, of the enthusiasm of young South Africans for the opera singers and of the discovery of unimagined vocal wonders.

ZDF/ARTE ARTE LOUNGE

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DIANA DAMRAU – A PORTRAIT

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Documentary: Music STATUS in progress PRODUCTION Salve TV GmbH (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF/ARTE (Germany) PRODUCER Martin Schneider TV DIRECTOR Beatrix Conrad CAMERA Maik Behres, Tobias Albrecht DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music SOLOIST Diana Damrau SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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Classic goes clubbing! »ARTE Lounge« is a monthly innovative entertainment programme that breaks down all musical barriers. Stars and newcomers of classical music and popular genres meet at a hip techno club in Berlin, where the audience can play an intimate role and reactions are fresh and unconventional. The first season is hosted by Canadian soprano singer Measha Brueggergosman, the second season by GermanFrench soul singer Oceana and from November on the audience may look forward to a world star of opera: Latvian mezzo soprano Elı-na Garancˇa.

»The divine Diana Damrau«, as the »Sunday Times« called her, is one of the most enthralling phenomena on today’s opera stages – a voice as powerful and clear as it is enchantingly lyrical, paired with the singer’s stunning artistic presence and her amazing acting abilities from drama to comedy. This portrait shows the young and charming diva in major opera productions around the world (MET, La Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Nationaltheater München) and also features a very personal highlight of Diana’s life, the birth of her son in autumn of 2010.

CAPE OF GOOD VOICES – SOUTH AFRICA HOOKED ON OPERA

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South Africa has a huge untapped well of singing talent, a fact rooted in the country’s strong choral traditions. Recognizing this opportunity the Cape Town Opera annually sends its best up-and-coming singers on the road to travel the length and breadth of South Africa. The opera stars aim to generate interest

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DISCOVERING OPERA: RIENZI, LAST OF THE TRIBUNES

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Documentary: Music STATUS completed PRODUCTION COMPANY UNITEL Gmbh & Co. KG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDF (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY ARTE (Germany), CLASSICA (Germany), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Germany) PRODUCER Thomas Hieber EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Bernhard Fleischer TV DIRECTOR Johannes Grebert CAMERA Henning Brümmer EDITOR Christopher Janssen AUTHOR Johannes Grebert DURATION 51' 16" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Richard Wagner CONDUCTOR Sebastian Lang-Lessing ORCHESTRA Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Germany) CHOIR Chor und Extrachor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Germany) SOLOIST Torsten Kerl, Camilla Nylund, Kate Aldrich STAGE DIRECTOR Philipp Stölzl SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo DISTRIBUTION TV UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) GENRE

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LET’S DANCE! A HISTORY OF DANCE AND ZIONISM IN ISRAEL

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Rienzi, quickly dismissed by its creator as a juvenile folly, may not be Richard Wagner’s most accomplished opera, but it surely is his most notorious work, since it was Adolf Hitler who confessed that only through Rienzi had he become what he was. Actually, the rise and fall of the Roman popular leader Rienzi seems to foreshadow future events in an uncanny way. Using Philipp Stölzl’s intriguing and thoughtful Berlin staging as a narrative backbone, the film imposingly portrays the challenges and difficulties of putting that dazzling piece of art on stage.

»Let’s Dance!« is a movie about the incredible success of contemporary dance in Israel. It describes how Israel became a leading country of dance despite its image as a militaristic and male-dominated nation. The movie shows how Israeli choreographers developed a unique language of dance by following leading contemporary dancers and choreographers: Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company, Rami Be'er and the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company and Yasmeen Goder and Emanuel Gat Dance. They all develop their movements in awareness of the borders of bodily expressiveness. Besides introducing the contemporary dancers the film is a retrospective on the beginning of modern dance and its connection to the foundation of the state Israel.

GIUSEPPE VERDI: RIGOLETTO

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Relay of: Opera, Live recording STATUS completed Fondazione Teatro La Fenice (Italy) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY WDR/ARTE (Germany) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Opera Italiana (Italy) EDITOR Lothar Mattner, Eva Wochner DURATION 133' 57" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED La Fenice, 02.10.2010 MUSICAL STYLE Classical music COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi CONDUCTOR Myung-Whun Chung SOLOIST Roberto Frontali, Eric Cutler, Désirée Rancatore LIBRETTO Francesco Maria Piave STAGE DIRECTOR Daniele Abbado SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

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MIKIS THEODORAKIS – COMPOSER

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»Rigoletto« is one of the greatest Italian bel canto operas of the nineteenth century. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play »Le roi s'amuse« by Victor Hugo. It’s the internal and external drama of Rigoletto, a hunchback and court jester, from villain to tragic, wretched loser. A father who tried to defend his daughter’s honour must recognize in the end that fate is cruel and it’s not the Duke he will find mortally wounded but his daughter Gilda. The opera first premiered at La Fenice on March 11, 1852.

»Mikis Theodorakis, Composer« is the first film to take the musical oeuvre of the Greek composer as its principal subject. The chronologically structured documentary gives a concentrated overview of Theodorakis’ seven decades of artistic creation, from his ecclesiastic compositions as a young man to his operas of the nineties. The artist’s extremely eventful life is depicted as having a symbiotic relationship with his compositions. The film above all lets the composer have his say, while music and images speak for themselves. avant première 2 0 11

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ZDF/ARTE – ZDF THEATERKANAL Daniel Hope is an all-rounder: violinist, author, entertainer, and host of his own concerts. In addition he is also quite a television personality. He follows his passion – his affection to music – but he doesn't adhere to social conventions; he plays concerts with classical music but doesn't fear contact with Indian music or jazz. Daniel is the host and central figure of »With Hope...«, a new music series in which he shares his affection for music with his guests in an intimate and authentic way. The subject of each episode will be adapted to the guest’s biography and interests. Daniel will perform with his guests and will have interesting conversations with them before an enthusiastic studio audience.

THE GRAND DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN

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30 YEARS LA FURA DELS BAUS – A MUSICAL JOURNEY (WORKING TITLE)

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Documentary: Other STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Ilona Grundmann Film production (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Televisión Espanola (TVE) (Spain) PRODUCER Dieter Schneider EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ilona Grundmann TV DIRECTOR Christoph Goldmann, Leif Karpe CAMERA Leif Karpe DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Spain, et al. SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

The story takes place in the imaginary duchy of Gerolstein 1720. The Grand Duchess is a charming tyrant. She has been betrothed to Prince Paul but doesn't find him to her liking. Baron Puck incites a war to amuse her. Reviewing her troops, she falls in love with Fritz, a mere soldier. The Duchess makes Fritz a corporal, rapidly promotes him to commander-in-chief, and finally sends him to conquer the enemy. He unexpectedly succeeds by the enemy drunk, and when he returns the Duchess finds herself enamored more than ever. In spite of this, she decides at last to marry Prince Paul.

The documentary depicts a fictional journey from the Catlan province to the megacities of our century. In the beginning La Fura leaves their hometown Moia for Barcelona, where the perform at the 1992 Olympics. Next stop is Duisburg, where La Fura, on their boat »Naumon«, presents the project »Global Rheingold«. The final stop is the Shanghai Universal Exposition where they perform »Windows of the City«. The film shows exclusive footage from the La Fura archive and tells the amazing story of a Catalan street theatre group becoming the most important performance company of our time.

ZDFtheaterkanal WITH HOPE … (WORKING TITLE)

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Studio production STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Signed Media (Germany) PRODUCER Dieter Schneider, Jean-Alexander Ntivyhabwa TV DIRECTOR Nadja Zonsarowa CAMERA Mirko Hannemann, Micky Metzdorf, Oliver Steiner, Michael Badzinski LIGHT DESIGN Jerry Appelt DURATION 45' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Hamburg, Germany, 18.10.2010 SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo GENRE

ANNETTE’S DASCHSALON

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ZDFtheaterkanal (Germany) Radialsystem V (Germany) PRODUCER Dieter Schneider EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Folkert Uhde TV DIRECTOR Stefan Hossfeld DURATION 60' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Radialsystem V, Berlin, Germany SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo STATUS

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»Annettes DaschSalon« is a cult event in Berlin. Soprano Annette Dasch regulary invites friends, singers and young performers to her lounge dedicated to classical and modern »lied« singing. This programme combines the highlights of the show with documentary backstage pictures, interviews and short films. It is a diverting blend of great singing, presentation and laidback conversations.

With funky beats, flying bodies and breathtaking choreographies, the international finale of »Battle of the Year« is a superlative event! In front of a jury the best hip hop dancers from all over the world duel until the winners and as such the unofficial world champions of B-girls and B-boys are chosen. It began twenty years ago in Northern Germany with an idea, and in the last few years BOTY has increasingly found national offshoots worldwide. Only the 30 best dancers of each discipline make it to the finale, that takes place before a handpicked jury and more than ten thousand dance enthusiasts from every corner of the globe.

APPLAUSE – THE SECRET OF CLAPPING HANDS

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Documentary: Other STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Koppfilm Productions (Germany) PRODUCER Wolfgang Bergmann, Niklas Bäumer TV DIRECTOR Christian Ehrhardt AUTHOR Christian Ehrhardt DURATION 52' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED all over the world SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

GHOSTS (WORKING TITLE)

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PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal (Germany) Tonhalle Düsseldorf (Germany) PRODUCER Dieter Schneider, Michael Becker, Wieland Schulz-Keil TV DIRECTOR Niko von Glasow CAMERA Kevin Merz AUTHOR Irene Dische DURATION 0' 01" PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Düsseldorf, Germany SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo STATUS

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Applause is a social gesture that has evolved over thousands of years; applause is a language of the hands. It can be a reward, and can chastise as well. It can be spontaneous, controlled or even ordered. In a positive context it is an empathetic shared experience with the potential to inspire tearful emotion or triumphant exaltation. The documentary »Applause« attempts to uncover the mysteries and roots of this universal behaviour, from archaic tribal dances to the modern entertainment business. Ethnologists, emotion researchers, behaviourists and psychologists have their say, as do many famous artists and other protagonists that live for applause.

BATTLE OF THE YEAR 2011 (WORKING TITLE)

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STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Signed Media Produktion (Germany) PRODUCER Dieter Schneider, Jean-Alexander Ntivyhabwa DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Montpellier SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO DigiBeta/Stereo

»Ghost variations« is the final work of Robert Schumann. When he completes his work he rises from his desk and jumps into the River Rhine. He is rescued and sent to a mental hospital, where unlike real life he does not die. Instead he never misses an important concert and as such attends the performance of »Ghost variations« by Christoph Eschenbach and Tzimon Barto two days before of his birthday at the Düsseldorf Tonhalle. Schumann (played by Robert Hunger-Bühler) arrives with his servant Volker (Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey). »Play for me!« he pleads, »Please. If you play, I’m here!« The film combines the concert recording with the production of the fictional plot.

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PINA – A FILM BY WIM WENDERS

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STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Neue Road Movies (Germany) ASS. PRODUCTION COMPANY Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (Germany) PRODUCER Wolfgang Bergmann, Dieter Schneider, Gian-Piero Ringel EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jeremy Thomas TV DIRECTOR Wim Wenders DURATION 110' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Germany CHOREOGRAPHY BY Pina Bausch DANCE COMPANY Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (Germany) SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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What would football club FC St. Pauli in Hamburg be without port route and punk? The boldness of FC St. Pauli has always been expressed in music. We'll have a chat with musicians, such as Thees Uhlmann, who wrote one of the most rousing football songs for the club. We'll talk with Dirk »Dicken« Jora, the lead singer of Slime and with Doc Mabuse, a punk of the first order who brought a skull into the Millerngate. Furthermore we'll ask Holger Stanislawski how he felt when he walked onto the field with the chimes of »Hell’s Bells« for the first time. Lastly, we will meet Benny Adrion, whose »Viva con aqua« project stands for the social awareness found in FC St. Pauli today.

MUSIC GOES GREEN – KLIMAKONZERT

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At the time of her death Pina Bausch was in the process preparing a film project with world-renowned filmmaker Wim Wenders: the first dance feature film to be shot in 3D. »Pina« is a 3D film which combines the highlights of four famous dance pieces created by Pina Bausch and the dancers of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: »Café Müller«, »Kontakthof«, »Vollmond« and »Sacre du Printemps« with new scenes shot of daily life in Wuppertal. After Pina’s death the dancers, her family, the employees and Wim Wenders decided to go ahead with the film as an homage to one of the most important artists of our time.

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Documentary: Other STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Perfect Shots Films GmbH (Germany) PRODUCER Wolfgang Bergmann, Michael Bogár TV DIRECTOR Sibylle Dahrendorf CAMERA Phil Tornau, Christoph Krauss EDITOR Oliver Karsitz AUTHOR Sibylle Dahrendorf PRODUCTION YEAR 2011 RECORDED Burkina Faso, Hamburg, Berlin, u.a. SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo GENRE

»Music Goes Green« is an audio-visual adventure. In a liaison of science and culture, this film combines spectacular nature shots, primarily of the underwater world, with classical music peformed by a youth orchestra. The film shows concert highligts from the Old Bourse in Hamburg as well as short talks between the organiser of »Music Goes Green«, the conductor and a climate scientist on the research ship »Aldebaran« who provides background information about the project »Music Goes Green«. The principal focus of the film is on the impressive underwater cinematography accompanied by the music of Crum, Schulhoff and Mahler. 114 avant première 2011

»An Opera Village in Africa« is a film about the realisation of a dream of a lifetime in the face of death. Christoph Schlingensief, German director of film, theatre and opera wanted to construct an opera village in Burkina Faso. Working closely with him was architect Francis Kéré. Schlingensief, though suffering from cancer, traveled to Burkina Faso several times to develop contacts and to scout a location for his opera village. The foundation stone was laid and in February of 2010 the construction began. On 21 August Christoph Schlingensief died and left a heavy legacy: his dream of a lifetime.

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THE INDIAN OF THE GROUP (WORKING TITLE)

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Documentary: Other STATUS in progress PRODUCTION COMPANY ZDFtheaterkanal/Böller und Brot (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Indi Film (Germany) PRODUCER Bettina Klingenberg TV DIRECTOR Sigrun Köhler, Wiltrud Baier CAMERA Sigrun Köhler, Wiltrud Baier EDITOR Sigrun Köhler, Wiltrud Baier AUTHOR Sigrun Köhler, Wiltrud Baier DURATION 90' PRODUCTION YEAR 2010 RECORDED Höpfing (Bavaria), El Paso (Texas), London, Geneve et al. SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIO HD/Stereo

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For information about the titles • Anima Eterna: Monteverdi • Anima Eterna: 5th Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven. • John Barry: lifetime achievement award. • Pieter Wispelweij: Cello Suites. • Arno: live in Ostend. • Benjamin-Joseph Steens: Chateau de Freyer. • Walter Boeykens: biography. • Yves Brouqui quartet: The best of Jazz. please contact Steven Maes (steven@eprclassic.eu)

»Hi, boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black and I'm the Indian of the group!« were the famous words of the drummer of »The Mothers of Invention«, whose lead singer was Frank Zappa. J.C. Black now lives in a small village in Bavaria. He knows little German and must still go on the road to play the same old Zappa songs of which he has grown exceedingly tired. »The grandpa on the drums« in his little rented flat seems to dispel the myth of a »Rockstar« incarnate with a dose of reality. The film is an international »Heimatfilm« about fame and fortune, about music and about the rhythm of life and death.

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IMZ INFORMATION IN DETAIL IMZ PROFILE The IMZ, based in Vienna, is the global association for all those involved in any aspect of audio-visual music and dance. Its 170+ members include broadcasters; performing arts companies and venues; programme producers and distributors; record and DVD labels; cinema and new media specialists: all the participants in the creation and dissemination of music in the media. The largest are international brands like the BBC, Metropolitan Opera New York, and Universal Music; the smallest are individual composers, choreographers, musicians or directors. Since it was founded in 1961 under the aegis of UNESCO the IMZ has dedicated itself to the worldwide development and promotion through audio-visual media of all forms of classical, jazz, world and contemporary music, as well as classical and contemporary dance. It‘s the one-stop shop for anyone in any position in the value chain from music and dance creation to the buying public. For an opera house it provides an instant media policy along with every element needed to carry it out. For a broadcaster, it‘s every stage of the supply chain. For producers and distributors, it‘s their entire global market. For everyone, it‘s a valuable network, a forum for discussion, a showcase for productions, a lobbying group, a database, and an information exchange. The IMZ makes a real contribution to the businesses of its members. As an IMZ member you will benefit from • Programme presentation and screenings at • Avant Première at MIDEM, the major annual venue to meet with other members and find co-production partners • Music Film Festival in front of the Vienna City Hall where mainly members’ opera productions can be seen by more than 640.000 visitors yearly. • World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX, International Music and Dance Film Festivals and competitions such as dancescreen • A global networking platform including broadcasters, producers, distributors, record companies, opera houses and international tv and film festivals • IMZ directory with detailed contact information to the key players of the industry • Monthly newsletter offering the latest members‘ news, serving as an exchange platform • A platform for co-operation and co-production partners as well as market place for programme acquisition • Professional exchange within workshops, seminars and round tables about business relevant topics • IMZ film database and media archive with more than 33.000 music and dance programmes • Lobbying and initiatives • Annual catalogues, with detailed information on the latest and finest audio-visual productions in the field of music and dance

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IMZ BOARD 2007 – 2010 PRESIDENT

Chris HUNT Classical TV Ltd., UK VICE PRESIDENTS

Thomas BECK Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland Henk VAN DER MEULEN Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, The Netherlands Hazel WRIGHT Hazel Wright Media Ltd., UK

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE Full Membership EUR 2,750 applies to TV stations, independent production and distribution companies, publishers, opera houses, record companies, etc. Affiliate Membership EUR 1,375 applies to smaller production companies whose annual output in music or dance does not exceed two productions

TREASURER

Bernd HELLTHALER EuroArts GmbH, Germany MEMBERS

Toshio ASAOKA NEP – NHK Enterprises Inc., Japan Nicolas AUBOYNEAU France Télévisions, France Gabrielle BABIN GUGENHEIM ARTE France, France Aarno CRONVALL Arcron Productions, Finland François DUPLAT Bel Air Media, France Arild ERIKSTAD NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corp., Norway Urban FRYE, KlangWelt Toggenburg, Switzerland Gunilla JENSEN PEYRON SVT Sveriges Television AB, Sweden ˇ Marie KU CEROVA Ceska Televize – Czech Television, Czech Republic Reiner MORITZ Poorhouse International Ltd., UK Anca-Monica PANDELEA ZDF, Germany Ben PATEMAN The Decca Music Group, UK Costa PILAVACHI Van Walsum Management, UK Dino PIRETTI RAI Trade, Italy Katja RATHS Clasart Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Germany Peter ROSEN Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., USA Margaret SMILOW THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG, USA Martin TRAXL ORF, Austria Larry WEINSTEIN Rhombus Media Inc., Canada HONORARY MEMBERS

Laurie ANDERSON, Daniel BARENBOIM, Pierre BOULEZ, Alfred BRENDEL, Adrienne CLARKSON, Mats EK, Bill T. JONES, Jonas KAUFMANN, Anne Teresa DE KEERSMAEKER, Lang LANG, Neil SHICOFF, Anne-Sofie VON OTTER

Associate Membership EUR 690 applies to cultural, educational and scientific institutions, etc. Individual Member EUR 275 applies to individuals

SCHEDULE OF IMZ EVENTS AVANT PREMIÈRE and MIDEM CLASSIQUE & JAZZ PANEL at Midem Cannes, January 22 – 25, 2011 Watch more than 400 brand-new music, arts and dance programmes, meet the most important TV programme buyers, producers and distributors, and discuss the burning topics of the industry! OPEN AIR FILM FESTIVAL Vienna, July, August and September 2011 Screenings of operas, classical, world music and jazz concerts as well as classical and contemporary dance OPEN AIR MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL Bucharest, summer 2011 (tbc) Yekaterinburg, summer 2011 (tbc) Tokyo, summer 2011 (tbc) IMZ Workshops and Golden Prague Premières at ITF Golden Prague Prague, October 15 – 19, 2011 IMZ at WOMEX 2011 Copenhagen, October 26 - 30, 2011 World music film screenings dance screen on tour Non-commercial distribution and screenings of dance screen winners and nominees!

IMZ TEAM

Secretary General Franz Patay (patay@imz.at) Executive Director Ruth Pfletschinger (r.pfletschinger@imz.at) Project Co-ordinator Katharina Jeschke (k.jeschke@imz.at) Project Co-ordinator Tatiana Petkova (k.petkova@imz.at) Project Assistant Konstantin Petrowsky (k.petrowsky@imz.at) Office Management Birgit Baresch (office@imz.at)

World Music Films on Tour Non-commercial distribution and screenings of world music films! Join our initiative and let the world’s musics be your guest! For detailed information please check the IMZ websites www.imz.at www.avantpremiere.at www.dancescreen.com www.worldmusicfilms.com www.facebook.com/IMZMedia Come and join us at the next IMZ events! avant première 2 0 11

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IMZ MEMBER ORGANISATIONS AUSTRALIA

GERMANY

SBS Special Broadcasting Service

3sat/ZDFtheaterkanal, Mainz ACCENTUS Music UG, Leipzig ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH, Baden-Baden Arthaus Musik GmbH, Halle (Saale) Berlin Phil Media GmbH, Berlin C Major Entertainment GmbH, Berlin Clasart Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH/ Tele München Gruppe, Munich Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln, Cologne Deutsches Tanzfilminstitut Bremen, Bremen EuroArts Music International GmbH, Berlin Finkernagel & Lück Medienproduktion, Berlin Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Hamburg LOFT music, Gauting moving-angel GmbH, Stuttgart Pars Media, Berlin Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz sounding images GmbH, Berlin United Motion Video- & Filmproduktions KG, Berlin UNITEL GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching WDR – Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne Wunderlich Medien Film-, TV- und Musikproduktion GbR, Munich ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Mainz-Lerchenberg ZOOM Production GmbH, Munich

AUSTRIA Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images, Salzburg C.E.M.A. Central European Music Agency, Salzburg Die Wiener Taschenoper, Vienna Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut, Salzburg Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt GmbH, Vienna Haydn Festival Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt ImPulsTanz, Vienna Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg Lotus Records, Oberndorf ORF, Vienna Preiser Records, Vienna ServusTV Fernsehgesellschaft m.b.H., Wals-Himmelreich Tanzquartier Wien GmbH, Vienna Universal Edition AG, Vienna Wien Modern, Vienna

BELGIUM BMC-Group, Schelle Evil Penguin Production Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels RTBF – Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté française de Belgique, Brussels Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels VRT Vlaamse Radio en Televisie, Brussels

CANADA MODemay Entertainment Inc., Montréal Rhombus International Ltd., Toronto Rhombus Media Inc., Toronto

GHANA Aloha Africa, Accra

INDIA EarthSync, Chennai

CROATIA HRT Croatian Television, Zagreb

ITALY

ESTONIA

Dynamic SRL, Genova I.R.T.E.M., Rome Pan Dream, Rome RAI Trade, Rome Riccione TTV Festival Performing Arts on Screen, Riccione

Eesti Rahvusringhääling – Estonian Public Broadcasting/ERR, Tallinn

JAPAN

CZECH REPUBLIC Ceská Televize, Czech Television, Prague

FINLAND Arcron Productions Oy, Helsinki Kroma Productions Ltd., Marikki Hakola, Porvoo YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yleisradio

FRANCE Agat Films et Cie / Ex Nihilo, Paris ARTE France, Issy-les-Moulineaux ARTE Strasbourg, Strasbourg Auditorium du Louvre, Paris Bel Air Media, Paris Camera Lucida Productions, Paris CLC Productions, Lyon Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, Paris Europe Images International, Boulogne Billancourt France Télévisions, Paris François Roussillon et Associés, Paris Idéale Audience, Paris Les films figures libres, Toulouse LGM, Paris Oleo Films, Vitry sur Seine Opéra National de Paris, Paris Sombrero & Co, Paris Telmondis, Boulogne-Billancourt Vidéothèque d’Art Lyrique et de Danse – Cité du Livre, Aix-en-Provence 118 avant première 2011

NHK Enterprises Inc. (NEP), Tokyo NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Tokyo Theater Television Co. Ltd., Tokyo

THE NETHERLANDS AVRO Broadcasting Association, Hilversum IdtV Docs BV, Amsterdam MonteVerdi Media BV, Amsterdam NPS Nederlandse Programma Stichting, Hilversum Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, The Hague

NORWAY NordicStories AS, Oslo NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Oslo

POLAND Music Gardens Festival, Warsaw Telewizja Polska S.A., Warsaw

RUSSIA RTR Kultura TV Channel, Moscow RTR Russian State TV & Radio Broadcasting Company, Moscow

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IMZ INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS SLOVENIA

AUSTRIA

RTV Slovenija, Ljubljana

Teatro Real, Madrid

Axelle Gall, Vienna C.E.M.A. Central European Music Agency, Lubica Matasova, Salzburg sono artists consulting, Samantha Farber, Vienna

SWEDEN

CZECH REPUBLIC

Sveriges Television, SVT, Stockholm

BVA International Ltd., Prague C.E.M.A. Central European Music Agency, David Dittrich, Brno Music on Film, o.s. – MOFFOM, John Caulkins, Prague

SPAIN

SWITZERLAND 21st Century Orchestra, Lucerne Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), Bern KlangWelt Toggenburg, Unterwasser Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich RSI – Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, Lugano SF Schweizer Fernsehen, Zurich Session Basel AG, Basel Syquali Multimedia AG, Zurich tv productioncenter zürich ag, Zurich

UNITED KINGDOM Allegro Films Guildford, Surrey Artial Productions, London Arts Council England, London BBC Cymru Wales, Cardiff, Wales BBC Music Magazine, Bristol BBC Rights & Business Affairs, London BBC Television, London Classical TV Limited, Bristol Decca Music Group Limited, London Electric Sky, Brighton EMI Classics, London Hazel Wright Media Ltd., Brentford Dock Intermusica Artists’ Management Ltd., London NVC Arts – Warner Classics and Jazz, London Opus Arte, Heathfield P.O.P. 1 Ltd., Carmarthenshire Poorhouse International Ltd., London S4C Sianel 4 Cymru, Cardiff Sky Arts – BskyB, Isleworth Universal Music International Ltd, London Van Walsum Management Ltd., London

USA Classic Arts Showcase, Los Angeles Emerging Pictures, New York Kultur International Films, Ltd., West Long Branch Link TV, New York New Classic Films, Santa Fe OPERA America, New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco San Francisco Opera, San Francisco San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco The Metropolitan Opera Association, New York THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG, New York

DENMARK ICMM – International Culture & Media Management, Bent-Erik Rasmussen, Lundby

FRANCE Andy Sommer, Paris Blanca Li, Paris Cécile Clairval-Milhaud, Paris Jusque-là, Pierre Quirin, Paris Windrose, Pauline Mazenod, Paris

GERMANY Aktis Film International GmbH, Stelios Ziannis, Leipzig bce film, Bettina Ehrhardt, Munich Enrique Sanchez Lansch, Berlin

GREECE Exile Films, Valerie Kontakos, Athens

ICELAND Mypocket Production, Helena Jónsdóttir, Reykjavík

ITALY Mulatto Media Productions, Anthony Zawinul, Milan MY SOUND di Mika Inouchi, Milan

JAPAN Hiromi Harada, Tokyo Sound Bank K.K., Yoshiyuki Nagatake, Tokyo

NORWAY Nordisk Film, Stein-Roger Bull, Oslo

SWITZERLAND Georges Gachot, Zurich

UNITED KINGDOM Calliope Media, Mark Kidel, Bristol Capriol Films, Tony Britten, Norfolk Dennis Marks, London Floating Earth, Steve Long, Perivale Gethin Scourfield, Caernarfon Lemniscat Ltd., Raphaël Mouterde, London Portland Green Cultural Projects, London Ross MacGibbon, London The Media Rights Partnership Ltd., Simon Abbott, London

USA FogoLabs Corp, New York Mulatto Media Productions, Anthony Zawinul, Los Angeles New Classic Films, Webster Young, Santa Fe Van Cliburn Foundation, Alann Sampson, Fort Worth, Texas

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PRESENTATION AT MIDEMNET ACADEMY Organised by the IMZ Together with MIDEMNet Academy This year the IMZ once again organised a presentation at MIDEM on new perspectives in classical music and media: On Wednesday, 27 January, John Kieser held a very well-received presentation about »Building and Maintaining a Digital Community in the Classical Music World«: Presenting several case studies (San Francisco Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic et al.) John Kieser gave participants of MidemNet insight into the highly successful online activities of these organizations.

JANUARY IMZ AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS AT MIDEM 2010 24 – 27 January 2010 Cannes, France The Avant Première Screenings are an initiative by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre in collaboration with MIDEM, where the world’s leading producers of fine programmes on culture and the arts present their latest productions. It is a market • for programme purchasers in search of high-quality audio-visual programmes on culture, the performing arts, music and dance • for producers with an interesting project for which they need co-production partners • for programme suppliers/distributors who want to present their latest audio-visual programmes on culture, the performing arts, music or dance to the programme purchasers of international television stations • for film festival programmers looking for an opportunity to get a comprehensive overview of the latest trends in dance and music films • for editors/journalists who want to keep abreast of the trends in the fields of culture, the performing arts, music or dance

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For the 26th time the IMZ took part in an eventful MIDEM! The most significant improvement in 2010 was the new screening location in Auditorium A – a true cinema hall with a massive screen, sophisticated technical equipment and more than 300 seats. Aided by the brilliant technical capabilities of the MIDEM staff, the event was a pleasure to manage. In the course of four intense days of screening, 61 companies including old and new IMZ members presented as many as 400 new productions that received a worthy framing. Just as in former years the IMZ exhibition, with its breathtaking sea view of the bay and La Croisette, was a centre of attraction and busy venue for many productive meetings. IMZ veterans welcomed new members at the customary IMZ welcome cocktail on Sunday afternoon. Thanks to effusive positive feedback the IMZ has received for its organisation of the stand, the board meeting, the 55th General Assembly and the screenings, we look forward to another successful edition of MIDEM 2011 …

He indicated that online strategy has become an area of increasing importance to performing arts organizations as an advanced communication platform to build brand awareness and establish deeper audience engagement. Social Media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, and online communities enable cultural institutions to broaden their reach and engage their audiences in more meaningful ways than traditional media channels alone. Beginning with insight into how San Francisco Symphony had reached its audiences at the end of the last millenium - through public service announcements, radio and television ads, brochures, print advertisements and news articles – Kieser then explained what a »community« is and what it means to develop a »digital community«. According to Kieser, a community is developed by taking one‘s audiences seriously and by hearing their voices. The community extends beyond the audience in the hall to those who purchase recordings online, see one on tour, stream KS on the web, watch it on TV, hear KS radio, visit one’s multiple websites and participate in one’s education programmes. The most effective tools for building digital communities today, including Facebook, Twitter, Ning (a custom-branded community site/social network) and YouTube, continually evolve and change. An organization must therefore keep their ears and eyes open; if they are not slightly embarrassed by what they launch, they have waited too long to launch it.

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IMZ ACTIVITY REPORT 2010 MIDEM CLASSICAL AWARDS 2010 The sixth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards, where the IMZ reprised their role as part of the 15-strong jury representing associations, radio and traditional and electronic press from 11 countries, took place on Tuesday, 26 January in the Debussy Auditorium at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Broadcast live for the first time on the France Musique radio station, MIDEM's showcase classical evening, which was hosted by the British journalist James Jolly and the Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, saw awards going to 16 discs and three DVDs, chosen from 111 entries from international labels from 20 countries. Frédéric Chopin and his native Poland were honoured to mark the bicentenary of the composer's birth with a live performance by the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra conducted by John Axelrod and the teenage prodigy pianist Jan Lisiecki, who brought the evening to a close with his brilliant and poetic interpretation of Chopin's Concerto No 1 for Piano in e Minor. The jury of the MIDEM Classical Awards gave two special Chopin prizes, in collaboration with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. The Special Chopin Award-Best Ever was attributed to EMI’s recording of Chopin's waltzes by Dinu Lipatti, while the Special Chopin Award – New Recordings went to Nikolai Demidenko for his disc of the composer’s preludes, released by Onyx. Another high-point of the MIDEM Classical Awards was the moving tribute to the Italian soprano Mirella Freni, whose dazzling career follows in the footsteps of the great cantatrices like Maria Callas and Christa Ludwig. The audience showed their appreciation with a rousing standing ovation as she received the Lifetime Achievement award from Paul Zilk, Chairman and CEO of Reed MIDEM. The young clarinettist Jose Franch Ballester, voted revelation of the year, performed a magisterial Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra by Claude Debussy. The Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and the German baritone Christian Gerhaher, voted respectively Female and Male Vocalist Artist of the Year, enchanted the audience with their interpretations of La Habanera by Georges Bizet and Gustav Mahler’s Lied »Ich hab' ein glühend Messer«. Another great voice resonated last night on stage at the Palais des Festivals, as contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux gave her rendition of the beautiful Chanson Triste by Henri Duparc. The celebrated King Singers, who won the DVD Concert award for their »Live at the BBC Proms« on Signum Records, interpreted Recipe of Love by Harry Connick Jr. The MIDEM Classical Awards also bestowed prizes on some of the great figures of the classical music scene, including the conductors Bernhard Kontharsky, Jonathan Nott and Sylvain Cambreling, the pianist Ronald Brautigam, the viol player Jordi Savall, the sopranos Montserrat Figuerras and Sandrine Piau, the quartet Ebene, and Patrick Zelnik, founder and head of naïve, voted label of the year. The sixth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards, one of the highlights of the 44th MIDEM global music market, was once again distinguished by its dazzling artistic line-up and its prestigious list of award-winners.

The winners of the MIDEM Classical Awards 2010 EARLY MUSIC Jerusalem, La Ville des deux Paix – La Paix Celeste et la Paix Terrestre Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Al-Darwish, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall Alia Vox BAROQUE MUSIC

Telemann – Brockes-Passion Birgitte Christensen, Lydia Teuscher, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Daniel Behle, Donat Havar, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi VOCAL RECITALS Handel – Between Heaven & Earth, Sandrine Piau, Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari Naive CHORAL WORKS Zimmermann – Requiem for a Young Poet Claudia Barainsky, David PittmanJennings, Lutz Lansemann, Michael Rotschopf, Jan Hage, Joao Rafael (Live Electronics), Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Slovac Philharmonic Choir, EuropaChorAkademie, Eric Vloeimans Quintet, Holland Symfonia, Bernhard Kontarsky Cybele OPERA Shostakovich – The Nose Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei Tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova, Andrei Popov, Sergei Semishkur, Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky SOLO INSTRUMENT Paganini – 24 Capricci Thomas Zehetmair ECM CHAMBER MUSIC Ravel, Debussy, Faure – String Quartets Quatuor Ebene Virgin Classics CONCERTOS Beethoven – Piano Concertos WoO4 & No. 2 Ronald Brautigam, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott BIS SYMPHONIC WORKS Mahler – Symphony No. 9 Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott Tudor CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Messiaen – The Works for Orchestra Roger Muraro, Yvonne Naef, EuropaChorAkademie, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling Hanssler Classic FIRST RECORDING Rigel – Symphonies Concerto Koln Berlin Classics

HISTORICAL Friedrich Gulda – The Early Recordings Friedrich Gulda, Klavier, RIAS-SymphonieOrchester Berlin, Igor Markevitch, Audite DVD: OPERA/BALLET Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin Mariusz Kwiecien, Tatiana Monogarova, Margarita Mamsirova, Andrey Dunaev, Anatolij Kotscherga, The Bolshoi Theatre Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Chloe Perlemutter, Alexander Vedernikov Bel Air Classiques DVD: CONCERTS The King’s Singers Live at the BBC Proms Signum Records DVD: DOCUMENTARIES Sergiu Celibidache – You don't do anything – You let it evolve A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre Arthaus Musik CLASSICAL DOWNLOAD Classicsonline.com OUTSTANDING YOUNG ARTIST (in cooperation with IAMA) Jose Franch – Ballester JURY NOMINATION Bach – 6 solos Sonatas & Partitas Viktoria Mullova Onyx ARTIST OF THE YEAR INSTRUMENTALIST Angela Hewitt Piano (Canada) FEMALE VOCALIST Elı-na Garanˇca Mezzo-soprano (Latvia) MALE VOCALIST Christian Gerhaher Baritone (Germany) LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Mirella Freni Soprano (Italy) LABEL OF THE YEAR Naive Classique (France) RECORDING OF THE YEAR Zimmermann – Requiem for a Young Poet Claudia Barainsky, David Pittman-Jennings, Lutz Lansemann, Michael Rotschopf, Jan Hage, Joao Rafael (Live Electronics), Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Slovac Philharmonic Choir, EuropaChorAkademie, Eric Vloeimans Quintet, Holland Symfonia, Bernhard Kontarsky Cybele SPECIAL CHOPIN AWARD – BEST EVER (in cooperation with the National Chopin Institute Warsaw) Frederic Chopin: 14 Waltzes, Barcarolle, Nocturne in D flat Major, Mazurka in c sharp Minor Dinu Lipatti, piano EMI/Angel SPECIAL CHOPIN AWARD – NEW RECORDING (in cooperation with the National Chopin Institute Warsaw) Frédéric Chopin: 24 Preludes op. 28, Sonata No. 3 in b Minor, op.58 Nikolai Demidenko, piano ONYX avant première 2 0 11

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IMZ ACTIVITY REPORT 2010 APRIL IMZ JURY PANEL FOR THE BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL April 2010 The 31st Banff World Television Festival took place 13 – 16 June 2010 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Canada. International broadcasters, producers, writers, directors, distributors and industry executives from over 25 countries attended the festival. A core feature of the festival is the Banff World Television Awards, also known as the »Rockies«, one of the world’s most prestigious events celebrating outstanding work by international TV creators responsible for the continuing evolution and originality in the industry. This year, pilots were also being recognised with the inaugural Banff International Pilots Competition and Awards rewarding talent and creativity in conceptualising and creating online and television pilots. The IMZ presided over one of the 68 jury panels from over 30 countries that were designated by the BANFF organisers to select Rockie Award nominees in each one of the 34 categories. All of this year’s Banff World Television Award nominees, chosen from 900 entries issuing from more than 43 countries, were announced at the MIPTV broadcast and digital media conference in Cannes, France.

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JUNE IMZ SEMI-FINAL JUDGING EVENT FOR THE 2010 INTERNATIONAL EMMY ® AWARDS 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. Once again the IMZ hosted a Semi-Final Judging Event for the 2010 International Emmy® Awards in the Arts Programming category. The judging event took place on Tuesday, 9 June in Vienna in cooperation with the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The jury was comprised of 16 distinguished international representatives from the arts and media community: Thomas Beck, Hochschüle der Künste Bern Felix Breisach, Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt GmbH. Arild Erikstad, NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Sylvia Fassl-Vogler, Municipality of the City of Vienna, Culture and Science Elisabeth Freismuth, Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research Bernd Hellthaler, EuroArts Music International GmbH Chris Hunt, Classical TV Ltd Gunilla Jensen Peyron, Sveriges Television, SVT Reiner Moritz, Poorhouse International Ltd. Franz Patay, IMZ Katja Raths, Clasart Haide Tenner, IMZ, former ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Martin Traxl, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Hazel Wright, Hazel Wright Media Ltd. Daniel Ebner, APA Austrian Press Agency, Culture

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MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST 2010 12 – 20 June 2010 Bucharest, Romania By following the format of the acclaimed Film Festival at the Wiener Rathausplatz, the 5th edition of the Music Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania was once again an outstanding success. Co-organised by ArCub and the City of Bucharest, the festival took place on George Enescu Square, situated in the heart of Bucharest, over five days from 12 – 20 June. The square was transformed into an oasis of music and dance where approximately 7,000 visitors of all age groups enjoyed classical music in a relaxing environment. The programme, curated by the IMZ, contained operas such as »La Bohéme at the Tower Block« and »Operavox: Rheingold, Turandot, Rigoletto«, »Hansel and Gretel« as well as classical concerts such as the »New Year’s Concert 2010«, »Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein« »Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón in Paris 2007 – The Dream Couple of Opera«, »Sir Georg Solti – A Celebration of His Life and Music« and »Concert for Europe at the Schönbrunn Castle 2006«.

MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN YEKATERINBURG 2010 15 – 19 June, 2010 Yekaterinburg, Russia The first edition of the Vienna Music Film Festival in Yekaterinburg was initiated 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. Located at the concert hall of the Palace of Youth (with 1,200 seats), the film presentations of the five-day festival were free of charge and visited by approximately 5,800 people. The concept of providing the general public free access to the world of classical music, especially that of Austrian composers, through non-conventional presentation of the works by removing them from the traditional »elitist« context in order to reach a much broader audience was well received by the audience as well as the partners, sponsors and the City of Yekaterinburg. The programme curated by the IMZ included operas such as »The Magic Flute« and »Rigoletto« as well as classical concerts such as the »Gala Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra«, the »New Year’s Concert 2010« and »A Night in Vienna«.

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ 2010 Vienna, Austria More than 581,000 visitors enjoyed the 20th celebration of culture and cuisine. This year the 20th edition of the Film Festival at the Wiener Rathausplatz coincided with the 50th Anniversary of the Reopening of the Vienna State Opera. From 3 July – 12 September more than 581,000 guests braved poor weather conditions to visit the open air festival and enjoy a unique confluence of high calibre music and dance films and the delicious delights of culinary treats from around the world. Over 65 evenings, with 40 different productions and premieres, the programme of the Film Festival’s 20th edition – curated by the IMZ and organised in co-operation with the City of Vienna – offered several highlights: The film »The Nomi Song«, about the extraordinary singer Klaus Nomi, and a documentary about Rudolf Nureyev crowned the Aids Special during the XVIII International Aids Conference in Vienna. Productions like »Lang Lang at the Wiener Musikverein 2010«, the »New Year’s Concert 2010« of the Wiener Philharmoniker or »Swanlake« from Matthew Bourne and last but not least Haydn‘s opera »Orlando Paladino« from the Innsbrucker Festwochen 2009 attracted several hundred thousand visitors. Jazz aficionados seized the opportunity to attend live concerts of several bands at the Jazz Brunches.

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SEPTEMBER IMZ AT ROSE D’OR A number of IMZ members were nominated for awards, particularly in the Arts Documentary and Performance category, and IMZ members were in evidence on the judging panel. Chris Hunt, IMZ President, chaired a panel titled 3D Television – The Extra Dimension, comparing best practice and new developments in shooting and postproducing arts and entertainment events on Tuesday, 21 September from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm. Speakers included Vicki Betihavas - music & television producer and co-founder of Nineteen Fifteen, UK, Mark Foligno - Chief Executive of Molinare, UK and Aljoscha Smolic - Senior Research Scientist at Disney Research in Switzerland.

OCTOBER IMZ AT 47TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

AUGUST VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN TOKYO 13 – 15 August 2010 Tokyo, Japan The IMZ is proud to report that the first edition of the »Vienna Music Film Festival in Tokyo«, which took place at the renowned Yebisu Garden Place, was an overwhelming success. For three consecutive evenings the concept of the Vienna Rathausplatz Filmfestival was transferred to Tokyo, presenting classical concert films linked to Vienna and Austria. The Mayor of Shibuya, the Austrian Ambassador in Tokyo as well as an enthusiastic audience of approximately 2,000 visitors welcomed the open air film-screenings which were free of charge. The festival was initiated and supervised by the IMZ and organised in cooperation with the Vienna Representative Office in Tokyo, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tokyo and various local partners. The programme curated by the IMZ consisted of the following concerts: »New Year‘s Concert 2002«, »Mozart Gala Concert from Salzburg 2006«, and »50th Anniversary of the Vienna State Opera Re-opening – a Festive Concert«.

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16 – 20 October 2010, Prague As in years past, the IMZ accompanied the ITF Golden Prague festival and competition by organizing a panel discussion on the topic »Whatever Happened to Dance on Television?« in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Chaired by moderator Chris Hunt (Classical TV Ltd.), the panellists Arild Erikstad (NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), Mats Ek (choreographer, Sweden), Michael Nunn and William Trevitt (The Ballet Boyz, UK) and Peter Maniura (BBC Television) tackled the issue by approaching the topic from various angles. In addition the IMZ presented for the first time the Golden Prague Premieres. Many came and joined us at the screenings of the following six productions: »Placido Domingo – My Favourite Roles« (Iambic Media Ltd.), »Hunters Bride« (Syquali Multimedia AG), »Place« (Sveriges Television, SVT), »Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn« (Clasart, Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH), »Traces to Nowhere – The Conductor Carlos Kleiber« (ServusTV) and »The Gustav Mahler Celebration« (Euroarts Music International GmbH). The audience received the productions enthusiastically and lively discussions with the filmmakers/producers following the screenings underscored the success of the Golden Prague Premieres. We look forward to seeing you at the next Golden Prague festival in October 2011!

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IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 2010 27 – 31 October 2010 Copenhagen, Denmark The 16th edition of WOMEX closed on Sunday, 31 October after five full days of intense networking, inspiration and music. Held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the second year, WOMEX has proven itself to be, once again, the hub of world music professionals from all over the globe. 2,440 delegates from 94 countries attended the event that began with only 200 delegates at its conception in Berlin in 1994. This year's Trade Fair figures confirm the high importance that WOMEX delegates invariably place on the exhibition portion of WOMEX: 650 companies and organisations from 57 countries presented themselves at 260 stands in the new daytime venue Forum Copenhagen placing WOMEX directly in the heart of Denmark's stunning capital. More acts than ever before – 59 from 38 countries – performed at the WOMEX Showcase Festival featuring five evening stages at the spectacular DR Koncerthuset and one Daycase Stage at Forum Copenhagen. A special, exclusive event was organised for the WOMEX 10 opening: Three of the finest bands on the contemporary Korean music scene presented “The Chaosmos of Korean Music: Heaven, Earth and Human” revealing innovative renditions of traditional Korean music. The project was supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, Korea Arts Management Service and the Embassy of South Korea in Denmark. Corresponding to the broad range of music industry branches represented at WOMEX, the Conference covered four major topics focusing on the value of the “experience”: more than 60 speakers from 21 countries shared their professional know-how with WOMEX delegates in 20 conference sessions spotlighting the Live, the Recorded, and the Digital Experience, as well as the “Vision Beyond”. Along with a special session on sub-publishing, the new moderated Matchmaking service for (sub-) publishers, supported by the UK and German music publisher associations MPA and DMV respectively, enjoyed considerable popularity among the music rights dealers at WOMEX.

Numerous world music networks from around the world held meetings at WOMEX: European Broadcasting Union's World Music Workshop, ACP Music Festivals, European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals, Global Music Education, Nordic World and Roots Music, North American, Asia Pacific and African Music Export Office network members all gathered in Copenhagen to discuss current issues. Four awards were presented at the Award Ceremony on Sunday marking the end of a successful WOMEX edition. The WOMEX 10 Award for Artists went to Danyèl Waro, the uncompromising Maloya hero from Réunion Island. fRoots Chief Editor Ian Anderson, UK, received the WOMEX 10 Award for Professional Excellence on behalf of the independent press. The winner of the WOMEX 10 Top Label Award, a joint project of World Music Charts Europe and WOMEX, was World Village / Harmonia Mundi with branches in France, USA, UK and Spain. The selection was made using the charts of 50 radio broadcasters from 24 countries collected over 12 months. For the second year, WOMEX hosted the presentation of the Roskilde Festival World Music Award which this year honoured the Dhow Countries Music Academy, Tanzania. The project received the award for its work on maintaining and developing musical traditions in an area where cultural development is relegated to a low priority in many cases due to the challenge of meeting basic needs.

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IMZ ACTIVITY REPORT 2010 IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AND CONFERENCE AT WOMEX 2010 A total of 55 World Music documentaries, clips and concert recordings were entered to be selected for the ninth IMZ-organised World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX, which took place 27 – 31 October at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. The screening included 16 documentaries and clips representing a diverse variety of topics that moved more than just world music aficionados. They are highly political and mirror social conditions; they are intriguing, inflammatory, instructive, and beautiful. One could take part of the only public lesson on his art ever held with »Ravi Shankar: The Extraordinary Lesson«, become aware of the recurring discovery of Brazilian music in the world with »Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian waves in global music«, discover »Jamaica‘s: Roots, Rock, Reggae« and get an intimate insight into the lives of enigmatic musicians by watching „Joan Baez – How sweet the sound«, »Tülay German: Years of Fire and Cinders« and »Silence at the Heart of Things« (Oliver Schroer) ... More information on the programme of World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX 2010 can be found at www.worldmusicfilms.com. At this year‘s WOMEX the IMZ also hosted a conference on Thursday, 28 October about the topic »From Idea to Distribution: Tips and tricks on the production and distribution of audio-visual formats and effective promotion using Web 2.0.« Chris Hunt, President of the IMZ and Silvia Iura Santangelo of Globalista revealed state of the art ways of producing and distributing audio-visual formats in the field of (world) music, and addressed questions such as »what it takes to realise a film project«, »the existing obstacles filmmakers may encounter“, and »how to best promote the final product«. Furthermore, the session provided an update on how Web 2.0 can be used to promote music as well as music films/videos. The conference was very well received by a rapt audience of filmmakers as well as novices in the production and distribution of audiovisual content. The film-programme included: A Song for Copenhagen MonkeyHouseProduction (Denmark) The Road to Basilique Chand Aftara (UK) Beyond Ipanema: brazilian waves in global music Beyond Ipanema LLC. (USA) Joan Baez – How sweet the sound Eikon Media GmbH Film und Fernsehproduktion (Germany) From the series »Rappers, Divas and Virtuosos: New Music from the Muslim World«: Anusheh: The Secret Words Kayhan Kalhor: Songs of Hope Moroccan Hip Hop: H-Kayne Style Link TV (USA) Ravi Shankar, The Extraordinary Lesson Camera lucida productions (France) Music Voyager Tantra Worldwide (USA) With one voice Aloest Productions (France) Silence at the Heart of Things Stormy Nights Productions (Canada) Beneath The Flame Leapfrog Productions (Australia) Intangible Asset Number 82 In The Sprocket Productions (Australia, Korea) Jalalu’s Dawn Aline d’Auria (Switzerland) Takhabot (Heaving Unrest) eka3 (Lebanon) Tülay German: Years of Fire and Cinders Didem Pekün (Turkey) 126 avant première 2011

NOVEMBER LIQUID LOFT LIVINGROOM PRODUCT III CHOREOGRAPHIC CINEMA/ 3 POSITIONS in cooperation with the IMZ 19 – 20 November 2010 Vienna, Austria During the two-day festival in Vienna a juxtaposition of the newest video-dance films by the IMZ and sixpackfilm were shown in opposition to a series of documentaries on mould fungus, electro shocks, protozoal couples and motorcycling gangs as selected by Ella Esque or from the abstract audio-visual video art works curated by Michaela Grill. Their common denominator was a fascination with the choreographic language of forms. The exploration of choreography on screen corresponded with the original function of the former GudrunKino, which now hosts rehearsal studios of contemporary dance for Liquid Loft. Projected choreographed images, complex cycles of movement or rhythmically filmed sequences merged into the installative setting of this event. The various programmatic strands occurred simultaneously in order to encourage the audience to circulate more than once between the different studios. Many people came to the opening evening to attend the live performance of Sabine Marte as well as to watch, among others, the following films: »Inearthia« (director: Simon Halbedo, Nazario Branca, Maren Sandmann), »Flux« (Nicholas de Pencier), “Slow Dance« (Joe Cobden), »Film« (Shelly Love), »Montevideoaki« (Octavio Iturbe), »Retrograde« (Julianna Lara Steingrimsdottir), “Rewind« (Marten Nilsson), »Bodytrail« (Willi Dorner) and »Vertiges« (Stéphanie Decourteille).

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IMZ ACTIVITY REPORT 2010 DECEMBER DANCESCREEN 2010 AT CINEDANS 9 – 12 December 2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands It was a pleasure for the IMZ that the 12th edition of dancescreen, the international dance film and video competition founded by the IMZ – International Music + Media Centre, was hosted and coproduced by the festival CINEDANS in Amsterdam this year! The festival presented a combination of film, dance and media, whereby movement and dance were the focal points. More than 250 interesting and inspiring films were entered into the jointly organised competition, which was divided into four categories: A) Live Performance Relay, B) Camera Re-work, C) Screen Choreography and D) Documentary. Due to the high number of entries a preselection of the films took place, from which the forty most interesting international short and long dance films, documentaries and retrospectives were shown during the festival. The dancescreen 2010 at Cinedans Award evening closed the festival in a celebratory way on Sunday 12 December. The winners of the competition were presented with the Dioraphte Cinedans jury award worth ¤7,500 and the Dioraphte Student Encouragement Award worth ¤2,000. All films of the competition stood a chance of winning these awards, made available by Stichting Dioraphte. Additionally, all visitors of the festival were invited to vote for their favourite film to establish the winner of the Audience Award. The professional jury of dance and film experts, including Cis Bierinckx (director of the Beursschouwburg), Arild Erikstad (NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), Luuk van Eijk (founder and director Julidans Amsterdam until 2010), Jen McLachlan (producer, balletLORENT & Wayne McGregor/Random Dance) and Isabelle Mestre (ARTE), awarded the prizes to this year’s best films. The Dioraphte Cinedans jury award (7500 Euro) was presented to: Nora, directed by Alla Kovgan, David Hinton, produced by Movement Revolution Productions (USA), UK, Mozambique The Dioraphte Student Encouragement Award (2000 Euro) was presented to Shadowed (Screen Choreography < 5min), directed by Hamish Anderson, produced by Hamish Anderson Films (UK) Cinedans Audience Award: Only when I dance (Documentary), directed by Beadie Finzi, produced by Tigerlily Films Ltd. (UK) in co-production with Jinga Production (UK) Further prizes were awarded in the following categories: A Live Performance Relay: Place (Ställe), directed by Jonas Akerlund, produced by Rench Akerlund Film AB in co-production with Sveriges Television, SVT (Sweden)

C1 Screen Choreography (under 5 minutes): Slow Dance, directed by Joe Cobden, produced by Black Box Productions in co-production with Way Past Curfew Productions (Canada) C2 Screen Choreography (not longer than 15 minutes): Chámame, directed by Silvina Szperling, produced by SZ Danza in co-production with Prodanza (Argentina), Alliance Francaise de Buenos Aires (France) C3 Screen Choreography (over 15 minutes): Nora, directed by Alla Kovgan, David Hinton, produced by Movement Revolution Productions (USA), UK, Mozambique D Documentary: Tanzträume (Dancing Dreams), directed by Anne Linsel, produced by TAG/TRAUM (Germany), WDR (Germany), ARTE (Germany) Next to the film programme a variety of installations, live performances and panels made the festival a celebration of dance in all of its many dimensions. »Audience Building« was the topic of the first of several panels, in the process of which the members of the Media and Dance Network scrutinised the methodologies for expanding the audience for dance films, videos and new media. In the panel »Platforms for Dance Film« the best venues to present dance films, videos and new media to the public were brought to light.

Multimedia and Software«. Lastly, the panel »Filmmaker Versus Choreographer« focused on the internal collaboration of filmmakers and choreographers. The video library at De Balie was a very much appreciated resource to watch all film entries of the competition. The dancescreen 2010 at Cinedans catalogue, available on the dancescreen website (www.dancescreen.com), provided an overview of the four categories, the entries and the jointly organised programme during the festival. dancescreen 2010 was made possible by the IMZ, the Austrian Embassy, Carina Ari Foundations and the NTR. Cinedans Festival 2010 was made possible by: SNS Reaalfonds, VSB fonds, Filmfonds, Stichting Dioraphte and Het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.

Marc Kirschner, founder of Tendu.tv shared his vision of digital distribution channels in the panel »Ways of Distribution«. »Dance on TV – a Vanishing Phenomenon?« was discussed in a panel by Chris Hunt (Classical TV), Reiner Moritz (Poorhouse Productions), Gunilla Jensen Peyron (Sveriges Television, SVT) and Lynette Kessler (dancecamerawest) by giving an insight into the future of dance films and technologies. David Hinton presented the results of the dance film workshops he had given during the year 2010 in China, Cape Town (South Africa) and Bassano del Grappa (Brazil) in a special workshop. To provide an international point of view as well, artists such as Núria Font (NU2’S, Barcelona), Vicky Bloor (South East Dance, Brighton) and Lynette Kessler (dance Camera West, Los Angeles) were given the opportunity to present their work in the panel »What’s happening internationally?«. At the »pitching session« – whose function was to foster the development of coproductions by creating a creative space for networking, discussion and negotiation for all actors and partners involved in the production of dance films and videos – specially selected international projects were presented to TV programmers and film commissioners. The panel »Fundraising and More«, a topic which affects everybody in the dance/film world, attempted to find new strategies to raise funds. New technological developments were offered in the panel »New Possibilities, avant première 2 0 11

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WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR! This project provides the opportunity to look beyond the familiar. You may explore the entire world’s musical traditions and creativity and experience the diversity of our fascinating planet. Join our initiative and let the world’s music be your guest! We offer music/film treasures to music and film festivals and cultural institutions, which can be booked very unbureaucratically via us.

The available programmes: A Devotion With a Dance Step (Italy) A Different Way – Tango with Rodolfo Mederos (Spain/Germany/France) A Long Journey Home (Canada) Africa Live (UK/Senegal) African Underground: Democracy in Dakar (USA) Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche à Bamako (France/Senegal) As Old as My Tongue (UK/Zanzibar) Beatbox Columbia (Germany) Black and White in Colour (UK) Breaking the Silence – Music in Afghanistan (UK/Afghanistan) Calypso at Dirty Jim's (France/Trinidad & Tobago) Desert Rebels (France) El Tanbura – Capturing a Vanishing Spirit (Egypt) Fangafrika, Voice of the Voiceless (France) Festival in the Desert: The Tent Sessions (USA/Malia> Footsteps in Africa (USA) From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale (USA) Improvisation (Palestine) Jazzta Prasta (Bulgaria) Jupiter's Dance (France) La Colombiana (Passing the Torch) (USA) Laya Project (India) Like an Ambassador of His People (Senegal/Germany) Mariem Hassan - The Voice of the Sahara (Spain) Mariza and the Story of Fado (UK/Portugal) Modou the Hang Player (France)) Musafir (France)) Parno Graszt – Life with a Hungarian Gypsy Band (Hungary/Switzerland) Princesa de Africa (Spain) Punta Soul (USA/Belize) Ramblers, Roamers, Vagabonds (Hungary) Road to Baleya (Canada) Sevdah: The Bridge That Survived (UK) Shaban (Serbia) Sound of the Soul (USA/Morocco) Sufi Soul – The Mystic Music of Islam (UK) Talam: Bulgaria, Morocco, Sardinia, South Africa, The North, Vietnam (Switzerland) The Colours of Tea (Spain) The Great Ones of Tlacotalpan (Mexico) The Hand of Fatima (USA) Tomorrow/Craj (Italy) Tundé (USA) Voice Over the Bridge (India)) Wijdan, the Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music (USA)) Whose Is This Song? (Bulgaria) 128 avant première 2011

DANCESCREEN ON TOUR Bringing dance films to a wider public and providing exposure beyond the festival circuit for dance in film and video is the motivation for dance screen on tour, a unique, non-profit and entirely non-commercial initiative created in 1999 by the IMZ in association with the SK Culture Foundation, Cologne. Following on from the successful dancescreen 99, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and dancescreen 2010 at Cinedans the winning and nominated productions, curated programmes as well as a selection of former dance screen highlights will continue on its global path. A selection of the available programmes: Carte Blanche to Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker De balletten en ci en là/Les ballets de ci de là Directed by Alain Platel Horizon of Exile Directed and choreographed by Isabel Rocamora Night Practice Directed and choreographed by Susanna Wallin Insyn Directed and choreographed by Klara Elenius Krishna's Dancer Directed by Dirk Hilbert Blush Directed and choreographed by Wim Vandekeybus Foi Directed by Andreas Morell, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui The Cost of Living Directed and choreographed by Lloyd Newson Gold Directed by Rachel Davis, choreographed by Hanna Gillgren In the Mirror of Maya Derren Directed by Martina Kuldácek Birds Directed by David Hinton For further information – also about the updated programmes from dancescreen 2010 at Cinedans – please contact the IMZ office at office@imz.at!

For further information please contact the IMZ at office@imz.at.

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Teatro La Fenice 30 years Fura dels Baus – a musical journey (working title) 30 years of Piano at La Roque d’Anthéron A Landscape of Songs A Mahler Journey Anima Eterna: 5th Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven Anima Eterna: Monteverdi A Tribute to Franz Grundheber Adriana Lecouvreur Adriano in Siria Advent Concert at Dresden’s Frauenkirche Aida Aida Aida on the Rhine Alain Platel. Who wants to dance with me Alban Berg and his femme fatale Alcina Aldo Ciccolini’s 85th birthday concert Anders Bergcrantz group Anderszewski plays Schumann André Modeste Gretry, A musician amidst the turmoil Angelique Kidjo Anna Netrebko – Stabat Mater Annette's DaschSalon Annie Nightingale Antiphonus in Buje Anyone for Demis? Britain’s Fascination with the Musically Exotic Applause – The secret of clapping hands Aria Ariel Ramirez: Creol Mass/ Our Christmas Arno: live in Ostend Around the world in 80 days ARTE Lounge Assisi Christmas concert 2010 Aterballetto dances in Baden-Baden Bachfest 2010: András Schiff Ballet »Romeo and Juliet« – The Royal Ballet Japan Tour Barthold Kuijken. Confessions of an autodidact Battle of the Year 2011 (Working title) BBC Young Musician of the Year 2010 Final Beatrice and Benedict Béatrice and Bénédict Beauty & The Feast Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 Behind The Scenes Of The Salzburger Festival Benjamin-Joseph Steens: Chateau de Freyes Benjamin Schmid & Sabina Hank: The Gulda Jazz Session Berlioz and the Symphonie Fantastique Betrˇich Smetana: Má Vlast Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Budd Billy Joel Live at Shea (Working title) Brahms: Concerto for violin in D major, op. 77 – Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 15 in A major, op. 141 Branko, Life in Progress Brendel Lectures Brno Philharmonic 2010 Café Müller Cameron Carpenter – Superstar Cape of good voices – South Africa Hooked on Opera Carlos Kleiber – A Deeply Private Man Carmen

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137 Folle journée de Nantes 2010: Chopin 94 Four rockers in the middle of an

orchestra 2010/2011 with Gustavo Dudamel – 207 Franz Welser-Möst Los Angeles Philharmonic – 97 Franz Welser-Möst – A Portrait Juan Diego Flórez by Felix Breisach Cellomania in Osor 98 Franz Welser-Möst conducts Bruckner’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Symphony No.8 Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler’s 7th 180 Frédéric Chopin Choir of the Year 2010 103 Gaëlle Arquez (soprano), Chopin – The Piano Concertos Anne Le Bozec (piano) Chopin at the opera 128 Gala from Berlin 2010 Christmas Concert 25 George London – Of Gods and Christmas in Lepoglava Demons Christoph Eschenbach Anniversary 377 Ghosts (working title) Concert 166 Gil Shaham Plays Bach in Tokyo Cinderella 368 Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto Classic Archive 291 Grand Opera – Behind The Scenes Classic Arts Showcase of the Vienna State Opera Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne 72 Great Voices of South Africa Festival Orchestra – Mahler 9 283 Gustav Mahler Legacy Claudio Abbado and the Simón 284 Gustav Mahler Origins Bolívar Youth Orchestra 73 Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 Clowns 74 Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 3 Collegium Vocale Ghent: 40 years 285 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 of Passion in Concert Competitors – Russia’s Child 4 Gustavo Dudamel and the Wiener Prodigies 2 Philharmoniker – Live from the Concert with Elisabeth Leonskaja Lucerne Festival in Summer 2010 and the Orchestre de Paris 225 Happy Christmas from ... Rome conducted by Paavo Järvi 208 High Performance Sport: Singing Concert with Nelson Freire and Opera the English Chamber Orchestra 7 Homage to Pierre Boulez on Concert with Vadim Repin and the occasion of his 85th birthday Orchestre de Paris conducted by 26 Homage to Robert Schumann Paavo Järvi (1810–1856), Live from the CT Live Bobby McFerrin Frauenkirche Dresden Dance Ravel and Debussy 114 How Mahler was celebrated Dancers to dancers, The international 312 Hunter's Bride charity gala concert to benefit Chile 361 Igor Levit – My Liszt Daniel Barenboim – The Bruckner 75 Il Flaminio Symphonies (4–9) 348 Il Giardino Armonico plays Vivaldi Daniel Barenboim – The Warsaw 76 Il mondo della luna Recital 77 Il prigionier superbo Daphnis and Chloé 295 In Bach Cantatas Das Rheingold – Robert Lepage’s 99 Ioan Holender Farewell Concert Ring cycle at the Met 358 Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole David Fray records the Mozart Piano 78 Jamie Cullum plays Avo Session Basel Concertos 79 Jamiroquai plays Avo Session Basel Degas’ Little Dancer 231 Jascha Heifetz: God’s Fiddler Demetrius and Polybius 200 Jazz Live! Dialogues of the Carmelites 234 Jenufa Diana Damrau – A portrait 80 Jessye Norman plays Avo Session Dianne Reeves plays Avo Session Basel Basel 14 Jiri Kylian, Forgotten Memoirs Discovering Beethoven 119 Joanna Tentata Discovering Opera: Rienzi, last 81 Joe Jackson plays Avo Session Basel of the Tribunes p115 John Barry: lifetime achievement award Dissonances 2010 296 John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension Diva Diaries at Jazz Sous Les Pommiers Festival Django Reinhardt, three fingered 274 José Carreras in Ljubljana lightning 110 Judith Django Reinhardt’s 100th anniversary 275 KATICE: Look, the New Year Is Here! concert 235 Kicking the Notes the Toradze Way Don Giovanni 378 Kiez Kick and Punk Rock Don Giovanni 48 Killing Me Softly – When Rock Don Giovanni Goes Acoustic Don Giovanni at Drottningholm 82 Klaus Florian Vogt – The Meistersinger Don Quixote 100 Königskinder Don Quixote Backstage 27 Kontakthof with Ladies and Dr Who at the Proms 2010 Gentlemen over »65« Echo der Stars 15 Kool – Dancing in my mind El Bacha plays Chopin 292 kulTOUR with Holender Elektra 362 Kurt Weill reloaded Elektra 201 La bohème Energie Nove Quartet plays Beethoven 259 La Farsa del Barba – Renaissance Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Witty Comedy Festival 3 (Working title) 154 La Sonnambula Erkki-Sven Tüür: 7 etudes in pictures 83 La vida breve Ernani 302 Labyrinth within Europa Concert 129 Lang Lang – The Third Dimension Europa Konzert 2010 from Oxford 84 Lang Lang in Vienna European Jazz Orchestra with Nina 316 Le Rendez-Vous Strnad and Tadej Tomšicˇ 369 Let’s Dance! A history of dance Fiddler On The Move and zionism in Israel

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the Järvi Family Politics is Cruel: An Opera Portrait Andris Nelsons Prague Proms Project 7 (Working title) Proms 2010: Lionel Bringuier conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra Proms in the Park 2010 Proms: Beethoven Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Pygmalion Queen Elisabeth Competition Queen of Strings: Hille Perl Quintetto Bislacco – A Silly Virtuoso Performance Ray Davies plays Avo Session Basel Raymonda Remdoogo. An Opera Village in Africa (Working title) Requiem Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes Rigoletto Rinaldo Rio Sonata, with Nana Caymmi Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Robert Plant plays Avo Session Basel Robert Schumann 200 years Rolando Villazón: My Mexico – A Musical Road Movie Rolf Liebermann – Musician Roll Over Beethoven – The Chess Records Saga Romeo in the land of the Soviets Round and round and hand it over ... Rubinstein by the Rubinsteins Rusalka Russian Songs Rustic Chivalry Sacred Music: Brahms and Bruckner Sacred Music: Faure and Poulenc Sacred Music: Górecki and Pärt Sacred Music: Searching Out the Sacred Salzburg Festival Opening Concert Saved by Music – The Wallfisch Family Schumann chamber music Shéhérazade Sheryl Crow plays Avo Session Basel Shopping Moves Siddharta Sigismondo Simon Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra Sir Charles, Thank you, Dekujeme Sjöholm & Terfel Sondheim! The Birthday Concert Song of the Earth Soundtracks Sousou & Maher Cissoko Strindberg And The Spanish Guitar Summer Night‘s Music With David Garrett Swingin’ Christmas Taxi Dancer Tchaikovsky-Gergiev Tears of St. Peter The 16th International Chopin Piano Competition The audience The Beauty of the Voice The Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle in Singapore The Byron Janis Story The Carnival of the Animals The Chopin Piano Concertos The Coronation of Poppea The Creation The Creation The Curse The Ebene Quartet The Flames of Paris The four seasons

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INDEX OF DIRECTORS NAME

# NAME

Amado, Gilles 132 Atteln, Günter 10 Baier, Wiltrud 382 Barbara, Willis Sweete 254 Bärlocher, Roli 69, 78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91 Barré, Pierre 267 Barré, Pierre 346 Bataillon, Vincent 58, 315, 316 Bausch, Pina 23, 27 Beck, Silvia 29 Beiersdorf, Caroline 290 Bergeron, Francois 136 Bernard, Faroux 144 Bernardinello, Mando 259, 261, 263 Best, Dominic 32, 41 Beyer, Michael 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 87, 130, 338, 343 Bibliowicz, Gabriel 369 Bregai, Valerie 242 Bregaint, Valerie 243 Breisach, Felix 76, 97, 99, 100, 207, 341 Broughton, Simon 37 Bscher, Astrid 82, 335 Bull, Stein-Roger 131, 193 Busè, Norbert 72 Caïozzi, Denis 16, 105, 138, 184, 314, 317 Caresten, Ulf 309 Cascio, Christian 156 Castanier, Fabrice 242 Castiglione, Enrico214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228 Chudoba, Rudolf 116 Cloetens, Johan 348, 350 Conders, Erik 194, 195 Conrad, Beatrix 366 Cosel, William 98, 101 Dahrendorf, Sibylle 381 Darvas, János 125 De Bruyn, Guido 344 De Gerlache, Henri 19 De Mey, Thierry 13 De Tomasi, Beppe 248 Deflo, Gilbert 203 Delesques, Frédéric 135 Diamond, Matthew 241, 322 Dorst, Tankred 204 Dramlić, Svetlana 270 Dvornik, Klemen 280 Eckhardt, Carmen 359 Ehrhardt, Christian 375 Engel, Christoph 70 Erikstad, Arild 198 Fenkart, Paul 63 Feudel, Ute 26 Feuk, Ditte 300, 310 Fibich, Karina 206, 330, 331 Follin, Michel 12 Fournis, Rémi 137 Frère, Jo 347, 349 Gachot, Georges 287 Gebauer, Florian 291, 292 Girard, Francois 256 Gisiger, Sabine 189 Glas, Sébastien 162, 170, 178, 180 Glasow, von, Niko 377 Goberg, Anne Kjersti 199 Goetghebeur, François 176 Goldmann, Christoph 373 Gordon, Gordon 95

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Grebert, Johannes 65, 367 Grimm, Thomas 24, 86, 172, 173, 174, 336 Guerry, Bertrand 237 Hakola, Marikki 169 Halverson, Gary 96, 282, 285 Hans Petter, Skolsegg 196 Hasse, Laurent 294 Haswell, Jonathan 34 Hof, Frank 356 Honselaar, Joost 73, 74 Horn, David 324 Hossfeld, Stefan 374 Huw, Rhodri 44, 46, 47, 127, 159, 160 Jacquot, Benoit 153 Jancarek, Petr 114 Jannopoulos, Jonas 304, 308 Jaworski, Piotr 326 John, Copley 201 Joyce, Paul 236 Juban, Pierre-Martin 162 Karpe, Leif 373 Kasten, Henning 6, 7, 11, 128, 133 Kemp, Francesca 36 Kennard, David 283, 284 Kent, Don 14, 154, 318 Kentridge, William 251 Kidel, Mark 239, 332 King-Dabbs, Andy 35, 38 Kobayashi, Yasuko 167 Kodad, Libor 112 Köhler, Sigrun 382 Kõrver, Marianne 118 Krause, Tilo 6 Kutulas, Asteris 370 Langemann, Irene 126 Large, Brian 62, 210, 320 Larsson, Martin 307 Le Clair, Frédéric 137 Leblé, Christian 21 Leutzendorff, Matthias 22 Lidberg, Pontus 302 Lillealtern, Trond 197 Loisil, Jean-Pierre 162 Malzer, Elisabeth 6, 337, 351 Mancini, Tiziano 68, 71, 75, 77, 83, 85, 333, 339, 342 Maniura, Peter 155 Mansfield, Helen 40 Margossian, Marie-Claire 238 Mario, Bellochio 142 Martin, François-René 170, 171, 175, 179, 180, 181, 182 Massip, Vincent 106 Meško, Primož 277 Meth, Agnes 209 Milavec, Samo 269, 274 Minkowicz, Jarosław 328 Miyagi, Mika 168 Monsaingeon, Bruno157, 164, 325 Morell, Andreas 6, 28, 129, 334, 358, 360, 361 Motoki, Tomoaki 166 Motyl, Tomasz 328 Murusalu, Ruti 119 Narboni, Louise 153, 177, 183, 186 New, David 253 Nobécourt, Emannuelle 17 Olip, Milena 268, 275

Pasternak, Iossif 18 Pedrini, Roberta 258, 260, 261 Perlemuter, Chloé 20, 137 Perrot, Jean-Philippe 295 Pichler-Hausegger, Barbara 205, 211 Plötzeneder, Carl 60 Preusse, Holger 298 Price, Lonny 323 Przebinda, Halina 326 Ramirez, Angel Luis 234 Rebois, Marie-Hélène16, 138 Rittner, Flavia 31, 33 Roos, Theo 362 Rosen, Peter 231, 232, 233 Rossacher, Hannes 8, 364 Roussillon, François 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152 Russell, Ian 39 Rutkowski, Richard 15 Saffa, Joan 283, 284 Salge, Klaus 370 Sánchez Lansch, Enrique 6, 340 Schaller, Linda 235 Schmidt, Torben 297 Schmidt-Garre, Jan 229 Schneider, Stefan 357 Schönhofer, Peter 355 Schroeder, Marieke 230 Schulz, Eric 293 Simerda, Tomas 117 Simoni, Madeleine 103 Simonnet, Olivier 93, 158, 161 Sklair, Steve 188 Smaczny, Paul 10 Soetewey, Marianne 345 Sommer, Andy 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 94, 95, 185 Soulard, Isabelle 162 Spiro, Anais 162 Stabell, Anja 193 Stocker, Marita 25 Švigelj, Tomaž 273 Talbot, Stephen 240 Tandberg, Ole Anders 193 Thalberg, Beate 213 Theiner, Silke 289 Thompson, David 30 Tofft, Carl 303 Tokuhisa, Kaja 279 Trebbi, Cristina 357 Vanek, Stanislav 115 Veber, Erle 120, 121 Vidmar, Vojko 272, 276 Villeneuve, Thierry 294 Vincent, Bataillon 141 Vlietinck, Benoit 264 Vodrazka, Rudolf 113 Voigt, Thomas 208 Weber, Utz 352, 353 Wehmayer, Walter 212 Weicker, Volker 187 Weinstein, Larry 255 Weinstein, Larry 256 Weiß, Christian Kurt64, 66, 67 Weisz, Chris 84 Wenders, Wim 380 Wennehorst-Norrman, Bengt 301, 306 Williams, Rhian 52 Willis Sweete, Barbara 256, 257

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Wilson, Robert 15 Wischmann, Claus 290, 298, 299 Woodward, Matthew 92 Wübbolt, Georg 61, 371 Wunderlich, Wolfgang 208 Yagi, Junya 165 Zabel, Mürra 288 Zakonjšek, Jan 271, 278 Žemlja, Aleš 281 Zonsarowa, Nadja 286, 372

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Balanchine, George 322 Bart, Patrice 315 Bausch, Pina 23, 27, 380 Bigonzetti, Mauro 28 Björfors, Tilde 305 Colosi, Rita 214, 215 Cunningham, Merce16, 138 David, Bintley 122 De Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa 13 Franzén, Helena 305 Hauert, Thomas 13 Hyvärinen, Nina 169 Kask, Teet 119 Khan, Akram 16, 138 King, Alonzo 16, 138 Lidberg, Pontus 302 Loujine, Nadejda 203 MacMillan, Kenneth 165 Maillot, Jean-Christophe 314, 317 Melin, Lotta 305 Pendleton, Moses 20 Petipa, Marius 249 Petit, Roland 316 Preljocaj, Angelin 184 Queen, Cynthia 20 Ratmansky, Alexei 58 Rhodes, Josh 323 Roman, Gil 134 Rörström, Daniel 305 Stache, Thomas 106 Strømgren, Jo 195 Tharp, Twyla 322 Tomasson, Helgi 241 Tripathi, Gauri Sharma 16 Vikharev, Sergej 249

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