The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) will begin organizing a new award, the ICMA Classeek Award, presented for the first time in 2023, when the ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert take place at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland. This new category has been created in close collaboration with Classeek, based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
„Nowadays the competition between young talented musicians is very strong. We believe that the best should also receive and benefit from the best possible support! This is a common goal of ICMA as well as of Classeek”, said ICMA President Remy Franck.
„We have therefore added this new award to the already existing categories. It allows us to annually promote a young, outstanding musician chosen from a list of the open application finalists of Classeek’s flagship Ambassador Programme for talented artists. With our independent jury of 19 music critics from 16 different countries, we hope to strengthen the recognition of the winning musician. We are thrilled to organize this new award in close cooperation with Classeek and to develop profitable synergies between both organizations.”
Catarina Amon from Classeek says: “We are thrilled to begin our collaboration with ICMA, with whom we feel an alliance of passion to support both the highest level of artistry in combination with the next generation of artists.
We are proud to present this new Classeek award in the 2023-24 season, and have the artists in connection to our programme, nominated in association with ICMA.”
