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Award Ceremony on 15^th May 2012 in Nantes/France

The documentary Carlos Kleiber – Traces to nowhere, the first film about the legendary conductor, also wins the International Classical Music Award 2012 in the category DVD-Documentaries. The Award Ceremony will take place in Nantes/France on 15^th May 2012. The Gala Concert with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire will be conduct by its music director John Axelrod.

The International Classical Music Award is considered as one of the most important awards for classical music worldwide and is granted every year. The independent jury of leading german music journalists has choosen the winners in 14 CD and DVD categories.

Carlos Kleiber is renowned as one of the greatest conductors of the 20^th century. The film, directed by Eric Schulz, follows in the traces of Kleibers final journey from Munich, where he lived, to the slovenian village Konjšica. The documentary includes interviews with friends such as Plácido Domingo, Otto Schenk, Michael Gielen, Brigitte Fassbaender and Otto Staindl but also his sister Veronika Kleiber. She never wanted to talk about the things her brother did, but in this case she made an exception. It was her first and only interview.

Carlos Kleiber – Traces to nowhere is produced by Servus TV and published on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Arthaus Musik.

Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra, a performance of the Salzburger Festspiele directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff and published by Arthaus Musik on DVD last year is nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award 2012.

Now you can decide who is going to win the award – please click here to vote. The voting ends on 29 February 2012.

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