Classeek has announced the successful culmination of the 2025-26 season of the Classeek Open Application. The press release says: « …we’d like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the multitude of talented musicians who applied this season. The sheer volume and impressive calibre of applications made the jury’s task very challenging, a testament to the vibrant and exceptional talent within the young classical music community. » Read More →
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), aware of the planned reform of the German copyright company GEMA, is concerned about the potentially serious consequences of the reform plans. Read More →
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) have published a playlist presenting a standout take of each of the albums which won an award in 2025. 14 audio categories are represented with 15 albums, Early Music, Baroque Instrumental and Baroque Vocal, Vocal Music, Choral Music, Opera, Solo Instrument, Chamber Music, Concertos, Symphonic Music, Contemporary Music, Assorted Programs, Historical Recordings and Premiere Recordings. Read More →
Ettore Pagano
The 22-year-old Italian cellist Ettore Pagano, winner of the ICMA Classeek Award 2025, has been awarded the Premio Franco Abbiati, the Italian music critics’ prize for ‘Best Soloist 2024’. Read More →
The Westdeutsche Sinfonia organized a concert at the Forum Leverkusen this weekend as part of the ICMA Network for Young Artist Awards. The soloist was 18-year-old Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner, winner of the ICMA Discovery Award 2023. Remy Franck reports. Read More →
The live video of the ICMA Gala Concert played by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and featuring many winning artists from the 2025 panel is highly successful on the YouTube channel of Deutsche Welle. More than 100.000 people saw it in a bit more than a week’s time, and the number is continuously growing. Read More →
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are launching a network for its Young Artist Awards (Young Artist of the Year, Discovery Award, ICMA Classeek Award) to help the winners to secure concert engagements with partners in the network. Read More →
Tonhalle Düsseldorf
(c) Suzanne Diesner
The ICMA Gala 2025 is a growing success on YouTube DW Classical Music. Already 50.000 people have seen the concert in less than 36 hours. Read More →
Susanne Diesner / Tonhalle
The International Classical Music organized their annual Award Ceremony and Gala at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. The Award Ceremony was hosted by ICMA President Remy Franck and Secretary General Nicola Cattò. 25 trophies were presented by the ICMA Jury members. Read More →
