Frank Dupree
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German pianist and conductor Frank Dupree has won the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) prize in the Assorted Programs category with a CD of concertos and a Chamber Symphony by Nikolai Kapustin. Remy Franck talked with the musician. Kapustin’s music combines jazz and classical music. The interpreter has to be able to reproduce this mélange….
Sebastian Androne
Romanian composer Sebastian Androne has won the Composer Award at the 2022 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). « He is a true talent, showing creativity and versatility in contemporary music as well as in soundtracks for film and theatre. » the ICMA jury said in a statement. An interview with the awardee is available at this link.
Michael Korstick
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His fellow students at New York’s Juilliard School called Michael Korstick « Dr. Beethoven. » But it was only at the age of 43, after 20 successful concert seasons, that his first CDs appeared – and promptly caused a sensation. Since then, he has released some sixty productions, for which he is receiving a Special Achievement Award…
Today the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of 26 awards for the 2022 edition. « Our international and independent Jury has selected the winners from a nomination list comprising 377 productions and a wide range of artists and labels. Our winners are the expression of the highest artistry, and the…
Here is the list with the ICMA winners of the year 2022, as established by the Jury comprising the jury members from the following media:ANDANTE (Turkey) – CRESCENDO (Belgium) – DAS ORCHESTER (Germany) – DEUTSCHE WELLE (Germany) – IMZ (Austria) – MUSICAL LIFE (Russia) – MDR KLASSIK (Germany) – MUSICA (Italy) – MUSIK & THEATER…
The international music industry conference Midem in Cannes has been definitely brought to an end, its organizer RX France has announced. Midem, where some ICMA jury members were participating during several years and where first the Cannes Classical Awards, then the Midem Classical Awards took place, started to dip in the early 2010s, shortly after…
The Hungarian media group Papageno is joining the ICMA Jury. Besides running the most comprehensive and visited online platform in Hungary for classical music, opera & theatre, and publishing 30+ cultural program magazines a year, Papageno also has two popular weekly radio shows – Capriccio & Papageno Klasszik – on Radio Klasszik 92.1.
Three young ICMA awardees performed in Paris in just one week. German pianist Joseph Moog, ICMA Young Artist of the Year 2014, was the soloist in Sergei Rachmaninovs Paganini Rhapsody op. 43 with the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris conducted by Vello Pähn.
In three rounds, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has chosen the releases competing in the finals for the awards 2022. The initial list with a total of 377 nominations has been reduced to three releases per category, the finalists for 2022.
