NEWSLETTER December 2012
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IMZ INTERNAL NEWS Editorial IMZ Avant Première Screenings At MIDEM dance screen With San Francisco Dance Film Festival - Call for entries dance screen On Tour Staff Changes World Music Films On Tour New Programmes IMZ Schedule
IMZ MEMBER NEWS new members Les Films Jack Fébus SIVision Broadcast GmbH
new productions Accentus Music Sidewalk Sounds And The Mature Symphonies C Major Entertainment And The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Clasart Classic Beethoven Cycle col legno New CD Release Fool of Love EuroArts New Year’s Eve With Rattle And Bartoli Jack Fébus Films Capturing LSO Lotus Records New CD Release Arik Brauer Windrose Great Conductors
new deals Classical TV Acquires Digital Classics Distribution
new media Syquali Crossmedia Wagner App
what‘s on... ServusTV Karajan – Das Zweite Leben Television Premiere ZDF/ARTE December & January
save the date 50th ITF Golden Prague Save The Date 18th Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition Application Deadline
job carousel - personnel & personal news Arthaus Musik Erwin Stürzer The Metropolitan Opera James Levine
RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival Call For Entry Highlights at MIDEM 2013 ICMA Nominations 40th International Emmy Awards Winners Announced
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Editorial Dear Members, I would like to take this opportunity to point out my view of the purpose of a membership organisation – such as the IMZ. The three major points are: 1. Generate Strategies Bringing information Broadening the network Testing strategies
Franz Patay (c) Simlinger
2. Generate Funding Public funding Private funding 3. Generate Visibility Especially for the small members At this stage, all these points cannot be carried out by the secretariat alone, but need a strong involvement and co-operation of as many members as possible. The mission of the IMZ "to encourage the promotion and dissemination of music throughout the audio-visual media: the gramophone, film, radio and television" (Original Statutes, 1961) must keep up with the times. In words of today, my interpretation of our mission is: • to encourage the production and dissemination of music programmes (especially jazz and world music) on international television and in other visual media • to stimulate a dialogue between composers, filmmakers, stage and television directors, set designers, performing artists, audio-visual producers, broadcasters, and record companies • to promote international co-production • to raise the profile of music and music theatre in today’s media environment • to inspire new ideas about the screen presentation of music and music theatre and to offer a platform for creative innovation • to nurture local and regional talents and enhance the skills of emerging art producers, filmmakers and broadcasters • to stimulate investment in co-production programmes in arts and culture projects between and among artists and producers. • to facilitate dialogue and to encourage collaboration among artists and media professionals All this can be attained if all members work together on achieving these aims. It is my strong belief that only with the involvement of all members the IMZ will be able to fulfil our mission. In order to produce more relevant information with this Newsletter for IMZ-members, we kindly invite you to provide us with more feedback about what kind of information you would expect from our newsletter and in what way you are wishing to get it delivered (E-mail, Link, iPad Application, Smartphone, etc.). Looking forward to your feedback! Best regards, Franz Patay Secretary General
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IMZ Avant Première Screenings at MIDEM For all of you waiting impatiently… We are proud to reveal the long-awaited Avant Première Screening Schedule. For all further details, please visit: www.avantpremiere.at Classical & Jazz at MIDEM 2013 This time, midem puts the spotlight on classical music & jazz with a brand new, tailor-made programme encouraging networking, learning, discoveries and deals. We are looking forward to seeing you there…
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dance screen 2013 with San Francisco Dance Film Festival
broadcasters to submit dance-based films (produced since December 2010), which have not been previously entered in dance screen or in the San Francisco Dance Film Festival.
Call for entries!
Submission will open on 10 December 2012 through 1 March 2013.
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming partnership with San Francisco Dance Film Festival, which will host the dance screen 2013 competition and conference. San Francisco Ballet and the San Francisco Film Society will join in as co-presenters of this international celebration of dance on camera. We invite filmmakers, choreographers, dance and video artists, producers, distributors and
Sumit your film on dancescreen.com and follow us on facebook.at!
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dance screen On Tour
Staff Changes
Once again, Darrel Toulon, ballet director of the Oper Graz, has included an award-winning dance video in a new edition of his acclaimed “Tanz Nite”. This time, he chose Pito (New Zealand) presenting the film in the framework of an evening that was dedicated to the world premiere of choreographer Natalia Horecna’s “Firebird”. Thanks to a lively co-operation with the IMZ, for years now, excellent dance videos are fixtures of his acclaimed Studiobühne productions. And he will continue employing this feature that has become a most popular supplement to his own programmes. By the way, Darrel Toulon himself is an award-winning video dance artiste – he is one of the laureates of the II. Deutscher Videotanzpreis 1998/99…
End of November 2012, office manager Katharina Leissing has left the IMZ moving on to new challenges as junior congress manager in Vienna. We thank Katharina for her committed work for the IMZ and wish her all the best for her future career. New in the IMZ office is Linda Esslinger who will take over Katharina’s agenda. She will be responsible for the office management while Birgit Baresch is on maternity leave.
The list has been expanded by three new programmes that were presented at WOMEX 2012: Eastern Voices I heard god crying Electrical Rites in Guinea Conakry Check out the complete selection of movies we offer for non-commercial bookings here.
IMZ Schedule dance screen 2013: Call for entries 10.12.2012 – 01.03.2013 http://www.dancescreen.com/ MIDEM 2013, Cannes (FR): 1. Avant Première Screenings: 26. – 29.1.2013 http://www.avantpremiere.at/ 2. Opening & Networking Cocktail 26.1.2013, 2 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. 3. IMZ Board Meeting, 26.1.2013, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 4. IMZ General Assembly, 27.1.2013, 5.45 p.m. - 7 p.m.
World Music Films On Tour Looking beyond the familiar… Let the world’s musics be your guest! Bringing world music in film and video to a wider public, in various locations around the world, World Music Films On Tour, the noncommercial distribution project created in 2006 by the IMZ in cooperation with WOMEX, is again updating the movie programme…
sector, working in public relations, as interpreter for English, Spanish and Portuguese as well as a freelance copywriter. Linda is looking forward to getting to know all of you…
Linda Esslinger
Linda is a passionate Argentine tango dancer and teacher and has completed her diploma for classical and modern ballet at the Heinz Bosl Academy of Dance in Munich. Following her interest in the world’s cultures and languages, she studied European Cultural History and International Development Studies at the University Augsburg, the Phillips-University Marburg as well as at the University of Vienna, Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon and the Universidade dos Acores. Her involvement in cultural development and research projects has brought her to South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia. In Vienna she commits herself to the cultural
If you have any upcoming events, screenings, competitions et al. please send us your event details and and we’ll list them on the IMZ schedule in our monthly newsletter. You may e-mail your submissions to Marion Vera Forster, m.v.forster@imz.at. Your message should include: Title and description of the event, Date, Time, Venue.
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NEW MEMBERS les films jack fébus
CONTACT
Founded by Laurent Lesperon in 1992, the company has specialized in producing short films putting the main focus on fiction and young directors’ documentaries. In 1996, they expanded their activities including live performance production. Thus, in the same year, a production department was established in Paris, which gave Les Films Jack Fébus the opportunity to both monitor the live performance production and develop new collaborations with French TV channels such as France 3, France 5 and musical channels like Mezzo. Les Films Jack Fébus have produced 20 fiction shorts and the TV show Les Redoutables in co-proLes Films Jack Fébus Grand Angle Productions +33 5 35 31 99 11 http://www.grandangle.com/
SIVision broadcast gmbh SIVision Broadcast GmbH is one of the best-known providers of TV broadcast vehicles in Europe. Before 2009, a Sports Emmy Award had never been given for outstanding technical work in a TV production. SIVision has since received this award twice. SIVision has not only won the Sports Emmy Award for its global production of the Red Bull Air Races; but also it has made a name for itself internationally with its high quality production of live TV programmes. The key to this success is one of the continent’s largest broadcast vehicles. With up to 25 cameras and high definition, the SIVision
duction with Gétévé (former Gaumont Television) for the satellite channel 13e Rue. The company plans to integrate all its productions into a catalogue with a cultural and patrimonial purpose or event-related, such as the All Blacks official DVD for the World Cup in 2007 (All blacks au Coeur du Mythe, Canal +). In 2010, Les Films Jack Fébus joined the group Grand Angle (in charge of the programme distribution). In the past few years, Les Films Jack Fébus produced recordings of: Jeff Mills at le Pont du Gard, Gonzales, Brad Melhdau, Jocelyne
Pook and Natacha Atlas at the submarine base of Bordeaux, Manu Chao at the Tempo Latino festival, El Cigala in Monte-Carlo, Dianne Reeves at the Châtelet, Amel Bent at the Zénith in Paris, the Quatuor Kandinsky at the Alhambra, Alexei Volodin et Boris Berezovsky in la Grange de Meslay, Goran Bregovic, Zakir Hussain and Anoushka Shankar at Nuits Fourvière Festival, Skip The Use at Garorock Festival, L'Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (conducted by Tugan Sokhiev), the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall in Londres (conducted by Valery Gergiev), the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow and many more.
SIVision Broadcast GmbH / Habegger AG Simon Ackermann, President of the board, creative director; sackermann@habegger.ch http://www.habegger.ch fleet is geared for major productions worldwide. Over the past few years, SIVision Broadcast GmbH has established itself as a reliable production partner of classical productions. Highlights include broadcasts of the New Year's concert (from 2009–2011; commissioned by ORF) and a large number of recordings of the Salzburg Festival commissioned by Fleischer Moving Images. The company is a subsidiary of Habegger AG in Switzerland. Habegger AG has been dedicated to creating multimedia experiences for over 20 years. More than 120 employees face new challenges, questions, needs and situations every day. And they create widely differing solutions to satisfy a client’s specific needs and com-
municate with impact and lasting effect. For years, companies, communications agencies, marketing agencies and event agencies as well as exhibition design and construction companies from Switzerland and all over Europe have relied on the expertise and capabilities of Habegger. The Habegger team completes about 1,500 projects per year.
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NEW PRODUCTIONS Accentus Music Start Of Filming: New Documentary Series Portrays Street Musicians In Europe
Bruckner’s Symphony No.4 in January 2013. A co-production of Accentus Music and UNITEL in co-operation with Classica
After the successful productions of Die Thomaner – A Year in the Life of the St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig and John Cage – Journeys in Sound, Accentus Music has begun filming for a new music documentary project. Sidewalk Sounds, a series of 26-minute episodes, will be dedicated to street musicians in Europe – "on the road", artists of life, dropouts and virtuosos. The series will explore unusual lifestyles, and the stories behind them, while also discovering European cities and landscapes. The first four episodes will be finished in summer 2013. A production of Accentus Music in co-production with ZDF in co-operation with ARTE. Start Of A New Symphonic Series On DVD And Blu-Ray: Bruckner – The Mature Symphonies With Daniel Barenboim And The Staatskapelle Berlin Bruckner’s symphonies form a cosmos, the exploration of which is one of the most demanding challenges an interpreter can encounter. Daniel Barenboim has taken on this challenge: In 2010 he presented six concerts with the Staatskapelle Berlin devoted to Bruckner’s last six symphonies. Accentus Music and Unitel Classica recorded these highly acclaimed concerts at the Philharmonie Berlin. Accentus Music will begin the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Mature Symphonies with
Concert 2: Richard Strauss – Tod und Verklärung; Lieder (with Anja Harteros, soprano); Jörg Widmann – Teufel Amor Of his Teufel Amor, Jörg Widmann says, “Love contains more contradictions than anything else in the world, epitomising the extremes of heaven and hell, pleasure and suffering, paradise and the snakepit.” “Ist dies etwa der Tod?” / Could this then be death? (Strauss – Im Abendrot) Length approx. 90’; TV Director: Joost Honselaar; Production: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Upcoming Highlights December 2012 Christmas Matinee Concert 2012 Mozart: Ouverture Le nozze di Figaro, Arias from Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro – Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass / Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
c major entertainment C Major Entertainment And Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra present: Mariss Jansons Conducts Strauss Concert 1: Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Metamorphosen, Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Length: 94’; TV Director: Joost Honselaar; Production: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in coproduction with MEZZO
April 2013 Star-studded Anniversary: 125 Years of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Concertgebouw was officially inaugurated on 11 April 1888. Public interest was so great that Amsterdam experienced its very first traffic jam (of carriages). Now, 125 years later, the RCO and the Concertgebouw are organising a joint anniversary concert… With Mariss Jansons, Janine Jansen, Lang Lang and Thomas Hampson. Length approx. 180’. Production: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in co-production with ARTE
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NEW PRODUCTIONS
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September 2013 Giuseppe Verdi – Messa da Requiem With Anja Harteros, Stephanie Blythe, Dmitri Pittas, Orlin Anastassov; Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons. For more information please contact C Major Entertainment.
Clasart Classic
ry Hall. Each one unique, each one preparing the way for the next and reaching its climax with the Ode an die Freude in the Ninth Symphony. Christiane Karg, Mihoko Fujimura, Michael Schade and Michael Volle will be the soloists in this production. The concerts will be captured for posterity by Clasart Classic in conjunction with the NHK. The ensemble’s busy tour agenda is reflected in its other recordings distributed by Clasart Classic: After the concerts of Mahler’s Symphony No.2, Strauss’ Heldenleben and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 interpreted by the exceptional pianist Mitsuko Uchida in Munich and the performance of Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass and Brahms’ Symphony No.2 in Lucerne, these performances mark the third instalment of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra’s co-operation with Clasart Classic. Next to the upcoming concerts from Suntory Hall, the orchestra will also be performing in Salzburg and Vienna. Arthaus is planning to release the entire cycle with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra on DVD.
Beethoven Cycle With The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra And Mariss Jansons
col legno New CD Release
Karsten Riedel & Franui: Fool of Love cat.no.: WWE 1 CD 20308 EAN 9120031340997 We were overjoyed when we learned about the lucky encounter between Franui and Karsten Riedel: The “musicbanda” from the tiny East Tyrolean village Innervillgraten, equipped with a hammered dulcimer, harp, zither, wind and string instruments, make music with the pop singer from Bochum-Wattenscheid, who played with ska, punk and reggae bands before he started working for the theatre. Eventually, they launched their Shakespeare Sonnet Show at the Burgtheater in Vienna; the congregation was enchanted, everyone wanted a souvenir to take home – and here it is. Fool of Love is the art of the lied adapted for the 21st century, aka village pop, as the experts are wont to say. Fool of Love will be frequently performed at the Burgtheater Vienna during the season 2012/2013. http://checkthis.com/fooloflove www.col-legno.com
Clasart Classic continues its media co-operation with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the ensemble’s principal director Mariss Jansons, “Conductor of the year 2011” (Opernwelt). As part of a Japan tour starting end of November, the orchestra is performing the Beethoven symphonies in Tokyo’s Sunto-
Clasart
“Suddenly there it is, the mysterious world of Shakespeare sonnets. Fool of Love is an extraordinarily clever, feathery and musically ravishing approach to the poet. Caution, highly addictive!” (Kurier newspaper review)
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NEW PRODUCTIONS “Franui sets reticent accents, slightly jazzy with soft, only sometimes sharp brass, complex harmony and rhythms between polka and mariachi. The sonnets sound as they would have been written for this ageless music.” (Nachtkritik.de)
Mission (featuring countertenor star Philippe Jaroussky) in Europe. Short reminder on Bartoli: Do not miss the 60’ TV special Cecilia Bartoli, Mission: Agostino Steffani in Versailles, produced by Idéale Audience!
Release Highlights • Berlin Opera Night 2011 My Favourite Opera: • Barbara Hendricks – Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale • Mendelssohn Unknown
Directed by Henning Kasten and produced by EuroArts Music, RBB, SMG, the concert can be seen live on TV and in your local theatres. Details on www.myscreenevent.com.
Another cinema highlight in December will be the Mariinsky Theatre’s Nutcracker in 3D. More info on www.nutcracker3dcinema.com.
euroarts EuroArts would like to invite you to the New Year’s Eve concert Gala from Berlin 2012 on Monday, 31 December 2012 at 05:25 pm CET – Live signal available! The Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle invite us to join them together with Cecilia Bartoli, who will grace their annual concert at the Philharmonie Berlin with Handel arias selected from her extraordinary repertoire. Also on the programme: exhilarating dances by Brahms, Rameau, Saint-Saëns and Dvořák… Multi-awarded Cecilia Bartoli has recently focused her work on early baroque music. Currently she is touring her new album
In Production: Documentary and performance of Mahlermania – Nico and the Navigators. In its first production at Deutsche Oper Berlin, the theatre company Nico and the Navigators tackles the cosmos of Mahler's songs in an evening of poetical and physical expression that endeavors to distil this shifting of senses for the stage. Recording dates: 5/6 December 2012.
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les films jack fébus Capturing London Symphony Orchestra In collaboration with the Barbican center in London, Jack Fébus Films is planning to launch a series of 5 DVDs and programmes of the London Symphony Orchestra featuring the complete Brahms and Szymanowski’s masterpieces for Mezzo Channel. Moreover, the LSO will be filmed in December at the Barbican, which will result in a 90-minute live programme that will be broadcast on Mezzo channel on 19 December. The famous orchestra will perform Szymanowski’s Symphony No.4 “concertante” for Piano and Orchestra (soloist: Denis Matsuev), the Concerto for Violin No.2 (soloist: Leonidas Kavakos) and Brahms’s Symphony No.4. This live concert will be the third of this
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NEW PRODUCTIONS series of DVD recordings and will be released on DVD shortly. For more information, please contact contact@gad-distribution.com www.gad-distribution.com
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Windrose Lotus Records
Great Conductors Jean-Claude Casadesus Documentary Completed
New CD Release Arik Brauer The legendary Arik Brauer album of 1971 has been re-released by the label Bear Family Records! 1 Oho Halalalie 2 Die Jause 3 Sie hab'n a Haus 'baut 4 Wie a Hund 5 Warum ist er so dumm 6 Sein Köpferl im Sand 7 Reise nach Afrika 8 Der Surmi Sui 9 Der Spiritus 10 Rostiger die Feuerwehr kommt! 11 Serenade 12 Dschiribim - Dschiribam
Just as an anthology of interviews given by Jean-Claude Casadesus has been published (La Partition d’une vie, Ecriture), Windrose is thrilled to announce the completion of the documentary JeanClaude Casadesus For The Others, produced for France 2. Biographical elements, interviews with him and his musicians from the Orchestre National de Lille, performances & rehearsals excerpts highlight the talent of a wonderful conductor and the wisdom of a human being. Screener requests: contact@windrose.fr The performance (Completion 03/ 2013) is still looking for pre-buys…
The marriage of razor-sharp social criticism and the lush, rampant imagery of fantastic realism… Read more on www.lotusrecords.at!
Alexander Prior On His Rise To Success Festival Selections Flourishing
A Working Title: Wunderkind portrays the passionate work of the young conductor Alexander Prior following the start of his international career. It will be screened at Oulu Children & Youth Film Festival, in Finland. The film has been selected at Nordische Filmtage of Lübeck, at the Pärnu International Film Festival and at the ITF Golden Prague. Alexander Prior’s upcoming events: Bizet‘s Carmen with The Royal Danish Opera (1 and 3/2013), Barber’s Second Essay, New Trumpet Concerto with Tina Thing Helseth, Sibelius’s Symphony No.3 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (4/ 2013) and the world premiere of Jonah composed by Prior, an opera commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera (3/2014). For further information, please contact: pmazenod@windrose.fr | www.windrose.fr
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NEW DEALS & NEW MEDIA NEWS Classical TV Acquires Digital Classics Distribution Classical TV Ltd has acquired the Digital Classics music and arts programme library. The largest part of this is the collection that was once RM Associates, though it contains other more recent work from major producers as well. Digital Classics Distribution has been somewhat inactive in recent times, even seceding from the IMZ, but the library’s new owners and managers intend to revitalise and revive interest in it, bringing it back to its rightful place as one of the pre-eminent catalogues of performances and documentaries in the world. Highlights range from Tony Palmer’s extraordinary Wagner series and Testimony (his terrific biographical film about Shostakovitch) to Dennis Marks’s Gergiev-fronted documentary series All The Russias, to Britten’s Owen Wingrave and Curlew River, to Barbara Willis Sweete’s 90minute film of Romeo et Juliette with Alagna and Gheorghiu, to... well, the inventory is being prepared and a buyer’s catalogue is on its way, so the hundreds of hours of fine productions will soon be available to sample and license… Early enquiries can be addressed to Derek Nelson, derek.nelson@classicaltv.com.
Syquali Crossmedia Richard Wagner: An Audio Guide App for iPhone and iPad In 2013, we celebrate Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary. On this occasion, Syquali Crossmedia takes the opportunity to present an app for smartphones and tablets which will offer the Wagner admirer a virtually guided tour through Wagner’s Zurich as well as hiking tours in the Swiss Alps. Richard Wagner lived and worked in Zurich from 1849 to 1858. Formative years for the composer… In this period, he drafted essential aesthetic writings and composed Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, two acts of the opera Siegfried, and began to work on the whole cycle of Der Ring der Nibelungen. With the help of this app, the user can discover profound information about Wagner, his relationships, his living, working and recreational places in Zurich. Maps lead to Wagner-hotspots in Zurich and show Wagner’s routes across the
Swiss Alps. An audio guide provid es background information to each location. Thanks to the co-operation with the publisher Schott Music, the app provides access to Wagner’s music, his scores as well as to books about Wagner. Furthermore, the app offers recommendations for performances of Wagner’s works and events dedicated to the composer in Zurich during the Zürcher Festspiele. The Wagner Audio Guide is an absolute must-have for the upcoming Richard Wagner year 2013. It is going to be published in time for MIDEM 2013. World rights: Syquali Crossmedia AG Publisher: Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG Producer: Syquali Crossmedia AG Co-Producer: Zürcher Festspiele
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WHAT‘S ON ... ServusTV
ZDF/ARTE
Television Premiere
The Current List of New Productions On Air
25 December 2012, 08:15 pm, ServusTV: Karajan – Das Zweite Leben
December & January
KARAJAN The Second Life A film by Eric Schulz The film Karajan – The Second Life offers never-before-seen film footage and a fascinating look at the musical performances of the conductor Herbert von Karajan. Excerpts from private recordings of phone calls between the maestro and his sound engineer Günter Hermanns were exclusively analyzed for this film and provide an authentic insight into Karajan's work. The central question is what will remain of Karajan, who made more recordings than anyone else, and his unprecedented ambitious artistic legacy… Around 90 per cent of the archival material has not been released before. Durations: 79'23'' (long version) / 52'22'' (short version) A production of ServusTV in coproduction with Unitel Classica Contact: frank.gerdes@servustv.at www.servustv.com
2 December 2012, 06:00 pm, ZDF Adventliche Festmusik aus Dresden. Galakonzert aus der Frauenkirche With Elisabeth Kulman, Benjamin Bruns, Lisa Batiashvili, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor: Christian Thielemann 2/9/16/23 December 2012, 06:30 pm, ARTE Stars von morgen Host: Rolando Villazón With Junge Sinfonie Berlin; Caroline Goulding, Jana Kurucová, Pretty Yende, Regula Mühlemann, Sophie Pacini, Tine Thing Helseth, Edda Moser, and many more… Conductor: Elias Grandy 7 December 2012, 08:15 pm, ARTE Live aus der Mailänder Scala: Lohengrin Stage director: Claus Guth With René Pape, Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Tomas Tomasson, Evelyn Herlitzius, Željko Lučić. Orchestra della Scala Conductor: Daniel Barenboim 23 December 2012, 05:10 pm, ARTE Joyce DiDonato: Drama-Queens With Donna Leon, Vivienne Westwood, Plácido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Il Complesso Barocco
Karajan and Hans Weber
30 December 2012, 10:00 pm, ZDF Operetten-Gala aus der Semperoper
With Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Semperoper Ballett, Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor: Christian Thielemann 1 January 2013, 11.15 am, ZDF Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2013 With Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsballett Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst 6 January 2013, 06:30 pm, ARTE Yuja Wang spielt Rachmaninows 3. Klavierkonzert With Yuja Wang, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor: Xian Zhang 13 January 2013, 06:30 pm, ARTE 40 Jahre: Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker With Annette Dasch, Till Brönner et al. 22 January 2013, 05:15 pm, ARTE Live aus der Philharmonie Berlin: Jubiläumskonzert 50 Jahre ÉlyséeVertrag With Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Conductor: Marek Janowski www.zdf.de
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SAVE THE DATE / JOB CAROUSEL ITF Golden Prague 2013 The 50th International Television Festival Golden Prague will be held on 12 – 16 October 2013 at the Žofín Palace in Prague Stay tuned on www.festivalgoldenprague.cz! The ITF GP team looks forward to meeting you at midem in January… Contact: Andrea Savane, Project Manager andrea.savane@ceskatelevize.cz www.ceskatelevize.cz www.festivalgoldenprague.cz
Application Deadline: 15 January 2013 18th Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition
Pianists born after 15 January 1983 can now apply for the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition. Candidates have to log in on the Competition’s brand new website to apply online (until 15 January 2013) and to find out more about the rules, repertoire and prizes. In February 2013, the DVDs of the applicants will be screened by an international jury. The selected pianists will then come to Brussels (Belgium) to compete in the First Round (6 – 11 May). 24 of them will go through to the semi-final (13 – 18 May) and perform with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, directed by Michael Hofstetter. The 12 finalists will compete for the In-
ternational Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize (27 May – 1st June), performing with the National Orchestra of Belgium, directed by Marin Alsop. For more information about the Queen Elisabeth Competition: www.qeimc.be
Arthaus Musik End of 2012, Erwin Stürzer, managing director of Arthaus Musik will leave the company. Beginning 2013, he will start his new role as managing director of Harmonia Mundi Deutschland, the German branch of the French label and international distribution network. “After almost one decade during which I had the chance to play a part in the development of the label and catalogue of Arthaus Musik I am thrilled to move on, joining the group of harmonia mundi. In the new role my focus will be to distribute harmonia mundi’s fine catalogue of CDs and DVDs in classical, jazz and world music as well as a roster of prestigious third-party labels. My heartfelt thanks go to all partners and colleagues – many of you have become friends over the years. Stay tuned with Arthaus Musik and tune in to harmonia mundi”. New on board of Arthaus Musik as label manager, Tom Mac Arthur will be the head of operations at the Berlin office. Over the last years he has worked for Studio Hamburg Distribution & Marketing as Senior Project Manager and was in charge of commercialising the music library of Studio Hamburg. Arthaus Musik is the
world’s leading label for performances of classical music on DVD and Blu-ray. Amongst the product line-up there is also a series dedicated to fine arts as well as the 3sat DVD-Edition and the newly launched label jazzhaus, a cooperation with the SWR Media Services. Contact: llipold@arthaus-musik.com
The Metropolitan Opera James Levine’s Return Concert In May 2013: Programme Announced Met Music Director James Levine will return to conducting the MET Orchestra on 19 May at Carnegie Hall after an absence from the podium of two years. The programme will consist of the Prelude to Act I of Wagner’s Lohengrin; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 in G, with soloist Evgeny Kissin; and Schubert’s Symphony No.9 in C. This program replaces the one originally announced for the 19 May concert before Levine had confirmed his return to conducting. Recently, Levine spoke with Met radio host Margaret Juntwait about his surgery, recovery, and highly-anticipated return to conducting. The complete interview can be heard on the Met web site. In the Met’s 2013-14 season, Levine will conduct a new production of Verdi’s Falstaff, revivals of Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Berg’s Wozzeck.
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RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival Call For Entries KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2013 edition. The festival will take place from 20 to 26 June 2013 in the Bavarian capital. Filmmakers from all over the world are invited to submit their films for the International Competition. 35 short films will be selected and screened in five different categories, named after the 5 tastes: Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty And Umami. Deadline for Entries: 31 January 2013! Please visit the website www.kaliber35.de. for further information.
Higlights at MIDEM 2013
In 2013, midem puts the spotlight on classical music with a brandnew programme designed to facilitate deal-making, networking and discovery, thanks to an improved environment and dedicated events. The tailor-made offer includes a dedicated exhibition and networking zone at the heart of the market, a Classical Bar and a Discussion Lounge, a four-day pro-
gramme of IMZ Avant-Première Screenings as well as a Classical Embassy presenting some of the most promising young artists. In the Discussion Lounge outstanding speakers such as Sir Nicholas Kenyon (managing director, Barbican Centre), Jim Selby (CEO, Naxos of America), Robert Zimmermann (managing director, Berlin Phil Media), Mickaël Arcos (software engineer, Abeille Musique) or Matthias Röder (director, Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut) will discuss the latest trends and developments in classical music. The discussions will be moderated by James Jolly, editor-in-chief of Gramophone and presenter at BBC Radio 3, and Andrew McGregor, presenter at BBC Radio 3. The world-renowned pianist Lang Lang is taking the midem stage as a Visionary Monday keynote speaker, to explain how talent, technology and brand partnerships contributed to exposing his music to a broader community, while disrupting the classical music world. The midem Classical Embassy is organised in partnership with the prestigious Salzburg Festival through their Young Singers Project, YCAT (Young Classical Artists Trust) and Steinway & Sons and will take place in the cosy atmosphere of the Hotel 3.14. Over the course of three thematic nights, introduced by James Jolly, the spotlight will be on the most outstanding young artists. The Classical Embassy is supported by distinguished ambassadors such as Christa Ludwig, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Alice Sara Ott, Alain Lanceron, Eugène Prim and Gerrit Glaner. SEE THE COMPLETE CLASSIC & JAZZ AT MIDEM PROGRAMME.
ICMA Nominations 2013 Online The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 275 CD and DVD productions from 86 labels for the next contest. With 24 nominations, the French label Harmonia Mundi is on the first place, followed by Naxos (18), Decca and Virgin Classics sharing the third place with 11 nominations. The final result with the winners will be published on 1 February 2013. The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place in Milan, on 18 March, with the Orchestra LaVerdi conducted by John Axelrod. The complete nomination lists (sorted by labels / sorted by categories) are available here. We are thrilled to find several IMZ members among the nominees (in the category Documentaries) keeping fingers crossed for: John Cage – Journeys in Sound. A film by Allan Miller & Paul Smaczny Accentus Music George London – Between Gods And Demons Arthaus Music Bolshoi – A Renaissance. A film by Denis Sneguirev Bel Air Classiques Nach der Musik. Othmar Suitner by Igor Heitzmann b-there
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40th International Emmy Awards The Winners
On 19 November, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 40th International Emmy Awards at a Gala event held at the New York Hilton. For the first time, both performance categories were won by an actor and actress from the same series, Television x La Inclusion (Argentina). "The International Academy is proud to be shining the spotlight on the world's best televi-
sion programming and performances, for the last 40 years, and we congratulate tonight's winners for their outstanding achievements as they enter into Emmy history" said Academy President Bruce L. Paisner.
Non-Scripted Entertainment The Amazing Race Australia Active TV / Seven Network / ABC Studios, Australia
The 2012 International Emmy® Awards Winners are:
TV Movie/Mini-Series Black Mirror Zeppotron Productions for Channel 4, United Kingdom
Arts Programming Songs of War a&o buero filmproduktion / ZDF / ARTE, Germany Best Performance by an Actor Darío Grandinetti as Mario Television x la Inclusion - Suelo Argentino; ON TV Llorente y Villarruel Contenidos / INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales): Argentina Best Performance by an Actress Cristina Banegas as Paula Television x la Inclusion - Sin Cobertura; ON TV Llorente y Villarruel Contenidos / INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales), Argentina Comedy The Invisible Woman TV Globo / Conspiração Filmes Brazil Documentary Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die BBC / KEO, United Kingdom Drama Series Braquo season 2 CANAL + Original Programming / CAPA DRAMA / BAD COMPANY France
Telenovela The Illusionist TV Globo, Brazil
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. For more information on the winners, please go to www.iemmys.tv.
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