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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