In his presentation of the ICMA Awards 2016 in San Sebastian, President Remy Franck said, the ICMA prices were showing « our determination to get something special, a carefully structured list of outstanding recordings and outstanding artists. » He underlined that the jury faces « a constantly changing environment. » Read More →
ICMA Artist of the Year 2016, Christian Lindberg, has posted a video about the San Sebastian Gala on Youtube. You can view the video with this link.
German label Audite, winner in the category Historic Recordings with Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. VIII reported on the 2016 Awards in San Sebastian: « The winners were introduced and honored with a festive award ceremony and a top-class gala concert. The jury consists exclusively out of professional critics for classical music from international media. This guarantees the high level and the independency of the ICMA. Both makes the ICMA the most important international music award, a similar concept on international level cannot be found elsewhere. Thus we feel particularly honoured to receive the ICMA! » – (www.audite.de).
(c) Juantxo Egana
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) organized their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert yesterday, April 1, at the nearly sold out Kursaal in Sebastian, where an audience of 1500 applauded the winners. Read More →
ICMA, International Classical Music Awards has published today the winner’s name of the Recording of the Year 2016. It is the winner from the category Video Performance, with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 played by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the baton of Riccardo Chailly on Accentus Music (ACC20309 42). Read More →
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) organize their Award Ceremony and Gala Concert today, April 1st, at the Kursaal in San Sebastian, hosted by the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jun Märkl and San Sebastian 2016, Cultural capital of Europe. Read More →
Dmitrij Kitajenko in concert
(c) Gerd Mothes
Touring Japan in March and April, Dmitrij Kitajenko, ICMA Lifetime Achievement Award 2015, will conduct nine concerts in different Japanese cities. The tour is scheduled to begin on March 26 by a concert with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at the Suntory Hall, one of the most renowned concert halls world-wide, which is financed by the Japanese beverage manufacturer Suntory. Read More →
LSO-Intendant Numa Bischof-Ullmann and ICMA President Remy Franck
The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester will host the ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert 2019 at Lucerne’s famous concert hall KKL. The event will reunite the prominent award winners and representatives from the international musical industry at one of the most prestigious cultural places in Europe. Read More →
Dame Felicity Lott
The Gala concert of the International Music Awards 2016 takes place at the Kursaal in San Sebastian, on 1 April 2016, hosted by the Euskadi Orchestra (Basque National Orchestra) and Donostia 2016. The audience will experience two premieres: it is the first time that ICMA are able to present a world premiere performance, since our Artist of the Year, Christian Lindberg, has written a piece especially for this evening, The tale of Kundraan. Read More →
