String players featured prominently among this year’s winners
Read more news stories here
The winners of the 2024 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) have been announced, with string players featuring prominently in the list. The winners will receive their trophies at the ICMA Award Ceremony on 12 April at the Palau de la Musica in València, Spain.
French violinist Renaud Capuçon won the prestigious Artist of the Year award, lauded as ‘certainly one of the greatest living musicians’, while 15-year old Serbian violinist Lana Zorjan won the Discovery Award.
The award for the best Solo Instrument album went to Hilary Hahn for her album Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo Op. 27. The best Chamber Music album award was won by German siblings violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff with German pianist Lars Vogt for their Schubert album, the last trio recordings Vogt made before his untimely death in 2022. The Concerto category was won by German violinist Gottfried von der Goltz for his album Wolfgang A. Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5 with the Freiburger Barockorcheste and Australian pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout.
A Special Achievement award was bestowed on Bruno Monsaingeon, a French filmmaker and violinist, for his work in bringing classical music to the screen.
This year’s jury comprised international music critics from media outlets Andante, Crescendo, Das Orchester, Deutsche Welle, IMZ, MDR Klassik, Musica, Musik & Theater, Opera, Papageno, Pizzicato, Polskie Radio Chopin, Radio 100,7, Radio Klassik Stephansdom, Radio Romania Muzical, Resmusica, Rondo Classic, Scherzo, and Unison.
View the full list of prize winners here.
The number one source for playing and teaching books, guides, CDs, calendars and back issues of the magazine.
In The Best of Technique you’ll discover the top playing tips of the world’s leading string players and teachers. It’s packed full of exercises for students, plus examples from the standard repertoire to show you how to integrate the technique into your playing.
The Strad’s Masterclass series brings together the finest string players with some of the greatest string works ever written. Always one of our most popular sections, Masterclass has been an invaluable aid to aspiring soloists, chamber musicians and string teachers since the 1990s.
American collector David L. Fulton amassed one of the 20th century’s finest collections of stringed instruments. This year’s calendar pays tribute to some of these priceless treasures, including Yehudi Menuhin’s celebrated ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri, the Carlo Bergonzi once played by Fritz Kreisler, and four instruments by Antonio Stradivari.
No comments yet