This year's International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) gala concert will take place on 6 April 2018 at the Katowice headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
The International Classical Music Awards, awarded since 2010, are the successor to the MIDEM Classical Awards. The ICMA jury consists of music critics from 14 countries, representing 17 different music magazines – both printed and electronic – as well as radio stations: Andante (Turkey), Crescendo (Belgium), Das Orchester (Germany), Gramofon (Hungary), HRT Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (Croatia), IMZ (Austria), Muzykalnaja Żizń (Russia), MDR-Figaro (Germany), Musica (Italy), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), Orpheus Radio (Russia), Opera (United Kingdom), Pizzicato (Luxembourg), Radio 100.7 (Luxembourg), ResMusica (France), Rondo Classic (Finland) and Scherzo (Spain).
"We are proud and happy that our partner is one of the best Polish orchestras, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice," said ICMA president Remy Frank. "This ensemble is very well known to us because in the past it has been awarded several times by the ICMA jury."
This event will bring together outstanding winners of prizes and representatives of the international music industry in the prestigious Polish concert hall – the NOSPR headquarters.
During the gala concert, winners of this year's edition of ICMA Awards, conductors: Alexander Liebreich and Manfred Honeck, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, renowned soloists: Szymon Nehring (piano), Christoph Sietzen (drums), Yu Yuan (flute), Stefan Temmingh (long-drawn flute) and the wonderful Belcea Quartet will perform. The programme of the concert includes Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Witold Lutosławski, and Concert Overture op. 12 by Karol Szymanowski.
Information about tickets at: www.nospr.org.pl