Among their members are major international companies like the BBC, ZDF, 3sat, ARTE, NHK, ORF, the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, C Major Entertainment GmbH, Deutsche Grammophon and WNET/THIRTEEN; the smallest are individual composers, choreographers, musicians or Music directors.
[1] The IMZ organizes events and initiatives for its members (Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin, Avant Première Screenings, Golden Prague Premieres and Pitching Sessions at the Golden Prague Festival[2] and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) et al.) to promote music and dance in and through audiovisual media.
The Secretary General is appointed by the IMZ Board, which consists of 25 members elected for a three-year period.
Vice presidents: Jason Charters (Riddle Films, Canada), Stephen James-Yeoman (BBC Arts and Classical Music, United Kingdom) and Arild Erikstad (NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), Treasurer: Elmar Kruse (C Major Entertainment, Germany), Legal Counsel: Franz Patay (VBW International, Austria) Additional board members: Wolfgang Bergmann (ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH, Germany), Agné Biliunaite (LRT – Lithuanian National Radio and Television, Lithuania), Ernst Buchrucker (Unitel, Germany), Daniel Celarec (RTV Slovenija, Slovenia), Ditte Feuk (SVT – Sveriges Television, Sweden), Frank Gerdes (ServusTV, Austria), Daniel Gorjão ( RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Portugal), Mari Inamasu (NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan), Maria Kivinen (Yle – The Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland), Ulrike Köstinger (Operabase, Denmark), Sandrine Laffont (EuroArts Music International, Germany), Rita Lombardi (RAI COM, Italy), Reiner Moritz (Poorhouse International Ltd., United Kingdom), Tomas Motl (Czech Television, Czechia), François Roussillon (François Roussillon et Associés, France), Erwin Stürzer (Naxos Audiovisual Division, Germany), Martin Traxl (ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria), Maria Willer (3B-Produktion, Germany).
Honorary Members: Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez †, Alfred Brendel, Adrienne Clarkson, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Mats Ek, Juan Diego Flórez, Daniel Hope, Bill T. Jones, Jonas Kaufmann, Lang Lang, Brian Large, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Neil Shicoff, Anne Sofie von Otter.