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NEWSLETTER
December 2013
THE END OF ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR FOR THE IMZ AND ITS MEMBERS...
the new programme
2| EDITORIAL IMZ INTERNAL NEWS Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN EVDH Conference Researching The Future Of Dance On Film IMZ Academy An Update Music Film Festival In Japan World Music Films On Tour Touring Schedule 2013 IMZ Directory 2014 Printed Version Available Soon IMZ MEMBERS NEWS New In The IMZ Allegro Films Czech Philharmonic Riddle Films New Productions ACCENTUS Music Gloria In Excelsis Deo & Sounds Of The Sidewalk Arthaus Musik Peter Grimes, Luisa Miller & Siegfried Clasart Classic Orfeo Ed Euridice C Major Entertainment All About Strauss EuroArts Music Shadows In Paradise At Jewish Museum Berlin gebrueder beetz filmproduktion Make Love – Making Love Can Be Learned Idéale Audience The Indian Queen & Grigory Sokolov La Monnaie / De Munt Hamlet makido film Liedestoll – Opera Singer Meets Balladeer Poorhouse International Dance On Screen & Colin Davis ServusTV On The End Of Music – New Documentary On Richard Strauss Looking For Partners Allegro Films Daniil Trifonov moving angel The Moving Stories Of Berlin’s State Opera Unter Den Linden UNITEL Upcoming Live Productions For Richard Strauss Anniversary 2014 Festival and Competition News 2014 Queen Elisabeth International Voice Competition Laurels, Prizes and Praises ACCENTUS Music Diapason D’Or De L’Année 2013 Arthaus Musik Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik & Diapason D’Or EuroArts What’s ON… ARTE Bloody Daughter ZDF Xmas Special ZDF On ARTE Stars Of Tomorrow – Rolando Villazón Presents Young Musicians EDITOR’S TIP Hochschule für Musik & Theater Hamburg New Masters Programme CoPeCo RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS 2013 International Emmy® Award Winners Announced European Music Council (EMC) Celebrating 40+10 Anniversary Europe International Choreography Competitions 2014 EXIB Música 2014 Bilbao International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn International Music Council (IMC) Paul Dujardin New President Orpheus Institute Application For docARTES Programme 2014-2015 Open EDITORS’ SELECTION ... picked from the IMC Music World News Bulletin: Music news from around the world – brought to you by the International Music Council
SCHEDULE Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN Berlin (DE) 08 – 12 February 2014 IMZ Cooperation With ICMA – International Classical Music Award Gala 2014 12 April 2014 | Warsaw, Poland IMZ At Classical:NEXT 14 – 17 May 2014 | Vienna, Austria IMZ At EVDH Workshop On Video Dance 26 May – 1 June 2014 | Madrid, Spain Film Festival At Wiener Rathausplatz 28 June – 31 August 2014 | Vienna, Austria International Emmy® Awards Semi-Final Judging 2014 3 July 2014 | Vienna, Austria IMZ At ITF Golden Prague 11 – 15 October 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic IMZ Academy 12 – 14 October 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic IMZ At WOMEX 14 22 – 26 October 2014 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain IMZ At Viennese Ball Iasi 5 December 2014 | Iasi, Rumania IMPRINT IMZ International Music + Media Centre Stiftgasse 29 1070 Vienna Austria www.imz.at office@imz.at Supported by the Culture Programme of the European Union
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Dear members and friends, Let us use the editorial of the IMZ December Newsletter to take a look back at the events, connections and discoveries that marked IMZ’s 2013. It has been a very eventful and exciting year… Together with our long-standing co-operation partners – the City of Vienna, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the ITF Golden Prague Festival, WOMEX, Classical:NEXT and the Austrian Honorary Consulate in Yekaterinburg, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow – we have once again organized and celebrated a good deal of eye-catching and impactful events. There are the Avant Première Screenings together with midem in Cannes, various open-air Music Film Festivals for a general public on the one hand and film screenings for the industry on the other hand, the International Semi-Final Judging’s for the International Emmy® Awards, the 1st edition of our IMZ Academy, and many more… We are proud of and grateful for another year of fruitful and interesting co-operations, which have once again made an important contribution to promoting and fostering the cause of the IMZ. Furthermore, we owe thanks to our new colleagues and various new partners in the cities of Barcelona, Sochi, Iasi, Osaka, the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles, and the Zurich Festival Wagner Greenhouse, for which we curated made-to-measure film festival programmes; the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, for the great pleasure of jointly organizing dance screen 2013 in San Francisco; the European Video Dance Heritage project, an important new partner we brought on board with the joint objective of setting up a unique European audio-visual dance memory. Last but not least, my heartfelt thanks go to all friends and members of the IMZ family. Together with your support and dedication we advance the arts in the audio-visual media, keeping it kicking – with music and dance. Thanks to your support and due to our joint efforts we are heading for another eventful IMZ year, initiating a new era with the exciting 1st edition of the Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN from 8 – 12 February 2014 in Berlin! Therefore, on behalf of the IMZ Executive Board Members and our hard working and creative IMZ team in Vienna: Best Wishes for Peace and Joy this Holiday Season And a New Year of Happiness and Prosperity We look forward to working with you and seeing you again soon in Berlin or at one of our IMZ events! Best wishes Arild Erikstad
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AVANT PREMIÈRE 2014 MUSIC+MEDIA MARKET BERLIN Berlin | Germany, 8 - 12 February 2014
! E M M A R G O R P W E N E TH The 2014-edition of the Avant Première presents a comprehensive programme of three panels and a lecture, examining the dynamics within the international audio-visual media business. Let’s take a closer look! We are happy to present two programme items here and will feature more in our January edition. We’ll start on Monday, 10 February, 2:30 pm approaching the challenges Music TV channels face while turning increasingly interactive: Change of Channel, Change of Styles - How Music TV became interactive, and Classic becomes Pop focuses on a shift towards interactive on-demand and live music programmes. Does this widen or narrow the gap between classical and pop music? What are
the consequences for TV-producers regarding revenues? These questions among others will be discussed by Hartwig Masuch, CEO BMG Rights Management GmbH, Martin Hoffmann, General Manager of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and Alex Gibney, US-based director, author, scriptwriter and film producer. Tuesday, 11 February, 5 pm features a lecture on Copyright and Audio-Visual Media informing producers on How To Avoid Expensive Mistakes in the making and distribution of diverse programmes. Who are the potential contractual partners and which individual property rights need to be observed? Where are lines to be drawn at holding and granting rights towards potential future part-
ners? Dr. Thomas Hieber, Head of Business & Legal Affairs at UNITEL CLASSICA and expert for copyright and music law will share his expertise and experience next to Dr. jur. Christian Czychowski, certified Copyright and Media Lawyer at IP Law firm Boehmert & Boehmert. Get to know the full programme!
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EVDH CONFERENCE: RESEARCHING THE FUTURE OF DANCE ON FILM 13 – 15 November 2013 | Düsseldorf, Germany These were three exciting days of panels, discussions, meetings and get-togethers at the European Video Dance Heritage Conference at Tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf! We enjoyed listening to the latest industry news and updates by experts from the various fields of dance on film as well as catching up with friends and colleagues. At the conference around 40 speakers contributed to capture Video Dance Heritage from as various aspects as arts, media, technology, politics or law. Workshops focussed on the conditions of digitalisation, communication and cultural education as well as following the path from the archive to the audience. The overall goal of the EVDH project is to structure a European memory of dance through video and to transmit this heritage to younger generations, considering its political, economic, technical, legal and educational di-
mensions. The project follows three main goals: First, to raise awareness among professionals and institutions on the need to promote a policy to preserve and transmit video dance. Second, to help professionals to understand overall conditions when producing audio-visual material like recording choreographies regarding copyright, intellectual property or image rights. Following the third goal – to develop new creations which contribute to a European Dance Memory through shared experiences – we are looking forward to the next big activity in this project: An interdisciplinary video workshop held in Madrid from 26 May – 1 June 2014 in association with The Higher Dance Institute of The Rey Juan Carlos University. The workshop invites choreographers, performers, musicians, scriptwriters, image technicians or film editors providing hands-on advice by
international experts in media productions specialising in dance video creation. The results of the workshop will be presented at The Reina Sofia National Art Museum. Stick around for more details to follow! www.evdhproject.eu
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IMZ ACADEMY An Update The IMZ Academy is an initiative to enhance intensive exchange between renowned experts and young professionals in the field of music and dance media production. In a sequence of workshops the IMZ Academy sets the scene to encourage the passing on of expertise to promising new talents. Experienced practitioners and key players of the industry – producers, broadcasters, distributors as well as Internet professionals – share their knowledge in a series of master classes, courses, lectures and apprenticeships. The focus is set on the production of current programmes encompassing a wide range of related subjects. Following the successful 1st edition of the IMZ Academy at ITF Golden Prague, a feedback meeting with
IMZ President Arild Erikstad, IMZ Vice-President Henk van der Meulen and Peter Maniura, Director of the 1st edition of the IMZ Academy, took place at the IMZ office in Vienna. For the next editions of the IMZ Academy, to be held in 2014, the IMZ is currently developing and designing three different course modules: – a theoretical module, held by handpicked international experts, consisting of lectures about the many questions and issues to be handled during the various stages of the production process and the joint work on case studies; – a practical module including an on-the-spot production of an audio-visual music programme as main part of the skill-based course supervised by world-leading directors; and
– an apprenticeship module, which shall provide the participant with the unique opportunity to actively take part in an internationally renowned classical music production. For a review of the course programme of the 1st edition of IMZ Academy, have a look at www.imz. at/index.php?id=615. If you are interested in getting more information please contact a.hafner@imz.at www.imz.at Supported by
VIENNA MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL IN JAPAN 13 – 19 November 2013 | Osaka, Japan The Film Festival at Wiener Rathausplatz was first organized in 1991 and is the largest festival of its kind worldwide. Since the mid-90s, Vienna Music Film Festivals following this example have been organized worldwide with the IMZ and various partners, and successfully travelled to Eastern and Central Europe and as far as Japan attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors. On the occasion of the 20th Osaka European Film Festival, taking place in the biggest department store in Osaka, in Hankyu Umeda, a co-operation with the IMZ was started to organize the 1st Vienna Music Film Festival at the Festival Square in Osaka. Over 6.000 people were delighted enjoying the Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 2007 on the huge 40m2 vision board. The free concert screening capturing the Vi-
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enna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Valery Gergiev, fascinated viewers, shoppers and passers-by not only with high-quality music of famous pieces from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, but also with amazing wide-angle shots and close-up views. The audience was excited by the daily screenings! The
festival was supported by the Vienna Tourist Board, and the IMZ is looking forward to hopefully another Vienna Music Film Festival in Japan in 2014! www.oeff.jp/en/ If you are interested in organizing a Music Film Festival or need any other advice, contact k.jeschke@imz.at. www.imz.at
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WORLD MUSIC FILMS ON TOUR Touring Schedule 2013 Our initiative World Music Films On Tour aims to bring excellent world music films that have been screened at WOMEX to a wider public and make films known beyond all borders! We offer a unique selection of films to various non-commercial festival organisers and cultural institutions world wide at a reasonable price to support World Music filmmakers in promoting and distributing their artwork around the planet and to make these films available even for small festivals and events! For booking requests, please contact the IMZ office at office@imz.at. www.worldmusicfilms.com
29 May – 3 June 2013 | Baku, Azerbaijan National Seaside Park A Different Way – Tango With Rodolfo Mederos (Spain/Germany/France, 2007, Kelon Media) A Song For Copenhagen (Denmark, 2009, MonkeyHouseProduction) Black And White In Colour (UK, 1999, Arcimboldo Productions Limited) Breaking The Silence – Music In Afghanistan (UK/Afghanistan, 2002, Songlines Films/MWTV)
In 2013, we had the following touring schedule we would like to share with you: 18 March 2013 | Bologna, Italy Cineteca Di Bologna - Ente Mostra Del Cinema Libero Desert Rebels (Niger/France/Quebec, 2005, Original Dub Master) The Cineteca di Bologna Foundation is a place for archival conservation and restoration, film and audio-visual promotion and dissemination, training, research, as well as publishing. www.cinetecadibologna.it
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21 April 2013 | Seattle, USA Gardner Center – Seattle Asian Art Museum Sufi Soul – The Mystic Music Of Islam (UK, 2005, Songlines/MWTV) The screening was part of the Seattle-Art-Museum-Talks (SAM-Talks) aiming at connecting art to life using dialogue around challenging contemporary issues. www.seattleartmuseum.org 15 May 2013 | Lund, Sweden Doc Lounge Lund The Godmother Of Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe (UK, 2011, Antelope South Limited) The concept of the Doc Lounge combines a bar and a place to hang out with music, talks and – most important – screenings for all lovers of documentaries. www.doclounge.se/lund
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Eastern Voices (Germany, 2011, Dreyer.Gaido Musikproduktionen) Electrical Rites In Guinea Conakry (France/Guinea, 2012, Troisième Monde) Fangafrika – Voice Of The Voiceless (France/Burkina Faso/Dakar/Senegal, 2008, Staycalm! Productions) Festival In The Desert: The Tent Sessions (USA/Mali, 2004, Afropop Worldwide/World Music Productions) Jazzta Prasta (Bulgaria, 2009, Camera) La Colombiana – Passing the Torch (USA/Colombia/UK, 2005, Drumgirl) Laya Project (Thailand/SriLanka/India/Maldives/Indonesia/Myanmar,2007,EarthSync) Mariza And The Story Of Fado (UK/Portugal, 2006, Songlines/MWTV) Mawaca – Songs Of The Forest (Brazil, 2011, Ethos Produtora de Arte e Cultura) Punta Soul (USA/Belize, 2008, Nyasha Laing) Sound of the Soul (USA/Morocco, 2005, CEM Productions) The Fellowship Of The Drums (SouthAfrica/Mozambique/Switzerland/Germany,2011,TheWashingLine) The Great Ones of Tlacotalpan (Mexico, 2007, Ediciones Pentagrama) Voice Over The Bridge (India/Myanmar, 2007, EarthSync) Whose Is This Song? (Bulgaria, 2003, Adela Media Film & TV Productions) The screenings were part of the 2nd World Forum On Intercultural Dialogue addressing challenges of intercultural dialogue in its various aspects regarding concepts, governance, policy and practice. www.bakuforum-icd.az
IMZ INTERNAL NEWS | 9 29 August 2013 | Bethlehem, USA Colonial Theatre My Sweet Canary (Isreal/Turkey/Greece, 2011, Sher Film and Music Productions) The screening in the community theatre Bethlehem Colonial was part of a documentary and cultural events series within a festival of the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation. www.BethlehemColonial.org
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11 October 2013 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg Philharmonie Luxembourg Mariza And The Story Of Fado (UK/Portugal, 2006, Songlines/MWTV) The film screening was part of the Backstage Events at the Philharmonie – where screenings, artist’s talks, lectures and workshops are put together in one event – and was accompanied by a live concert of Mariza. www.philharmonie.lu
17 October 2013 | Vancouver, Canada The Cinematheque – Chan Centre For The Performing Arts Mariza And The Story Of Fado (UK/Portugal, 2006, Songlines/MWTV) The Cinematheque has organized this special screening in co-operation with the Chan Centre For The Performing Arts presenting Mariza live in concert a week after the film screening. www.thecinematheque.ca www.chancentre.com 7 November 2013 | Riga, Latvia Festival Porta Breaking The Silence – Music In Afghanistan (UK/Afghanistan, 2002, Songlines Films/MWTV) Laya Project (Thailand/Sri Lanka/India/Maldives/Indonesia/Myanmar, 2007, EarthSync) The Porta World Music Festival, this year enriched with two film screenings, is a landmark within the World Music Festival scene combining workshops, discussions, showcases and films. www.festivalporta.lv/en
IMZ DIRECTORY 2014 Printed Version Available Soon As every year, the IMZ Directory 2014 providing exclusive contact details of our members being key players of the industry, is about to be finished and will be distributed amongst IMZ members around mid February 2014. Please let us know at your earliest convenience, if you prefer to receive the printed release at a prize of EUR 16,- by informing Birgit Baresch at office@imz.at. In any case the electronic version of the Directory will be at your disposal at the members’ area of the IMZ homepage around the same date! Of course you can also meet us in Berlin, at Avant Première 2014 MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN during 8 – 12 February 2014 to take the Directory home from there! Please contact Birgit Baresch at office@imz.at Login-In members’ area www.imz.at/index.php?id=6
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ALLEGRO FILMS “Allegro Films came into existence as a direct result of an extraordinary constellation of unprecedented circumstances. Television was new and full of hope that it could do something of real value for music. Arriflex invented a new kind of camera: the BL, the first lightweight, and silent 16mm film camera. A new generation of super-talented young musicians appeared, different in kind from their predecessors – at least in their relationship with the camera. Happily, many of those young musicians were our friends before we ever thought of making films with them, (Jaqueline du Pré, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, John Williams) and the friendship allowed them to do things that no
musicians had ever done in front of cameras before. We were fortunate, and privileged, to be there, at the right time and to produce a new kind of intimate portrait film. In the process we discovered that film was remembering the artistic persona in a way that was not only new in the world but which not one of the other media is able to match. The genre was soon recognised as one of the most successful ways of presenting classical music on television and so it remains.” (Christopher Nupen)
Allegro Films Priory House Sydenham Road, Guildford GU1 3RX Great Britten T: +44 7813 139923 F: +44 7813 139923 Nupallegro@gmail.com www.allegrofilms.com
THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC For over a century, the Czech Philharmonic has represented the pinnacle of Czech cultural achievement. In 1896, Dvorák conducted the orchestra’s debut performance at the Rudolfinum in Prague, still home to the orchestra’s Prague concerts. The Czech Philharmonic performs in venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Musikverein in Vienna, Philharmonie in Berlin, London’s Royal Festival Hall and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Berliner Festspiele, Lucerne Festival and Salzburger Festspiele. On the orchestra’s recording of Suk’s Asrael Symphony, The Financial Times noted, in 2011: “The Czech
Philharmonic’s live performance breathes a conviction and beneaththe-skin rapture that you won’t find in any other recording.” Under the baton of the inimitable Jirí Belohlávek from 2012, the Czech Philharmonic has entered a new era, combining tradition with innovation and attracting international recognition as an orchestra at the height of its powers.
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The Czech Philharmonic Alšovo nábreží 12 110 Prague 1 Czech Republic T: +420 227 059 227 F: +420 222 319 051 info@cfmail.cz www.czechphilharmonic.cz
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RIDDLE FILMS Screening At Avant Première For The First Time In February 2014. Riddle Films is a Gemini Award-winning and Genie-nominated production company, based in Toronto, Canada, who, for more than ten years, has been committed to capturing the worlds of the performing arts and culture and making them accessible to a broad audience. Helmed by producers Jason Charters and Liam Romalis, their work has played on television screens and at film festivals around the world, including CBC, Bravo!, PBS, YLE, Canal+, VisionTV, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
In February 2014, Charters and Romalis will be attending Avant Première for the first time. They will be screening clips from their current television series God’s Greatest Hits, as well as previews from the upcoming music films, Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone: The Search For Leon Redbone, The Curse Of Competition and The Jews Who Stole Christmas. Past productions include the documentary Remembering Arthur Goss, the thirteen-part documentary series Sex + Religion, the Genie Award-nominated short Noise and the Gemini Award-winning music documentary Carry Me Home: The Story & Music Of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale.
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Riddle Films 229 Greenwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M4L 2R4 T: +1 416 778 4973 F: +1 416 778 4974 info@riddlefilms.com www.riddlefilms.com
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ACCENTUS MUSIC
ARTHAUS MUSIK
New Release On DVD: Now Completed: Four Gloria In Excelsis Deo – Episodes Of Sounds Of Festive Christmas Music The Sidewalk
New Releases
ACCENTUS Music has completed postproduction for the first four episodes of its documentary series Sounds of the Sidewalk. The series is dedicated to street musicians in Europe – on the road with artists of life, dropouts and virtuosos. The resumés that can be discovered here are incredible, touching and, most importantly, written by life.
In a festive and seasonal production, the Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra conducted by Thomas Clamor perform works by Händel and various other composers such as Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Humperdinck – on ACCENTUS Music‘s Christmas DVD, Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Renowned soprano Ruth Ziesak can be heard as a soloist in this live recording from the Church of St Mary in Marienberg in the Erzgebirge. The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra is the only orchestra amongst the German cultural orchestras that was specifically founded to play wind music.
Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes On Aldeburgh Beach The year 2013 marks the centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten. Filmed in June 2013 during three extraordinary performances at the Aldeburgh Festival, Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach takes place in the heart of the town that inspired it and is the film interpretation of Britten’s Peter Grimes, the most successful opera of post-war Britain. The performances were directed by Tim Albery and Margret Williams who placed the audience on the beach. Alan Oke in the eponymous role of Peter Grimes, Giselle Allen as Ellen Orford, and David Kempster as Captain Balstrode. (102179/108101)
A documentary series by Günter Atteln and Anne-Kathrin Peitz. Running time 4 x 26 min. Available with English subtitles in November 2013. A Production of ACCENTUS Music, in co-production with ZDF, in co-operation with ARTE.
Giuseppe Verdi Luisa Miller
A production of ACCENTUS Music in collaboration with MDR and ARTE.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts based on Schiller’s Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love). Just before Christmas 2012, it was recorded at the Malmö Opera, Sweden. The Russian opera singer and rising star Olesya Golovneva is breathtaking as Luisa and the Swedish Expressen writes that Luc Robert
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CLASART CLASSIC as Rodolfo “is a gold treasure from Canada. A real tenor!” Conducted by Michael Güttler. (101688/108088)
Richard Wagner Siegfried With Siegfried, the Scala Ring Cycle by Guy Cassiers is continued. Lance Ryan, having interpreted this role on the greatest stages of the world portrays the naïve hero. His antagonists are Peter Bronder, great and agile as Mime, Terje Stensvold, an experienced Wanderer and Johannes Martin Kränzle, who continues his mean and deceitful depiction of Alberich. The leading ladies are Nina Stemme, once again unrivalled as Brünnhilde and Anna Larsson, moving as the God-mother Erda. (101695/108092)
Recording Of Orfeo Ed Euridice Completed For the Gluck anniversary in 2014, Clasart Classic has realized a film adaption of Gluck’s first reformative work Orfeo ed Euridice starring the incomparable Bejun Mehta as Orfeo. The Baroque theatre of the Ceský Krumlov Castle provides an ideal backdrop for one of the most important operas in music history. Director Ondrej Havelka captures much more than the hauntingly beautiful music of Gluck performed by singers
on stage. He chooses a cinematic approach that literally takes us behind the scenes, into the hall, and down into dark corridors deep below the theatre. The mixture of period details and modern psychological interpretation cannot fail to grip the viewer. The immortal myth of a lover’s power to bring his beloved back to life with music assumes a new dimension here, with an ingenious depiction of Euridice’s death, and Orfeo bringing about a most unexpected ending... “Bejun Mehta is arguably the best countertenor in the world today” wrote the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and in the role of Orfeo, he lends credi-
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bility to the emotions tormenting his heart. As Euridice, Austrian soprano Eva Liebau juggles joy and jealousy as the beloved who doesn’t realize just how lucky she is. Bringing comic relief to the work’s dark tone is Regula Mühlemann as Amor, who cheerily sends mortals zigzaging on their way to life, love – and, maybe, death. Co-Production partners are Unitel/ Classica, BVA, ORF, Czech Television, SVT, YLE, RSI and Arthaus Musik.
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C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT
EUROARTS MUSIC
All About Strauss
Shadows In Paradise At The Jewish Museum Berlin
For the Richard Strauss year 2014 C Major Entertainment presents a wide range of high-class Strauss programmes including acclaimed productions from 1970 till today. Amongst them legendary opera performances from Vienna, BadenBaden, Salzburg and Zurich – with Edita Guberová, Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo, Emily Magee, Michael Volle, Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Eike Wim Schulte, Robert Dean Smith, Jonas Kaufmann, Angelika Kirchschlager, Leonie Rysanek, Asrid Varnay, Jane Henschel, Linda Watson, Waltraud Meier, Brigitte Fassbaender, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney a.o. On the rostrum: Georg Solti, Christian Thielemann, Karl Böhm, Christoph von Dohnány, Daniel Harding, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele Gatti, Carlos Kleiber. Furthermore, there are orchestral works conducted by Andris Nelsons, Mariss Jansons, Herbert von Karajan, Eugene Ormandy, Georg Solti and Christian Thielemann, and performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker,
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.
Andris Nelsons © Priska Ketterer | Lucerne Festival
In 2013, already, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs works by Strauss in three outstanding concerts: Wagenaar: The Taming of the Shrew, Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 and Andriessen: Mysteriën, Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, conducted by Mariss Jansons. At the Christmas Matinee 2013, on 25 December, Andris Nelsons will conduct two Wagner Overtures together with Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.
In co-operation with the German Record Critics’ Prize (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik), EuroArts Music shows the Peter Rosen production Shadows in Paradise. Hitler‘s Exiles in Hollywood on Tuesday, 6 December at 5:00 pm at the Jewish Museum Berlin. The film has been awarded with the prestigious German Record Critics’ Prize (annual award 2012), which will be presented after the screening.
Capriccio, Renée Fleming © Michael Pîhn
Shadows in Paradise portrays the vibrant atmosphere of the Los Angeles German-speaking exile community during the 1930s and 1940s, revealing their struggles, frustrations and achievements. By 1939 tens of thousands of intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe; eighty percent of them were Jewish. The many émigrés who settled in southern California, such as Arnold Schoen-
Herbert on Karajan © UNITEL
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GEBRUEDER BEETZ FILMPRODUKTION berg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ernst Krenek, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Lang, briefly transformed the area into one of the capitals of world culture, and profoundly altered the horizons of American music, literature, and the arts. Produced and directed by Peter Rosen. Admission is free. Save the date here!
Make Love – Making Love Can Be Learned New Trimedial Format On TV, Internet And Radio Together with bestselling author and sex & relationship therapist Ann-Marlene Henning gebrueder beetz filmproduktion created a classy, spirited and natural TV-format, which is based on Henning’s sex-educational book Make Love. The tri-medial format is a 5-part documentary about the world’s most natural thing. The central idea of the format is: Making love can be learned. Make Love creates a unique, exciting and emotional experience which is relevant and which many people can relate to. High-quality, visually aesthetic, documentary, poetic, entertaining and close to people’s realities. Let’s talk about sex... Press comments: „Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and Südwestfunk (SWR) are daring. They are starting a new kind of show - probably one of the most audacious and provocative German TV productions in the last years [...].“ (Focus)
„The MDR wants to get rid of its Schlager music image: they now broadcast a documentary sex series. And that one is really awesome.“ (Die Zeit) „There is no spark of wickedness or salaciousness. The format just wants to educate. And it succeeds.“ (Die Welt) 1x Internet – 5x TV – 10x Radio The 5-part documentary format was produced in co-operation with MDR and SWR and is also augmented for Internet and radio material. It launched on 1 November and had its first broadcast on 3 November on MDR. The radio series started on 4 November. Read more...
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IDÉALE AUDIENCE
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New Productions:
Hamlet
Idéale Audience recorded a new production of The Indian Queen, Henry Purcell’s latest opus, revised, staged and directed by Peter Sellars with Perm Opera’s MusicAeterna orchestra and choir conducted by Teodor Currentzis, at Teatro Real in Madrid. The performance has been broadcast live on Mezzo on 19 November. This is the third production recorded this year by Idéale Audience at the Teatro Real after the Phil Glass’ latest opera Perfect American, and Così fan Tutte staged by Michael Haneke. In co-production with the Teatro Real, TVE, Mezzo and with the participation of France Televisions & Culture Box.
Sokurov explores the question of relations between art and war, through a fantastic journey into Le Louvre. A coproduction with zero one film, N279 Entertainment, ARTE France Cinéma and Musée du Louvre.
This season, La Monnaie chose to bring to the stage the rarely seen opera Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas, based on Shakespeare‘s masterpiece.
© Werner Kmetitsch/Theater an der Wien
After their unanimously acclaimed Les Huguenots in 2011, conductor Marc Minkowski and director Olivier Py are continuing their highly personal exploration of the 19th-century French Grand Opéra repertoire. This opera will be available on the La Monnaie / De Munt website next month, but a live broadcast is to be seen on 17 December 2013 on Mezzo TV.
Grigory Sokolov live in Berlin. Phenomenal pianist Grigory Sokolov performs works by Schubert, Beethoven and Rameau keeping the listeners enthralled with its extraordinary secretive intensity and stage presence. A performance filmed by Bruno Monsaingeon and coproduced by Idéale Audience & medici. tv. On the Programme: Schubert: 4 impromptus D 899, 3 Klavierstücke D 496. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 Op. 106 Hammerklavier. Rameau: Suite in D (5 encores). Brahms: intermezzo O.p 117 No.2
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Work In Progress: Idéale Audience is producing two major feature-length films: National Gallery by Frederick Wiseman (A co-production with Zipporah Films) captures the life of the famous museum in London. Francofonia, Louvre under the German Occupation by Alexander
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MAKIDO FILM POORHOUSE SERVUSTV INTERNATIONAL Liedestoll – Angelika Kirchschlager & Konstantin Wecker Opera Singer Meets Balladeer makido film presents a unique crossover project: a documentary about opera star Angelika Kirchschlager and the balladeer Konstantin Wecker. They are switching genres, explore and expend their musical horizons as they prepare their international concert tour Liedestoll (Mad about Music). How can two exceptional artists like Kirchschlager and Wecker leave their area of expertise behind, converge with the other one and finally become one? The movie accompanies the artists on their way from the first rehearsal to the explosive first concert of their tour in Frankenthal. The harmonic interplay of the two musicians unite the songs, showing their musical backgrounds and their very own approach to the genre of their counterpart.
Poorhouse International will shortly ship delivery materials for Dance on Screen, a sequel to the highly successful Music in the Air, which has in the meantime been bought by 13 countries with the proceeds going to the IMZ. Dance on Screen will be distributed by Arthaus Musik for homevideo. In April 2014, it will be one year since Sir Colin Davis passed away. The Poorhouse documentary Colin Davis – The Man and his Music contains the last interviews with this wonderful musician who rarely talked about himself and to whom the music world owes so much. For further information, please contact reiner.moritz@gmx.net. www.poorhouseintl.co.uk
On The End Of Music (Vom Ende Der Musik) – Richard Strauss A new film by Eric Schulz Richard Strauss: a genius of both the avant-garde and the conservative, who established himself as one of the most outstanding personalities in classical music. Now that we have reached the 150th anniversary of Strauss‘s birth, it has become more and more evident that he was one of the most significant composers of his era... The documentary revisits the manifold virtuosity of Strauss‘s eclectic works. Eric Schulz (Spuren ins Nichts – Der Dirigent Carlos Kleiber and Karajan – Das zweite Leben) offers a totally new perspective, reveals previously unpublished archive material and obtains expert opinion to provide a fresh insight into the personality and creativity of Richard Strauss. For further information, please contact frank.gerdes@servustv.com. www.servustv.com
Watch the documentary on 7 September 2015 on 3sat! www.makidofilm.tv
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UNITEL PRESENTS…
ALLEGRO FILMS
Three Upcoming Live Productions For The Richard Strauss Anniversary In 2014:
Daniil Trifonov
Live From Salzburg Easter Festival On 12 April (Premiere): Arabella
… starring Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson (for the first time together on stage as Arabella and Mandryka), Albert Dohmen, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Daniel Behle and Jane Henschel. The Staatskapelle Dresden is conducted by the acclaimed Strauss specialist Christian Thielemann. The production is staged by Florentine Klepper.
Camilla Nylund © Heikki Tuuli
Live From The Salzburg Festival (August 2014 – exact date to be confirmed):
Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss is one of the three founders of the Salzburg Festival. Accordingly the Festival has come up with a very special production of Der Rosenkavalier. Staged by legendary Harry Kupfer and starring Krassimira Stoyanova, Sophie Koch, Mojca Erdmann & Günther Groissböck; Zubin Mehta will conduct the Wiener Philharmoniker.
Renée Fleming ©Matthias Creutziger
Live From The Semperoper Dresden On 11 June (Strauss’ 150th Birthday): Strauss Birthday Gala
For co-production inquiries, please contact Thomas Hieber at Thomas.hieber@unitel.de
… starring Nina Stemme, Anja Harteros & Camilla Nylund, Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden. Richard Strauss premiered nine of his fifteen operas at the Semperoper Dresden – this unique relationship is celebrated with a special birthday gala featuring the famous arias from Elektra, Salome, Arabella, Die ägyptische Helena and Daphne as well as orchestral music from Der Rosenkavalier, Intermezzo and Die schweigsame Frau.
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“Trifonov has everything and more. What he does with his hands is both technically and musically unbelievable. It is also his touch — he has tenderness plus also the demonic element. I have never heard anything like this before”. Those are the words of Martha Argerich, one of the world’s most respected pianists and one of the most difficult to please. She has never offered such extravagant praise before. Her words are echoed by the public, by musicians and by the critics, one of whom, Anne Midgette — among the most demanding critics in the United States — likens Trifonov to a present day Liszt. Daniil Trifonov is 22. He has won both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions but is respected by musicians for much more than that; he is a super-gifted musician for whom composing, improvising and performing flow seamlessly into each other on an extraordinarily high level. This is a great moment which cries out to be remembered and Allegro Films are planning to produce both a portrait and a performance film, as they have done with such happy results in the past. (Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Nathan Milstein, Andrés Segovia, Gidon Kremer, Evgeny Kissin and others). Currently, Allegro Films is looking for partners — on almost any terms they care to nominate. As Christopher Nupen put it: „Those who join us will not be sorry!“ For further information, please contact Nupallegro@gmail.com www.Allegrofilms.com
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MOVING ANGEL FILM PRODUCTION The State Opera Unter den Linden A brief History About The Time
2015: After years of exile, the Berlin State Opera is moving back into its original home Unter den Linden, where it has celebrated music and theatre since 1742. 2009: A repertory season before the State Opera moves out into its exile in the Berlin Schiller Theatre. The moving-angel documentary follows the human stories of the building. We see the last performances before the move: Placido Domingo in Simon Boccanegra or Rolando Villazón in Eugen Onegin. He walks through the decaying backstage hallways singing: „I love this building“. Barenboim, always present on transmission monitors, directing from backstage, compares the renovation with a face-lift: Back in the new-old house in three years “without wrinkles”.
letting us discover the backstage life and the three-century history of Berlin’s grand opera house. RBB has come aboard as production partner. EuroArts will take over the distribution. Currently, moving angel Film Production is looking for broadcasters as further partners. Trailer www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ryvs-vpi8Xo Produktion: moving-angel GmbH Author, Director: Anne Osterloh Shooting period / Location: 20092015 / Berlin Format / Duration: Documentary, HD, 16:9, 45 min / 52 min Completed: Winter 2015 Budget: 119,000 € / Funded: 72,000 € (German TV, Intl. Distribution, Prod. Co.), wanting amount: 47,000€ Contact: Birgit Baumgärtner & Jean Christophe Blavier info@moving-angel.com www.moving-angel.com
In contrast, Trischi, the stage cleaner, always ready for action with his broom, watches La Bohème from the side of the stage. He has a very direct, almost naïve affinity to opera.
QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VOICE COMPETITION May 2014 Brussels, Belgium Call For Application
Singers aged up to 29 years can now apply for the 2014 Queen Elisabeth Voice Competition, until 15 January 2014. Candidates have to log on to the Competition’s website to apply online and to find out more about the rules, repertoire and prizes. In February 2014, the DVD’s of the applicants will be screened by an international jury. The selected singers will then come to Brussels to compete in the First Round (14 – 16 May), of whom 24 will go through to the semi-final (18 – 20 May). The 12 finalists will compete for the International Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize (28 – 31 May), performing at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts with the La Monnaie/De Munt Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Roland Böer. For more information about the Queen Elisabeth Competition: www.qeimc.be
Through personal stories and the appearance of dance, music and opera world stars, the film opens a window
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ACCENTUS MUSIC
ARTHAUS MUSIK
Diapason D’Or De L’Année 2013 For Bruckner 1 With Claudio Abbado And The Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik For Orchester Kurt Edelhagen Feat. Mary Lou Williams And Caterina Valente
More critical acclaim for the ACCENTUS Music release of Bruckner’s Symphony No.1: In October, the CD was granted the renowned Diapason d‘Or Arte, which is now followed by the prestigious Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2013. Since its release, the CD has received extraordinarily positive response. Deutschlandfunk praised the excellent sound quality, and The Daily Telegraph stated: “The performance has that familiar Abbado glow. It is phrased with grace; its rhythms are taut; its detail of instrumental timbre is phenomenally lucid. And, above all, there is that magisterial Abbado command of perspective, a natural progression of thought from first note to last.” Read more...
popular theater, comics, pop art, cabaret, caricature and the Apocalypse with fascinating imagination. Michael Boder conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. (101643/108058) Read more...
The jazzhaus-production Orchester Kurt Edelhagen (Big Bands Live, Baden-Baden 1954) has been honoured with the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics‘ Award) and admitted to the Best List 4/2013 of outstanding artistically new releases. (101718) Read more...
Diapason D’Or De L’Année 2013 For Le Grand Macabre By György Ligeti After being announced Diamant d’Opéra Magazine in January and Diapason d’Or Arte in February 2013, the Arthaus Musik production Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti, staged by La Fura Dels Baus, has now won the Diapason d’Or of the year. Ligeti’s absurd-tragicomical masterpiece of the highest order blends
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EUROARTS MUSIC
ARTE
ZDF
Diapason D’Or Arte 12/2013 For Bruno Monsaingeon Edition- Vol.1: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
18 December, 10:45 pm, ARTE
24 December 2013, 5:00 am, ZDF
Bloody Daughter
Weihnachten Mit Dem Bundespräsidenten. Ein Festliches Konzert Aus Gengenbach
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Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Bestenliste 4/2013 For The Note – A Lifelong Quest For One Single Note And La Fanciulla Del West
The acclaimed documentary Bloody Daughter, directed by Stéphanie Argerich, will be broadcast on ARTE on 18 December at 10:45pm. This film is an intimate family portrait of two giants of the classical music world: Martha Argerich and Stephen Kovacevich. It explores the relationship between a goddess mother and her three daughters. Bloody Daughter has won FIPA D’OR 2013 and ITALIA Prize 2013 and has been selected in many festivals. An Idéale Audience & Intermezzo Films production, in co-production with ARTE France, TSR, SF.
With Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pumeza Matshikiza, Aurelius Sängerknaben, Philharmonie Baden-Baden. The conductor is Pavel Baleff. 25 December 2013, 12:30 pm, ZDF
Weihnachten Mit Villazón. Eine Musikalische Klosterreise With Rolando Villazón, Regula Mühlemann, Silke Aichhorn, German Hornsound, Kammerchor Michaelstein, Choralschola Benediktinerkloster Beuron. 31 December 2013, 5:30 pm, ZDF
Silvesterkonzert Aus Der Semperoper With Renée Fleming, Klaus Florian Vogt, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Semperoper Ballett, Staatskapelle Dresden. The conductor is Christian Thielemann. 1 Januar 2014, 11:15 am, ZDF
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2014 Read more...
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With Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsballett, and Daniel Barenboim.
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ZDF MUSIC ON ARTE Sonntag, 1, 8, 15 and 22 Dezember 2013, 6:30 pm, ARTE
Stars Von Morgen – Stars Of Tomorrow Rolando Villazón Presents Young Musicians With Olena Tokar, soprano; Atalla Ayan, tenor; Andrei Bondarenko, bariton; Céline Moinet, oboe; Alexander Krichel, piano; Hermès Quartett; Junge Sinfonie Berlin a.o. With all the qualities that have made him one of the most popular stars of the classical music world, Rolando Villazón has, now already in his third year, proven to be the ideal host for this show, presenting young artists and most promising talents to a wide audience with emotion and a good sense of humor. In the relaxed workshop atmosphere of Berlin‘s Kulturbrauerei (Culture Brewery), his guests prove – as soloists or playing with the orchestra – that they are on the verge of a successful career and most apt for a wide TV audience.
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Hochschule für Musik & Theater Hamburg New Masters Programme CoPeCo Contemporary Performance & Composition A new joint study programme is offered to musicians, who love to experiment with new music and work as a composer, performer or both: CoPeCo provides the first semester of the academic year 2014/2015 in Estonia Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia, followed by semesters in Sweden Kungl. Musikhögskolan i Stockholm and France Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon, with the summer semester 2016 in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Application will be open from 1 December 2013 to 31 January 2014! Students will find a supportive study environment in which a wide scale of individual artistic projects can be realized. Applicants have a bachelor degree or equivalent, and a special interest in the collaboration of musicians and composers. In addition to experimentation with new technologies, the curriculum offers seminars on contemporary European art forms and intercultural dialogue. Find all pertinent information on www.CoPeCo.net.
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2013 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL
German/Austrian Production Das Wunder Von Kärnten Awarded Best TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES!
Emmy® Awards at a Gala event on 25 November attended by over 1000 international television professionals and hosted by John Oliver at the New York Hilton.
Celebrating 40+10 Anniversary
Congratulations go to... Rowboat Film and TV Production GmbH / ZDF / Graf Filmproduction GmbH / ORF
The 10 International Emmy Award Winning programmes and performances are: Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender and Hello?! Orchestra (TIE in Arts Programming), Sean Bean (Best Performance by an Actor), Fernanda Montenegro (Best Performance by an Actress), Moone Boy (Comedy), 5 Broken Cameras (Documentary), Les Revenants (The Returned) (Drama Series), Go Back to Where You Came From (Non-Scripted Entertainment), Side by Side (Telenovela), and A Day for a Miracle (TV Movie/Mini-Series).
A day for a miracle (Das Wunder von Kärnten): In 1998, a young cardiovascular surgeon and ultra marathon runner from Vienna named Markus Höchstmann started his first job in rural Austria. Over two long days that same year, he saved a life no one thought could be saved. With his superiors away, a drowned fouryear-old girl was brought into the emergency room. Cold and lifeless after having spent 30 minutes under water, she was considered clinically dead. Even though a similar resuscitation had never been accomplished, Markus risked everything to save the girl’s life... and made medical history.
Find all details and further information on the 2013 International Emmy® Award Winners on www.iemmys.tv.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 41st International
EUROPE INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS 2014 The annual Choreography Competitions are designed to discover and promote emerging Dance Schools and Groups. Barcelona Dance Award, 17 – 21 April 2014
Dance Grand Prix Europe, 11 – 15 June 2014 All further info – and an application form – are available at the competition‘s website.
In the year 2013, the European Music Council (EMC) is celebrating a double anniversary, the 40+10 jubilee. In 2003, ten years ago, the EMC was registrated under German law as an association (e.V.) based in Bonn, Germany. Furthermore, roughly 40 years ago, the origins of the EMC were laid out in the foundation of the regional group for Europe of the International Music Council (IMC). „Its goals lie in the understanding of the people of Europe through music. [...] music can play a decisive role for the societal development of a peaceful, diverse and integrative Europe.“ (Stef Coninx, Chairman EMC) The EMC therefore advocates on local, national and European levels for an appropriate framework, respecting equal rights and opportunities for music, music professionals and access to music. The European Music Council serves its members by advocating for the societal and political significance of musical diversity in Europe and, hence, plays a key role in supporting the European communities that want to celebrate their music. It provides exceptional value to its membership by building knowledge; creating networking opportunities; supporting and enhancing the visibility of projects that help sustain people‘s participation in music and cultural life. Learn more about the EMC at www. emc-imc.org.
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EXIB MÚSICA – THE FIRST MAR- INTERNATIONAL KET SPECIALISING IN IBEROA- MUSIC MERICAN MUSIC FOR EUROPE COUNCIL EXIB Música will take place on 8, 9 and 10 May 2014 in Bilbao at Alhóndiga Bilbao, a cutting-edge cultural centre located right in the centre of the city. It will bring together the Iberoamerican musical community with European musical professionals in one place.
music/film projects. Furthermore, the RICMU will be presented in Bilbao. RICMU is an international network of institutions and journalists specialized in Iberoamerican music. Have a look at www.exibmusica.com!
Documentary films, live performances, audio-visual events, master classes, lectures, talks, a stand market space – plus an ideas space to share initiatives to boost Iberoamerican
INTERNATIONAL TELEKOM BEETHOVEN COMPETITION BONN 6 – 14 December 2013 | Bonn, Germany 28 pianists will compete for the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn 2013 between 6 and 14 December. The 11 female and 17 male participants are aged between 20 and 32, and come from 13 nations. The young pianists will compete in three rounds from 6 December, before the final on 14 December. At the core of the programme they have to perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s oeuvre. In every round, his work is put into relation to a different musical era: Baroque, German Romantic and the Modern era. In the final round the remaining three participants will perform a piano concerto by Beethoven, accompanied by the Beethoven Orchester Bonn. The first prize is 30.000,- EUR, the second prize is 20.000,- EUR and third prize is 10.000,- EUR. There is also an audience prize, the chamber
music special prize and a Beethoven-Haus-Preis for the audience’s favourite from the second round. The winner of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition has the opportunity to perform at the Beethoven Orchester Bonn’s Beethoven Night on 16 December in the Beethovenhalle in Bonn. The winner of the audience prize will present him or herself in the Beethoven-Haus on 15 December. Follow the competition on www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de.
Paul Dujardin New President On 25 November 2013, Paul Dujardin (Belgium) was elected President of the International Music Council for a renewable mandate of two years. He replaces Frans de Ruiter from The Netherlands, who had served as president of the organisation since October 2009. Paul Dujardin is CEO and artistic director of the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary arts center dedicated to music, visual art, photography, film, theater, dance, literature and architecture. He dedicates his special interest to creating dialogue between the arts and the political spheres. He has succeeded in developing BOZAR as an Agora, a platform to initiate debate between citizens, the arts, decision-makers and other sectors. As President of the International Music Council, Paul Dujardin will lead a 12-member Executive Board made up of representatives from Africa, the Americas, the Arab World, Asia and Europe. www.imc-cim.org
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ORPHEUS INSTITUTE Doctoral Programme In Musical Arts docARTES Programme 2014-2015 Application Open! In April 2014, the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, Belgium will be organizing entrance examinations for the docARTES programme 2014-2015 (commencing September 2014). They invite all artists, musicians, composers and improvisers with a keen interest in research and generating new musical knowledge through their own practice to apply for the 2014-2015 docARTES programme, hosted at Orpheus Instituut in Ghent (Belgium) before 15 January 2014. docARTES is an international inter-university doctoral programme for practice-based research in musical arts, designed for musician-researchers (performers, composers, improvisors, etc.). docARTES provides a doctoral curriculum, consisting of research and training. It allows doctoral students to develop their artistic qualities, broaden their academic knowledge and expand their methodological skills. For more information on the curriculum, please read the docARTES handbook on: http://docartes.be/en/handbook The application form and guidelines and more info about the admission procedure can be found on http://docartes.be/en/admission/ forms-deadlines www.orpheusinstituut.be www.docartes.be
EDITORS’ SELECTION ... picked from the IMC Music World News Bulletin: Music news from around the world – brought to you by the International Music Council Music Against Child Labour The global Music Against Child Labour Initiative was launched in 2013. It links the ILO and its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) with musicians, conductors and musicians' organizations. Read more... Do It Yourself: Comparing Successful Record Label Models A panel at the recent Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) discussed the role of record labels since the turn of the century, with a particular focus on the success of DIY labels. Read more... Researcher Shows Music Industry Building Walls To Limit Data Major record labels have capitalized on iTunes to maintain the same advantages that they held previously through physical media distribution networks. Read more... The Largest Ever Ear Training Library Now Available Music education technology company Easy Ear Training has released an enormous library of ear training information for musicians in a free app. Read more...