The International Classical Music organized their annual Award Ceremony and Gala at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. The Award Ceremony was hosted by ICMA President Remy Franck and Secretary General Nicola Cattò. 25 trophies were presented by the ICMA Jury members.

 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Gidon Kremer & ICMA President Remy Franck
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ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Leonardo García Alarcón & Luis Sunen, Scherzo (Spain)
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YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Benjamin Kruithof & Luc Boentges from Luxembourgish Jury member Radio 100.7
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DISCOVERY AWARD
Can Sarac, together with Drazen Domjanic current Director of the Music Academy in Liechtenstein as well as Beat Fehlmann, Director designated of the Academy, in company of Serhan Bali from Andante
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COMPOSER AWARD
Christoph Ehrenfellner & Ursula Magnes from Austrian Jury member Radio Klassik Stephansdom
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ICMA CLASSEEK AWARD
Ettore Pagano with Benjamin Woodroff and Benjamin Risse from Classeek
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LABEL OF THE YEAR
Thomas Becker, label manager BR Klassik & ICMA Board member Serhan Bali
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Adam Fischer & Mate Ur from Hungarian Jury member Papageno
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Michael Becker, Intendant of the Tonhalle and Tilman Bollhöfer, member of the orchestra committee together with Gerald Mertens from Jury member Das Orchester
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Oliver Triendl & ICMA President Remy Franck
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EARLY MUSIC
Nicolas Achten and Martin Rust, the recording engineer of Scherzi Musicali, together with Martin Hoffmeister, ICMA Board Member
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BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL
Veronika Lindenmayr, Head of PR Outhere Music Group & Swiss Jury member from Musik und Theater, Andrea Meuli
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BAROQUE VOCAL
Countertenor Andreas Scholl, violinist Alessandro Tampieri, Emmanuele de Santis, General Manager of Accademia Bizantina, Andrea Meuli from Musik und Theater & Nicola Cattò, ICMA Secretary General
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VOCAL MUSIC
Recording of the Year
Lukasz Borowicz, Wojciech Nentwig, General Director Poznan Philharmonic, Samuel Hasselhorn, Jean-Marc Berns from Harmonia Mundi and ICMA President Remy Franck
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CHORAL MUSIC
Suzanne Vongries Manager of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ulrich Pluta, Head of Artistic Planning of the Munich Radio Orchestra.
Marion Haug-Mähren from Jury member Deutsche Welle & Remy Franck
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SOLO INSTRUMENT
Pianist Can Cakmur, Robert von Bahr (BIS), Remy Franck & Serhan Bali, ICMA Board member (Andante)
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CHAMBER MUSIC
Danel Quartet, ICMA Board member Martin Hoffmeister & Paul Smaczny (Accentus)
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SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Cristina Uruc, Artexim Manager – the organizer of the George Enescu International Festival and Competition & Cristina Comandasu from Radio Romania Muzical
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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Felix Feustel, Label manager from Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, and Harri Kuusisaari, from the Finnish Jury member Rondo Classic
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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Iwen Schmees, managing director Naxos Deutschland and COO of Naxos Music Group
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ASSORTED PROGRAMS
Pianist Anna Gourari, Barbara Widmer, Artistic Director Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Remy Franck, Nicola Cattò & Samuel Flury, Financial Director of Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
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HISTORICAL RECORDINGS
Tobias Richter from the Géza Anda-Stiftung, Christine Schweitzer from the Swiss label Prospero Classics & Polish Jury member Jakub Puchalski
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PREMIERE RECORDINGS
Alexandre Dratwicki, Artistic Director of Bru Zane & baritone Jérôme Boutillier, together with Nicola Cattò & Remy Franck
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VIDEO: OPERA
Benedikt Don Strohmeier & Anne Kraus from Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings, Video Director Myriam Hoyer & Max Beckham from Jury member IMZ Vienna
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VIDEO: PERFORMANCE & DOCUMENTARIES
Anna Schmidt together with her team, Axel Schneppat, Tom Chapman, Martin Schröder and Jury member Max Beckham, IMZ Vienna
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Can Cakmur, winner in the Solo Instrument category, and Can Sarac, Discovery Award winner play Franz Schubert’s Allegro D 947
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