Nikolai Song
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This year, 13-year-old Russian-Korean flautist Nikolai Song received ICMA’s ‘Discovery Award’. Andrea Meuli (Musik + Theater, Zurich) and Isabel Roth (MDR, Leipzig) met the young musician for an interview. How old were you, when you began playing the flute? I was five years old. First I played the recorder, then I carefully changed to the…
Jodie Devos
Opera and operettas, recitals, chamber music and family concert: French romantic music in all its forms! From June 3 until June 8, ICMA Award Winner Palazzetto Bru Zane organizes the fourth edition of its Parisian festival. This year the programming is extended, following a new partnership with the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, where Spontini’s tragédie lyrique…
ICMA Jury member Radio Orpheus in Moscow started an ambitious project to revive the heritage of Russian composers. It includes the restoration of rare vocal scores and books, the discovery of unknown or rare music in archives, and subsequent concert performances and recordings.
Mario Häring
(c) Remy Franck
Der Pianist Mario Häring, Stipendiat des ICMA-Partners Internationale Musikakademie Liechtenstein spielt am 5. Juni in der Berlin Philharmonie das Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 c-Moll op. 18 von Sergei Rachmaninov. Begleitet wird er vom Orchester ‘Junges Ensemble Berlin’ unter der Leitung von Michael Riedel. Info: http://mariohaering.com/en/ und http://www.junges-ensemble-berlin.de/
The Next Generation Festival in the Swiss resort Bad Ragaz is busy promoting young musicians also between its February festivals. From 13 to 15 October 2016 a three-day festival titled MusicConnects is now being organised to bring young artists to Bad Ragaz and the hotel Grand Resort once again.
ICMA President Remy Franck, the Liechtenstein Academy's General manager Drazen Domjanic and the young musicians of the 5th Gala concert
The 5th gala concert of the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein last Sunday (8 May) in Schaan, was a feast of young music talents. Like speaker Remy Franck, president of the International Classical Music Awards, said in his keynote address, one would hardly find elsewhere in Europe such a concentration of young international music talents…
The Board of Directors of the Spanish magazine Scherzo, a member of the ICMA Jury, has unanimously appointed Juan Lucas as editor of the magazine. He will be the successor of Luis Sunen who will retire in summer.
Yury Revich
Am 29. April um 19 Uhr veranstaltet der Geiger Yury Revich ein Konzert im Brahms Saal des Musikvereins. Inspiriert von Caravaggios gleichnamigen Meisterwerk ‘Amor Vincit Omnia’ ist dieses Konzert der Allmacht der Liebe gewidmet. Der ‘Young Artist of the Year’ der ‘International Classical Music Awards’ präsentiert den Abend zusammen mit der Mezzosopranistin Elli Papadiamanti sowie…
Lukasz Dlugosz
(c) Mariusz Widerynski
Polish flutist Lukasz Dlugosz was among the musicians having recorded a Concerto disc with compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki for Dux. This disc won in the category Contemporary music of the ICMA Awards 2016. Lukasz Dlugosz was also one of the winners to perform at the ICMA Gala Concert in San Sebastian. Jury member Maciej Chizynski…
