In three rounds, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has chosen the releases competing in the finals for the awards 2025. The initial list with a total of 374 nominations has been reduced to three releases per category, the finalists for 2025. The winner is chosen from this list of three finalists….
Beat Fehlmann
(c) Francesco Futterer
After 15 years of successful management, Drazen Domjanic, initiator, Artistic Director and Managing Director of the Music Academy in Liechtenstein, has decided to retire from the operational business as of September 1, 2025. However, Domjanic will remain with the Music Academy as an advisor to his successor and will also take on a new role…
For the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2025 a total of 374 audio and video productions released by 117 labels from Europe, Asia and North America have been nominated. To see the list, just click on the links beneath which will open PDF files sorted by labels or categories. Nomination list sorted by labels ICMA…
The International Classical Music Awards ICMA today announced the nominations for their Awards 2025, celebrating the best musicians and recordings. The nominations include many renowned soloists, ensembles, conductors and orchestras as well as a lot of young musicians, many of them being first-nominees.
In Nendeln/Liechtenstein, the new home of the Music Academy in Liechtenstein was inaugurated this weekend. In the Hagenhaus on Feldkircherstrasse in Nendeln, built in 1837, the former K&K post office has been converted into a modern academy with a concert hall, recording studio, student and teacher rooms, as well as offices and social rooms by…
VP Bank and the Music Academy in Liechtenstein have launched a new award: the VP Bank Opus Award, which will be presented for the first time on November 14, 2024. This innovative award is aimed at young musicians who have already achieved great success at an early stage. The press release states: « The VP Bank…
Can Çakmur at the renovated Liszt Grand in Weimar
(c): Henry Sowinski
The Bechstein grand piano by Franz Liszt, which is located in the Liszt House in Weimar, is playable again. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar, together with the C. Bechstein company and the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar, celebrated the renovation of the grand piano from 1881 with a festive matinée in the Liszt House yesterday.
Robert Neumann
(c) Marco Borggreve
German pianist Robert Neumann, 23, has won Gold Award at the 7th NTD International Piano Competition at Kaufman Music Center in New York City. The International Piano Competition is part of a series of international cultural and arts events sponsored by NTD Television Network.
Julian Kainrath
The Walther von der Vogelweide Preis Foundation honors the musician and violinist Julian Kainrath with the 2024 Youth Prize. Born in Merano in 2005, the violinist received the Discovery Award of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2022.
