SPECIAL AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Nelson Freire, piano Fifty years ago, Nelson Freire recorded Brahms’ third piano sonata for the first time. Recently, he undertook a remarkable digital remake, brought to life with breathtaking accuracy. The two recordings document and frame the outstanding life’s achievement of this pianist, who always impresses with his artistic seriousness…
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards, ICMA, will announce the winners of the awards for 2019 next Thursday, January 17. In addition to the Special Awards, 19 productions are awarded a prize in the Audio and Video categories. Stay tuned.
Remy Franck, Serhan Bali, Nicola Catto, Martin Hoffmeister, Michelle Debra
The ICMA-Board met in Paris, discussing major developments of the Awards and analyzing the votes and the list of prizewinners 2019. The winners will be published on Thursday 17 January 2019.
In several rounds, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has chosen the releases competing in the finals for the awards 2019. « Our initial list with a total of 319 nominations comprised many very good as well as outstanding recordings. In the course of several rounds, the list is now reduced to three…
The ICMA nomination list for 2019 is available. To get the list, just click on our Nominations button which will lead you to lists sorted by labels or categories.For the 2019 awards the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 319 audio and video productions (321 in 2017, 357 in 2018) from…
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 319 audio and video productions for the 2019 Awards. The Jury is voting upon these nominations according to the 2019 regulation. Nomination list sorted by categories ICMA 2019 PDF format Nomination list sorted by labels ICMA 2019 PDF format
Manfred Honeck
Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck, ICMA Artist of the Year 2018, has extended his contract as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphon for two years, to run through the 2021-22 season, when the orchestra will celebrate its 125th, birthday as well as the 50th anniversary of the opening of Heinz Hall. Honeck became music director in…
Robert Neumann
Der Pianist Robert Neumann, ‘Discovery Award 2017’-Preisträger der ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) ist zum ‘SWR2 New Talent’ gewählt worden. Drei Jahre lang wird der 17-Jährige mit Sendungen im Kulturprogramm SWR2, bei Konzerten und Festivals gefördert. Den Hörerinnen und Hörern stellt er sich erstmals in der Sendung ‘SWR2 Treffpunkt Klassik’ am 13. September 2018 vor.
Jodie Devos, ICMA Young Artist of the Year 2015, made her US debut during the Mostly Mozart Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center. She sang the soprano part in Mozart’s Requiem, conducted by Louis Langrée. In October, Warner Classics will release the debut album of another ICMA winner: soprano Elsa Dreisig’s CD Miroirs. Elsa Dreisig…
