The ICMA Jury held their General Assembly 2017 at the European Penderecki Center for Music in Luslawice, Poland. The Jury members decided upon the Special Awards for the coming years, set up the deadlines for the votes for the Awards 2018. One major decision was made for the audio categories where the Best Collection category was split into two different categories. While the Best Collection category is kept for collections, there will be a new category for Assorted Programs, such as symphonies combined with concertos or chamber music.

The Jury also made further preparations for the upcoming Award Ceremony in Leipzig on 1 April 2017. Read More →

At the invitation of the Penderecki Centre, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards will have its annual General Assembly, January 27-30, in Luslawice, Poland. The Penderecki European Music Centre was inaugurated in 2013. The building has cost about €15.5 million and was financed by the European Union, the Malopolska Voivodship, the Polish state budget and the Krzysztof Penderecki Akademia Association. Read More →

The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards – ICMA today announced the winners for 2017. « The ICMA Jury comprises 16 leading media from 14 countries, having the most up to date knowledge of the classical music market. Our Jury is totally independent and international, and therefore provides reliable guidance to the global audience. Read More →

The ICMA Jury is progressing in the voting procedures for the Audio and Video Awards 2017. Today we are able to publish the Finalists, in other words the three productions of which one will be the winner. Read More →

Das ‘Festival Next Generation’ im Grand Hotel in Bad Ragaz, Schweiz, geht mit musikalischen Leckerbissen und noch mehr Besonderheiten in die 7. Runde. Es findet vom 10. bis 17. Februar 2017 statt. Read More →

The ICMA nomination list for 2017 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 2017 awards the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 321 audio and video productions (down from 364 in 2016) from 119 labels (up from 115 in 2016). Read More →

Thirty years ago, Dmitrij Kitajenko conducted the Gürzenich orchestra Cologne for the first time. Over 65 concerts, numerous opera performances and 29 CDs have come out from this fruitful relation. Read More →

ICMA Jury member Franz Patay has been named General Manager of Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (Raimund Theater, Ronacher, Theater an der Wien & Wiener Kammeroper). He thus becomes one of the most important cultural managers in Austria. He takes over the new job immediately, and will at the same time work as rector of the private University Musik und Kunst in Vienna until the beginning of 2017. Patay is also Manager of the IMZ (Internationales Musik & Medien Zentrum Wien).

Congratulations from the entire Jury and, good luck in your new function, dear Franz.