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The International Music + Media Centre (IMZ) is an international non-profit organisation founded in 1961 by Wilfried Scheib under the aegis of
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
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The IMZ is a global association for all those involved in any aspect of classical music,
world music,
jazz
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and
contemporary music, ballet and
contemporary dance in the audiovisual media.
Its more than 150 members include
broadcasters
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performing arts companies and venues; programme producers and distributors;
record and DVD labels; cinema and new media specialists: all the participants in the creation and dissemination of music and dance in the media. Among their members are major international companies like the
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ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
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3sat
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ARTE
Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture.
It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plu ...
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NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
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ORF
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* Norfolk International Airport, IATA airport code ORF
* Observer Research Foundation, an Indian research institute
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, the
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is oper ...
New York, the
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August ...
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Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Ama ...
, C Major Entertainment GmbH,
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
and
WNET
WNET (channel 13), branded on-air as "Thirteen" (stylized as "THIRTEEN"), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the ...
/THIRTEEN; the smallest are individual composers, choreographers, musicians or Music directors.
The IMZ organizes events and initiatives for its members (Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin, Avant Première Screenings, Golden Prague Premieres and Pitching Sessions at the Golden Prague Festival and the
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) et al.) to promote music and dance in and through audiovisual media. It is also active as an initiator and programme curator of open-air music (and dance) film festivals around the world: Vienna Music Film Festival NY, Vienna Music Film Festival Yekaterinburg, Vienna Music Film Festival Tokyo, Rathausplatz Filmfestival Vienna, Music Filmfestival Bucharest.
Structure
The IMZ is based in
Vienna
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, Austria and led by Katharina Jeschke, Secretary General since 2017.
The Secretary General is appointed by the IMZ Board, which consists of 25 members elected for a three-year period.
President: Arild Erikstad (NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Company, Norway)
Vice presidents: Jason Charters (Riddle Films, Canada), Stephen James-Yeoman (BBC Arts and Classical Music, United Kingdom) and Elmar Kruse (C Major Entertainment, Germany), Treasurer: Emelie De Jong (ARTE G.E.I.E., France), Legal Counsel:
Franz Patay (VBW International, Austria)
Additional board members: Wolfgang Bergmann (ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH, Germany), Agné Biliunaite (LRT – Lithuanian National Radio and Television, Lithuania), Ernst Buchrucker (Unitel, Germany), Daniel Celarec (RTV Slovenija, Slovenia), Ditte Feuk (SVT – Sveriges Television, Sweden), Frank Gerdes (ServusTV, Austria), Daniel Gorjão ( RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Portugal), Laetitia Huberti (RTBF – Belgian Public Radio & Television, Belgium), Mari Inamasu (NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan), Maria Kivinen (Yle – The Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland), Ulrike Köstinger (Operabase, Denmark), Sandrine Laffont (EuroArts Music International, Germany), Rita Lombardi (RAI COM, Italy), Reiner Moritz (Poorhouse International Ltd., United Kingdom), Tomas Motl (Czech Television, Czechia), François Roussillon (François Roussillon et Associés, France), Erwin Stürzer (Naxos Audiovisual Division, Germany), Martin Traxl (ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria), Maria Willer (3B-Produktion, Germany).
Honorary Members:
Daniel Barenboim,
Pierre Boulez †,
Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Beethoven.Stephen Plaistow"Brendel, Alfred" ' ...
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Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 19 ...
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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (, born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, , was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007.
Biograph ...
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Mats Ek
Mats Ek (born 18 April 1945) is a Swedish dance and ballet choreographer, dancer and stage director. He was the manager of the Cullberg Ballet from 1985 to 1993.
Life and career
Ek was born in Malmö in 1945, the son of the Royal Dramatic Theatr ...
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Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez (born Juan Diego Flórez Salom, January 13, 1973) is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the ''Knight Grand Cross in t ...
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Daniel Hope
Daniel Hope (born 17 August 1973, Durban, South Africa) is a European classical violinist.
Early life and education
Hope was born in Durban, South Africa, and is of Irish and Jewish German descent, his maternal grandparents, formerly from Be ...
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Bill T. Jones,
Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recitalTommasini, Anthony (21 February 2014)"A Tenor Finds Energy ...
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Lang Lang
Lang Lang (; born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese pianist who has performed with leading orchestras in China, North America, Europe, and elsewhere. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, ...
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Brian Large
Brian Large (born 16 February 1939 in London, England) is a television director and author. He is among the world's foremost TV directors specializing in opera and classical music.
Biography
Studies
Large studied at the Royal Academy of Music ...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri ...
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Neil Shicoff,
Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs.
Early life
Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedis ...
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Related partner organisations
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
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IMC
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European Music Council
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EBU
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Emmy
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International Classical Music Awards
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards (later called MIDEM Classical Awards) formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines ...
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