Interviews

The ICMA Award 2015 in the category Contemporary music went to a Deutsche Grammophon recording featuring music by Korean composer Unsuk Chin, including the Concerto for Sheng and orchestra, performed by Wu Wei and the Seoul Philharmonic conducted by Myung-Whun Chung. The famous Chinese Sheng player Wu Wei took part in the ICMA Award Ceremony 2015 in Ankara as well as in the Gala Concert. ICMA jury members Serhan Bali, Guy Engels and Mario Vogt met the artist for an interview. Read More →

Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao Mei* won an ICMA Special Award 2015 with her Bach recordings for Accentus Music**. ICMA Jury member Nicola Catto has made the following interview with her. Read More →

Christian Tetzlaff gehört zu den neugierigsten und fleißigsten Interpreten der Klassikszene. Er ist 2015 ‘Artist of the Year’ der International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). Anlässlich der diesjährigen ICMA-Gala in Ankara sprach Andrea Meuli (Musik + Theater) mit dem deutschen Geiger.

Sie gehören zu den wenigen Klassik-Künstlern, die noch so regelmäßig CDs einspielen und mit einem breiten Repertoire präsent sein können.
Ja, das stimmt. Ich nehme mehr denn je auf. Das kommt für mich zu einem guten Zeitpunkt in meiner Karriere, und mit Ondine habe ich ein Label, das sich sehr um alle Belange wie Repertoire, Kollegen, auch Covers und Texte für die Booklets kümmert. Das ist eine wunderbare Zusammenarbeit. Read More →

Born in Moscow into a family with an established musical tradition, Alexander Sitkovetzky came to study at the Menuhin School in London. Today, he is making a career as soloist and as chamber musician as well. As part of the cpo box with the symphonies and concertos by Andrzej Panufnik, his recording of the Violin Concerto received an ICMA Award in 2015. Alexander Sitkovetzky took part in the ICMA Gala Concert in Ankara, and at this occasion, Remy Franck made the following interview. Read More →

Der Pianist Evgeni Koroliov wurde mit dem ICMA 2015 für seine Aufnahmen von Franz Schuberts Sonaten D. 894 & D. 959 bei Tacet ausgezeichnet. Isabel Roth, Mario Vogt und Martin Hoffmeister haben das folgende Gespräch mit ihm geführt. Redigiert wurde es von Remy Franck.

Evgeni Koroliov, 1949 in Moskau geboren, lebt seit 1978 in Hamburg und ist Professor an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater. Er selbst war Student des legendären Tchaikovsky-Konservatoriums. Zu seinen Lehrern zählten Heinrich Neuhaus, Maria Judina, Lev Oborin und Lev Naumov. Er war Preisträger der Bach-Wettbewerbe in Leipzig und Toronto und gewann 1977 den ‘Grand Prix’ beim Clara-Haskil-Wettbewerb. Read More →

Jodie Devos, Young Artist of the Year (Vocal) of ICMA’s winner list 2015, in an interview made by Bernadette Beyne (Crescendo), Isabel Roth (MDR Figaro) & Pierre-Jean Tribot (ResMusica), edited and translated by Remy Franck (Pizzicato)

When did you decide to become a singer?
Early, when I was ten! In the beginning I wanted to sing pop music. But when I decided to be a singer, I wanted to sing in a proper way. I thus decided to take lessons and came in touch with opera. I completely fell in love with it. Read More →

This year, Russian conductor Dmitrij Kitajenko is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). Born in 1940, Kitajenko was Music Director of the Moscow Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic and the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul. Some of his most outstanding recordings were realized with the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne, notably the complete symphonies by Tchaikovsky (Oehms Classics), Shostakovich (Capriccio) and Prokofiev (Capriccio). Please read our interview with Dmitrij Kitajenko. Read More →

The 23 years old Russian violinist Yury Revich – he is based in Vienna  –  is ICMA’s Young Artist of the Year 2015. Having performed at Carnegie Hall and at La Scala, Musikverein, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and many others, he has his own concert series in Vienna, he is Artistic Director of the European-Russian Society for International Cooperation, he made some successful recordings and lives out his creativity also in filming and painting. Read More →