Together with eight partners, the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) have established a network for the Young Artist Awards (Young Artist of the Year, Discovery Award, ICMA Classeek Award) with the aim to help the awardees in getting concert engagements.
The network has been joined by orchestras, concert organizers, and chamber music series, as partners. Classeek and Musikakademie in Liechtenstein are institutional partners of the network. The network is now ready for the first season with several planned concerts.
Cultur in Cannstatt, Marin Smesnoi, Artistic Director
27.09.2025, Großer Kursaal Bad Cannstatt
Benjamin Kruithof, Cello (ICMA Young Artist 2025) and Hana Chang, violin
J.S. Bach: – Schulhoff – Gabrielli – Pisendel – Ravel
Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer, Music Director
12.04.2026, Hall of the Danish Academy of Music
Can Sarac, piano (Discovery Award 2026) with Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Danish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Adam Fischer
Ensemble Esperanza, Vaduz
TBA
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz, Music Director
24.04.2026, Adam Mickiewicz University Auditorium, Poznan (Poland)
Ettore Pagano, cello (ICMA Classeek Awards 2025) with Edward Elgar’s
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Ariel Zuckermann, conductor
Transylvania State Philharmonic, Cristian Mandeal, Chief Conductor
TBA
Westdeutsche Sinfonia, Dirk Joeres, Music Director
22.03.2026, Forum Leverkusen (Germany)
Can Sarac, piano (ICMA Discovery Awards 2025) with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4, Op. 58
