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The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards (later called MIDEM Classical Awards) formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines Andante (Turkey), Crescendo (Belgium), Das Orchester (Germany), Musica (Italy), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), Opera (United Kindgom), Papageno (Hungary), Pizzicato (Luxembourg), Tygodnik Powszechny (Poland), Rondo Classic (Finland), Scherzo (spain); radio stations Deutsche Welle (Germany), Gewandhaus Radio (Germany), radio klassik Stephansdom (Austria), Opus Raido (Luxembourg), Radio România Muzical (Romania); the organizations International Music and Media Centre (IMZ) (Austria) and Unison (Croatia); and the websites Kulmag (Liechtenstein) and Resmusica.com (France) .
The first award ceremony was held in Tampere, Finland on 6 April 2011. The 2012 award ceremony and gala concert took place in Nantes (15 May 2012, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire). The 2013 award ceremony and gala concert were held in Milan (18 March 2013) and hosted by Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. In 2014, the award ceremony and gala concert took place in Warsaw during the Beethoven Festival (with the Sinfonia Iuventus). The 2015 award ceremony and gala concert took place in Ankara with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (28 March 2015).
The Jury announced the winners for 2011 in 20 categories from a nomination list comprising over 500 CD and DVD productions.
The Jury announced the winners for 2012 in 20 categories from a nomination list comprising over 250 CD and DVD productions.
Opéra national de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi (Erato 2564636562)
The Jury announced the winners for 2017 in 22 categories from a nomination list comprising 321 Audio and Video productions (119 Labels).
The jury has nominated 357 audio and video productions.
ICMA Jury nominates 319 releases from 107 labels for the 2019 awards.
ICMA Jury nominates 390 audio and video productions from 130 labels for the 2020 awards.
ICMA Jury has nominated 365 audio and video productions from 122 labels.
ICMA Jury has nominated 377 audio and video productions from 129 labels.
ICMA Jury has nominated 391 audio and video productions from 117 labels.
ICMA Jury has nominated 375 audio and video productions from 115 labels.
ICMA Jury has nominated 374 audio and video productions from 117 labels.
ICMA Jury has nominated 307 audio and video productions.
Cannes Classical Awards (CCA) were music awards awarded at the Marché international du disque et de l'édition musicale (MIDEM) international music convention in Cannes, France, in January from 1994 until 2004.
The original chairman of the awards was the New York music critic David Hurwitz. Voting was conducted by a multinational jury of several hundred music critics from magazines including Hurwitz' ClassicsToday.com website, Crescendo (Belgium), Répertoire (France), Pizzicato (Luxemburg), Klassik Heute (Germany), Scherzo (Spain), Musica (Italy) etc.
MIDEM Classical Awards succeeded CCA in 2005 and were held until 2010.
In 2011, the awards were replaced with the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), which were first awarded in Tampere, Finland on April 6.
... which took part in the French seaside resort of Cannes between January 21st and 25th, ... chairman of the competition is the well known New York music critic and Czech music connoisseur David Hurwitz.
