MonteVerdi.TV Honours RCO's 'Best Symphony Orchestra in the World' Award With Free Exclusive Web Broadcast

MonteVerdi.TV Honours RCO's 'Best Symphony Orchestra in the World' Award With Free Exclusive Web Broadcast

AMSTERDAM, November 20/PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of the Gramophone Awards' selection of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) as the best symphony orchestra in the world, MonteVerdi.TV will broadcast Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring soloist Mitsuko Uchida, from the RCO's recent 120 year jubilee concert, on Saturday 22nd at 20:15 Central European Time (CET) on http://www.monteverdi.tv/rco

The concerto, one of the outstanding highlights from the RCO 120 year jubilee concert filmed on October 24th 2008, will be streamed in stunning 1.7MB quality and will be available free of charge on the English, Dutch, German, Japanese, Polish and Mandarin Chinese versions of the dedicated mini site.

MonteVerdi founder and CEO Rob Overman comments: "We are proud to host this celebration of the RCO. The classical music industry has been contemplating how to attract new audiences for some time now. The phenomenal penetration of broadband Internet heralds a new era in classical music, and allows Monteverdi to offer a unique experience of the highest possible quality, which is of the utmost importance to classical music fans. MonteVerdi's mission is to enable existing and new music fans to experience and discover new music through the latest Internet, mobile devices and digital TV innovations".

The Gramaphone Awards - often called the Oscars of the classical music world - are the most significant honours bestowed on the classical music industry, and are voted for by a panel of renowned European and North American musicologists.

As well as the Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, the full Jubilee concert broadcast will be available as Video on Demand on MonteVerdi.TV. Monteverdi also offers exclusive promotional video material as well as four more Video on Demand RCO titles as pay-per-view and monthly subscription.

About MonteVerdi

Beta launched on 2nd November 2nd 2008, MonteVerdi.TV - Worlds of Classical Music - is a multimedia classical music site offering a range of services to classical music lovers. A subsidiary of CommuniServe B.V., it offers live streaming concerts in high quality (1.7MB) as well as a comprehensive video-on-demand catalogue for monthly subscriptions, and pay-per-view. MonteVerdi.TV also offers high quality audio downloads (320kbps), breaking classical news, extensive artist and composer information, mail order web-shops, over 15.000 classical music links, a multimedia classical music quiz and a social networking community.

About CommuniServe B.V.

Founded in Amsterdam in 2007 by a group of Dutch musicologists and entrepreneurs, CommuniServe is rapidly growing player in the international market of niche music platforms for Internet, digital TV and mobile applications. CommuniServe recently announced the introduction of more music portals, including Jazzon.TV, a specialized portal for jazz. The CommuniServe platforms combine an unlimited content database with community service, live video streaming and video on demand.

Source: MonteVerdi.TV

Editorial note: For more information on CommuniServe contact Michiel Gaasterland on +31-(0)-20-661-5735 or email: michiel.gaasterland@monteverdi.tv

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