On invitation by Unison, the Croatian Music Alliance, the Jury members of the International Classical Music Awards met last weekend (17-20 January) in Zagreb and Rijeka for their General Assembly. Read More →
Robert Neumann
Der 18-jährige Pianist Robert Neumann, Gewinner des Discovery Award der ICMA im Jahre 2017, seit 2018 SWR2 New Talent, gibt am 29. Januar sein Debüt mit dem SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart unter der Leitung von Kerem Hasan, Gewinner des Young Conductors Award der Salzburger Festspiele. Neumann spielt bei diesem Konzert, sowie beim Abendkonzert am 31. Januar in der Stuttgarter Liederhalle Rachmaninows Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini für Klavier und Orchester op. 43. Das Konzert vom 31. Januar wird ab 20:00 live auf SWR2 übertragen.
Auf Initiative von Drazen Domjanic, dem Leiter der Internationalen Musikakademie in Liechtenstein und Reinhart von Gutzeit, ehemaliger Rektor der Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz und des Mozarteums in Salzburg, hat sich ein internationaler Arbeitskreis für Hochschullehrende gebildet, zu dem sich die Musik Akademie Basel, die Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, die Universität Mozarteum Salzburg und die Musikakademie in Liechtenstein verbunden haben. ‘Neue Impulse für die Kultur der Lehre und das Hochschulleben’ ist das Thema, mit dem sich die Mitglieder des Arbeitskreises befassen. Read More →
Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka
In 2020, during the Croatian EU Presidency, Rijeka will be European Capital of Culture. One of the first events to take place ahead of the official program is the General Assembly of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The Jury members from 16 countries will meet from 17-20 January in the Croatian City. The meeting is organized by Unison – Croatian Music Alliance. Read More →
Wroclaw Philharmonic
This winter, the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, ICMA’s partner for the International Classical Music Awards 2023, embarks on a twelve-city US tour with conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, Music Director of the Polish orchestra since 2017. Read More →
In three rounds, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has chosen the releases competing in the finals for the awards 2020. « Our initial list with a total of 390 nominations comprised many very good as well as outstanding recordings. This long list has been reduced to three releases per category, our finalists for 2020 », Jury President Remy Franck said. « Inevitably, many excellent productions have been eliminated. The jury members tirelessly make it a duty of honor to select the very best among the best recordings. The task is definitely demanding and requires sometimes painful choices. But the eliminated recordings are still nominations and our nominations are undeniably a real recognition. » Read More →
Eva Gevorgyan
Eva Gevorgyan, ICMA’s Discovery Award winner 2019, is at her young age already a busy concert pianist. In November she played a recital at Alzenau Musiktage, Germany. In October she had recitals in Boston, Cleveland and Canton/Ohio where she also performed with the Canton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerhardt Zimmermann. In summer she played recitals in Italy (Como and San Daniele) and Poland (Duszniki Chopin International Piano Festival). At the Verbier Festival (Switzerland) she was student-in-residence. Read More →
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has admitted Radio Romania Muzical as Jury member. Radio Romania Muzical – part of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company – was established in 1997 and is the only Romanian radio station dedicated to classical music. Read More →
John Axelrod
The Kyoto Symphony Orchestra has announced a new musical team to take over in April 2020. Junichi Hirokami will become the orchestra’s 13th Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor and the American John Axelrod, Principal Guest Conductor. At the same time KSO will change its English name from Kyoto Symphony Orchestra to City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra. Read More →
