International Classical Music Awards


The International Classical Music Awards are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines Andante, Crescendo,, Gramofon, Kultura, Musica, Musik & Theater, Opera, Pizzicato, Rondo Classic, Scherzo, with radio stations MDR Kultur, Orpheus Radio 99.2FM, Radio 100,7, the International Music and Media Centre, website Resmusica.com and radio Classic.
The first award ceremony was held in Tampere, Finland on 6 April 2011. The 2012 award ceremony and gala concert took place in Nantes. The 2013 award ceremony and gala concert were held in Milan 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. The 2015 award ceremony and gala concert took place in Ankara with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra.

Award ceremony hosts

2011

The Jury announced the winners for 2011 in 20 categories from a nomination list comprising over 500 CD and DVD productions.

2011 special awards

2011 audio and video categories

2012

The Jury announced the winners for 2012 in 20 categories from a nomination list comprising over 250 CD and DVD productions.

2012 special awards

2012 audio and video categories

2013

2013 special awards

2013 audio and video categories

2014

2014 special awards

2014 audio and video categories

2015

2015 special awards

2015 audio and video categories

2016

2016 special awards

2016 audio and video categories

2017

The Jury announced the winners for 2017 in 22 categories from a nomination list comprising 321 Audio and Video productions.

2017 special awards

2017 audio and video categories

2018

The jury has nominated 357 audio and video productions.

2018 special awards

2018 audio and video categories

2019

ICMA Jury nominates 319 releases from 107 labels for the 2019 awards.

2019 special awards

2019 audio and video categories

2020

ICMA Jury nominates 390 audio and video productions from 130 labels for the 2020 awards.

2020 special awards

2020 audio and video categories

2021

ICMA Jury has nominated 365 audio and video productions from 122 labels.

2021 special awards

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Edita Gruberová
  • Artist of the Year: Pablo Heras-Casado
  • Young artist of the Year: Can Cakmur
  • Discovery Award: Maya Wichert
  • Label of the Year: Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
  • Orchestra Award: Marc Bouchkov, Kian Soltani
  • Special Achievement Award: Drazen Domjanic, Ingolf Turban

2021 audio and video categories

2022

ICMA Jury has nominated 377 audio and video productions from 129 labels.

2022 special awards

2022 audio and video categories

2023

ICMA Jury has nominated 391 audio and video productions from 117 labels.

2023 special awards

2023 audio and video categories

2024

ICMA Jury has nominated 375 audio and video productions from 115 labels.

2024 special awards

2024 audio and video categories

2025

ICMA Jury has nominated 374 audio and video productions from 117 labels.

2025 awards

Predecessors

Cannes Classical Awards were music awards awarded at the Marché international du disque et de l'édition musicale 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, Répertoire, Pizzicato, Klassik Heute, Scherzo, Musica etc.
In 2002, the award in the 'Living Composer' category went to Poul Ruders.
MIDEM Classical Awards succeeded CCA in 2005 and were held until 2010.
In 2011, the awards were replaced with the International Classical Music Awards, which were first awarded in Tampere, Finland on April 6.