Welcoming a new Jury member: Andante (Turkey)

The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announces a new member: Andante from Turkey, represented by its Editor-in-chief Serhan Bali. Founded in 2002, Andante is the first and only nationwide popular classical music magazine in Turkey. A dedicated monthly publication in its field, Andante informs the readers regularly about the national and international classical music events. Comprehensive interviews with the actors of the classical music world, in depth information about the classical music compositions, composers and artists, serious record and concert/opera reviews from all over the world takes place in every issue of Andante. Besides the main magazine and occasional supplementaries, Andante also publishes the regular bi-monthly ‘Opera and Ballet Newsletter’ for the State Opera and Ballet Company of Turkey. Relaunched in 2010, www.andante.com.tr is a very popular classical music portal in Turkish language. Andante magazine has been organizing the annual Giuseppe Donizetti Classical Music Awards in Turkey for three years.