Menahem Pressler
Photo: ICMA/Bjoern Woll
Renowned Pianist Menahem Pressler celebrates his 90th birthday today. Pressler who received ICMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, is currently in Amsterdam for concerts with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. For his birthday BIS published a marvelous Beethoven-Schubert-Chopin SACD. The plan for this recording was made during the ICMA festivities in Tampere in 2011. The entire Jury…
Naxos Germany put together an impressive list with ICMA nominations of labels belonging to Naxos Group or being distributed by Naxos: naxosdirekt.de – ICMA2014
The Board of the International Classical Music Awards ICMA held a meeting in Paris last Saturday. The members validated the result of the votes qualifying the winners of the Awards 2014 which will be presented on 12 April 2014 in Warsaw. The Award Ceremony and the Gala Concert will be hosted by the Ludwig van…
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 264 CD and DVD productions for the 2014 Awards. The Jury is voting upon these nominations according to the 2014 Regulation. Click on one of the links below to get the nominations as PDF file: ICMA 2014 Nominations sorted by categories ICMA 2014 Nominations sorted by…
The ICMA 2014 nomination list is available. « This list comprises all the initial choices submitted by at least two Jury members and clearly reflects the international character of our Awards. The list comprises 264 CD and DVD releases of a total of 94 labels, up from 86 competing in 2013 », said ICMA President Remy Franck….
Daniil Trifonov
(c) Vadim Shults
ICMA Winner Christopher Nupen is looking for partners to produce both a portrait film and a performance film about Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov, as Allegro Films has done so effectively with several other top musicians in the past. « Those who join this project will be happy », said Nupen.
Krzysztof Penderecki
A film about Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has been presented in Leipzig. On the occasion of Penderecki’s 80th birthday, this film portraits the artist with a comprehensive ‘work in progress’ documentary: despite his growing age, Penderecki, ICMA Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2011, is still an unflinching and active composer and conductor.
Epifanio Comis Received the Rachmaninov Award
The First International Sergey Rachmaninov Award has been awarded to Italian pianist and conductor Epifanio Comis, professor at Bellini State Conservatory and Accademia Pianistica Siciliana in Catania. He is the teacher of Alessandro Mazzamuto, ICMA Young Artist of the Year 2013. The ceremony took place at Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow.
In February 2014, our colleague Franz Patay will become the Director of Konservatorium Wien University. He will be the successor of Ranko Markovic and Gottfried Eisl. Franz Patay will continue being the General Secretary of the IMZ (Internationales Musik & Medien Zentrum Wien) and, as such participate in the activities of the ICMA Jury. Congratulations,…
