Interviews & Portraits
Taehan Kim, the young winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
On 3 June 2023, Taehan Kim won the First Prize of the "Voice" edition of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition. The baritone singer, who was the youngest of the finalists, ...
The Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein, an ambitious orchestra
The Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein (SOL) is hosting this year’s International Classical Music Awards Gala in Vaduz. The president of the orchestra’s foundation board, Dr. Ernst Walch, and the head of the ...
Ivan Boumans, composer neo-tonalist
Ivan Boumans, winner of this year’s ICMA Composer Award is a very versatile musician. Besides composing, he is also a passionate teacher and conductor. His newest orchestral work, Organic Beat, ...
Ermonela Jaho, intensity of expression
Ermonela Jaho is the winner of the ICMA 2021 award in the « Vocal Music » category with the album « Anima rara », published by Opera Rara and dedicated to the repertoire of ...
Johannes Pramsohler, ICMA laureate, at the head of the Audax label
This year, Johannes Pramsohler and his Ensemble Diderot are winners of the International Classical Music Awards in the category "Baroque instrumental". On this occasion, we talked to the violinist about ...
The chief conductor Ivan Repušić, ICMA winner with Kuljerics Requiem: « It was very emotional »
The CD with the performances of the Croatian Glagolitic Requiem by Igor Kuljeric and the Hymn to Freedom by Jakov Gotovac, released by BR Klassik, won the prestigious International Classical ...
ICMA winner the pianist Josu de Solaun: « During this period any good news has a special meaning »
Among the winners of the International Classical Music Awards 2021 is the CD Fantasque produced by Audite and played by the violinist Franziska Pietsch and the pianist Josu de Solaun. ...
Boian Videnoff, the conductor who digitalises sheet music
Conductor Boian Videnoff is the Artistic and General Director of the Mannheimer Philharmoniker and the founder of the start-up Enote, a new sheet music app. To better understand what is ...
Joseph Moog, a pianist fascinated by Franz Liszt
Joseph Moog, a young pianist but already a double winner of the International Classical Music Awards, recently released a disc devoted entirely to the work of Franz Liszt. On this ...
Raphaela Gromes on the discovery of a Strauss score
Raphaela Gromes and Julian Riem have recently released a very special disc devoted to Richard Strauss' compositions, including the premiere recording for the first version of his Cello Sonata. On this ...
For the composer Craig Shepard, the music is in the street
Craig Shepard is the « maître d’œuvre » for two events that are part of the Festival d’Automne : ‘ON FOOT: Aubervilliers’, 24 daily silent walks in the city’, and ‘TRUMPET CITY: ...
Interview with Leif Ove Andsnes
The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is one of the most creative musicians of his generation; each of his recordings is a significant event. We met him in Stockholm to discuss ...
Brad Lubman, the taste of the unexplored
He is one of the leading conductors of modern music in the world. He premiered a huge ensemble of pieces from Helmut Lachenmann, to Steve Reich, Régis Campo or Hilda ...
Stella Chen, First Prize at the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition
Stella Chen is the beaming young musician who has just been awarded the First Prize of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, violin 2019. She delighted us with her ...
The pianist Eva Gevorgyan, Discovery Award of the ICMA
Young Russian pianist Eva Gevorgyan has already played on many prestigious stages. A student of the Central Music School in Moscow and a scholarship holder of the International Music Academy ...
Outhere Chairman Charles Adriaenssen : « I am cautiously optimistic »
This year, the record label Alpha is Label of the Year of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). Alpha belongs to Belgian music group Outhere (Alpha, Ricercar, Fuga Libera, Ramée, ...
Samuel Hasselhorn, First Prize at Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition 2018
Samuel Hasselhorn has just been awarded First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Voice, 2018. The 27-year-old German baritone graduated from the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien ...
Florence Bolton, dreamy baroque
Since its foundation in 2004, the baroque ensemble La Rêveuse has recorded a wide repertoire of both instrumental and vocal music, not only from France, but also from England and ...
Beethoven Year for the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov
Since becoming Prize Laureate of the Honens Prize for Piano in 2012, Kolesnikov has performed around the world. He is undertaking UK and European tours with the Czech National Symphony ...
Denise Fedeli : « The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana is ready for new challenges »
In the category DVD Performance, this year’s prize of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has been awarded to Rileggendo Brahms with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana conducted by Markus ...
The fascinating Michał Gondko, an accomplished lutenist
Having spent the last 18 years on the activities of the La Morra ensemble, the Polish lutenist Michał Gondko is becoming a sought-after soloist. Particularly seduced by the polyphonic art ...
Chouchane Siranossian, double violonist
In 2017, French violinist Chouchane Siranossian is a double Award winner of ICMA (International Classical Music Awards), for her CD L’ange et le diable with Jos van Immerseel and as ...
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, an adventurous violinist
Tamsin Waley-Cohen was the only British nominee for 2016's European Concert Hall Organisation's (ECHO) Rising Stars recital tour, which coincide with her latest disc : a CD of violin concertos ...
Robert von Bahr : The Man With The Pram … And 2.300 Recordings
The Swedish label BIS is Label of the Year of the International Classical Music Awards. Known for the quality of sound and music, for a substantial catalogue of more than ...
Polish flutist Łukasz Długosz, ICMA winner 2016
Polish flutist Łukasz Długosz was among the musicians having recorded a Concerto disc with compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki for Dux. This disc won in the category Contemporary music of the ...
Benjamin Appl, baritone
German baritone and "BBC New Generation Artist", Benjamin Appl begins his "Rising Stars" tour through the European concert in October. In January he was in Paris for a concert bringing a ...
James Feddeck, conductor
"There is no replacement for reaching out and taking time to create lifelong connections to the arts." Winner of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award in 2013, James Feddeck has held ...
Anna Vinnitskaya, pianist
“With Koroliov, it was not just how to become a pianist, it was just about music” In 2007, Anna Vinnitskaya won first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition at the age ...
