Samuel Hasselhorn & Lukasz Borowicz
(c) Tonhalle Susanne Diesner
The recording Urlicht which won in the category Vocal Music at the ICMA 2025 was chosen by the Jury as Recording of the Year. Read More →
ICMA and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on Wednesday 19 March. The concert will be available for free to wider audiences by livestream on Deutsche Welle’s YouTube Channel. Here is the link to the live streaming: https://youtube.com/live/JrNLG91T4FA. Read More →
Two young Turkish pianists, multiple ICMA winner Can Çakmur and Discovery Award winner Can Saraç join for an exciting performance at the ICMA Award Ceremony on 19 March in Düsseldorf. They will play Franz Schubert’s Allegro in A minor, D 947, Op. 144, Lebensstürme.
Tonhalle Düsseldorf
(c) Suzanne Diesner
ICMA and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on 19 March. The stupendously rich program for this Gala Celebration will be played by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. With no less than six conductors, three singers and eight instrumental soloists in a program that spans from Baroque to Contemporary this is of of the most diverse ICMA Gala Concerts ever. Read More →
Teatro Verdi, Trieste
(c) PromoTurismoFVG
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) will organize its General Assembly 2025 on January 25th at Teatro Verdi in Trieste. At the same time the jury members will have the opportunity to see Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail at that theatre, conducted by Beatrice Venezi and directed by Ivan Stefanutti. Read More →
Today, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of the awards for the 2025 edition. Jury President Remy Franck says: « Our awards were chosen from a nomination list comprising 374 releases and a wide range of artists and labels. The winner list comprises many renowned as well as young musicians and no less than 17 international labels!
Classeek announces the launch of their new series of Insights by Classeek – a video series offering in-depth interviews with experts of the classical music industry. The new series ‘Management and Performance’ dives into the world of artist management, performance opportunities, and the inner workings of the decisions made by those in charge of these areas. Read More →
Michelle Debra
ICMA Jury member Michelle Debra passed away today, at the age of 73. Founder, in 1993, of the Belgian music magazine Crescendo, together with Bernadette Beyne (+ 2018), Michelle Debra was managing director of the magazine. In fact, her roles were manifold: editorial board member, editorial secretary, sales manager, scrupulous proof-reader, responsible of the news section of the magazine… Read More →
Leonhard Baumgartner
(c) Karol Sokolowski
The 17-year-old Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner has been loaned the 1683 ‘ex Petherick’ Stradivari violin by the Stretton Society which was founded in 2021 by Stephan Jansen, Maximillian von Schierstädt and Johannes Freiherr von Salmuth.The instrument was owned by George Hart, until in 1900 it was acquired by Horace Petherick, a writer, illustrator and violin expert. Apparently, the violin has not been played for 70 years.
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