John Axelrod
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John Axelrod, who conducted the ICMA Gala Concerts 2012 and 2013 is to spearhead a multi-year exploration of the relationship between Brahms and the woman he loved, Clara Schumann, as depicted in their music. « If you listen to the Brahms symphonies, » says Axelrod, “each of them seems to inhabit a completely different, though connected, character….
From the left: Remy Franck, Elzbieta Penderecka, Martin Hoffmeister, Cornelia Much, Andrzej Sulek - Photo: Bruno Fidrych
ICMA’s Award Ceremony and Gala Concert will take place on Saturday 12 April in Warsaw and be part of the 18th Beethoven Easter Festival. Preparation for this event started already during this year’s edition of one of the musically richest festivals in Europe. Jury President Remy Franck and Board Member Martin Hoffmeister met the Festival’s…
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Photo: Bruno Fidrych
Just some days after his participation at the ICMA Gala Concert in Milan, Nicolas Altstaedt, ICMA-winner 2013 in the category Chamber Music, delivered a thrilling performance of Lutoslawski’s Cello Concerto with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Fedoseyev at Warsaw’s 17th Beethoven Festival. Our photo shows Nicolas Altstaedt at a reception at…
John Axelrod
Le chef américain John Axelrod, un des musiciens les plus charismatiques de notre époque, a dirigé le Concert de Gala des ‘International Classical Music Awards’ (ICMA) à Milan. Après un concert dans le cadre des MCA à Cannes et le concert des ICMA à Nantes, en 2012, John Axelrod répondit pour la troisième fois ‘présent’…
At the ICMA Gala in Milan, the Jury communicated the winner of the ‘Recording of the Year’ Award for 2013. This highest honor goes to the Querstand Box with all nine Bruckner Symphonies played by the Gewandhaus Orchestra from Leipzig conducted by Maestro Herbert Blomstedt. The ‘Recording of the Year is chosen by the Jury…
Artist of the Year Carolin Widmann, John Axelrod and Orchestra 'laVerdi'
Photo: ICMA/Martin Hoffmeister
An enchanted audience attended on Monday evening (18/03/2013) the ICMA Gala in Milan’s Auditorium, with, at first, the Award ceremony, followed by the Gala Concert presenting some of this year’s winners together with Orchestra ‘laVerdi’ conducted by John Axelrod. Many distinguished guests applauded orchestra and soloists during a long and varied program comprising works from…
Attended by many personalities from the musical world, this year’s ICMA Award Ceremony took place tonight at Milan’s Auditorium and was hosted by Orchestra ‘laVerdi’. « By careful listening we achieve at the end to come to conclusions and to get a result that we consider international and exceptional. ICMA 2013 that’s once more the cream…
The Gala Concert of the 2013 International Classical Music Awards has been offered to all to active and associate Members of the European Broadcasting Union on a deferred basis. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the world’s foremost alliance of public service media entities, comprising 74 active members in 56 countries and 35 associate members…
