Julian Kainrath
Julian Kainrath is the very talented violinist from South Tyrol (he was born in Merano) who won the Discovery Award in the ICMA 2022 edition: he is not even 17 years old! He will play on April 21st at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adam Fischer (who will receive…
Pierre Cao
(c) S.Boulard
The luxembourgish conductor Pierre Cao is winner of a Special Achievement Award in this year’s International Classical Music Awards. Guy Engels (radio 100,7/Luxembourg, member of the jury) had the opportunity to talk with Pierre Cao. Pierre Cao, you came to music relatively late, after you had already taken a different path professionally. I was never…
Philharmonie Luxembourg
(c) Wade Zimmermann
ICMA and the Philharmonie Luxembourg present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on 21 April. The stupendously rich program for this Gala Celebration conducted by Lifetime Achievement Award winner Adam Fischer will feature winners of this year’s laureate panel, accompanied by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Stéphane Topakian
The Warner boxed set of the complete official recordings of the legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler has won an International Classical Music Award in the Historical category. This award was the occasion for Pierre-Jean Tribot (Crescendo/Belgium, member of the jury) to make the following interview with Stéphane Topakian, the main editor of this set and a…
Adam Fischer
(c) Csibi Szilvia
Adam Fischer doesn’t spend much time at the sound engineer’s desk, he’s not interested in working at the editing table, but in being on the podium with the orchestras he works with, because they know each other very well. Being the Lifetime Achievement Award winner of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), he sat down…
With the deepest concern over the war initiated by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and considering the fact that ICMA Jury member Radio Orpheus, Moscow, is a broadcaster operated and owned by the Russian State and no longer a member of the European Broadcasting Union, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards has suspended…
Laurent Brunner
(c) François Berthier
Appointed in 2007 as director of Château de Versailles Spectacles, Laurent Brunner created their own record label in 2018. This Lorrain revives in Versailles with the success he had with a festival in Verdun, then with Le Carreau in Forbach, with, always, the search for excellence. In 2022, four years after its launch, Château de…
Just 4 years after its creation, with no less than 60 CDs and DVDs released to date, the record label of Château de Versailles Spectacles is ICMA Label of the Year 2022. Praised by the jury for « the quality of the ensembles and artists, the excellent quality of the sound recordings and a presentation so…
Frank Dupree
(c) Marco Borggreve
German pianist and conductor Frank Dupree has won the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) prize in the Assorted Programs category with a CD of concertos and a Chamber Symphony by Nikolai Kapustin. Remy Franck talked with the musician. Kapustin’s music combines jazz and classical music. The interpreter has to be able to reproduce this mélange….
