NE WSLE T T ER JU NE 2011 • ZDFKULTUR REFLECTING A NEW WAY OF LIFE
IMZ INTERNAL NEWS • EBU-IMZ PITCHING SESSION AT GOLDEN PRAGUE
• WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN JUNE
• WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR
• SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FANFARE FOR A NEW CENTURY
• DANCE SCREEN ON TOUR RELAUNCHED
• THE METROPOLITAN OPERA SUMMER HD ENCORES
• VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN JEKATERINBURG & MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST 2011
• QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VOICE COMPETITION THE LAUREATES
IMZ MEMBER NEWS
• ARTE FRANCE FAREWELL TO GABRIELLE BABIN GUGENHEIM
• THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE UPDATE • CLASART CLASSIC PRESENTING THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA • C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT MAHLER, FAUST, AND EASY RIDER • EUROARTS A MUSICAL JOURNEY IN 3D • ACCENTUS LAURELS AND THE LATEST LISZT • ORF CONTENT-SALES INTERNATIONAL THE INFERNAL COMEDY
RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS • WOMEX 11 SMART RATE DEADLINE • EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL MANIFESTO FOR YOUTH AND MUSIC IN EUROPE
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N EWSLE T TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS EBU-IMZ PITCHING SESSION AT GOLDEN PRAGUE PITCH YOUR BEST IDEAS AT THE JOINT EBU-IMZ PITCHING SESSION AT GOLDEN PRAGUE (OCTOBER 15 – 19, 2011)
Big, bold imaginative music and dance events with multi-media components are the way to find big
All EBU and IMZ members – public
than three A4 pages to Katharina Jeschke and Nicole
broadcasting companies, production as well as
Jeanrenaud.
distribution companies, programme buyers, DVD
Deadline for submissions: June 30th, 2011.
labels, artist managers, filmmakers et al. are invited to submit their proposals. In particular, we are looking for projects/events related to:
audiences and make a big impact.
• A major cultural event in 2012
The EBU - European Broadcasting Union - and the
• The big three anniversaries in 2013 – Wagner, Verdi and Benjamin Britten
IMZ have once again decided to join forces to promote and strengthen the arts in the audiovisual media! The two partners are looking forward to setting up at least one new original project/event
• The centenary of the outbreak of World War I in 2014 • other ambitious events, aimed at prime time international audiences.
every year, from 2012 to 2014, aimed at prime time international audiences, which will be offered to
All proposed projects must have in principle the
all members within the EBU and the IMZ.
guaranteed budget of at least 50%.
To do this we need your ideas and therefore we are organising a joint Pitching Session to be held at the Golden Prague Festival.
support of at least one EBU member or a
Please make sure that your proposal includes at least the following information: • A project description and the envisaged broadcasting format(s) • Supporting broadcaster(s) and all other partners involved/ interested so far • An estimation of the total budget and the funding already secured • Short information about yourself / your company (if you are not a broadcaster). A pre-selection commitee will have chosen the projects which will be pitched by 1st September 2011
If you want to present your project(s)/production(s)
Practical information about the pitching session will
at the EBU – IMZ Pitching Session, please send your
follow in due course.
proposal as a Word document or PDF of not more
N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR With the MAAILMAKÜLA – Global Village Festival behind us, and
VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN YEKATERINBURG & MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST
the 27th Music Meeting Festival ahead of us, there are some busy
The IMZ is happy to announce that it has cooperated yet another year with music
days full of world music…
film festivals in Jekaterinburg and Bucharest, organising their music film-
Do’t miss out on the Water Music Summer Open Air Festival and
programmes.
the Fordefestival – all coming up this summer.
The Music Film Festival in Bucharest will take place from 11 to 18 June
Join us at World Music Films on Tour and spread the music around!
2011 at the George Enescu Square. The Vienna Music Film Festival in Yekaterinburg will take place from 24 June to 3 July 2011 in front of the Ural Federal University.
DANCE SCREEN ON TOUR RELAUNCHED
Both festivals will be open air, free of charge and combined with a food and beverage area following the concept of the Rathausplatz Filmfestival in Vienna.
“Life may not be the party that we hoped for… But while we’re here, we should dance.” (unknown) Dance your way to our brand new dance screen on Tour Youtube Channel, and be the first to book one – or all – of our exciting 35 videos on the re-launched screening programme! For more information, please contact Orly Schwartzman.
N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE UPDATE
introduces the Russian television station TV Kultura and the British BBC Television.
CLASART CLASSIC
Recorded during concerts on 11 and 12 August 2010 at the Orchestra’s home,
TWO NEW RECORDINGS RELEASED INTERNATIONALLY
Severance Hall in Cleveland, this is the
www.festivalgoldenprague.cz
The Bruckner DVD by Franz
Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst
The ITF Golden Prague Team is looking
Welser-Möst and The Cleveland
performing Bruckner’s music in historic
Orchestra at Severance Hall is
venues. Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5
the fourth in a series filmed in historic
was recorded at St. Florian Cathedral in
venues.
Linz, Austria and the Symphony No.
The 1887 revised version of Bruckner’s
9 at the Musikverein concert hall in
Symphony No. 8 edited by Leopold
Vienna. Symphony No. 7 was also
Nowak is paired with a bonus concert
recorded at Severance Hall.
preview discussion by Franz WelserMöst and video director William Cosel
include a personal meeting with
The Bruckner Symphony No. 8 recording is distributed by ARTHAUS
hosted by ideastream® producer Dee
choreographer and dancer Angelin
Music and NAXOS.
Perry.
15 – 19 October 2011 / Zofin Palace, Prague The deadline for entries to the competition closed on 31 May 2011. Please submit your tapes and other
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more
on
forward to seeing you in Prague!
material as soon as possible if you have
Deadline for personal
not done so already. In case you still
registration: 15 September
have a production to enter, please
2011
contact the ITF GP team. There might
Entry forms available here.
be the possibility of a post-nomination! The highlights of the festival
Preljocaj and his work in the cycle Tribute to… Other Tributes to present director Christopher Nupen and the world of Amercian dance legend Alvin Ailey. The Focus on... cycle
(Registration is free of charge and allows access to all festival events.)
fourth DVD in a series featuring the
N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS CLASART CLASSIC
T h e t e l ev i s i o n p ro g r a m m e a n d recording celebrate several milestones,
The new Mahler DVD marks
including Pierre Boulez’ 85th birthday
Pierre Boulez’ 24th recording
and the 45th anniversary year of his
with The Cleveland Orchestra.
debut with The Cleveland Orchestra;
A 90-minute high-definition DVD of
the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth
Pierre Boulez conducting The Cleveland
(2010), and the 100th anniversary of his
Orchestra in works of Mahler, produced
death (2011).
with international co-production
For more information, please contact
p a r t n e r s A RT E a n d D e u t s c h e
Katja Raths
Grammophon, has just been released by ACCENTUS Music. The programme, directed by William Cosel, was taped during live performances presented in February 2010 at Severance Hall. It i n c l u d e s M a h l e r ’s A d a g i o f ro m
C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT
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RCO Mahler Cycle Continued Wi t h L i ve Tra n s m i s s i o n o f Mahler’s Ninth After the two famous Mahler festivals in 1920 and 1995, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam is now presenting a special two-season Mahler series including ten large-scale symphonies, plus Das Lied von der Erde,
© CMajor Entertainment
performed in chronological order by the world’s greatest orchestra under the direction of divers conductors like Mariss Jansons, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Boulez.
Symphony No. 10 and Des Knaben
As one of the last works of this cycle, the
Wunderhorn, songs for voice and
Symphony No. 9, under the direction of
orchestra, with vocal soloists Magdalena
Bernard Haitink, was recorded and
Kožená, mezzo-soprano, and Christian
broadcasted live on Sunday 15 May by 3
Gerhaher, baritone.
SAT and AVRO Netherlands. The full cycle will be postproduced by June/July 2011.
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N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Celebrating The 200th Birthday Of Franz Liszt Under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden performed a special Franz Liszt memorial concert at the Semperoper in Dresden. To commemorate the 200th anniversary year of one of the romantic era’s greatest musicians, the orchestra presents a Faust-themed concert that opens with Richard Wagner’s early Overture to Faust in D minor (1855 version) before leading into Franz Liszt’s symphonic masterpiece A Faust Symphony (1857 version).
Still Searching For America… On The Trail Of Easy Rider
issues resonate with the America of
For the TV audience, Hannes Rossacher
scenes from the original movie and are
and Simon Witter retraced the route of
carried by music in the spirit of Easy
the original Easy Rider adventure – a
Rider. Featuring a. o. Dennis Hopper, Peter
route designed to slice through a variety
Fonda and Peter Coyote. A production of
of social strata – and find out how its
Studio TV for ARTE and ZDF Kultur.
2010. All 4 episodes, 60 min. each, contain
A production of UNITEL in cooperation with Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and CLASSICA.
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NEW RELEASES ON DVD AND BLU-RAY: DVD
WALDBÜHNE BERLIN 2011
EUROARTS
Mozart: Da Ponte Operas
Berliner Philharmoniker – Riccardo
CINEMA RELEASE OF FIRST 3D CONCERT FILM
Chailly
Claus Guth’s celebrated Mozart/ Da Ponte opera trilogy at the
Berliner Philharmoniker – A Musical Journey in 3D
Saturday, 2 July 2011, 08:15 pm CET – live signal available
Salzburg Festival for the first time in one DVD box set!
According to the motto Fellini, Jazz & Co. the
Va ri a t i o n s : B a re n b o i m
Speaking to The Guardian, Stanley Dodds, a member of the Berlin Philharmonic, said: "Nothing of its kind has ever been
Berliner Philharmoniker perform works by
(Beethoven: Diabelli Variations),
Shostakovich, Rota and Respighi at their
Bronfma n (Brahms: Handel
done before. It gives the feeling of being in an orchestra. When
famous annual open-air concert.
Variations), Schiff (Bach: Goldberg
Duration: approx. 100’; HD; Progr. no: 5840
Variations)
Produced by: EuroArts Music, in co-
BLU-RAY
production with RBB, NHK and SMG
Mozart: Great Mass – A
premiered with great success in UK in more than 100 cinemas on 9 May. The film will be released in cinemas worldwide in 2011.
you see the winding tubes of a horn, or a very nice old Italian violin in 3D, you feel you could touch it.” www.euroarts.com
Ballet by Uwe Scholz One of the most impressive works of this important neoclassical choreographer. Ma rtha Argerich at the Verbier Festival Works by Beethoven, Scarlatti and © Context tv (detail)
Shostakovich.
N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS sound”, stating that “no one
DANIEL BARENBOIM, PIERRE BOULEZ & STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN
LAURELS FOR MAHLER 9
will want to deprive
ACCENTUS Music presents…
themselves of such a radical
ACCENTUS Music is proud
experience”.
The recording of the concert Staatskapelle Berlin,
ACCENTUS MUSIC
to announce that its DVD and Blu-ray production of Claudio Abbado and Lucerne Festival
and “transparency of
ORF CONTENT-SALES INTERNATIONAL PROUDLY PRESENTS…
The comeback of The Infernal Comedy
Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez, honorary
The theatre production starring John Malkovich
This particular release has
conductor of the orchestra, will hold at Philharmonie
is going back on tour this summer, covering
also been elected
Essen on 9 and 10 June 2011.
countries such as Austria, Czech Republic, Poland,
G r a m o p h o n e
Music by two great composers of the 19th century,
Magazine’s DVD and
United Kingdom and Russia. The tour dates:
Blu-ray of the month
Ferenc Liszt and Richard Wagner, will be combined in one concert: two superb orchestral
in the June 2011 edition. BBC Music Magazine
works – Faust Overture and Siegfried Idyll – by
awarded the recording five
and 2.
5 June 2011: Warsaw
Featuring Daniel Barenboim as pianist, and the
17 June 2011: Barbican Theater (London)
Staatskapelle Berlin under the baton of Pierre
18 June 2011: Barbican Theater (London)
magazine praised the
Boulez, this event promises to be a very special
“fluidity of interpretation”
musical highlight of the Liszt year 2011…
30 June 2011: Ronacher Theater Vienna
Orchestra performing Ma hler’s Symphony No. 9 has been awarded a p re s t i g i o u s D i a p a s o n d’Or in the June 2011 e d i t i o n o f t h e F re n c h magazine Diapason. The
stars: “Finest concert DVD ever? I think so.”
Richard Wagner and Liszt’s Piano Concerts No. 1
An HD production by ACCENTUS Music in coproduction with ZDF/arte. For more information, please contact Ulrike Gratz
2 June 2011: Prague Spring Festival 4 June 2011: Lodz
1 July 2011: Ronacher Theater Vienna 10 July 2011: St. Petersburg 17 September 2011: Cyprus (see next page)
N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ORF CONTENT-SALES INTERNATIONAL PROUDLY PRESENTS…
The comeback of The Infernal Comedy For those who are unable to attend the live performances, ORF gladly presents the live recording of The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer from Vienna Ronacher Theater and the making-of Inside the Infernal Comedy: The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer (Ronacher Theater,Vienna July 2009) – 102 min. Discover the world of Jack Unterweger (John Malkovich), a notorious womanizer who is suspected of killing a large number of prostitutes in Vienna, Graz, Prague and Los Angeles. Join us on the journey of a convicted murderer and his various encounters, accompanied by beautiful music by Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Inside the Infernal Comedy – 43 min.
© Olga Martschitsch
Go behind the scenes of this musical theatre piece for Baroque orchestra! Not only does this production offer you insights into the rehearsals, it also gives you background information on Jack Unterweger; as well as valuable opinions given by Michael Sturminger and Martin Haselböck, the masterminds behind this successful production. Both productions are offered in high definition formats. If you are interested, please contact marion.camus-oberdorfer@orf.at http://contentsales.orf.at http://enterprise.orf.at/footage © Olga Martschitsch
N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ZDFKULTUR
WHAT‘S ON…ZDF IN JUNE
REFLECTING THE IMAGE OF A NEW WAY OF LIFE
Clips On ZDFneo
The ZDF family is growing, the genes remain constant. ZDF Theaterkanal becomes the digital ZDFkultur: with a new name, a new logo and a new design. ZDFkultur reflects the image of a modified way of life and cultural understanding that connects high-brow and popular culture. ZDFkultur is different from
30 years after the start of MTV, music television has become a dying breed. With neoMusic: 90minutes, the ZDF provides a biotope! One topic a show, it’s great theme time television… 5 June 2011, 02:20 am, on ZDFneo: Soundtracks. Find out more here!
two piano concerts with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Antoni Wit. Next chance to reminisce: 12 June 2011, 07:15 pm, on ARTE Intimate insights into the life and work of the dynamite maestro and master of the Mariinski: Filmmaker Allan Miller invites us to the realms of Valery Gergiev: MUSICA: Valery Gergiev – Herrscher über das Mariinski (13 June 2011,
already established culture channels due to its
ZDF Music On ARTE
10:05 pm, on ARTE)
rather feuilletonistic ways of presentation. ZDFkultur is
Johann Strauß’ Viennese Waltzes arranged by Arnold
subjective, polarising and stages culture playfully by itself.
Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern: The Philharmonics are reviving the modernists’ point of
Always worth celebrating… Carlos Kleiber, the cryptic genius – In a portray by
The leading programme parts of the new digital
view in a traditional Viennese Kaffeehaus.
Nichts – Der Dirigent Carlos Kleiber (20
5 June 2011, 07:15 pm, on ARTE: MAESTRO:
June 2011, 09:50 pm, on ARTE) and on the rostrum
playing – playing theatre or playing computer games.
Wiener Walzer
in MAESTRO: Carlos Kleiber dirigiert
Pop music is an essential element of ZDFkultur, not so
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of
Brahms’ 4. Symphonie, a recording of the
much in form of chart-pop or mainstream-pop, it will
Frédéric Chopin’s birthday, in 2010 ARTE
concert Kleiber gave at the Munich Herkulessaal in
be mostly Indie-Rock and Pop, Heavy Metal, Hip-Hop, Jazz or Electronic Music, which will find their home at
presented the Warsaw concert of Evgeny
October 1996 conducting the Bayerische
Kissin und Nikolai Demidenko performing his
Staatsorchester (19 June 2011, 07:15 pm, on ARTE).
ZDFkultur channel are the pop culture and all types of
ZDFkultur. Find out more here
filmmaker Eric Schulz: MUSICA: Spuren ins
www.zdf.de
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THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Fanfare For A New Century When the San Francisco Symphony was established in 1911, its founders sought to create a permanent orchestra for the city that would make music available to all its citizens, regardless of age, income or background. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony hold true to this vision 100 years later with the opening of their 2011-2012 Centennial Season, three days of civic and community celebrations (7 – 9 September) that mark 100 years since the Orchestra’s founding, as well as celebrate the American orchestra’s role as a cultural, educational, and civic institution. The Symphony’s Opening Gala on 7 September – featuring Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas leading the Orchestra and special guest soloists pianist Lang Lang and violinist Itzhak Perlman – will be filmed for national PBS broadcast on WNET/THIRTEEN’s Great Performances series and will air later during the 2011-2012 season.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA SUMMER HD ENCORES
Beginning 15 June, the Met will once again present Summer HD Encores, a series of screenings from the groundbreaking Live in HD series, in more than 425 movie theaters across the United States. This summer’s Encores series offers screenings of six classic Live in HD transmissions: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Verdi’s Simone Boccanegra, Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, Puccini’s Tosca, and Verdi’s Don Carlo. Detailed cast and opera information is included on The Metropolitan Opera’s 2011 Summer HD Encores Schedule. The Met: Live in HD, the company’s award-winning series of opera transmissions into movie theaters around the world, is shown in 46 countries and in more than 1,500 theaters. Since launching the HD series in December
Centennial Season Overview
2006, the Metropolitan Opera has become the leading producer of alternative cinema content, selling more than seven million tickets in total. The fifth
The opening week concerts and events kick off the San Francisco Symphony’s 2011-2012
season of live transmissions concludes on 14 May with the Met’s new
centennial season, an ambitious eleven-month calendar of concerts, programmes, and events,
production of Die Walküre, conducted by Met Music Director James Levine
expanded education programms, and centennial media initiatives. Find all the details here.
and directed by Robert Lepage. www.metopera.org.
www.sfsymphony.org
N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS 7TH QUEEN ELISABETH I N T E R N AT I O N A L V O I C E COMPETITION (MAY 2011)
Fine Arts at the closing concert of this year’s competition, with the
ARTE FRANCE
Symphony Orchestra of the Vlaamse
Dear colleagues, dear friends,
Opera, conducted by Dmitri Jurowski. All
For nearly twenty years, animated by the same passion for music, we have come
THE 12 LAUREATES
IMZ members are warmly invited
together to discuss, produce and co-produce many important films for ARTE,
Korean soprano Hong Haeran has won
to attend the closing concert.
preserving the essence of the extraordinary diversity and vitality of artistic
t h e 7 t h Q u e e n E l i s a b e t h Vo i c e
Please contact the Competition at
creation. During these years, with your help, I have defended the best of
Competition. Second laureate is Belgian
mevanneste@qeimc.be!
international production, and I will always remember with emotion the shared
tenor Thomas Blondelle and third
This year’s competition has been streamed
moments of work and joy. The time has now come for me to leave ARTE for a
l a u re a t e R u s s i a n s o p r a n o E l e n a
live on the competition’s website as from
more personal life.
Galitskaya. French mezzo-soprano
the semi-finals. The semi-final and final
Anaïk Morel is 4th, Russian baritone
I wish all of you continue this essential mission, to keep alive and transmit the
performances are now available as video on demand until 15 September 2011.
beauty of music.
Konstantin Shushakove 5th and French mezzo Clémentine Margaine 6th laureate. The complete ranking of the 12 laureates and an overview of the jury members is available on the competition’s website. The 12 finalists have performed with La Monnaie/De Munt Symphony Orchestra
Yours faithfully, Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim gabriellebabin@gmail.com Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim is retiring, but music and dance are still alive on ARTE, so do not hesitate to contact:
under the baton of Carlo Rizzi.
Esther Lehoczky, Emelie de Jong, and Isabelle Mestre.
On 9 June, the first six laureates will
Read more on ARTE France Culture et Spectacles here.
perform in the Brussels Centre for
N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS WOMEX 11 Smart Rate Deadline: 17 June 2011
October 2010 saw over 2,440 delegates from more than 90 countries, 650 exhibitors, a full Conference programme including
EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL Manifesto For Youth And Music In Europe
and all those working in the music sector, and also as a policy document. We are looking for ambassadors to spread the word and to get as wide an endorsement
The programme selection for
Film Screenings and a Showcase
The Working Group Youth of the
as possible for the manifesto and what it
WOMEX 11 in Copenhagen is
Festival presenting 59 acts on 6
European Music Council has now
stands for: the enhancement of youth
stages.
launched its Manifesto for Youth and
participation in the shaping of the music
Music in Europe part of its Access!
sector of the future.
now well underway following a record number of submissions. WOMEX received over 750 Showcase proposals, 70 Conference proposals and 35 Film Screening proposals. Trade Fair Stands are selling out fast and now is the time to re g i s t e r i n o rd e r t o t a ke advantage of the Smart Rate – see the WOMEX Registration
The next edition of WOMEX, the most important international professional market for world music, will be taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 26 to 30 October 2011. For more information about WOMEX – the World Music Expo – visit www.womex.com
project and a direct result of the European Youth Forum on Music 2010 in Torino. The Manifesto was officially launched at the European Music Festival for Young People in Neerpelt, Belgium at the start of May. The main themes of the manifesto are lifelong learning, professional training, mobility and dialogue,
page for details and book before
employment, resources, and
the deadline on 17 June 2011.
youth as a resource.
The 16th edition of WOMEX in Copenhagen, Denmark, in
This document is now being widely disseminated as a tool for young people
For more information and to get involved, take a look at www.wgyemc.org and/or get in touch via wgy@emc-imc.org!