After having suspended conductor James Levine, 74, over allegations of sexual abuse, New York’s Metropolitan Opera has fired him, after an internal inquiry found « credible evidence » to support claims he sexually abused young male musicians.
Jodie Devos
Belgian soprano Jodie Devos, ICMA’s Young Artist of the Year 2015, develops her career in a great way: in August she will make her debut in the United States, singing at the Mostly Mozart Festival the soprano part in Mozart’s Requiem under the baton of Louis Langrée. The concerts will take place at the David…
Nikolai Song, Remy Franck & Yuan Yu
Two ICMA Discovery Award winners, Nikolai Song (2016) and Yuan Yu (2018) met in Paris with ICMA President Remy Franck to discuss further common activities and their own options for a musical future. Both of the young musicians are currently studying at the National Conservatory in Paris.
Yuan Yu
(c) Andreas Domjanic
The young Chinese flutist Yuan Yu has won the ICMA Discovery Award 2018. Yuan Yu is a student at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the class of Professor Philippe Bernold, assisted by Florence Souchard-Delépine.In 2012, he won first prize in the children’s section of the inaugural China Flute…
Christoph Sietzen
(c) Stefan Sietzen
Der Multi-Percussionist Christoph Sietzen, ‘Young Artist oft he Year’ der International Classical Music Awards’ (ICMA), gab im Alter von 12 Jahren sein Debüt bei den Salzburger Festspielen und ist u.a. Preisträger des Internationalen Musikwettbewerbs der ARD. Seine erste Solo-CD ‘Attraction’, die den Titel des für ihn von Emmanuel Séjourné komponierten gleichnamigen Werks trägt, wurde mit…
Yesterday, in the Town Hall of Vaduz, in presence of mayor Ewald Ospelt, Dr. Ernst Walch, president of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra and ICMA president Remy Franck signed the contract for the organization of the ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert which will take place in April, 2021 in Vaduz. Here is the TV report…
Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein
Today, in the Town Hall of Vaduz, in presence of mayor Ewald Ospelt, Dr. Ernst Walch, president of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra and ICMA president Remy Franck signed the contract for the organization of the ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert which will take place in April, 2021 in Vaduz.
KKL Lucerne
A decisive preparatory meeting for the ICMA Gala and Awards Ceremony 2019 took place yesterday at Lucerne’s KKL. KKL General Manager Philipp Keller, the intendant of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Numa Bischof, ICMA President Remy Franck and Swiss ICMA member Andrea Meuli (Musik+Theater) discussed various aspects of the event which will take place on May…
Ensemble Esperanza
(c) Andreas Dmjanic
Three members of the ICMA Board, Remy Franck, Nicola Cattò and Martin Hoffmeister attended this year’s Next Generation Festival in Bad Ragaz, looking out for outstanding young artists among all those presented at this festival. The organizer of the festival, Internationale Musikakademie Liechtenstein, is a partner for ICMA.
