Posts by: Remy Franck

Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner (*2007), ICMA Discovery Award winner in 2023, just won the Ilona Fehér competition in Budapest.

Terrible news: Belgian soprano Jodie Devos died, surrounded by family and friends, on June 16, 2024 in Paris at the age of 35, following a bout of breast cancer that forced her to cancel several recent engagements. In 2015, she was Young Artist of the Year of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).

Artistic Director Michael Becker, Commercial Director Burkhard Scheuer, Dramaturge Uwe Sommer-Sorgente and Music Educator Lorna Bowden presented the Tonhalle Düsseldorf’s program for the 2024/25 concert season.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, film director Bruno Monsaingeon was not able to attend the ICMA Award Ceremony in Valencia on 12 April. Now, ICMA President Remy Franck presented the trophy to the winner at his home in Montrouge.

Deutsche Welle is presenting the ICMA Gala Concert which took place at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia on 12 April in its YouTube Channel. Click here to get the link.

Classeek, an organization dedicated to discovering, nurturing, and supporting classical musicians worldwide, announces the launch of Insights by Classeek, a premium video library offering interviews with key figures in the classical music industry. The first series features 8 episodes on Media and PR, and is available for €95 only at insights.classeek.com.

Just a few days after the successful ICMA Gala in Valencia, ICMA President Remy Franck was at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf for a meeting with the Intendant Michael Becker and staff members from Tonhalle Düsseldorf to begin the preparations for the Award Ceremony and the Gala Concert that will take place on 19 March 2025 in…

The Westdeutsche Sinfonie in Leverkusen and the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) successfully launched their project with young ICMA prizewinners. The project kicked off with Julian Kainrath, Discovery Award winner of 2022, who performed Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto together with the Westdeutsche Sinfonia under its musical director Dirk Joeres.