ICMA 2014: Outstanding Event In Warsaw

  • 12/04/2014

The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) organize their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert today at 5:00 p.m. at the Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, hosted by the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. The Award Ceremony will be attended by numerous personalities from the world’s musical life, composer Krzysztof Penderecki, conductors Charles Dutoit, José Maria Florencio and Holger Schröter-Seebeck, label representatives from Audite, BIS, Dux, Melodiya, Glossa, eaSonus, Alia Vox and of course by the ICMA winners 2014. After the Award Ceremony, a Gala concert takes place at the Philharmonic Hall, which is sold out since weeks. Read More →

ICMA Lifetime Achievement Winner Conducted During Earthquake

  • 01/04/2014
ICMA Lifetime Achievement Winner Conducted During Earthquake

Charles Dutoit
(c) ICMA /Hoffmeister

Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit was conducting Ravel’s ‘Daphnis et Chloé’ when an earthquake hit the area. This was reported by the Los Angeles Times: « Six minutes into the performance of Ravel’s complete « Daphnis and Chloé, » at 9:09 p.m., a 5.1-magnitude earthquake centered near La Habra struck Walt Disney Concert Hall, one of the largest temblors since the hall’s 2003 opening. The hall rocked and rolled for several seconds — like an airplane experiencing turbulence — and the place vibrated for more than a minute. Although the orchestra seemed a bit rattled at first and the audience gasped, the unflappable veteran Charles Dutoit kept on conducting, never breaking stride, and the performance continued pretty much unimpeded. (…) « I work a lot in Japan, so we have this all the time, » Dutoit said, while admitting that « it was hard to keep the concentration of the orchestra. »

ICMA Jury Member Radio 100,7 Wins Journalism Award

  • 08/03/2014
ICMA Jury Member Radio 100,7 Wins Journalism Award

Jean-Claude Franck and ALJ Jury member
Annette Duschinger
Photo: Remy Franck/ICMA

ICMA Jury Member Radio 100,7 (Luxembourg) has been awarded the Jury Prize at Luxembourg’s first Award for Investigative Journalism, organized by the Association luxembourgeoise des Journalistes (ALJ). The Award was presented to Jean-Claude Franck, Editor in chief of Luxembourg’s successful Public Radio. Read More →

ICMA Gala 2014 – The Great Classical Parade Of The Year

  • 04/03/2014

What a parade! One Quartet, three pianists, one violinist, one viola player four conductors and the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, all winners of ICMA’s prestigious Award list 2014! These world renowned artist gather on the 12th of April at Warsaw’s Philharmonic Hall for the ICMA Gala Concert 2014, hosted by the Ludwig van Beethoven Festival. Here is the program: Read More →

MDR-Figaro mit Thementag zum Geburtstag von C.P.E Bach

  • 04/03/2014
MDR-Figaro mit Thementag zum Geburtstag von C.P.E Bach

C.P.E. Bach

‘Auf dem Abstellgleis der Musikgeschichte’ titelte ICMA-Jurymitglied ‘Musik & Theater‘ anlässlich des bevorstehenden 300. Geburtstages von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Tatsächlich sollte die Rezeption des zweiten – und zu Lebzeiten eminent populären – Bachsohnes und dessen vielgesichtigen Werke-Kosmos über zweieinhalb Jahrhunderte mehr oder weniger brach liegen. Heute, in den Wochen und Monaten rund um das Jubiläum, hat sich das Bild deutlich geändert. Read More →

ICMA’S Martin Hoffmeister Is A Jury Member In the Khachaturian International Competition

  • 04/03/2014
ICMA’S Martin Hoffmeister Is A Jury Member In the Khachaturian International Competition

Martin Hoffmeister
(c) Bjoern Woll / ICMA

The 10th Aram Khachaturian International Competition will be held in Yerevan from June 6 to 14, 2014. This year the Competition is open to pianists of any nationality born between June 6, 1982 and June 6, 1998. Martin Hoffmeister, Board member of the ICMA Jury and Head of Music for the daytime program of German Radio MDR Figaro is a member of the international Jury chaired by Armen Babakhanyan (Armenia). Other Jury member are Alexander Bonduryansky (Russia), Anna Malikova (Russia), Carsten Dürer (Germany), Didier Michel Martin (France), Jong-Hwa Park (South Korea) and Marco Sollini (Italy). Read More →

Adrien Boisseau, ICMA Young Artist 2014, Longing For Time…

  • 01/03/2014
Adrien Boisseau, ICMA Young Artist 2014, Longing For Time…

Adrien Boisseau

At his young age, French viola player Adrien Boisseau, ICMA Young Artist 2014, is, beyond his technical skills and the beauty of his sound, a particularly mature and introspective musician. Questioned about his future he will answer that he is longing for time, time to grow, time to explore music in depth. Read the interview our Jury member Andrea Meuli made with Adrien for ‘Musik + Theater’.

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ICMA Held Their 2014 General Assembly In Oviedo

  • 10/02/2014
ICMA Held Their 2014 General Assembly In Oviedo

Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Oviedo

At the invitation of the ‘Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias’, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards ICMA held its 2014 General Assembly on February 8 in Oviedo (Spain). During their meeting at the ‘Auditorio Príncipe Felipe’ the Jury members decided upon the Recording of the Year Award 2014 which will be announced on the 12th of April. Other important topics were the preparation of the upcoming Award Ceremony with the Gala Concert at the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw and the preparation of  the Awards 2015. Read More →

Krassimira Stoyanova sings ‘Rusalka’ at Vienna State Opera

  • 24/01/2014
Krassimira Stoyanova sings ‘Rusalka’ at Vienna State Opera

Krassimira Stoyanova
(c) ICMA Martin Hoffmeister

ICMA winner (2012) Krassimira Stoyanova sings the title role in A tonin Dvoraks opera Rusalka’ at Vienna State Opera, the premiere being on January 26. In the Austrian press Stoyanova said that for her a dream came true.