German radio MDR Figaro will broadcast the ICMA Gala Concert with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, 14 April 2015 from 20:05 – 22:00. The concert was recorded on 28 March at the Bilkent Symphony Hall in Ankara. Read More →
(c) Grand Resort Bad Ragaz
In Bad Ragaz, where the ICMA General Assembly is to take place in February 2015, Europe’s largest sculpture exhibition is organized once more at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. The Swiss Triennial Festival of Sculpture, known as Bad RagARTz, will be held for the sixth time now, and aims to be bigger and better than its predecessors, a beacon of the art world and the largest Swiss sculpture event of its kind. Read More →
ICMA published today three slide shows from the Award Ceremony and the Gala Concert in Ankara. They can be accessed by the Galleries button.
Jury and winners
Photo: Aydin Ramazanoglu
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) organized their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert yesterday, 28 March at the Bilkent Concert Hall in Ankara, hosted by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isin Metin. The Award Ceremony was presented by ICMA’s President Remy Franck, and awards were given to such artists as Dmitrij Kitajenko, Christian Tetzlaff, YuryRevich, Jodie Devos, Evgeny Koroliov, Xiao-Mei Zhu, Adam Fischer, Wu Wei, John Holloway, the Seoul Philharmonic, the Bilkent Symphony, BIS CEO Robert von Bahr and many more. Read More →
The first group of musicians and ICMA Jury members have arrived in Ankara
(c) Nicole Franck
The first group of winners and ICMA Jury members have arrived today in Ankara, where the rehearsals for the Gala Concert with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra will start tomorrow. Among the first musicians to arrive were Young Artists of the Year Jodie Devos and Yury Revich as well as conductor Alexander Liebreich and sheng player Wu Wei. Read More →
The International Classical Music Awards announce the program of their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert taking place at the Bilkent Symphony Hall in Ankara on 28 March. The event is hosted by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Here is the outstanding program of the Gala concert, bringing together seven soloists and four conductors. Read More →
Das deutsche Musikmagazin ‘Fono Forum’, Mitglied der ICMA-Jury, veröffentlicht ein Interview mit dem Gewinner des ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’, Dmitrij Kitajenko. Das Interview (in deutscher Sprache) ist hier im PDF-Format verfügbar. Ein weiteres Interview, das Pizzicato-Chefredakteur Remy Franck mit Kitajenko führte, wurde in unserer Rubrik Interview veröffentlicht (in englischer Sprache).
Andante, Turkey’s only classical music magazine and an ICMA jury member since 2012 has launched a new internet portal last week. One of the most important aspects of this new portal is that the readers of the magazine will be able to read the printed copy and the supplements in e-mag format after a few simple steps. The other important aspect of the new portal is the arrival of full English pages. The button »Andante in English’’ is leading to many classical music news and reviews, both national and international. www.andante.com.tr
ICMA Jury member Radio Orpheus has been chosen as official media partner for the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition which will be held in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, Russia, from June 15 to July 3, 2015. This year the competition is dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Piotr I. Tchaikovsky. Read More →
