Christoph Heesch
German cellist Christoph Heesch won an ICMA Award in the category Concertos with his CD Golden Age – Cello 1925. Born in Berlin in 1995, he started to play the cello at the age of six, and began attending the Julius-Stern-Institut in 2005. From 2008 to 2015 he studied with Jens Peter Maintz, and since…
Eva Gevorgyan & Javier Perianes
Javier Perianes, ICMA Artist of the year was in Cleveland last week, playing Ravel in G with The Cleveland Orchestra and François Xavier Roth. At the same time, ICMA Discovery Award winner Eva Gevorgyan was in Cleveland too, playing concerts for the Cleveland International Piano Competition, where she won First Prize in the Junior Division…
KKL Lucerne
At this year’s ICMA Award ceremony on May 10 in Lucerne, three musicians will musically enrich the event. Zofia Neugebauer and Andrea Cellacchi will perform the Sonatine for Flute and Bassoon by French composer Pierre Gabaye (1930-2000). Both are musicians of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. 15-year-old German cellist Philipp Schupelius will perform György Ligeti’s Sonata…
Matko Smolcic & Remy Franck
(c) Andreas Domjanic
Several of ICMA’s 2019 winners have been performing at this year’s VP Bank Classic Festival (formerly Next Generation Festival) in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. Remy Franck presented the 14-year-old ICMA Discovery Award winner Eva Gevorgyan who took part in a piano concert and also Young Artist 2019, Croatian bassoon player Matko Smolcic, who was scheduled for…
At the invitation of the Beethovenfest, the ICMA Jury held its General Assembly 2019 in Bonn. While discussing current topics of ICMA and preparing the next Award Ceremonies, the Jurymembers also learned about the plans for the Beethoven Year 2020. They notably met intendant Nike Wagner (in our photo, in the middle) to get more…
Ars Produktion, Label of the Year 2019 of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), is the first label to have been inspired by their award to create their own confectionary, with chocolates displaying the label logo as well as the logo of ICMA. Definitely a sweet idea!
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced today the Awards for 2019. Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire is honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes is Artist of the Year, Croatian bassoonist Matko Smolcic is Young Artist of the Year. The Discovery Award is awarded to 14-year-old Russian pianist Eva…
SPECIAL AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Nelson Freire, piano Fifty years ago, Nelson Freire recorded Brahms’ third piano sonata for the first time. Recently, he undertook a remarkable digital remake, brought to life with breathtaking accuracy. The two recordings document and frame the outstanding life’s achievement of this pianist, who always impresses with his artistic seriousness…
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards, ICMA, will announce the winners of the awards for 2019 next Thursday, January 17. In addition to the Special Awards, 19 productions are awarded a prize in the Audio and Video categories. Stay tuned.
