The Naarden St. Matthew Passion Enters the Digital Concert Hall

The Naarden St. Matthew Passion Enters the Digital Concert Hall

AMSTERDAM, March 11/PRNewswire/ -- The 'digital concert hall' Monteverdi opened its doors to the public for
the first time. The organisation will specialise in worldwide Internet
broadcasts of classical music. This will allow a wide audience access to
performances and recitals that were previously only available to a limited
group of concertgoers.

The premiere on http://www.monteverdi.tv will be the St. Matthew Passion,
as performed by the Netherlands Bach Society under Jos van Veldhoven. The
tradition (first started in 1922) of performing the work in the Grote Kerk in
Naarden is world-renowned, and it will be broadcast for the first time live
on the Internet on Friday, 14 March. The broadcast will be repeated a limited
number of times until 21 March. The concert is a coproduction between
MonteVerdi and the Dutch television company AVRO.

MonteVerdi is the first integral platform in the world for classical
music and opera for the Internet, digital TV and for mobile devices. Right
from the start, MonteVerdi offers an excellent database that offers a wealth
of information about artists, composers, orchestras and other related
subjects.

MonteVerdi.TV has been developed in order to bring together both
professionals and devotees of classical music and opera from around the
world. The MonteVerdi community is a dynamic source of the latest news
concerning festivals, concerts, artists and composers. Users are encouraged
to exchange views and to find information on numerous musical topics through
discussion groups, a forum, chat, blogging and other services.

To Rob Overman initiator and CEO of MonteVerdi, this launch is a
long-held wish that has finally come true. "Finally, lovers of classical
music have a single environment within which everything to do with their
favourite genre can be found."

About MonteVerdi

MonteVerdi is the first integral platform in the world for classical
music and opera for the Internet, digital TV and for mobile devices. The
centrepieces are the high-quality video on demand, live streaming and audio
downloads. MonteVerdi offers an excellent database that offers a wealth of
information about artists, composers, orchestras and other related subjects.
MonteVerdi.TV has been developed to bring together professionals and devotees
of classical music and opera from around the world. MonteVerdi is a division
of CommuniServe BV. http://www.monteverdi.tv.

Source: MonteVerdi.TV

For more information: Natasja Kardos, +31(0)20-661-57-35, natasja.kardos@monteverdi.tv

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