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The International Classical Music Awards ICMA today announced the nominations for their Awards 2022, celebrating the best musicians and recordings. This year’s nominations include many renowned soloists, ensembles, conductors and orchestras as well as a lot of young musicians, many of them being first-nominees. A total of 377 audio (+12) and video productions from 129 labels (+7) have been nominated. To see the list, just click on our Nominations button, which will lead you to lists sorted by labels or categories. Read More →

Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire died today at his Rio de Janeiro home at the age of 77. In a career that spanned over 60 years he continued tirelessly to impress with his artistic seriousness and depth. Read More →

Slovak soprano Edita Gruberova died on 18 September in Zurich at the age of 74. The singer had undergone knee surgery in June. This had prevented her from attending the ICMA gala in Vaduz, where she was to have been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More →

ICMA and the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein presented a spectacular Gala Concert on Sunday 27 June at the Vaduzersaal in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The Gala is now again available for streaming in an edited version. Read More →

87 pianist have been selected for this year’s Chopin Competition in Warsaw, from 2 to 21 October 2021. Among them are two ICMA winners. Read More →

Held this year for the first time, the All-Russian Selection of the Russian National Orchestra, a performing competition for young musicians from 10 to 18 years, was won by pianist Eva Gevorgyan, 17. Read More →

After a very warmly applauded performance at Teatro alla Scala of Brahms’s First Piano Concerto, conducted by Manfred Honeck (ICMA Artist of the Year 2018), pianist Beatrice Rana got her trophy as winner of the ICMA award Solo performance 2021. Nicola Cattò, ICMA Secretary General and editor of Musica magazine, gave her the trophy and complimented her. Beatrice Rana thanked for this prestigious award, expressing her gratitude and pride.

The ICMA Award Ceremony & Gala which took place in Vaduz on 27 June were an outstanding and very special event, one of the most important and the most challenging in the year 2021 so far. Read More →