Press release SPO 2.10.2008

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Will Start Live Internet Broadcasts

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra will start cooperation with the international Internet portal classicLive, which specialises in classical music. The first live broadcast will the opening concert of Bratislava Music Festival on the 21^st of November.  

- classicLive is a completely new concept, which provides orchestras, opera and ballet houses with an opportunity to offer a concert experience to a worldwide audience. We are happy to have the highly respected Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra with us in the portal, tells Mr. Lauri Jämsén, the managing director of Saltarello Ltd, which is responsible for classicLive operations.

Additional Information:

Managing Director Lauri Jämsén, classicLive, GSM: +358 50 598 8172, email: lauri.jamsen@saltarello.fi

classicLive             www.classiclive.com

classicLive is a new, international Internet portal, which specialises in classical music. The content of classicLive includes performances of top-quality symphony orchestras. From the 11^th of October 2008 on, also ballet will be available. In the rich Backstage Section of classicLive you can get familiar with orchestras, artists and music with the help of the unique background material. Each performance will be broadcasted live on the Internet and will be available for three weeks after the live event. 

Currently the classicLive portal includes The Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Hungary), The Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Finland), The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (The Netherlands), Slovak Philharmonic (Slovakia) and The Brussels Philharmonic - the Orchestra of Flanders (Belgium). According to Saltarello Ltd. (Finland), the portal management company, the target is to have 15 international, top-quality orchestras in the portal, which together are able to offer more than 200 live broadcasts a year.