The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) held its General Assembly this morning (31/03) at the Bacharchiv Leipzig. The Jury deliberated on an agenda comprising last preparations for the upcoming Award Ceremony and Gala Concert tomorrow at Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, discussions about the next Special Awards and the Award Ceremonies of the next years. The Jury also decided to create a new position within the ICMA Board, naming Nicola Catto from the Italian magazine Musica, Secretary General. Read More →

Sicilian pianist Alessandro Mazzamuto, Young Artist of the Year 2013 of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), is firmly establishing his career from Dallas, United States, where he lives. He is now represented by the agency Amusart in Rome. Read More →

Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Orchestra is performing ICMA’s Gala Concert 2017 next Saturday, 1 April at the Gewandhaus. The concert will be conducted by Francesco Angelico. Chief Conductor of the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck as well as the Tyrolean Theatre, the Sicily born conductor now leads this ensemble in his fourth and at the same time last season. From the 2017/2018 season he will be Generalmusikdirektor in Kassel. Read More →

Leipzig’s Gewandhaus will host on 1 April an outstanding classic event: ICMA’s Gala Concert and Award Ceremony. Read More →

Yesterday, with ICMA President Remy Franck attending, the new trophy of the International Classical Music Awards was revealed in Paris. Unlike the old one, which served for the six first years of the most important international music award in the world, the new one has a more modernistic approach. Read More →

25 year old ICMA Young Artist Yury Revich has joined the roster of the Keynote Artist Management in London. He was Young Artist of the Year of the International Classical Music Awards in 2015. Key Note is a rather small agency with interesting projects and artists like Hélène Grimaud, Nicolas Altstaedt, Teodor Currentzis and Filippo Gorini.

With Florian Noack, Robert Neumann and Ensemble Esperanza

In Leipzig, on 1 April, for the first time, the ICMA Award Ceremony taking place prior to the Gala Concert will not only comprise the trophy presentations and related speeches, but also music. In its General Assembly in Luslawice, the Jury members decided to include this year and in the following Award Ceremonies some music played by winners. Read More →

At the Seventh Next General Festival at the Grand Resort in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, ICMA president Remy Franck honored three of the winners of this year’s awards which will be officially presented at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig on 1 April. Read More →

The ICMA Jury held their General Assembly 2017 at the European Penderecki Center for Music in Luslawice, Poland. The Jury members decided upon the Special Awards for the coming years, set up the deadlines for the votes for the Awards 2018. One major decision was made for the audio categories where the Best Collection category was split into two different categories. While the Best Collection category is kept for collections, there will be a new category for Assorted Programs, such as symphonies combined with concertos or chamber music.

The Jury also made further preparations for the upcoming Award Ceremony in Leipzig on 1 April 2017. Read More →