Remy Franck (left) and Nicola Catto
(c) Nicole Junio
ICMA President Remy Franck and Secretary General Nicola Catto attended this year’s St. Olav Festival in Trondheim, Norway. From 28 July to 5 August, Trondheim is celebrating Olsok with a big multicultural festival. Read More →
Klaus Heymann & Remy Franck
(c) Julia Sturmer
The 30th anniversary of the most important actor on the classical recording scene, Naxos, was commemorated yesterday evening (16 May) at the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche in Munich. Read More →
Musica, Italy’s oldest and most read classical music magazine, will celebrate its 40th birthday in May. Founded by Umberto Masini in 1977, it has established itself as a reference for classical music reviews, in-depth articles and interviews with the best-known artists. Read More →
ICMA Jury members Remy Franck and Martin Hoffmeister have been interviewed by the Polish Television. The interviews will be part of a film about Elzbieta Penderecka, President of the Ludwig van Beethoven Association which runs, among other activities, the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw. Read More →
Ce 3 avril, Jodie Devos était la Reine de la Nuit à la Philharmonie de Paris, dans la production dijonnaise de la Flûte enchantée, en version concert. Le site Classiquenews.com évoque sa prestation: « Splendide, la Reine de la Nuit de Jodie Devos marque les esprits et le personnage. Après sa première Lakmé à Tours voilà deux mois à peine, la jeune soprano belge franchit une nouvelle étape importante dans sa carrière avec sa première Astrifiammante. Read More →
Winners and Jury
© Gert Mothes
Ten soloists, one chamber orchestra, one choir and a big symphony orchestra, plus the presence of nearly all the musicians winning the 2017 International Classical Music awards: In his opening speech, the president of the ICMA jury, Remy Franck enthusiastically said: « Since the first edition of our awards in 2011, we never were able to welcome so many guests at an award ceremony as here in Leipzig! » Read More →
The ICMA Jury at the Bacharchiv Leipzig
(c) Franziska von Sohl
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 →
Alessandro Mazzamuto receiving the Award Diploma from Jury President Remy Franck
Photo: Bjoern Woll / ICMA
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 →
Francesco Angelico
(c) Giancarlo Pradelli
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 →
