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The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards has given the Award in the category Best Collection to the outstanding recording of the Mozart Symphonies with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Adam Fischer, published by Dacapo. Jury president Remy Franck says: « These recordings show both the invigorating interpretation of Adam Fischer and the superb playing of the orchestra. The box is a magnificent, quite irresistibly enjoyable achievement. At a crucial moment in the existence of the orchestra and while last efforts are made to save it from being disbanded at the end of the year, ICMA gives the announcement of this particular award a top priority, some weeks ahead of the official proclamation in January. ICMA urges the Danish Radio and the Danish Ministry of Culture to take any possible measure in order to save this orchestra. We sincerely hope that the orchestra will still be active when our Award Ceremony takes place in Ankara on 28 March 2015, hosted by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. »

The ICMA nomination list for 2015 is available. To get the list, just click on our Nominations button which will lead you to lists sorted by labels or categories. For the 2015 awards the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 248 audio and video productions from 85 labels. With 17 nominations,  Harmonia Mundi is on the first place, followed by Deutsche Grammophon (15) and Decca (14).

The final result with the winners will be published January 20, 2015. The Award Ceremony and Gala concert will take place March 28 in Ankara, Turkey, with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isin Metin.

French viola player Adrien Boisseau, Artist of the Year 2014 at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), will be the successor to Mathieu Herzog at the world famous Ebène Quartet as from the 1^st of January 2015 on. At the same time, Adrien Boisseau will continue his solo career. A solo recording is planned to be released in 2015.

ICMA President Remy Franck and Jury member Serhan Bali are currently in Ankara to meet the directors of the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra who will host the next Gala Concert and Award Ceremony in the magnificent Bilkent Hall in Ankara, Turkey. The Gala Concert on March 28 will feature prominent ICMA winners together with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Read More →

The Verbier Festival hosted two laureates of the 2014 International Classical Music Award, conductor Charles Dutoit and violinist Daniel Hope. Read More →

German label ‘audite’, ICMA Label of the Year 2013, is now offering High Resolution Downloads on its website. The necessary extensive technical modification of the website is finished and a first selection of productions is available online. All new releases are being offered as High Resolution Downloads right from the release date. The download offer for the back catalogue will steadily increase until the whole ‘audite’ catalogue is available. Read More →