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New Productions ACCENTUS Music At LUCERNE FESTIVAL 2014 Arthaus Musik Gluck, Platée & La Traviata New On Blu-ray Bel Air Media At Arena Di Verona Clasart Classic Historic Horowitz & An Animated Janáček C Major Entertainment Mariss Jansons, Yuja Wang & A John Williams Celebration EuroArts Recording Tannhäuser & Verbier Festival 2014 gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Tchaikovsky On The Edge (WT) La Monnaie / De Munt Orphée Et Eurydice ORF-Enterprise Musical Heritage: Herbert von Karajan Telmondis Mariinsky On Screen, Parisian Parapluies & A Ballets Night Looking For Partners Windrose Lantanda Looking For Pre-buys Cooperation News Unitel & C Major Entertainment To Extend Cooperation What’s On… ARTE Concert Monty Python Live: One Down Five To Go gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Midsummer Night's Tango Lotus Records / ECM Charles Lloyd – Arrows Into Infinity ServusTV Salzburger Festspiele 2014 ZDF / ARTE Festival/Competition News 51st ITF Golden Prague
SCHEDULE Vienna Music Film Festival In Yekaterinburg 24 June – 13 July 2014 | Yekaterinburg, Russia Film Festival At Wiener Rathausplatz 28 June – 31 August 2014 | Vienna, Austria World Music Films On Tour – Columbian Gold // Calypso Rose – The Lioness Of The Jungle 18 – 19 July 2014 | Redruth, UK World Music Films On Tour – Jupiter’s Dance 3 August 2014 | Floreffe, Belgium Music Film Festival At Castle Špilberk 18 – 24 August 2014 | Brno, Czech Republic IMZ At ITF Golden Prague 5 – 8 October 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic IMZ At WOMEX 14 22 – 26 October 2014 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain Avant Première 2015 10 – 13 February 2015 | Berlin, Germany
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FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ 28 June – 31 August 2014 | Vienna (Austria) What a start of this year’s open-air Film Festival at Wiener Rathausplatz! Guests from all over of the world, key figures from the cultural and political sector, adults as well as children enjoyed the opening screening of Falco’s legendary concert at the Vienna Danube Island in 1993. With this opening programme, the Film Festival said hello to the 31st Danube Island Festival, taking place at the same weekend. Combined with some excellent songs of Falco Symphonic, the one and only concert Falco performed with an orchestra, live recorded in 1994 and reconstructed in 2007, the opening provided a wonderful illustration of how the spheres of Classics and Pop can be mingled. Viennese politician Ernst Woller, together with the Film Festival’s daily presenter Marion Vera Forster, welcomed the 20.000 guests, among them numerous Falco fans and even fan clubs. For the 24th time, the Film Festival in front of Vienna’s City Hall is transforming the City Hall Square into a unique open-air cinema and a trendy gourmet hotspot. ... opera ... operetta… classical concerts ... ballet ... pop concerts ... jazz concerts ... world music performances … contemporary dance… From the great classical classics to modern highlights – screening the best of the best open to everybody for free – in 65 evenings after sunset, we try to make our visitors’ day! But not only the opening was worth visiting… The festival programme includes works by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Richard Strauss, Sergei Prokofiev, Ludwig van Beethoven, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and many others, starring the most famous singers of the worldwide opera scene – Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Nina Stemme, Regula Mühlemann, Magdalena Kožená, Piotr Beczala, Leo Nucci, Cecilia Bartoli, John Osborn, Peter Kálmán, Simon Keenlyside, Emily Magee… – with a special focus In Memoriam on the late maestro Claudio Abbado and concerts led by Franz Welser-Möst, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim or Muhai Tang – to name but a few. On the Film Festivals impressive 300m2 screen, Jazz cats and pop aficionados can enjoy the exceptional guitarist Paco de Lucía, the inimitable soul singer Marvin Gaye, a perfect day with Lou Reed, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, © Votava
4 | IMZ INTERNAL NEWS Gloria Estefan, ZAZ, Goran Bregovic and many many more. Dance lovers can be looking forward to both classics like the ballets Romeo and Juliet or La Bayadère and modern dances from Flamenco to contemporary expressions from all over the world. Within the first week already 70.000 guests visited the highclass, well-known Viennese cultural summer hotspot. Find out more on the unique Rathausplatz experience, this year’s programme, the culinary options from around the world and the new bars in the Rathaus park on the festival’s website! www.filmfestival-rathausplatz.at
VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN YEKATERINBURG 24 June – 13 July 2014 | Yekaterinburg (Russia) If you happen to be in Yekaterinburg, visit the Vienna Music Film Festival at Kirov Square. Already on since 24 June, there are still several nights to come with high-class audio-visual music programmes screened at the open-air festival! Until the last screening of this year’s edition, visitors can enjoy concerts on screen under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, Robin Ticciati, Valery Gergiev, Sir Simon Rattle or Lorin Maazel.
On 13 July – before the curtain of the 2014 Vienna Music Film Festival in Yekaterinburg falls – a special highlight is to come: The New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2014. It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the New Year to present a programme consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the Johann Strauß family and its contemporaries… www.vmff.ru
MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL AT CASTLE ŠPILBERK 18 – 24 August 2014 | Brno (Czech Republic) The magic setting of Špilberk castle in Czech Republic’s second largest city Brno, will set the scene for a buzzing Music Film Festival in August. The 15th edition of the International Music Festival taking place this year, will be enriched by a new attraction: A Music Film Festival! The 1-week festival from 18 – 24 August, brings together live symphonic, crossover and opera concerts in the unique air of a bright summer fête: The colourful festival mix includes the hosts, the Brno Philharmonics, with its chief-conductor Aleksandar Marković and Jakub Hrůša, excellent Gypsy Devils in symphonic version and an opera night starring Dagmar Peckova and Stefan Margita. In addition, delightful music films will be screened: Lang Lang Fea-
turing Herbie Hancock in a stunning concert from Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker at Waldbühne Berlin, ZAZ performing at Baloise Session or the animation-film version of Prokofiev’s musical tale Peter and
the Wolf – viewers of all ages will have enjoyable evenings there. Book your flight, train or bus today and visit the screenings, concerts and more! www.filharmonie-brno.cz/en/
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INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS SEMI-FINAL ROUND OF JUDGING 2 – 3 July 2014 | Vienna (Austria) What a great gathering of the international film and TV industry in Vienna! The IMZ – for the 9th time in a row – once again was entitled by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to host the Semi-Final Judging for the 2014 International Emmy® Awards in the presence of Camille Bidermann Roizen (Senior Vice President & Executive Director) and Nathaniel Brendel (Emmy Judging Director). Since its foundation in 1969, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was chartered with the mission to recognize, foster and award excellence in international television. The IMZ has been member of the Academy for 13 years already. The three-stage judging process for the International Emmy® Awards takes place over several months by high-qualified industry experts selected by the Academy. The event of the Semi-Final Round of Judging Vienna congregated high-level experts from around the world at Palais Schönburg, the prestigious location in the heart of Vienna that again set the scene for the wonderful event. 38 jurors from 12 countries (Germany, Italy, Australia, France, England, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Japan, Slovenia and Denmark) had a full day of judging and networking! IMZ General Secretary Franz Patay, together with Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder (ORF-Enterprise) and Klaus Graf (Graf Film), a new hosting partner on board, who received an International Emmy for the film A Day For A Miracle in 2013, performed and hosted the judgings in the four
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categories (a) Documentary (English-Language), (b) Documentary (Asia/Africa/Middle East), (c) TV Movie/Mini-Series (Latin America) and (d) Best Performance by an Actor (Latin America). In November, the International Emmy Awards will be presented in twenty programme categories to the winners at a Gala in New York. In the evening after the judging, the jurors and around 250 guests from more than 20 countries, among them Josef Ostermayer (Austrian Federal Minister of Arts und Cultural Affairs), Alexander Wrabetz (CEO ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Cooperation), iEmmy winner 2013 Andrew Winter (Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender), the actors Andrea Eckert, Katharina Straßer, Gregor Seberg, Doris Hindinger and Julia Jelinek, musicians Andy Lee Lang, and many more, attended and celebrated at one of the biggest networking events of the film industry in Austria. The live acoustic act of the Austrian In-
die-Pop-Band Garish performing songs from their current repertoire enthralled the guests as well as the delicious catering of impacts, the enjoyable drinks of Moët Hennessy and the lovely flower decoration by von Feichtinger Blumen. This event took place thanks to the support of the Vienna Film Commission, Film and Music Austria, the Austrian Film Institute, Fernsehfonds Austria, Kärnten Werbung, BeautyLash, Master Lin, Audi, 25hours hotel, Palais Schönburg, von Feichtinger, Garish, nked, Moët Hennessy, Lenz Moser, Heineken, Pfau Schnaps and Coca Cola. The IMZ would like to thank all its partners for their great support! Have a look at the best pictures here. www.iemmys.tv
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IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 14 22 – 26 October 2014 | Santiago De Compostela (Spain) Screening Schedule Now Online At www.worldmusicfilms.com! The time has come to finally reveal the long awaited screening selection for the 13th IMZ World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX 14. Three days of screenings (Thursday, 23 October – Saturday, 25 October 2014) open to each WOMEX participant will present a collection of 12 exciting programmes coming from the USA, Trinidad & Tobago & France,
Brazil, Georgia & Lativa & Moldova, Germany, Serbia a.o. Screening Schedule of the IMZ World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX 14 !
Special registration rate – only for IMZ members! Please contact Ruth Pfletschinger at r.pfletschinger@imz.at and get your special deal today!
Further information and trailers of all submitted films to this year’s IMZ Film Screenings at WOMEX 2014 can be found here! Start planning your trip to Santiago De Compostela and register at the Guide Rate valid until 29 August!
The 13th IMZ World Music Film Screenings in cooperation with WOMEX will take place from 22 to 26 October 2014 in Santiago De Compostela, Spain.!
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WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR 18 – 19 July 2014 | Redruth (UK)
Carn to Cove is Cornwall's performing arts scheme for rural communities. The idea is to fill local locations like sports halls or chapels with music, films, poetry, laughter, drama, stories and dancing. On the basis of the commitment and enthusiasm of volunteers, local halls as a centre of social and live performance activity become venues for a great night out with cultural entertainment. As a part of this scheme, two films of the IMZ World Music Films On Tour are screened at Redruth, Cornwall. Enjoy Columbian Gold, a musical odyssey through Colombia’s Caribbean Coast, examining the region’s rich musical heritage, on 18 July, and Calypso Rose – The Lioness Of The Jungle, a documentary on Calypso Rose, a living legend, a charismatic character, the uncontested diva of
Colombian Gold © Sanjay Agarwal and Ivan Higa Calypso music, on 19 July. If you happen to be around, do not miss these screenings! You want to book your own film pro-
gramme? Check our World Music Films on Tour website for the complete film list available for non-commercial bookings!
PERSONNEL/PERSONAL NEWS Franz Patay Awarded Professor The IMZ is proud to announce that Franz Patay, IMZ Secretary General and Director of Konservatorium Wien University has been awarded the title of “Professor”. The ceremony was held by the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria on 12 June. We congratulate him on the honour that has been bestowed on him for his successful work as a key player of the Austrian cultural scene.
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ACCENTUS MUSIC
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LUCERNE FESTIVAL 2014
300 Years Christoph Willibald Gluck
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA – A New Beginning
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Andris Nelsons is one of the most sought-after conductors on the international scene today. Earlier this year, he conducted the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA in a deeply moving Memorial Concert in honour of the late Claudio Abbado. On 15 August, he will open the 2014 Summer Festival with the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, the Bavarian Radio Choir and alto Sara Mingardo. The concert programme, featuring works by Brahms, had been conceived by Abbado himself: “In this way, the memory of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA’s founder remains alive in the Festival’s artistic programming, too” (Michael Haefliger, Executive and Artistic Director of LUCERNE FESTIVAL).
Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Barbara Hannigan
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instrumental ensemble while at the same time negotiating the trickiest coloratura singing is something entirely new. In a Late Night event with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, this year’s Artiste Étoile, star soprano Barbara Hannigan, will do so. She appears as singer, performer and conductor at the same time.
Berliner Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle
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The Berliner Philharmoniker and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL – a very fine tradition, since the orchestra has been a regular guest for over five decades. Following the spirit of their previous motto Moving to Modern Times, the Berliner and Rattle return in 2014 with yet another programme featuring early-20th-century modern classics: Rachmaninoff ’s Symphonic Dances and Stravinsky’s L’Oiseau de Feu.
Honouring Gluck’s 300th anniversary, Arthaus Musik releases this special edition on Blu-ray filled with three prize-winning productions of his most popular operas. Alceste from Stuttgart, awarded Performance of the Year in 2006 by the magazine Opernwelt, Iphigénie en Tauride from Zurich, led by baroque specialist William Christie and Harry Kupfer’s legendary production of Orfeo ed Euridice from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Jochen Kowalski in the title role. (108111)
Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata
www.accentus.com This lavish new production of Verdi’s masterpiece is staged by Argentine director Hugo de Ana, a regular guest at the world’s most prestigious opera houses and acclaimed for
There are pianists who also conduct, and concert masters who lead their orchestra from the violin desk. But a star soprano who coordinates a large
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his spectacular scenery sets and his special use of light. The extra-large stage of the Arena di Verona is his ideal challenge. Ermonela Jaho, an intense and dramatic Violetta, and Francesco Demuro, an elegant Alfredo, are both making their Arena debut. (102193 / 108112)
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100 Years Carmen At Arena Di Verona
In Memoriam Vladimir Horowitz In November 2014, the musical world will be solemnising the 25th anniversary of Vladimir Horowitz’s death. On this occasion, Clasart Classic redirects its focus on two outstanding concerts with this exceptional artist:
Jean-Philippe Rameau Platée
“Laurent Pelly’s staging of Platée is an exhilarating display of gags and West Side Story dance routines mixed in with satirical rap... Marc Minkowski conducting the excellent Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble was the instigator of a sparkling orchestral fête” (Opera Now). The enthusiastic cast is led by Paul Agnew in the title role and Mireille Delunsch, who provides one of the many musical highlights with La Folie’s famous bravura aria. (108132) www.arthaus-musik.com
Horowitz Live! – Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff
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100 years ago, Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen was staged for the first time at the Arena in Verona. Today, in front of the imposing backdrop of the Roman amphitheatre, Franco Zeffirelli‘s opulent production is conducted by Henrik Nánási and sung by an international cast of excellent singers: Ekaterina Semenchuk in the title role, Irina Lungu as Micaela, Carlo Ventre as Don Jose, Carlos Alvarez as Escamillo. Live recorded in HD at Arena di Verona. Produced by Bel Air Media in co-production with NHK, ZDF and Fondazione Arena di Verona.
After his – also by Rachmaninoff himself – acclaimed interpretation of the composer’s Third Piano Concerto fifty years earlier, in 1978, Horowitz electrified his audience once again with this monumental work. Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, he gave an unforgettable performance, which received five Emmy Awards® and is considered by many to be the greatest interpretation of the work on video.
Horowitz at the White House
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This recording captures the unique aura of this pianist in a recital with
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C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT works of Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff that encompasses the full palette of Horowitz’s technical and expressive resources. Recorded at the White House on 26 February 1978, the recital is introduced by then President Jimmy Carter, calling Horowitz "a true national treasure”.
Live From The Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam: Mariss Jansons & Yuja Wang
Janáček’s The Cunning little Vixen – A Making Of This half-hour documentary is about the making of a ground-breaking production of Janáček’s opera which combines the Cleveland Orchestra directed by Franz Welser-Möst with live-action actors and cutting edge animations and projections. Director Yuval Sharon has crafted an at once bespoke and digital world where the human heads of singers blend with animated animal bodies on three 26-foot screens. The film tells the remarkable story of the coming together of classical music, opera, and 21st-century animation. www.tmg.de
The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang made her first appearance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in September 2010 in a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Then, with her performance in 2013, Yuja Wang “left the audience dumbfounded, scored a triumph and stole every heart” (NRC Handelsblad). She now returns with another Russian piano concerto in her fingers: Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto. Also on the programme: Rossini’s overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) and Prokofiev’s monumental Symphony No. 5. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Production: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Live signal available on 19 September.
Live From The Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA: Opening Night Concert & Gala – A John Williams Celebration John Williams is one of the most popular and successful American orchestral composers of the modern age. The programme includes selections from some of John Williams’ beloved movie hits performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, film excerpts from a selection of motion pictures, back-stage videos plus Hollywood impressions, personal stories as told by co-stars on and off the stage. Violinist Itzhak Perlman will give a very special musical performance of pieces from Schindler’s list. Production: BFMI co-production with WNET, WDR/ARTE in association with Los Angeles Philharmonic. Length: 90 min. Live signal available on 30 September.
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EUROARTS Bayreuther Festspiele 2014 Tannhäuser
brations in 2013 presented by Idéale Audience and medici.tv, EuroArts is looking forward to the festival’s 2014 edition starting on 18 July.
And A True Festival For The Home Cinema...
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Producing in commission of BR for NHK, this summer, EuroArts will record Sebastian Baumgarten’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuther Festspiele. With Torsten Kerl and Camilla Nylund singing the main parts and with Axel Kober conducting, we can be looking forward to a controversely discussed staging and a production that is worthwhile watching. Directed for TV by Michael Beyer.
EuroArts brings three more festivals to your homes: André Tchaikowsky’s Der Kaufmann von Venedig (world premiere) from Bregenzer Festspiele, Wagner’s Meistersinger in the Salzburg production by director Stefan Herheim and conductor Daniele Gatti, plus an opera full of verve and sparkling with joy: Gaspare Spontini’s La Fuga in Maschera recorded at the Festival Pergolesi Spontini, which is held every year in the area of Ancona, Italy.
Tchaikovsky On The Edge (WT) After the great success of The Wagner Files by award-winning director Ralf Pleger, his new music documentary Tchaikovsky on the Edge (WT) will be produced in co-production with ZDF/Arte for the 175th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birthday in May 2015. Renowned international artists like Vladimir Malakhov, Cameron Carpenter and Patricia Kopatchinskaja reveal their very personal approach and connection to Tchaikovsky and his music... www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/produktionen/the-tchaikovsky-case www.gebrueder-beetz.de
Verbier Festival 2014
Every July, some of the greatest stars of the international classical music scene come together for two weeks in the wonderful landscape of the Swiss Alps for an exceptional concert series featuring choirs, orchestras, and intimate recitals. With another four outstanding performances by Alexandre Tharaud, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Neeme and Paavo Järvi (2007-2012) and the 20-years anniversary cele-
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LA MONNAIE/ ORF-ENTERPRISE DE MUNT Orphée Et Eurydice
Musical Heritage: Herbert von Karajan
For further information, please contact: Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, marion. camus-oberdorfer@orf.at, Head of Content Sales International or Diane Mitsche, diane.mitsche@orf.at, Sales Manager TV http://contentsales.orf.at
La Monnaie Opera House has ended its 2013-2014 season with an extraordinary opera production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice – presented in the French adaptation by Hector Berlioz. Stage direction was confided to Romeo Castellucci. A man of strong convictions, he adds a personal layer to any play or opera that goes through his hands transforming the work into an experience that cannot leave you indifferent. This time, he juxtaposes the ancient myth of Orpheus – in real time – with the real-life tragedy of a paralyzed young woman trapped in a locked-in syndrome. Orphée et Eurydice will be available in full on www.lamonnaie.be from Wednesday 9 to Tuesday 29 July 2014. www.lamonnaie.be
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of the iconic maestro Herbert von Karajan, ORF presents the most important works of the last decade of his life. Karajan is a synonym for musicality, perfection and passion. Comparable only to Enrico Caruso or Maria Callas, but with the exception that the conductor could eternally preserve a great part of his oeuvre thanks to the television era. His exceptional career is accompanied by recordings starting from his artistic beginnings; even the very young Herbert von Karajan is documented on film. His last decade was dedicated to the high-quality documentation of his most important works for future generations. The most popular events conducted by Karajan – such as Don Carlos of 1986, Don Giovanni of 1987, the amazing New Year's Eve Concerts in Berlin, the famous New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonics of 1987 complete his legacy. Available for TV!
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TELMONDIS Mariinsky On Screen Telmondis is working in partnership with the Mariinsky Theatre and More2Screen to create the Mariinsky On Screen live events. In July two superlative productions will be broadcast worldwide, live from the annual Stars of the White Nights Festival for fans to enjoy the very pinnacle of Russian performing arts at their local cinema.
La Bayadère – LIVE Ballet On Monday 14 July 2014
Ballets Night At Paris Opera
A co-production by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre, Mezzo, M_Media, with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC. International Distribution: Telmondis Distribution
Filmed for the first time: Défilé du Ballet. Etudes. Aunis. Suite de Danses Directed by François Roussillon. A co-production by Opéra national de Paris, Telmondis, FRA Productions, with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC. Filming dates: 4 October 2014, Opéra national de Paris
Les Parapluies De Cherbourg
Music by Ludwig Minkus / Choreography by Marius Petipa Starring: Viktoria Tereshkina, Anastasia Matvienko, Vladimir Shklyarov / Musical direction by Valery Gergiev
War and Peace – LIVE Opera On Wednesday 16 July 2014
A cinematographic revolution, carried by the timeless music of Michel Legrand. Starring Natalie Dessay! Musical direction: Michel Legrand. Set design: Vincent Vittoz & Jean-Jacques Sempé. A co-production by Telmondis, Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet, Mezzo, with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC. Filming dates: 12 – 13 September 2014, Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet
Music by Sergei Prokofiev / New stage direction by Graham Vick Starring: Andrei Bondarenko, Aida Garifulina / Musical direction by Valery Gergiev More information on www.mariinskyonscreen.com and www.telmondis.fr.
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WINDROSE New Music Documentary Lantanda 52min./67min. By Gorka Gamarra, Icarukuri S.L Completion: August 2014
Creole is the only common local language in the former Portuguese colony Guinea Bissau, but it is still not the official language since the country’s independence in 1973. It is still Portuguese... Creole has been used to rebel against the settlers. It has become the language in which artists from different generations express their feelings and the social reality of the country. Windrose’s new music documentary Lantanda focuses on how artists promote this language as a cement of the national identity, through their songs.
UNITEL AND C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT TO EXTEND COOPERATION UNTIL 2020 “We share the common goal of quality of interpretation and production.” (Elmar Kruse) The Berlin media distribution company and classical label C Major Entertainment and the Munich classical production company Unitel have enjoyed a long-term cooperation. As Jan Mojto, CEO of Unitel and Classica and Elmar Kruse, CEO of C Major Entertainment announced in May, the two companies will extend their successful collaboration until 2020.
Elmar Kruse
“We intend to continue and expand this cooperation to bring the great world of classical music on every possible platform and to every corner of the world!” (Jan Mojto) Unitel is distributed by C Major Entertainment. www.cmajor-entertainment.com
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GEBRUEDER LOTUS BEETZ FILM- RECORDS / PRODUKTION ECM Midsummer Night's Tango Cinema Release / Austria
Charles Lloyd – Arrows Into Infinity After screenings at Moods Zurich and at the Vancouver International Film Festival in June, the ECM film Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity will be starring at Monterey Jazz Festival, USA on 21 September 2014. ECM 5052 DVD 6025 378 0649 (2) Blu-ray 6025 378 0650 (8) Arrows Into Infinity chronicles the arc of an improviser’s still-unfolding life, moving through time with memories, archive footage and music, lots of music…
After having reached more than 45,000 visitors in German cinemas, the German-Finnish-Argentinian production Midsummer Night’s Tango (in co-production with 3sat) started in Austria and will soon be launched in Switzerland, Argentina and Japan.
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and Jack DeJohnette made an impact at many levels, playing opposite Hendrix and Janis Joplin at the Fillmore Auditorium, touring Europe’s festivals to great acclaim, making a now-legendary foray into the Soviet Union, and selling a million copies of their Forest Flower album, a massive FM radio hit. Then Charles Lloyd retreated from the limelight, preferring to play his flute in the mountain forests of Big Sur. A tentative return to public service was made in the company of pianist Michel Petrucciani; the 1989 ECM recording Fish Out Of Water, signaled a new beginning. Since then, Lloyd has led a succession of outstanding bands including the recent quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland and the Sangam trio with Harland and Zakir Hussain, who contribute to the documentary – as do Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Robbie Robertson, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Crouch, Manfred Eicher, Ayuko Babu a.o. Arrows Into Infinity is available in DVD and Blu-ray formats. Running time: 113 min. Subtitles in German, French, Spanish, Italian.
Charles Lloyd’s story is a special one, and it intersects with important moments in jazz history. In his early years, the exceptional saxophonist and composer of strikingly original melodies drew together some of the most exciting players of the day, and his late-60s quartet with Keith Jarrett
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ARTE CONCERT Monty Python Live (mostly) One Down Five To Go Sunday 20 July 2014, 8.30 pm
SERVUSTV Monty Python's Flying Circus began as a BBC television series in 1969. 45 episodes were made between then and 1974. Many of the sketches have become part of the collective memory of fans the world over. In the 1970s, Monty Python also hit the big screen with a number of legendary films such as And Now For Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Life of Brian. Their last appearance together – which included Graham Chapman – was in Los Angeles in 1982. http://concert.arte.tv/de
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On Sunday 20 July 2014, ARTE Concert – ARTE’s online platform for the performing arts – has a very special treat in store for viewers. The legendary Monty Python troupe’s latest stage show will be broadcast live and exclusively on concert.arte. tv. The show will be broadcast in English and will then be available for online viewing for a further three months with German subtitles.
On Wednesday 30 July at 9.35 pm, Monty Python live (mostly) will also be broadcast on television by ARTE in English with German subtitles.
Salzburger Festspiele 2014
The Highlights: Monday, 28 July – Friday, 1 August: daily at 06.20 pm (4x17min.), ServusTV Don Giovanni – Die Entstehung einer Festspiel-Oper LIVE! Sunday, 3 August, 06.00 pm, ServusTV Don Giovanni – Live From Salzburger Festspiele In cooperation with Unitel Saturday, 9 August, 06.25 pm, ServusTV Karl Kraus: Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – Vom Weltuntergang zu Jedermanns Aufstieg
The 20,000 tickets for the Monty Python reunion show at London’s O2 arena were sold out in under a minute. In response to the overwhelming demand, another nine performances by the Pythons were scheduled. The final one will be broadcast live to cinemas worldwide and streamed online on ARTE Concert. All the surviving members (John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin) will be taking part in the show. The fans’ expectations are sky high, which is why Monty Python have gone for a mix of old favourite sketches, new material and spectacular special effects.
Thursday, 14 August, 10.15 pm, ServusTV Richard Strauss – Am Ende des Regenbogens On Sundays, 20 July – 31 August, 11.05 am, ServusTV Festspiel Matinee www.servustv.com
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ZDF/ARTE Sunday, 6 Juli 2014, 10.00 pm, ZDF Carmen From Arena Di Verona Director: Franco Zeffirelli, TV director: Andy Sommer, Carmen: Ekaterina Semenchuck, Micaëla: Irina Lungu, Don José: Carlo Ventre, Escamillo: Carlos Alvarez and Conductor: Henrik Nánási Sunday, 6 July 2014, 1.00 am, ARTE Thielemann Conducts Brahms A film by Andreas Morell. Starring Lisa Batiashvili. With Christian Thielemann conducting Staatskapelle Dresden
Sunday, 27 July 2014, 0.15 am, ARTE Grosse Werke Entdecken: Dreigroschenoper A film by Günther Klein. With Ben Becker, Claus Peymann, Joachim Lucchesi Sunday, 3 August 2014, 01.00 pm, ARTE Pflasterklänge – On The Road With Buskers: Klaus The Violinist A film by Günter Atteln and Anne-Kathrin Peitz www.zdf.de
Sunday, 13 July 2014, 01.00 pm, ARTE Pflasterklänge – On The Road With Buskers: Felix Meyer And Band A film by Günter Atteln Sunday, 13 August 2014, 05.30 pm, ARTE Karajan – The Second Life A film by Eric Schulz Sunday, 20 July 2014, 01.00 pm, ARTE Pflasterklänge – On The Road With Buskers: The Musicians Of The Paris Underground A film by Anne-Kathrin Peitz Sunday, 20 July 2014, 06.30 pm, ARTE Amarcord – The Book Of Madrigals A film by Günter Atteln. Featuring amarcord, Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Michael Metzler Sunday, 27 July 2014, 01.00 pm, ARTE Pflasterklänge – On The Road With Buskers: Light In Babylon At Bosporus A film by Günter Atteln
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51ST ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE 5 – 8 October 2014 | Archa Theatre Prague Now is the time to enter your programme: The ITF Golden Prague competition is calling for entries! Competition categories: 1 Documentary programmes dedicated to music and dance 2 Performing Arts Competition conditions: Only programmes produced after 15 April 2013 will be accepted for competition. Maximum number of programmes per entrant: 5 Maximum total length of all programmes entered by a single entrant: unlimited Minimum length of each programme: 5 minutes Awards: Grand Prix GOLDEN PRAGUE (a financial award of EUR 10,000) Two CZECH CRYSTALS to winning programmes in individual categories SPECIAL MENTION for extraordinary artistic achievement Furthermore, the Director General of Czech Television awards the CZECH TELEVISION PRIZE. Find the entry form plus further info on the rules and regulations on www. festivalgoldenprague.cz Entry form deadline: 31 July 2014 Submission deadline: 31 July 2014 Personal registration deadline: 30 September 2014
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The International Jury judging your programmes: Chairman: Andrea Andermann, Rada Film, Italy Members: Robert Kamyk, TVP, Poland Jana Návratová, Taneční zóna, Czech Republic Jan Younghusband, BBC, United Kingdom Larry Weinstein, Rhombus Media, Canada The ITF Golden Prague team is looking forward to your submissions... www.festivalgoldenprague.cz www.divadloarcha.cz/en/
GEBRUEDER LONDON BEETZ FILM- SYMPHONY PRODUKTION ORCHESTRA Before The Last Curtain Falls (ZDF/Arte)
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Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs Toronto and part of the official selection at Reykjavik International Filmfest and Lubuskie Film Summer, Poland. The film – co-produced by ZDF/ Arte (Wolfgang Bergmann) and Canvas – explores the lives of six aging and highly unique travesty artists through the prism of a great dance, theatre, cabaret and music show called Gardenia. Created by Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke. Website & trailer: www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/produktionen/gardenia-2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/BevorderletzteVorhangfaellt
LSO Live marks its 100th release with the launch of a new LSO Live iPad App. The app has been created as a platform through which iPad users can browse and explore LSO Live releases, purchase and download them, and listen both through their device (offline as well as online) and through connected HDTVs via Apple TV and speakers using Apple’s AirPlay technology. The LSO Live app is built on iTunes, and works with the user’s iTunes account. When the app is downloaded it will automatically connect with the account associated with the device, and search for LSO Live catalogue items already owned. These items will be immediately available for playback in the app and via AirPlay. Link to download app http:// bit.ly/TekXrD lso.co.uk
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ATELIER FOR YOUNG FESTIVAL MANAGERS 21-27 March 2015 | Beirut APPLY NOW! Are you part of the next generation of artistic festival directors? Do you want to broaden your programming skills and be inspired by colleagues and experienced leaders in the field? Do you want to join a new network of future festival leaders worldwide? The Festival Academy’s 2015 Atelier for Young Festival Managers, initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA), will take place from 21 to 27 March 2015 in Beirut, Lebanon, in collaboration with the Beiteddine Art Festival. Young festival managers
from all over the world are invited to apply until 12 September 2014. The Atelier is an intense and rigorous 7-day training platform addressed at emerging artistic festival directors or those who have ambitions to become involved in programming or in programming-related departments within a festival. It is all about sharing experiences and passing on knowledge to a next generation of festival makers: knowledge about programming a festival, while focusing on the very essence of art festivals – the arts and the artist.
In the vibrant Lebanese cultural city, some 10 renowned festival directors will share their experiences with 45 participants who will join the network of currently 223 Alumni from 56 countries that emerged from six Ateliers since 2006. All information on the Atelier, selection criteria, application procedure and application form can be found on the Atelier website.
CINÉDANSE QUÉBEC 2014 November 21-24, 2014 | Musée de la civilisation, Québec City (Canada) CALL FOR ENTRIES! The 2nd edition of Cinédanse will be held on the location of the great exhibition on Contemporary dance Rebel Bodies organised by the Musée de la civilisation of Québec (Opening: 10 October 2014). The festival will focus on 5 main topics: - Perceptions about women: Today;
- Perceptions about couples: Us two; - Perceptions about intimacy: From dreams to religions; - Perceptions about community spirit: Us, them, the other; - Perceptions about Old age and “Old days”.
Submit your film by hyperlink to info@cinedanse.ca Please mark the type of film (short, full length, documentary, re-creation), the credits, the length and the formats avaibale. Deadline: 29 August 2014
Cinédanse accepts works of all lengths.
www.cinedanse.ca
EFFE FESTIVAL LABEL 2015-2016 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe – is a new international festival platform in the making looking to connect festivals that are deeply committed to the arts and their communities. EFFE’s overall aims are to increase access to Europe’s diverse festivals by providing key information on Europe’s arts and cultural festivals, and to enrich the festival landscape and European society by promoting trends in artistic excellence and innovation in festival production.
Europe’s most innovative arts festivals will be selected for the EFFE Festival Label and Award. An International Jury and experts from the arts, culture, business, and political sectors steer the selection process. The EFFE Festival Label and Awards will be announced and a multimedia festival guide launched in autumn 2015 at a gala at one of Europe's greatest festivals. EFFE believes that it is an important advantage for Europe’s festivals to be recognised by their peers and the European Union for their outstanding quality. The label recipients
and award winners benefit from increased visibility, new networking opportunities, foster involvement of festivals in the artistic community, and recognition for their outstanding values. Launched by the European Festivals Association (EFA), the new pilot project of the European Commission opened a European-wide application process to gather interested festivals. Festivals are invited to apply until 15 November 2014 at www.effe.eu.
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EMCY – EUROPEAN UNION OF MUSIC COMPETITIONS FOR YOUTH Young Hearts for Music Tour Every summer, EMCY organises its own chamber music tour through South-East Bavaria and Austria with highly talented young prize winners of its members’ competitions – The Young Hearts for Music Tour. Young European musicians from different countries meet, practise and then perform together in various different and often unusual chamber
music combinations. The musicians are encouraged to present works from their own countries, emphasising the European nature of this project. Furthermore, they present themselves as well as the musical choices on stage in order to render the music accessible and to involve the audience. For the first few days of the tour, the musicians work on the repertoire together in a workshop.
RUSSIAN RADIO ORPHEUS AWARDED BEST THEMATIC RADIO STATION The Russian State Music TV and Radio Centre is proud to announce that, by the results of the independent Internet voting, Radio Orpheus has won a prestigious Russian Radio Station Award as “Best Thematic Radio Station of the Year 2014”. 160 radio stations from all over Russia were nominated in 25 categories. The award ceremony was held on 30 May in the Radisson “Slavyanskaya” Hotel in Moscow, with the award being received by the Programme Director of Radio Orpheus, Igor Ovrutsky.
They then present their programme to audiences throughout Southern Bavaria and Austria. In 2014 the young talented musicians will be: Nathalie Matthys, Piano (Belgium); Iris Renner, Cello (Austria); Kaya Møller, Violin (Denmark) www.emcy.org
SIFA 2014 The Singapore arts festival is finally becoming independent after 36 years. It is now called the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). The National Arts Council of Singapore will no longer organise the festival although it continues to be its commissioner and main funder. As part of the new birth, for the first time, an artist was appointed festival director. So here it is: Keng Sen’s first edition of the new SIFA 2014 and its pre-festival The O.P.E.N.: www.sifa.sg theopen.sifa.sg
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THE ARAB FUND FOR ARTS AND CULTURE Open Calls Established in 2007 by local cultural activists as an independent initiative that funds individuals as well as organizations active in the fields of cinema, performing arts, literature, music and visual arts, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is now accepting applications for the three categories of (a) Cinema, (b) Music, and (c) RTR – Research, Training and Regional Events.
The calls are open to Arab individuals living in the Arab region or in diaspora and to local, regional and international institutions whose projects are related to contemporary Arab culture. Applications can be submitted in Arabic or English. Please consult the Grant Guidelines, Evaluation Process, and FAQs before applying. Cinema applications must be submitted online no later than 1 August
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2014. Music and RTR applications must be submitted online no later than 1 September 2014. The results will be announced on 20 November 2014. For further information please visit http://arabculturefund.org/grants/ opencalls.php
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