ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) announces the Croatian Radiotelevision HRT as a new full Jury member. With headquarters in Zagreb, HRT (Croatian: Hrvatska radiotelevizija) is a public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels. The official delegate for the ICMA Jury is Mrs. Sanda Vojkovic.
Dmitrij Kitajenko & Mayor Milan Bandic
(c) Remy Franck
In a ceremony at Dverce Palace in Zagreb, ICMA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dmitrij Kitajenko has been honoured by the mayor of the Croatian capital, Milan Bandic. Kitajenko is Artistic adviser of Zagreb’s Philharmonic Orchestra. By his professionalism and his commitment, Kitajenko managed to bring the orchestra on a higher level, Bandic said.
The ‘Orchestre National of Pays de la Loire’ (ONPL) is in danger. The orchestra, which is currently financed by several local regional and national partners, risks to lose the support of the Département Maine et Loire. These would diminish the budget by 7.22% (464.373 €). Such a loss would no longer allow the orchestra to…
Yury Revich
Der russische Geiger Yury Revich, ‘ICMA Young Artist of the Year 2015’, tritt am 27. Juni im Linzer Brucknerhaus bei der ‘2. Österreichischen Benefizgala für Menschen mit Down Syndrom’ auf. Der Abend steht unter dem Motto ‘Bildung und Arbeit’. Neben Revich partizipieren auch die Sängerin Ildiko Raimondi, die rumänische Sopranistin Nicoletta Radu, der serbische Akkordeonist…
The Festival de Wallonie, the most important festival in the French speaking part of Belgium, will present three ICMA winners during its 2015 edition. David Kadouch (Young Artist ICMA 2011) will perform in Brussels and Jodie Devos (Young Artist ICMA 2015) in Brussels and Saint-Hubert. The vocal ensemble Vox Luminis (ICMA Baroque Vocal 2012) will…
Alexander Sitkovetzky
Born in Moscow into a family with an established musical tradition, Alexander Sitkovetzky came to study at the Menuhin School in London. Today, he is making a career as soloist and as chamber musician as well. As part of the cpo box with the symphonies and concertos by Andrzej Panufnik, his recording of the Violin…
Evgeni Koroliov
(c) Gela Megrelidze
Der Pianist Evgeni Koroliov wurde mit dem ICMA 2015 für seine Aufnahmen von Franz Schuberts Sonaten D. 894 & D. 959 bei Tacet ausgezeichnet. Isabel Roth, Mario Vogt und Martin Hoffmeister haben das folgende Gespräch mit ihm geführt. Redigiert wurde es von Remy Franck. Evgeni Koroliov, 1949 in Moskau geboren, lebt seit 1978 in Hamburg…
In der nächsten Saison der Tonhalle Zürich werden fünf Musiker auftreten, die ihre erste Unterstützung durch die gemeinnützige Stiftung ‘Musik & Jugend’ bekommen, und/oder musikalische Erfahrungen beim Festival ‘Next Generation in Bad Ragaz gesammelt, und/oder Unterricht an der Internationalen Musikakademie im Fürstentum Liechtenstein – dem Kooperationspartner der ICMA für den neuen ‘Discovery Award’ – erhalten…
Krzysztof Penderecki & Joseph Moog
(c) Martin Hoffmeister
After their performances at the ICMA Gala Concerts in 2012 and 2014, two double ICMA Award winners were reunited this weekend in Saarbrücken, Krzysztof Penderecki and pianist Joseph Moog. After the world premiere of Penderecki’s Trumpet Concertino with Gabor Boldoczki, Joseph Moog was the soloist in Karol Szymanowski’s ‘Symphonie concertante’.
