In a groundbreaking decision, the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein has for the first time submitted an application to parliament for public funding for the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra, which has been 95% privately financed to date. Read More →

The International Classical Music Awards ICMA today announced the nominations for their Awards 2024, celebrating the best musicians and recordings. This year’s nominations include many renowned soloists, ensembles, conductors and orchestras as well as a lot of young musicians, many of them being first-nominees. A total of 375 audio and video productions from 115 labels have been nominated. To see the list, just click on our Nominations button, which will lead you to lists sorted by labels or categories. Read More →

Hereditary Prince Alois, on behalf of Prince Hans-Adam II, has awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit to music manager Drazen Domjanic at Vaduz Castle, on account of his special services to the cultural sector of Liechtenstein. Read More →

ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) and Classeek announce a fundraiser for a groundbreaking collaboration between two distinguished ICMA award winners, composer Ivan Boumans, recipient of the Composer Award in 2020/21, and double-bass player Marc-André, honored with the ICMA-Classeek Award in 2023. Read More →

22-year-old German pianist Robert Neumann, ICMA Discovery Award winner 2017, has won the 2023 Audition of the New York Concert Artists & Associates. Subsequently he gave a recital at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. Read More →

Classeek’s Ambassador program is consolidating its active support, becoming ever more diversified to support the program’s young talents. It has now found a solid base, and many musicians at the start of their careers are applying. Here you can discover the list of young musicians selected to join the Ambassador 2023/2024 program, as well as the season of their concerts broadcast online. Read More →

The 16-year-old Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner, Discovery Award winner of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), has received the Zoltan Kodaly Prize at the International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Read More →

The video of the ICMA Gala Concert played by the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero and featuring many winning artists from the 2023 panel is continuous successful on the YouTube channel of Deutsche Welle. More than half a million people saw it since April 21. Enthusiastic comments come from all over the world.

You can access the video via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeUGuhH_XUo&t=1673s

The 22-year-old German pianist Robert Neumann – who was a 2017 Discovery Award winner at the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) – has been appointed deputy artistic director of Cultur in Cannstatt and festival director of the Cannstatter Klavierfrühling. The organization is based in Bad Cannstatt, a district of the German city Stuttgart. Read More →