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NEWSLETTERApril 2014

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SCHEDULE

IMZ At IAMA Media Day10 April 2014 | London, UK

IMZ Co-operation With ICMA – International Classical Music Award Gala 2014 12 April 2014 | Warsaw, Poland

IMZ At Classical:NEXT14 – 17 May 2014 | Vienna, Austria

IMZ At EVDH Workshop On Video Dance26 May – 1 June 2014 | Madrid, Spain

Film Festival At Wiener Rathausplatz 28 June – 31 August 2014 | Vienna, Austria

International Emmy® Awards Semi-Final Judging 20142 – 3 July 2014 | Vienna, Austria

IMZ At ITF Golden Prague4 – 8 October 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic

IMZ At WOMEX 1422 – 26 October 2014 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain

IMZ At Viennese Ball Iasi5 December 2014 | Iasi, Rumania

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IMZ At Classical:NEXTIMZ Session "The Future Is Audio-Visual!" At IAMA Media DayIMZ World Music Film Screenings At WOMEX 14

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New ProductionsACCENTUS Music The New ReleasesArthaus Musik Strauss, Waltz And An Electric HeartClasart Classic WertherC Major Entertainment Mission Incognito, The Clash And Richter’s Four Seasonscol legno In Four Parts – Tribute to John CageEuroArts Piano Four Hands: Martha Argerich And Daniel BarenboimLa Monnaie / De Munt Sindbad And Au MondeLondon Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Anthologymakido film Minds Apart – Strauss vs WeillUnitel St John Passion And ArabellaWindrose Romeo & Juliet

Collaboration NewsMODemay Entertainment

What’s ON…gebrueder beetz filmproduktion The Wagner Files And GardeniaZDF/3Sat All About Strauss

Festival/Competition NewsQueen Elisabeth International Voice Competition

Laurels, Prizes and PraisesEuroArtsgebrueder beetz filmproduktion

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RELATED INDUSTRY NEWSEFA Atelier For Young Festival Managers Poznań Call For ApplicationsEuropean Music Council 4th European Forum On MusicRose d’Or Awards 2014

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IMZ AT CLASSICAL:NEXT14 – 17 May 2014 | Vienna (Austria)

Make sure to join us at the third edi-tion of the classical music expo Clas-sical:NEXT, taking place from 14 – 17 May 2014 at the MAK (Museum für Angewandte Kunst) in Vienna!

We have a special registration deal for all IMZ members and the late rate deadline is 18 April 2014:All IMZ members can register under the Company Additional rate, just write "IMZ MEMBER" on your regis-tration form!.At Classical:NEXT 2014 the IMZ will be represented with its own stand, a video library and a session revealing tips and tricks for Being successful in financing your audio-visual music production.The two IMZ Film Screenings, which will be taking place in the presence of the filmmakers, are scheduled for Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May, start-ing at 6:00 pm in the MAK lecture hall and are also open for the general public.

Classical:NEXT is an annual event that addresses head on the challeng-es facing the international classical and art music community, both in its entirety and within its various sectors. Classical:NEXT also offers an ideal opportunity to promote new talent, new creative ideas and fu-ture-oriented business practices. At last year´s Classical:NEXT 950 professionals and more than 500 companies came to Vienna from more than 40 countries!

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16 May 2014, 6:00 pmGergiev – A Certain Madness

The road movie documents the two-week train journey throughout Rus-sia by St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre orchestra together with its conductor. The orchestra is seen as an instrument; its conductor, Valery Gergiev, gives his all – and demands everything from his musicians. The music of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Shchedrin is merged with the sounds of industry and the moving train. Everything becomes music.Director: Alberto Venzago

15 May 2014, 6:00 pmFreddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

The story of Queen is much told, but this new documentary focuses on Freddie and the solo projects he worked on, outside of the band. Using extensive archive footage of interviews with Freddie as well as concerts, video shoots and person-al material – much of it previous-ly unseen – along with new inter-views with friends and colleagues, a picture emerges of a man who was very different to his flamboy-ant stage persona. This portrait re-veals the man behind the superstar image, The Great Pretender.Director: Rhys Thomas

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IMZ SESSION "THE FUTURE IS AUDIO-VISUAL!"AT IAMA MEDIA DAY10 April 2014, 10:00 am – 12:30 pmMilton Court | London (UK)

Don’t miss out on joining us at the IMZ session within the 24th IAMA International Conference and Opera + Media Day, taking place in London from 9 – 12 April 2014.

Find more information about the IAMA International Conference and Opera + Media Day 2014, London here.

The International Artist Managers’ Association (IAMA) – is the only worldwide association for classical music artist managements. It is ded-icated to serving all its members‘ needs including Affiliate and Group members and it strives to raise pro-fessional standards in the business of music.www.iamaworld.com

IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 14Last Call For Entries!

Don’t miss Friday 18 April 2014 – the deadline for entering your film to the 13th IMZ-organised World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX. Submit right away- Any recently produced world music

programmes that have not yet been presented at WOMEX

- We are looking for undeniable cine-matic quality

- We insist on great, interesting, spe-cial and unforgettable music

As every year, the selected entries may also become part of our World Music Film on Tour non-profit distri-bution project.

Benefit from a wide range of pro-motional activities to increase the visibility of your work and join us at WOMEX 14 to expand your network!

For personal support, contact Ruth Pfletschinger.

www.womex.com

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ACCENTUS MUSIC

New DVD/Blu-ray Releases

Claudio Abbado – Lucerne Festival 2013:The Last Video Recording

With his unique “mysterious seduc-tive power and legendary elegance” (Le Monde), Claudio Abbado, for the last time, opened the Lucerne Festi-val in the summer of 2013 – only a few months later, the world had to bid farewell to a monumental art-ist, great conductor and orchestra founder. This record, released on DVD/Blu-ray in May/June at ACCEN-TUS Music, is the last audio-visual documentation of his work. Once again, it captures the extraordinary atmosphere of vibrant emotionality that always emerged when Abbado created music with his “orchestra of friends”.

amarcordThe Book Of Madrigals

In its Book of Madrigals (DVD/Blu-ray Release: May 2014), a cappella ensemble amarcord presents mag-nificent compositions from the Eu-ropean Renaissance by Dowland, di

Lasso, Gabrieli, Gesualdo, Josquin a.o., recorded in Palladio’s splendid Renaissance Villa Godi. Performers include Hille Perl (viola da gamba), the American lutenist Lee Santana and percussionist Michael Metzler.

Riccardo Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Mahler 5

Continuing the award-winning Leip-zig Mahler cycle… – available from May/June. Bonus: Riccardo Chailly on his interpretation of Mahler’s 5th Symphony.

Bruckner's 7th Symphony

With the release of Bruckner’s 7th Symphony in April, ACCENTUS Mu-sic presents the fourth part of its cy-cle Bruckner – The Mature Sympho-nies with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin.The Guardian calls Daniel Baren-boim’s London interpretation "Tre-mendous … Barenboim and the Staatskapelle seem to have this work in their systems, and the overall im-pression was of music unfolding or-ganically at its own pace rather than of a work being self-consciously in-terpreted or led."

www.accentus.com

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ARTHAUS MUSIK

The Richard Strauss Collection

A limited 11-DVD box set with the 7 greatest operas by Richard Strauss, from Salome to Capriccio. Legend-ary recordings conducted by Karl Böhm, Carlos Kleiber, Claudio Abba-do, Wolfgang Sawallisch a.o., with a top-class ensemble, including Bri-gitte Fassbaender, Renée Fleming, Franz Grundheber, Gwyneth Jones, James King, Nadja Michael, Lucia Popp and Falk Struckmann. A book with texts by the Strauss Family and Brigitte Fassbaender, rare photo ma-terials from the family archive plus a number of facsimile reproductions complement the collection. (107539)

Brigitte KramerSasha Waltz – A Portrait

Sasha Waltz is one of Europe’s best-known and most exciting choreogra-

phers. Her choreographies surprise with ever-new formations, deep sub-jects and stunning aesthetic style. In addition to her work with dancers, the dialogue with all other art forms is her special interest. Live music has become an important element in her work. The film portrait by Brigitte Kramer draws a line from 2005 un-til today – the most important years of Sasha Waltz’ international career. (102182)

John VizzusiDon Ellis – Electric Heart

Don Ellis – Electric Heart is the sto-ry of one of the most innovative musicians of the 20th century. Ellis (1934–1978) fused together a mix-ture of jazz-classical-rock and his own version of world music long be-fore anyone else had thought of do-ing it. Strangely enough, his life story and musical genius have fallen into oblivion. The unforgettable short life of one of the greatest musicians of all time is explored and a re-birth of the electrifying and magical sounds of Don Ellis is back for all to enjoy! (102178)

www.arthaus-musik.com

CLASART CLASSIC

WertherStarring Jonas Kaufmann And Sophie Koch

From the current Met-season: Mas-senet's sublime adaptation of Go-ethe's revolutionary and tragic ro-mance Werther. Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role of the tortured poet with the “dark, resonant timb-re of his tenor that gives him weight; its swordlike directness makes him unstoppable. Every moment has the exact vocal color it needs” (The Wall Street Journal).

Richard Eyre, whose hit production of Bizet’s Carmen premiered at the Met in 2010, returns to direct the first new Met production of Werther in more than forty years. “Mr. Eyre’s production, while essentially traditi-onal, uses video imaginatively and has touches of modern imagery. Mr. Eyre deserves unreserved credit for the detailed and involving per-formances he draws from his cast” (The New York Times).

French mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch, one of the world’s leading interpre-ters of Charlotte, makes her Met debut as the object of Werther’s unrequited love, in a cast that also includes Lisette Oropesa as Sophie, Serbian bass David Bižić in his Met

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debut as Albert, and Jonathan Sum-mers as Le Bailli. The conductor is Alain Altinoglu.

In addition to this acclaimed new production of Massenet’s Werther, Clasart Classic provides about 70 further outstanding productions from the “Met Live in HD” series for TV.

www.tmg.de

C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT

Mission Incognito

A 6-part documentary series by Bea Conrad, Claus Wischmann, Lorenz Findeisen and Caroline Haertel.The opera house, the concert hall, the museum … these venues are passé – Mission Incognito is the new tomorrow: Celebrity artists go outsi-de their comfort zone and share their high art directly with the people on the streets. An entertaining half-hour format featuring well known musici-ans and artists, such as Rolando Vil-lazón or Vladimir Malakhov stepping into the world to meet their amateur counterparts.Length: 6 x 30 min. Production: Sounding Images in coproduction with ZDF/ARTE

The Clash – The Rise And Fall Of The Clash

From first-time director Danny Gar-cia comes The Rise and Fall of the Clash, featuring previously unseen footage of the band at work and at play, interviews with the individual band members and with those who knew them well. The fascinating in-

side story of rivalry, treachery and betrayal, and the internal band dy-namics and managerial interferen-ce that ultimately led The Clash to self-destruct.Length: 90 min. Production: Chip Baker Films / Icon TV Music / Apro-pos Films.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed By Max Richter – The Berlin Concert

Vivaldi's Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed, as Max Rich-ter suggests. “The piece is part of the musical landscape, and a part of my daily life. I hear it in supermar-kets, and it’s always turning up in TV ads.” Affection is an integral part of the composer’s “avant-garde up-date” (The Guardian). Max Richter’s post-classical idiom draws inspira-tion from influences like electronic music, punk, club music, psyche-delic rock. His co-conspirators in Vivaldi Recomposed are violinist Daniel Hope and the orchestra l'arte del mondo.Concert: Length: 44 min. Documen-tary: Length: 52 min. Production: Isis Productions for Deutsche Grammo-phon

www.cmajor-entertainment.com

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COL LEGNO

In Four Parts – Tribute to John Cage

Equipped with a modular synthesi-zer, a guitar and electronics, Patrick Pulsinger and Christian Fennesz approach the master of the treat-ment of silence, John Cage. The two legendary electronic music protago-nists create an intense musical ex-perience that permits an interplay between active listening and passive absorption, stimulating the listener’s imagination in wondrous ways.

Here is a link to listen to the music: www.col-legno.com/en/catalog/complete_catalog/in_four_parts

Full sync rights can be licensed from col legno. Please get in touch with Mike Breneis, mb@col-legno.com.

www.col-legno.com

EUROARTS

Summit Meeting

On 19 April 2014, a summit meeting of two of the most eminent pianists of the past few decades, two fellow countrymen, will take place at Phil-harmonie Berlin: Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim.

On the programme: Mozart’s Sonata for two pianos in D Major, Schubert’s Variations on an Original Theme in A flat major for four hands piano and Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (version for piano four hands).

Produced by EuroArts Music in co-production with RBB, Arte, Unitel.

Release Highlights

Two dance highlights are waiting to be released in spring: Léo Delibes’s Coppélia choreographed by Eduar-do Lao with the Víctor Ullate Ballet Communidad de Madrid and Chap-lin with the Leipziger Ballet choreo-graphed by Mario Schröder.Both productions are available for TV distribution and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in April 2014.

www.euroarts.com

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LA MONNAIE/ DE MUNT

Sindbad And Au Monde

In April, two opera creations will be available online on La Monnaie’s website. Sindbad – a Community Opera composed and conducted by Howard Moody and initiated by La Monnaie's Education department – was created in collaboration with children from four schools in the Brussels area. More than 200 kids on stage make for an impressive wall of sound. Available on www.lamonnaie.be until Saturday 12 April 2014 – and not to be missed!

A family saga gone awry… The ope-ra Au monde, a new world creation composed by Philippe Boesmans, di-rected by Joël Pommerat and conduc-ted by Patrick Davin, was premiered in Brussels on 30 March 2014. This contemporary opera will be available on www.lamonnaie.be as of Wednes-day 23 April up until half May 2014.

www.lamonnaie.be

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The 100th Release: Sir Colin Davis Anthology

The Sir Colin Davis Anthology will be released by LSO Live on 7 April. It is a unique collection of 13 discs including a DVD and a commemo-rative book incorporating photos and private correspondence from Sir Colin’s archives. Sir Colin Davis was instrumental in the success and development of LSO Live, the most successful record label of its kind, and this set is the 100th release on LSO Live. The collection pays tribu-te to the huge part which Sir Colin played in the pre-eminence of the LSO across the globe for more than 50 years and in his roles as Principal Conductor and President of the Or-chestra.

The Sir Colin Davis Anthology inclu-des previously unreleased material from the LSO Live archive, Berli-oz’s Overture Les Francs Juges and Te Deum; Sibelius’ Oceanides; and a recording of Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.4. Also two much loved recordings are available on high-resolution SACD for the first time: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. The Anthology is completed with a bonus DVD documentary by Reiner Moritz, Colin Davis: The Man and his

Music. The remarkable documentary highlights his work in masterclasses, opera, concerts and to-camera talk. The notes are in English, French and German and the DVD subtitles in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. The Sir Colin Davis Anthology is available from all good stores and digital music services and is also available from lso.co.uk.

www.lso.co.uk

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MAKIDO FILM

Minds Apart – Richard Strauss And Kurt Weill

Geister, Die Sich Schei-den – Richard Strauss Und Kurt Weill

Richard Strauss and Kurt Weill – two composers, who were equally fa-

mous as they were different. While Strauss became the president of the German Chamber of Music in 1933, Weill fled from the National Socia-lists to Paris and later to the United States of America. Both created memorable works. While Strauss had ignored the poli-tical situation for a long time, Weill had actively criticized politics and society. One of them created The Knight of the Rose and the other one The Threepenny Opera.

In this context, the documentary by Michael Pfeifenberger for makido film poses the question: Which poli-tical responsibility for art – in former times and nowadays? Which purpo-se does art serve? May an artist re-main neutral or does an artist bear societal responsibility? Is the creati-on of music an end in itself or does it have to serve a bigger purpose?

Among the interviewees are ope-ra stars Angela Denoke and Anna Prohaska, conductor Adam Fischer and the former concertmaster of the Viennese Philharmonics, Walter Barylli. The music scientist Christian

Heindl, Weill-perfomer Carmen Ma-ja-Antoni, Richard Strauss’ grandson Christian Strauss and Weill-expert Giselher Schubert also get a chance to speak.

Length: 52 min. A production of ma-kido film, ZDF/3Sat and Unitel.

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UNITEL

From the Philharmonie Berlin Bach, Johannes-Passion (St John Passion)

Bach's St John Passion in a staging by Peter Sellars. The Berliner Phih-armoniker under the baton of Si-mon Rattle played "a performance that was lush yet energetic from the first downbeat, with warm balance between the strings and the winds" (NY Times). The cast: Mark Pad-more, Magdalena Kožená, Camilla Tilling, Topi Lehtipuu, Roderick Wil-liams and Christian Gerhaher. With the Grammy-awarded Rundfunkchor Berlin.Production: BPhil Media, BR, Unitel. Length: approx. 135 min.

Salzburg Easter Festival 2014Christian Thielemann Conducts Richard Strauss’s Arabella

Renée Fleming, one of the most fa-mous Strauss sopranos, sings the title role of Richard Strauss’s opera Arabella in a new production from

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the 2014 Salzburg Easter Festival. In the role of Mandryka: star baritone Thomas Hampson. Christian Thie-lemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden, that was also performing at the world premiere of the opera in July 1933 at Semperoper Dres-den. The Staatskapelle is joined by the Sächsischer Staatsopernchor and a stellar cast of singers: Albert Dohmen, Gabriela Beňačková, Han-na-Elisabeth Müller and Daniel Beh-le.Production: ORF/ 3sat, NHK, UNI-TEL. Length: approx. 170 min.

Unitel is distributed by C Major Entertainment.

www.cmajor-entertainment.com

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WINDROSE

New Ballet In Windrose Line-up

Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s mythical story has been performed by dancers of the National Ballet and Contemporary Dance Company of Spain at the Ro-yal Theater of Madrid, Teatro Real. Goyo Montero, the Artistic Director of the Nuremberg’s Ballet Company created its choreography. The Pro-kofiev’s music was played by the Madrid Symphonic Orchestra. This production has been nominated in the dance magazine “Dance for you” as best modern choreography in 2012/2013 and in "Dance Euro-pe" as best revival in 2013. The ballet

features a succession of spectacular acrobatic group scenes, with poetic pas de deux showing how love can be addictive.

HD, 100 min, 2013, by Jean-Marie David; Broadcasted by Mezzo & TVE

www.windrose.fr

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MODEMAY ENTERTAIN-MENTMODemay Entertain-ment Joining Forces With Canadian Pro-ducers Riddle Films And Rhombus Media

MODemay Entertainment’s distri-bution collaboration with Rhombus Media continues on a number of programmes: The Young Romantic (2008), Mozartballs (2006), Bee-thoven’s Hair (2005), Burnt Toast (2005), Toothpast (2001), Ravel’s Brain (2000), The Four Seasons (2000).

MODemay supports the pre-sales of the Larry Weinstein saxophone pro-ject: The Devil’s Horn. For now, the film is funded by Canadian broadcas-ters and funds, and by ARTE, and will be released in June 2015.

MODemay Entertainment and Ridd-le Films are now collaborating on the distribution of the music documen-tary The Rolston Sessions and the de-velopment of the documentary The Jews who stole Christmas, directed by Larry Weinstein. Riddle Films is a multi-award production company committed to making high-quality films and television. www.modemay.com

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GEBRUEDER BEETZ FILM-PRODUKTION

The Wagner Files AppPresentation At fmx Stuttgart

The interactive app The Wagner Files will be presented at the exhibition In-teractive Graphic Novels during the international conference for anima-tion, effects, games and transmedia (fmx), taking place in Stuttgart on 22 – 25 April 2014.

The Wagner Files explores exciting new ways of storytelling: through the fusion of animation, videos, histori-cal letters, music scores and photo-graphs, Wagner is experienced in a completely new light.For more information about the app, where to get it and to watch the trai-ler, visit www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/produktionen/the-wagner-files-app

Gardenia – Before The Curtain Falls:World Premiere At Hot Docs Canadian In-ternational Documentary Festival

The feature documentary Gardenia – Before The Curtain Falls (In copro-duction with ZDF/ARTE) will have its world premiere at the renowned Hot Docs Canadian International Docu-mentary Festival, which will take pla-ce from 24 April ¬– 4 May 2014 in Toronto.

Gardenia - Before the Last Curtain Falls is a film that explores the lives of six aging and highly unique traves-

ty artists through the prism of a gre-at dance, theatre, cabaret and music show called Gardenia. It was evolved in collaboration with Alain Platel, one of Europe’s greatest contempo-rary choreographers.For more information and to watch the trailer, see www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/productions/gardenia-2

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ZDF/3SAT

Richard Strauss * 11 June 1864

In June 2014, we celebrate the anni-versary of a legendary composer: the 150th birthday of Richard Strauss. 3Sat already starts the celebration on 5 April 2014 with a concert from the Salzburg Festival (Alpine Symphony and a selection of orchestral songs) under the baton of Strauss-maniac Christian Thielemann. A week later, on 12 April 2014, we will visit the Salzburg Easter Festival for the ope-ra Arabella. The symphonic poem Ein Heldenleben will be broadcast on Easter Day (20 April 2014). Conduc-ted by Herbert von Karajan and per-formed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra this recording from 1985 is a special historic highlight.

In June, ZDF/3Sat continues with the two famous Strauss operas Der Ro-senkavalier and Ariadne auf Naxos – from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, with Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann.

When it comes to documentary… The film Richard Strauss und Kurt Weill explores the two lives of the geniuses in politically difficult times. The film Richard Strauss und sei-ne Heldinnen sets out to search for the women in Strauss' life – and in his operas. In addition, there will be two 3Sat premieres: Christian Thie-lemann – My Strauss and Richard Strauss – Ein verkannter Visionär, starring the composer Manfred Tro-jahn, the singer Marlis Petersen, pi-anist Stefan Mickisch and extreme climbers Thomas and Alexander Hu-ber, also known as the Huberbuam.

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5 April 201408:15 pm Thielemann dirigiert Strauss. Salzburger Festspiele 201109:45 pm Geister, die sich scheiden – Richard Strauss und Kurt Weill

12 April 201408:15 pm Arabella. Osterfestspiele Salzburg 10:45 pm Richard Strauss und seine Heldinnen

20 April 201410:35 amEin Heldenleben / Herbert von Kara-jan, Berliner Philharmoniker, 1985

7 June 201408:15 pmChristian Thielemann – Mein Strauss09:00 pmRichard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 2009

14 June 201408:15 pmAriadne auf Naxos10:35 pm Richard Strauss - Ein verkannter Visionär

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QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNA-TIONAL VOICE COMPETITION (MAY 2014): 73 PARTICIPANTS

Of 214 singers whose DVDs have been screened by the preselection jury in February 2014, 73 have been admitted to the first public round of this year’s voice competition. Find out the names and nationalities of the candidates on www.qeimc.be.

Chaired by Arie Van Lysebeth, the international preselection jury was composed of Renée Auphan, Ma-ria Bayo, Marius Brenciu, Helmut Deutsch, Sophie Karthäuser and José Van Dam.

On Monday 12 May 2014, the na-mes of the other jury members will be announced, as well as the order of appearance of the candidates in the first round, taking place from 14 to 16 May 2014 at Flagey in Brussels.

24 candidates will go through to the semi-final (18 – 20 May). The 12 fina-lists will perform from 28 to 31 May 2014 at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts with the La Monnaie/De Munt Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roland Böer. Paolo Arrivabeni will conduct the Orchestra of the Opé-ra Royal de Liège Wallonie with the six ranked prize winners on 10 June 2014.

The IMZ members are warmly invi-ted to attend the competition sessi-ons and the closing concert. Please contact Michel-Etienne Van Neste, Secretary-General of the Competiti-on (mevanneste@qeimc.be).

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EUROARTS

Bernd Alois Zimmer-mann: Die Soldaten Wins Prix Caecilia 2014 in Belgium

For further information and to watch the trailer, please visit: www.euro-arts.com/artikel/dvd/?id=007258_zimmermann_soldaten

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Midsummer Night’s Tango Was Awarded Best Documentary At The 40th International Film-wochenende In Würz-burg/Germany

The German-Finnish-Argentine pro-duction (in coproduction with 3Sat) won the award for best documentary at the 40th International Filmwo-chenende in Würzburg.Since 13 March 2014, the entertaining roadmovie searching for the roots of tango in Argentina and Finland can regularly be seen in 50 German cine-mas. With more than 10,000 viewers only at the first weekend, the film achieved the most successful cine-ma release in Germany. For more information and to watch the trailer, visit www.gebrue-der-beetz.de/en/productions/mid-summer-nights-tang

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Audiences Identify Top Orchestras By Appearance More Than Sound

To enrich the visual appeal of sym-phony concerts, orchestras have ex-perimented with a range of tactics: adding video screens to concert halls that show live close-ups of the con-ductor and soloist; ditching tuxedos in favor of more modern garb; or pro-jecting video effects and silent films during a performance.Read more...

Now you can down and up-load John Cage's silence on your phone

John Cage's 4'33" is now available as an app. It's not as silly as it sounds...Read more...

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EUROPEAN FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION (EFA)

The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), and the Malta Festival Poz-nań are delighted to announce the next Atelier for Young Festival Ma-nagers to take place in Poznań, Po-land from 20-27 October 2014. The Atelier for Young Festival Managers is an intensive 7-day training pro-gramme that allows its participants to gain knowledge and skills in the field of artistic festival management. Applications must be submitted by 15 April 2014.45 young festival managers from all over the world will be selected to take part in this unique training program-me. Coordinated by Hugo De Greef (former EFA Secretary General, Ge-neral Manager Bruges European Ca-pital of Culture 2002, Founder and former Director Kaaitheater – Belgi-

um), ten renowned artistic festival directors from all over the world will guide the participants through the intense programme.The Atelier POZNAŃ 2014 will follow the experiences of previous Ateliers in Görlitz (2006), Varna (2009), Sin-gapore and Izmir (2011), Ljubljana (2012), and the upcoming Atelier in Edinburgh (3-10 April 2014).

Latest news on the Atelier POZNAŃ 2014 can be found at www.atelierfo-ryoungfestivalmanagers.eu, or on fa-cebook. In case of questions, please contact atelier@efa-aef.eu.

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL (EMC)

The next EMC annual conference will take place in 2014 from 19 – 22 June 2014 in the Swiss capital of Bern. In cooperation with the Swiss Music Council and the Yehudi Menuhin Forum Bern, the Forum will evolve around the theme Music & Politics: A shared responsibility. Inspired by the host country, the 4th European Forum on Music will explore what Europe can learn from Switzerland, the so-called “nation of will” ("Wil-lensnation"). The widely acclaimed slogan “unity in diversity” is claimed

by both the European Union and Switzerland as one of their main cha-racteristics. What does this diversity look like? What are the challenges of it? And how is this diversity reflected in Europe? For more information on the event visit the official website: www.emc-imc.org/efm

ROSE D’OR AWARDS 2014The deadline for submitting your TV, Online and Radio entries to the Rose d’Or Awards 2014 has been exten-ded!

You now have an extra two weeks to perfect and finalise your submis-sions into the prestigious entertain-ment awards event, with the final date now 14 April 2014.

Important dates:14 April 2014: new closing date for submission of entries for considera-tion 19 May 2014: announcement of the finalists in each category17 September 2014: Rose d’Or awards ceremony, Berlin

You can register online at www.rose-dor.com/register to enter your pro-gramme into the competition, and to book tickets to attend the Awards evening.

Atelier for Young Festival Managers20-27 October 2014 | Poznań, PolandApplication Deadline: 15 April 2014

The 4th European Forum On Music19 – 22 June 2014 | Bern, SwitzerlandRegistration Is Open

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