The Next Generation Festival in the Swiss resort Bad Ragaz is busy promoting young musicians also between its February festivals. From 13 to 15 October 2016 a three-day festival titled MusicConnects is now being organised to bring young artists to Bad Ragaz and the hotel Grand Resort once again.
ICMA President Remy Franck, the Liechtenstein Academy's General manager Drazen Domjanic and the young musicians of the 5th Gala concert
The 5th gala concert of the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein last Sunday (8 May) in Schaan, was a feast of young music talents. Like speaker Remy Franck, president of the International Classical Music Awards, said in his keynote address, one would hardly find elsewhere in Europe such a concentration of young international music talents…
The Board of Directors of the Spanish magazine Scherzo, a member of the ICMA Jury, has unanimously appointed Juan Lucas as editor of the magazine. He will be the successor of Luis Sunen who will retire in summer.
Yury Revich
Am 29. April um 19 Uhr veranstaltet der Geiger Yury Revich ein Konzert im Brahms Saal des Musikvereins. Inspiriert von Caravaggios gleichnamigen Meisterwerk ‘Amor Vincit Omnia’ ist dieses Konzert der Allmacht der Liebe gewidmet. Der ‘Young Artist of the Year’ der ‘International Classical Music Awards’ präsentiert den Abend zusammen mit der Mezzosopranistin Elli Papadiamanti sowie…
Lukasz Dlugosz
(c) Mariusz Widerynski
Polish flutist Lukasz Dlugosz was among the musicians having recorded a Concerto disc with compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki for Dux. This disc won in the category Contemporary music of the ICMA Awards 2016. Lukasz Dlugosz was also one of the winners to perform at the ICMA Gala Concert in San Sebastian. Jury member Maciej Chizynski…
In his presentation of the ICMA Awards 2016 in San Sebastian, President Remy Franck said, the ICMA prices were showing « our determination to get something special, a carefully structured list of outstanding recordings and outstanding artists. » He underlined that the jury faces « a constantly changing environment. »
ICMA Artist of the Year 2016, Christian Lindberg, has posted a video about the San Sebastian Gala on Youtube. You can view the video with this link.
German label Audite, winner in the category Historic Recordings with Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. VIII reported on the 2016 Awards in San Sebastian: « The winners were introduced and honored with a festive award ceremony and a top-class gala concert. The jury consists exclusively out of professional critics for classical music from international media. This…
(c) Juantxo Egana
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) organized their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert yesterday, April 1, at the nearly sold out Kursaal in Sebastian, where an audience of 1500 applauded the winners.
