Christopher Nupen
South African-born filmmaker Christopher Nupen has died at the age of 88. After moving to Britain he became famous for his sensitive music documentaries. He won an ICMA prize in the Documentary category in 2011 and 2016.
ICMA and NFM National Forum of Music Wrocław present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on 21 April. The rich and varied program for this Gala Celebration conducted by Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero will feature winners of this year’s laureate panel, accompanied by the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic.
Karol Mossakowski
The young Polish organist Karol Mossakowski (32), ICMA Award winner 2023, has been named titular of the Cavaillé-Coll grand organ at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, alongside Sophie-Véronique Choplin. Daniel Roth, organist of this organ since 1985, will continue to play regularly as titular emeritus.
Gabriel Schwabe
« A cellistic high-flyer with fine creative ability who has phenomenal command of his instrument »: this is how music critic Norbert Hornig described the young cellist Gabriel Schwabe five years ago. Schwabe, born in Berlin in 1988, has maintained his flying height and consolidated his excellent reputation – also thanks to the highly acclaimed albums he…
Tassilo Probst & Maxim Lando
German violinist Tassilo Probst and American pianist Maxim Lando, both 20 years old, won in the ICMA Chamber Music category with their CD ‘Into Madness’. Pizzicato’s Remy Franck made the following interview with the two musicians, the youngest ever to win in a category in which the competition is always particularly fierce. First, let us…
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) welcomes the Vienna based ‘radio klassik Stephansdom’ as Jury member. ‘radio klassik Stephansdom’ is the Austrian classical music station of the music city of Vienna. It broadcasts classical music around the clock from the heart of Vienna. The radio station is represented in the Jury by…
By mid-December 2022 over a quarter of a million people had seen the live recording of the ICMA Gala Concert at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, with winners of the International Classical Music Awards 2022 and the Luxembourg Philharmonic conducted by Adam Fischer. The video is still available in Deutsche Welle’s YouTube channel and has now…
Following an invitation by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) held its General Assembly today at the Ronacher Theatre in Vienna.
NFM Wroclaw
The National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, NFM, announces the Witold Lutoslawski World Days, a new, special initiative commemorating the great Polish composer. Between the anniversaries of the artist’s birth and death, as part of an international project run every three years, concerts will be held during which various works by Lutoslawski will be performed.
