Julian Kainrath
At the Festival BA Classica in Busto Arsizio (40 kilometers north-west from Milan) ICMA Discovery Award winner Julian Kainrath will give a recital with Canadian pianist Louis Lortie. On 3 May, they will perform Beethoven’s Fourth Violin Sonata, Brahms’ Scherzo F.A.E and the Third Sonata as well as Debussy’s Violin Sonata.
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 →
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg during the presentation by ICMA President Remy Franck.
© Philharmonie Luxembourg / Eric Engel
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 →
Philharmonie Luxembourg
(c) Wade Zimmermann
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 →
Yury Revich
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 →
Sebastian Androne
At the ICMA Gala Concert in Luxembourg, Luxembourg conductor Ivan Boumans will premiere a piece by his colleague Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi, Lan Huahua – The Dark Blue Flower. Boumans was Androne’s predecessor for this Award, and his own piece, Organic Beats, was premiered in 2021 by the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein. Read More →
Philharmonie Luxembourg
(c) Wade Zimmermann
ICMA and the Philharmonie Luxembourg present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on 21 April. The stupendously rich program for this Gala Celebration conducted by Lifetime Achievement Award winner Adam Fischer will feature winners of this year’s laureate panel, accompanied by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Read More →
With the deepest concern over the war initiated by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and considering the fact that ICMA Jury member Radio Orpheus, Moscow, is a broadcaster operated and owned by the Russian State and no longer a member of the European Broadcasting Union, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards has suspended the membership of Radio Orpheus. Read More →
