International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announce the 2025 winners

On 14 January, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of the awards for the 2025 edition.

Jury President Remy Franck said: "Our awards were chosen from a nomination list comprising 374 releases and a wide range of artists and labels. The winner list comprises many renowned as well as young musicians and no less than 17 international labels! We include again the ICMA Classeek Award which is organized in collaboration with the digital platform Classeek and continue our long-lasting cooperation with the International Music Academy Liechtenstein, so that together with the Young Artist Award, we can promote three young and highly promising talents. Our awards are recognitions of excellence in musical performance. They can provide - and have already provided, as many of our previous winners can acknowledge - many benefits for the winners, artists as well as labels, enhancing reputation and increasing personal motivation. We have assurance that the full benefit of our awards will be felt by all our winners, in a musical environment in which revenue from streaming services, for example, brings anything but real rewarding."

Violinist Gidon Kremer won the Lifetime Achievement Award, while Special Achievement Awards were granted to conductor Adam Fischer, pianist Oliver Triendl and to the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker.

In the audio and video categories, 17 productions have been awarded, including Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings in the category Video:Opera and Weltkino in the category Video: Performance & Documentaries.

A big congratulations to our members Accentus Music, Deutsche Grammophon, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, and Naxos for winning the categories of Chamber Music, Symphonic Music, and Contemporary Music, respectively.

The winners will receive the ICMA trophies during the annual Award Ceremony that will take place at the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, on 19 March 2025. This evening will also include a Gala Concert with the participation of several of the winners and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conducted by Adam Fischer.

Find the full list of winners under the link below!