ICMA Nomination List 2015 Will Be Available Next Thursday
The ICMA nomination list for 2015 will be published next Thursday, November 20. Readers will be able to read and download two lists sorted by labels or categories, available as PDF.
The ICMA nomination list for 2015 will be published next Thursday, November 20. Readers will be able to read and download two lists sorted by labels or categories, available as PDF.
The Rules and Regulations for ICMA 2016 are online now in the dedicated section of this website. You will find there the deadlines as well as all practical information for submitting commercially released audio and video productions.
French viola player Adrien Boisseau, Artist of the Year 2014 at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), will be the successor to Mathieu Herzog at the world famous Ebène Quartet as from the 1st of January 2015 on. At the same time, Adrien Boisseau will continue his solo career. A solo recording is planned to be released in 2015.
ICMA President Remy Franck and Jury member Serhan Bali are currently in Ankara to meet the directors of the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra who will host the next Gala Concert and Award Ceremony in the magnificent Bilkent Hall in Ankara, Turkey. The Gala Concert on March 28 will feature prominent ICMA winners together with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Read More →
The Verbier Festival hosted two laureates of the 2014 International Classical Music Award, conductor Charles Dutoit and violinist Daniel Hope. Read More →
German label ‘audite’, ICMA Label of the Year 2013, is now offering High Resolution Downloads on its website. The necessary extensive technical modification of the website is finished and a first selection of productions is available online. All new releases are being offered as High Resolution Downloads right from the release date. The download offer for the back catalogue will steadily increase until the whole ‘audite’ catalogue is available. Read More →
Three radio stations being members in the ICMA Jury will broadcast the Gala Concert from Warsaw, recorded by the Polish Radio at the Philharmonic Hall on the 12th of April. German radio MDR Figaro has planned a ‘Figaro Spezial’ about ICMA 2014 on the 2d of May, from 18.05 – 19.00, presented by Martin Hoffmeister. The Gala Concert will follow from 20.05 – 22.00. Russian Radio Orpheus will broadcast the concert on the 19th of May and Luxembourg’s Public Radio 100,7 does it on the 5th of June, from 20:00-22.00.
French viola player Adrien Boisseau will replace his colleague from the renowned Ebène Quartet on Friday 25 April during a concert at the Deauville Easter Festival. In the all-Mozart program he will meet ICMA Young Artist of the Year 2012 David Kadouch in the Concerto n°13 K.415, for piano and strings.
Swiss conductor and ICMA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Charles Dutoit will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra on its upcoming tour to Japan and China, May 1-10, stepping in for Lorin Maazel who has to interrupt his activities until the third week of May due to an accident. Read More →