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In 2016, the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and the Foundation International Music Academy in Liechtenstein created their Discovery Award, aimed at distinguishing young musicians from 12 to 18 years, and which, since that year, has been an important part of the annual ICMA awards. Both partners have signed a new contract, thus ensuring their collaboration for another three years, from 2022 to 2024. Read More →

Violinist Gennaro Cardaropoli, ICMA Young Artist of the Year 2022, performed last week with great success as a soloist during the season of I Pomeriggi Musicali at Teatro dal Verme in Milan, one of the most prestigious concert societies of the Lombard city. Read More →

After winning First Prize in the 6th Cluj International Music Competition in September 2021, flutist Yuan Yu, ICMA Discovery Award winner in 2018, will play Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto with the Brasov Philharmonic and the Satu Mare State Philharmonic. The concert with the Brasov Philharmonic will take place on 12 May and the one with the Dinu Lipatti State Philharmonic Satu Mare on the 19^th. Both concerts will be conducted by Tiberiu Soare.

This year with the live streaming of the ICMA Gala Concert the program played by the Luxembourg Philharmonic and Orchestre Royal de l’Opéra de Versailles with many winning artists from the 2022 panel reached over 40.000 people, and the number is continuously growing with the concert being still available in the YouTube channel of Deutsche Welle. Read More →

The ICMA Gala Concert on 17 June 2021 in Vaduz has now been published on a private, non-commercial SACD by Ars Produktion.
Funded by VP Bank, the SACD features winners of this year’s winner panel with an attractive musical program, accompanied by Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein under the baton of Yaron Traub. Read More →

On 21 April, the Award Ceremony organized by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) took place in the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, followed by the ICMA Gala Concert in the Grand Auditorium. Both events represent the culmination of musical achievements in the classical sector during the past year, which were accompanied and judged by the members of the ICMA association. Pizzicato’s Uwe Krusch reports. Read More →

ICMA and the Philharmonie Luxembourg present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on Thursday 21 April. The concert will be available for free to wider audiences by livestream. There are two addresses, Philharmonie Luxembourg on https://www.facebook.com/events/301881182089678. and Deutsche Welle on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_kqgIRwOD3XCZXXr4B6bPQ Read More →

Austrian violinist Yury Revich, 30, who was Young Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards 2015 will play the world premiere of his first own Violin Concerto. Titled Awakening, the work is inspired by the sounds and rhythms of nature of our planet and cinematic soundscapes. Read More →