Interviews

Jodie Devos, Young Artist of the Year (Vocal) of ICMA’s winner list 2015, in an interview made by Bernadette Beyne (Crescendo), Isabel Roth (MDR Figaro) & Pierre-Jean Tribot (ResMusica), edited and translated by Remy Franck (Pizzicato)

When did you decide to become a singer?
Early, when I was ten! In the beginning I wanted to sing pop music. But when I decided to be a singer, I wanted to sing in a proper way. I thus decided to take lessons and came in touch with opera. I completely fell in love with it. Read More →

This year, Russian conductor Dmitrij Kitajenko is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). Born in 1940, Kitajenko was Music Director of the Moscow Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic and the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul. Some of his most outstanding recordings were realized with the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne, notably the complete symphonies by Tchaikovsky (Oehms Classics), Shostakovich (Capriccio) and Prokofiev (Capriccio). Please read our interview with Dmitrij Kitajenko. Read More →

The 23 years old Russian violinist Yury Revich – he is based in Vienna  –  is ICMA’s Young Artist of the Year 2015. Having performed at Carnegie Hall and at La Scala, Musikverein, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and many others, he has his own concert series in Vienna, he is Artistic Director of the European-Russian Society for International Cooperation, he made some successful recordings and lives out his creativity also in filming and painting. Read More →

BIS records was founded in 1973 and is one of the most respected boutique classical music labels in the world. Known for its commitment to high quality sound and deep explorations of composers such as Sibelius and Bach, BIS records celebrates its 40th birthday in 2013. In this conversation published by ResMusica, the founder of BIS records, Robert von Bahr, reflects briefly on the industry and his many accomplishments. Read More →

Interview by Stephen Hastings (Musica)

Alessandro Mazzamuto is ICMA’s Young Artist of the Year 2013  in the instrumental category. He was born in Catania in 1988 and graduated from the Music Institute Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, under the guidance of  Epifanio Comis, with honors and honorable mention. Finalist at the 58^th edition of the prestigious Busoni Competition in Bolzano (2011), he was awarded the special prize Gianandrea Lodovici which consists in the production of a CD for the German label Arts. Read More →