Discovery Award winner Yuan Yu to perform in Romania

  • 02/05/2022
Discovery Award winner Yuan Yu to perform in Romania

Yuan Yu
(c) Andreas Domjanic

After winning First Prize in the 6th Cluj International Music Competition in September 2021, flutist Yuan Yu, ICMA Discovery Award winner in 2018, will play Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto with the Brasov Philharmonic and the Satu Mare State Philharmonic. The concert with the Brasov Philharmonic will take place on 12 May and the one with the Dinu Lipatti State Philharmonic Satu Mare on the 19th. Both concerts will be conducted by Tiberiu Soare.

Julian Kainrath to play chamber music with Louis Lortie

  • 01/05/2022
Julian Kainrath to play chamber music with Louis Lortie

Julian Kainrath

At the Festival BA Classica in Busto Arsizio (40 kilometers north-west from Milan)  ICMA Discovery Award winner Julian Kainrath will give a recital with Canadian pianist Louis Lortie. On 3 May, they will perform Beethoven’s Fourth Violin Sonata, Brahms’ Scherzo F.A.E and the Third Sonata as well as Debussy’s Violin Sonata.

ICMA Gala Concert from Vaduz on SACD

  • 27/04/2022

The ICMA Gala Concert on 17 June 2021 in Vaduz has now been published on a private, non-commercial SACD by Ars Produktion.
Funded by VP Bank, the SACD features winners of this year’s winner panel with an attractive musical program, accompanied by Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein under the baton of Yaron Traub. Read More →

Philharmonie Luxembourg: ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert 2022

  • 22/04/2022
Philharmonie Luxembourg: ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert 2022

The Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg during the presentation by ICMA President Remy Franck.
© Philharmonie Luxembourg / Eric Engel

On 21 April, the Award Ceremony organized by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) took place in the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, followed by the ICMA Gala Concert in the Grand Auditorium. Both events represent the culmination of musical achievements in the classical sector during the past year, which were accompanied and judged by the members of the ICMA association. Pizzicato’s Uwe Krusch reports. Read More →

ICMA Gala in Luxembourg: Boumans conducts Androne-Nakanishi

  • 31/03/2022
ICMA Gala in Luxembourg: Boumans conducts Androne-Nakanishi

Sebastian Androne

At the ICMA Gala Concert in Luxembourg, Luxembourg conductor Ivan Boumans will premiere a piece by his colleague Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi, Lan Huahua – The Dark Blue Flower. Boumans was Androne’s predecessor for this Award, and his own piece, Organic Beats, was premiered in 2021 by the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein. Read More →