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 Tampere
- 2012 Nantes
- 2013 Milan
- 2014 Warsaw
- 2015 Ankara
- 2016 San Sebastián
- 2017 Leipzig
- 2018 Katowice
- 2019 Lucerne
- 2020 Seville
- 2021 Vaduz
- 2022 Luxembourg City
- 2023 Wrocław
- 2024 València
- 2025 Düsseldorf
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
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Menahem Pressler, founder of the Beaux Arts Trio
- Artist of the Year: Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Young Artist of the Year: David Kadouch
- Label of the Year: Chandos Records
- Special Achievement Award: BIS Records' complete Sibelius Edition
- Website/Online Award: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ''Digital Concert Hall''
2011 audio and video categories
- Recording of the Year + Opera category – Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin dir. René Jacobs
- Symphonic – Shostakovich 8th Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko
- Baroque – Via Crucis soloists Núria Rial, Philippe Jaroussky, L'Arpeggiata, cond. Christina Pluhar
- Chamber Music – Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos 3, 9 "Kreutzer" – Viktoria Mullova, Kristian Bezuidenhout
- Choral – Stravinsky Oedipus Rex – Depardieu, Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Gergiev
- Concerto – Schumann Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra – Lena Neudauer, German Radio PO, Pablo González
- Contemporary – Friedrich Cerha Spiegel-Monumentum-Momente – SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling
- Early Music – Dinastia Borgia Book and CDs – Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
- First Recording – Vivaldi Armida al campo d'Egitto Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
- Historical – Sibelius Complete Symphonies – Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
- Solo Instrumental – Debussy Complete Piano Works Vol 5 – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Vocal Recital – Mahler Lieder – Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
- DVD Performance – Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen – cond. Zubin Mehta, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana with La Fura dels Baus
- DVD Documentary – Tchaikovsky Two films: – Christopher Nupen
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
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Krzysztof Penderecki
- Artist of the Year: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Young Artist of the Year: Joseph Moog
- Label of the Year: Ondine
- Special Achievement Award: Ward Marston
- Website/Online Award: classicalplanet.com
2012 audio and video categories
- Recording of the Year + Solo instrumental category: Robert Schumann: Papillons, Klaviersonate op. 11, Kinderszenen, Fantasie op. 17, Waldszenen, Thema mit Variationen ; Andras Schiff
- Symphonic: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Sunhae Im, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
- Baroque instrumental: Rameau: L’Orchestre de Louis XV – Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Naïs, Zoroastre, Les Boréades ; Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
- Baroque vocal: Heinrich Schütz: Musicalische Exequien; Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
- Chamber Music: Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet op. 20, Sextet op. 71; Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
- Choral: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Philippe Jaroussky, Matthias Goerne, Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
- Concerto: French Impressions – Camille Saint-Saëns, Eugène Ysaÿe, Ernest Chausson, Maurice Ravel; Rachel Kolly d'Alba, Orchestre Symphonique de Bienne, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod
- Contemporary: Krzysztof Penderecki: Viola Concerto, Cello Concerto No. 2; Grigory Zhislin, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
- Early Music; Palestrina Vol. 1 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria, Salve Regina, Ave Maria; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
- Opera: Frank Martin – Der Sturm (opera); Robert Holl, Christine Buffle, Ethan Herschenfeld, James Gilchrist, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir, conducted Thierry Fischer
- Historical: Béla Bartók: Concertos, Cantata profana, Divertimento, etc.; Tibor Varga, Andor Foldes, Géza Anda, Louis Kentner, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, RIAS Berlin, conducted Ferenc Fricsay
- Vocal Recital: Tragédiennes 3 – Etienne Nicolas Méhul, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Antonio Salieri, Christoph Willibald Gluck, François Joseph Gossec, Hector Berlioz, etc.; Véronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset.
- Vocal Recital: Slavic Opera Arias – Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Parashkev Hadjiev, Alexander Borodin, Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Veselin Stoyanov, Krassimira Stoyanova, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Pavel Baleff
- DVD Performance: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
- DVD Documentary: Carlos Kleiber – Traces to Nowhere; Film by Eric Schulz. With Plácido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Otto Schenk, Veronika Kleiber
2013
2013 special awards
- Lifetime achievement award: Aldo Ciccolini
- Artist of the year: Carolin Widmann
- Young artist of the year vocal: Valer Sabadus
- Young artist of the year instrumental: Alessandro Mazzamuto
- label of the year: Audite
- Classical website award: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Special achievement award: Robert von Bahr
- Special achievement award: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
2013 audio and video categories
- Early music: Amarcord – zu S. Thomas, Zwei Gregorianische Messen aus dem Thomas-Graduale – Thomaskirche Leipzig, um 1300; Amarcord Ensemble
- Baroque instrumental: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001–3 ; Isabelle Faust, violin
- Baroque vocal: Polychoral Splendour Music from the four galleries of the Abbey Church of Muri by Giovanni Gabrieli and Heinrich Schütz Cappella Murensis;
- Vocal recital: Christian Gerhaher – Ferne Geliebte, Beethoven – Haydn – Schönberg – Berg; Christian Gerhaher, baritone, Gerold Huber, piano
- Choral works: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Geistliches Chorwerk; Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
- Opera: Stanislaw Moniuszko: Verbum nobile; Aleksander Teliga, Aleksandra Buczek, Leszek Skrla, Michal Partyka, Janusz Lewandowski, Chor i Orkiestra Opery na Zamku / Warcislaw Kunc
- Solo instrument: Serge Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28, Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Nikolai Lugansky, piano
- Chamber music: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Carolin Widmann, violin, Jörg Widmann, clarinet, Nicolas Altstaedt, cello, Alexander Lonquich, piano
- Concertos: Dances to a Black Pipe, Copland – Brahms – Fröst – Piazzolla – Hillborg – Högberg; Martin Fröst, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti
- Symphonic music: Albert Roussel: Le festin de l’araignée, Padmâvatî; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
- Contemporary music: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cello Concerto No. 2 Towards the Horizon, Modificata, Percussion Concerto Incantations; Truls Mørk, cello, Colin Currie, percussion, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
- Best collection: Anton Bruckner: Symphonies No. 1 – 9; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
- Historical recording: Les Ballets Russes, Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring; Moscow Philharmonic, Moscow State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko, Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Fedoseyev
- DVD performance: Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur; Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Olga Borodina, Alessandro Corbelli, David Soar, Iain Paton, Janis Kelly, Sarah Castle, Maurizio Muraro, Bonaventura Bottone, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Mark Elder and David McVicar
- DVD documentaries: John Cage – Journeys in Sound. A Film by Allan Miller & Paul Smaczny, and written by Anne-Kathrin Peitz
2014
2014 special awards
- Lifetime achievement award: Charles Dutoit
- Artist of the year: Andreas Staier
- Young artist of the year: Adrien Boisseau
- Label of the year: Glossa
- Classical website award: Metropolitan Opera Archives
- Special achievement award: Ludwig van Beethoven Association, Kraków
- Special achievement award: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg
2014 audio and video categories
- Early music: Erasmus van Rotterdam: In Praise of Folly; Louise Moaty, Marc Mauillon, René Zosso, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall
- Baroque instrumental: The Scarlatti Restored Manuscript, Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Soler: Sonatas; Andrea Bacchetti, piano, RCA Red Seal
- Baroque vocal: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri, Confitebor tibi Domine; Philippe Jaroussky, Julia Lezhneva, Coro della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
- Vocal recital: Franz Schubert: Erlkönig; Matthias Goerne, baritone & Andreas Haefliger, piano
- Choral works: Berlioz: Grande messe des morts, Op. 5; Barry Banks, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, LSO Live
- Opera: Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Ian Bostridge, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christopher Purves, Susan Gritton, Peter Coleman-Wright, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
- Solo instrument: Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales – George Enescu: Sonata op. 24/1 – Claude Debussy: 4 Préludes, Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano & Scarlatti Illuminated ; Joseph Moog, piano
- Chamber music: Béla Bartok: String Quartet No. 3 – Alban Berg: String Quartet op. 3 – Alfred Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3; Signum Quartet
- Concertos Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 – Peter Eötvös: Seven – György Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös
- Symphonic music: Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1–4, Tragische Ouvertüre, Haydn-Variationen, Liebeslieder-Walzer etc.; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
- Contemporary music: Krzysztof Penderecki: The Complete Symphonies; Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
- Best collection: Paul Hindemith: Violin Concerto – Violin Sonatas; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin, Enrico Pace, piano, Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony
- Historical recording: Sergiu Celibidache – The Berlin Recordings, 1945–1957; Hans Bottermund, Helmut Heller, Lilia d’Albore, Erna Berger, Margarete Klose, Gustav Scheck, Gerhard Puchelt, Tibor de Machula, Raoul Koczalski, Hans Peter Schmitz, Helmut Schlövogt, Karl Rucht, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Sergiu Celibidache
- DVD performance: Sergey Prokofiev: The Gambler; Sergei Aleksashkin, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Vladimir Galuzin, Larissa Dyadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Alexander Gergalov, Nadezhda Serdyuk, Andrei Popov, Oleg Sychev, Andrei Spekhov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev; Laurent Gentot, film director
- DVD documentaries: Refuge in Music – Terezin; A Film by Dorothee Binding and Benedict Mirow, with Anne-Sofie von Otter, Daniel Hope, Christian Gerhaher, Bengt Forsberg, Bebe Risenfors, Alice Herz-Sommer, Coco Schumann
2015
2015 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dmitri Kitayenko
- Artist of the Year: Christian Tetzlaff
- Young artist of the Year vocal: Jodie Devos
- Young artist of the Year instrumental: Yury Revich
- Label of the Year: Accentus
- Special Achievement Award: Panufnik Edition: Lukasz Dlugosz, Ewa Kupiec, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Sarah van der Kemp, Michael von Schönermark, Raphael Wallfisch, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz.
- Special Achievement Award: Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue ; Goldberg Variations
- Special Achievement Award: Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
2015 audio and video categories
- Early music: Bal-Kan. Honey and Blood, Cycles of Life; Meral Azizoğlu, Irini Derebei, Gürsoy Dinçer, Lior Elmaleh, Montserrat Figueras, Tcha Limberger, Marc Mauillon, Amira Medunjanin, Stoimenka Outchikova-Nedyalkova, Agi Szalóki, Zacharias Spyridakis, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall
- Baroque instrumental: Pavanes and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland; Dowland – Purcell – Jenkins – Lawes – Morley – Locke; John Holloway, Monika Baer, Renate Steinmann, Susanna Hefti, Martin Zeller
- Baroque vocal: Vivaldi: Pieta – Sacred Works for Alto; Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Arteserse
- Vocal recital: Stella di Napoli; Pacini – Bellini – Carafa – Rossini – Mercadante – Donizetti...; Joyce DiDonato, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi
- Choral works: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Opera: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Alexandra Silber, Cheyenne Jackson, Jessica Vosk, Kevin Vortmann, Juliana Hansen, Kelly Markgraf, Julia Bullock, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
- Solo instrument: Franz Schubert: Sonatas D. 894 & D. 959; Evgeni Koroliov, piano
- Chamber music: Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichtrio op. 3 – Serenade op. 8; Frank Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Christian Poltéra
- Concertos: Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante; Wolfgang A. Mozart: Oboe Concerto; Lucas M. Navarro, Gregory Ahss, Konstantin Pfiz, Guilhaume Santana, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
- Symphonic music: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
- Contemporary music: Unsuk Chin: Piano and Cello Concertos, Su for Sheng and Orchestra; Alban Gerhardt, Wu Wei, Sunwook Kim, Seoul Philharmonic, Myung-Whun Chung
- Best collection: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Symphonies; Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
- Historical recording: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1–9; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
- DVD performance: Nikolaï Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh; Vladimir Vaneev, Maxim Aksenov, Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Alexey Markov, Netherlands Opera Chorus, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht, conductor, Dmitri Tcherniakov, stage director
- DVD documentaries: Richard Strauss and his Heroines; A Film by Thomas von Steinaecker; Brigitte Fassbaender, Renée Fleming, Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, Christian Strauss, Rufus Wainwright, Franz Welser-Möst
2016
2016 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Felicity Lott
- Artist of the Year: Christian Lindberg
- Young artist of the Year: Pablo Ferrández
- Discovery Award: Nikolai Song
- Label of the Year: Harmonia Mundi
- Special Achievement Award: Palazzetto Bru Zane
- Special Achievement Award: Dinorah Varsi Edition
2016 audio and video categories
- Early music: Argentum et Aurum – Musical Treasures of the Early Habsburg Renaissance; Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon
- Baroque instrumental: La Follia, Arcangelo Corelli: 6 Sonatas; Michala Petri, Mahan Esfahani
- Baroque vocal: Agrippina, Porpora – Graun – Händel: Arias; Ann Hallenberg, Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
- Vocal recital: Joyce & Tony at Wigmore Hall, Haydn – Rossini – Santoliquido – De Curtis – Foster – Kern...; Joyce DiDonato, Antonio Pappano
- Choral works: Antonin Dvorak: Requiem; Ilse Eerens, Bernarda Fink, Maximilian Schmitt, Nathan Berg, Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe
- Opera: Piotr Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; Olesya Golovneva, Alexander Vinogradov, Andrei Bondarenko, Dmytro Popov, Vladislav Sulimsky, John Heuzenroeder, Marc-Olivier Oetterli, Dalia Schaechter, Justyna Samborska, Marta Wryk, Choir of the Cologne Opera – Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Dmitri Kitayenko
- Solo instrument: Franz Schubert: Sonatas, Impromptus & Moments Musicaux; Andras Schiff
- Chamber music: Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 – Robert Schumann: Romances, Brahms/Schumann/Dietrich: F.A.E. Sonata; Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov
- Concertos: Nikolai Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 3 – Alexander Scriabin: Piano Concerto; Yevgeny Sudbin, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
- Symphonic music: Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1–7; Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
- Contemporary music: Krzysztof Penderecki: Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto, Concerto grosso for 3 Cellos and Orchestra; Michel Lethiec, Lukasz Dlugosz, Arto Noras, Bartosz Koziak, Rafal Kwiatkowski, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
- Best collection: Guerre et Paix, Blow – Biber – Caldara – Händel...; Hesperion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, Capella Reial, Jordi Savall
- Historical recording: Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. VIII, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2, Schumann: Piano Concerto; Annie Fischer, Leon Fleisher, Swiss Festival Orchestra, George Szell, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
- DVD performance: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
- DVD documentaries: Daniil Trifonov, The Magics of Music – The Castelfranco Veneto Recital; By Christopher Nupen
2017
The Jury announced the winners for 2017 in 22 categories from a nomination list comprising 321 Audio and Video productions.2017 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Matti Salminen
- Artist of the Year: Tabea Zimmermann
- Young artist of the Year instrumental: Sophie Pacini
- Young artist of the Year vocal: Elsa Dreisig
- Discovery Award: Robert Neumann
- Label of the Year: BIS Records
- Special Achievement Award: Klaus Heymann
- Special Achievement Award: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Special Achievement Award: Ensemble Esperanza
2017 audio and video categories
- Early music: Roland De Lassus: Canticum Canticorum; Chœur de chambre de Namur, Ensemble Clematis, Leonardo García Alarcón
- Baroque instrumental: L’ange et le diable, Tartini – Locatelli – Vitali – Leclair – Forqueray; Chouchane Siranossian, Jos van Immerseel
- Baroque vocal: Serpent & Fire, Purcell – Graupner – Sartorio – Locke – Händel – Hasse – Cavalli; Anna Prohaska, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
- Baroque vocal: J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion; Werner Güra, Benno Schachtner, Sunhae Im, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Staats- & Domchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
- Vocal recital: Schubertiade, Schubert: Lieder, Instrumentalstücke & Rezitation; Julian Prégardien, Marc Hantaï, Xavier Diaz-Latorre, Philippe Pierlot
- Choral works: Geistliche Gesänge: Reger – J.S. Bach – Nystedt; MDR-Rundfunkchor, Florian Helgath
- Opera: Claude Vivier: Kopernikus; Svea Schildknecht, Uta Buchheister, Barbara Ostertag, Neal Banerjee, Ji-Su Park, Dorothea Winkel, Florian Kontschak, Holst-Sinfonietta, Opera Factory Freiburg, Klaus Simon
- Solo instrument: Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op. 37bis, Children’s Album Op. 39; Elena Bashkirova
- Solo instrument: Sergei Lyapunov – Works for Piano Vol. 2; Florian Noack
- Chamber music: Duo Sessions, Halvorsen – Kodaly – Ravel – Schulhoff; Julia Fischer & Daniel Müller-Schott
- Concertos: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64, Schumann: Violin Concerto WoO 234; Carolin Widmann, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Symphonic music: Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert, Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum, Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14; Deborah York, Stella Doufexis, Damen des Chors des BR, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
- Contemporary music: Oriental Trumpet Concertos, Penderecki – Say – Khachaturian – Arutiunian, Gábor Boldoczki, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurek Dybal
- Best collection: Szymanowski: Overture op. 12, Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 4; Gautier Capuçon, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
- Historical recording: Mahler – Loewe – Wagner – Brahms – Schubert...; Maureen Forrester, Hertha Klust, Michael Raucheisen, Felix Schröder
- Video performance: Alban Berg: Wozzeck; Christian Gerhaher, Gun-Brit Barkmin, Brandon Jovanovich, Mauro Peter, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Lars Woldt, Pavel Daniluk, Cheyne Davidson, Martin Zysset, Irène Friedli, Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi, Stage Director: Andreas Homoki
- Video documentaries: Leonard Bernstein – Larger than Life; A Film by Georg Wübbolt
2018
The jury has nominated 357 audio and video productions.2018 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: José van Dam
- Artist of the Year: Manfred Honeck
- Young artist of the Year: Christoph Sietzen
- Outstanding young Polish Artist: Szymon Nehring
- Discovery Award: Yuan Yu
- Label of the Year: Alpha
- Special Achievement Award: Krzysztof Penderecki Center Lusławice
- Special Achievement Award: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
- Special Achievement Award: Melodiya: Anthology of Russian Symphonic Music
2018 audio and video categories
- Early Music: Quattrocento – Musica y danza de la Corona de Aragon en Napoles; Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner
- Baroque Instrumental: Vivaldi: The Concertos for Recorder; Stefan Temmingh, Capricornus Consort Basel
- Baroque Vocal: The Händel Album; Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Artaserse
- Vocal Recital: Visions, Bizet – Bruneau – David – Février – Franck – Godard – Halévy – Massenet – Niedermeyer – Saint-Saëns; Véronique Gens, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hervé Niquet
- Choral: Felix Nowowiejski: Quo vadis; Wioletta Chodowicz, Wojtek Gierlach, Robert Gierlach, Slawomir Kaminski, Podlaskie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz
- Opera: Camille Saint-Saëns: Proserpine; Véronique Gens, Marie-Adeline Henry, Frédéric Antoun, Andrew Foster-Williams, Jean Teitgen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer
- Solo Instrument: Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & D 960; Krystian Zimerman
- Chamber Music: Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. VII & VIII, Beethoven: Quartets op. 18/2 & op. 59/3 – op. 18/3 & op. 74; Quartetto di Cremona
- Concertos: Elgar: Cello Concerto – Martinu: Cello Concerto No. 1; Sol Gabetta, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Krzysztof Urbanski
- Symphonic: Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies; ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister
- Contemporary: Tigran Mansurian: Requiem; Anja Petersen, Andrew Redmond, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
- Assorted Programs: Jean Sibelius: Tapiola – En Saga – 8 Songs ; Anne-Sofie von Otter, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
- Best Collection: Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies; Simona Saturova, Mihoko Fujimura, Christian Elsner, Christian Gerhaher, MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor & GewandhausKinderchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
- Historical: Svjatoslav Richter plays Schubert, Live in Moscow, 1949–1963; Svjatoslav Richter
- DVD Performance: Rereading Brahms, Brahms: The Symphonies; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Markus Poschner
2019
ICMA Jury nominates 319 releases from 107 labels for the 2019 awards.2019 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Nelson Freire
- Artist of the Year: Javier Perianes
- Young artist of the Year: Matko Smolcic
- Discovery Award: Eva Gevorgyan
- Label of the Year: Ars Produktion
- Composer Award: Francisco Coll
- Orchestra Award: Stephen Waarts
- Special Achievement Award: Numa Bischof Ullmann
2019 audio and video categories
- Early Music: Music In Medieval Denmark: 13th – 15th Century; Ensemble Peregrina, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Benjamin Bagby
- Baroque Instrumental: Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041, 1042, 1052; Berliner Barock Solisten, Frank Peter Zimmermann
- Baroque Vocal: 17th Century Sacred Music in Wroclaw; Concerto Palatino, Gli Angeli Genève, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Stephan MacLeod
- Vocal Recital: Miroir, Gounod – Massenet – Puccini – Steibelt – Rossini – Mozart – R. Strauss; Elsa Dreisig, soprano, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Michael Schønwandt
- Choral: Sergei Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution; Ernst Senff Choir – Erfurt Air Force Music Corps, Staatskapelle Weimar, Kirill Karabits
- Opera: Gioacchino Rossini: Semiramide; Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto, Susana Gaspar, David Butt Philip, James Platt, Opera Rara Chorus – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder
- Solo Instrument: Wolfgang A. Mozart: Fantasy K. 475 + Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 16 & 18; Maxim Emelyanychev
- Chamber Music: Es war einmal – Once upon a time, Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen op. 132, Fantasiestücke op. 73 + Märchenbilder op. 113, Jörg Widmann: 5 Stücke im Märchenton; Jörg Widmann, Tabea Zimmermann, Dénes Várjon
- Concertos: The Golden Age – Cello 1925, Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 3 – Ibert: Concerto for Cello & Wind Instruments, Toch: Cello Concerto – Martinu: Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion & Piano; Christoph Heesch, Eroica Berlin, Jakob Lehmann
- Concertos: Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
- Symphonic: Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 – Grieg: Allegretto grazioso + Melody Op. 34/2; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dmitri Kitayenko
- Symphonic: Bernstein: Complete Symphonies + Prelude, Fugue & Riffs; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Beatrice Rana, Nadine Sierra, Josephine Barstow, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Choir, Antonio Pappano
- Contemporary: Arvo Pärt: Symphonies Nos. 1- 4; NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Tõnu Kaljuste
- Assorted Programs: In Time, Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64 + String Octet op. 20; Chouchane Siranossian, Anima Eterna Brugge, Jakob Lehmann, Balasz Bozzai, Nicolas Mazzoleni, Bernadette Verhagen, Katya Polin, Davit Melkonyan, Astrig Siranossian
- Best Collection: Jean Sibelius: Incidental Music; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
- Historical: Birgit Nilsson. The Great Live Recordings
- Video Performance: Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle – Poulenc: La Voix Humaine; Barbara Hannigan, John Relyea, Ekaterina Gubanova, Paris Opera Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krzysztof Warlikowski
- Video Performance: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Dorothea Röschmann, Anna Prohaska, Lauri Vasar, Marianne Crebassa, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel, Jürgen Flimm & Bettina Hartmann
- Video Documentaries: Belcanto – The Tenors of the 78 Era; Documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre, Caruso, Slezak, Tauber, McCormack, Schipa, Gigli, Schmidt, Koslovsky, Björling et al.
2020
ICMA Jury nominates 390 audio and video productions from 130 labels for the 2020 awards.2020 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Elisabeth Leonskaja
- Artist of the Year: Marina Rebeka
- Young artist of the Year: Erica Piccotti
- Discovery Award: Philipp Schupelius
- Label of the Year: Pentatone Classics
- Orchestra Award: Pepe Romero
- Composer Award: Ivan Boumans
- Special Achievement Award: John Axelrod, Jérôme Lejeune
2020 audio and video categories
- Early Music: Willaert e la Scuola Fiamminga a San Marco; Cappella Marciana, La Pifarescha, Marco Gemmani
- Baroque Instrumental: Night Music, Vivaldi – Gerardo – Eyck – Lully – Hotteterre – Biber; Dorothee Oberlinger, I Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
- Baroque Vocal: Georg Friedrich Händel: Serse; Franco Fagioli, Vivica Genaux, Inga Kalna, Francesca Aspromonte, Andrea Mastroni, Delphine Galou, Biagio Pizzuti, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
- Vocal Music: Franz Schubert: Winterreise; Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès
- Choral Music: Piotr Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom – Nine Sacred Choruses; Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
- Choral Music: Arthur Honegger: Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher; Judith Chemla, Jean-Claude Drouot, Christian Gonon, Adrien Gamba-Gontard, Claire de Sévigné, Christine Goerke, Judit Kutasi, Jean-Noël Briend, Steven Humes, Rotterdam Symphony Chorus, Netherlands Children’s Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
- Opera: Antonio Salieri: Tarare; Judith van Wanroij, Jérôme Boutillier, Tassis Christoyannis, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Cyrille Dubois, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Marine Lafdal-Franc, Danaé Monnié, Enguerrand de Hys, Karine Deshayes, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Solo Instrument: Beethoven/Liszt – Schubert – Haydn – Say – Bartok – Sasaki; Can Çakmur, piano
- Solo Instrument: Schubert: Sonata D 960 – Drei Klavierstücke D 946 – Moments Musicaux D 780; Dina Ugorskaja
- Chamber Music: Lili Boulanger: Nocturne – César Franck: Violin Sonata – Louis Vierne: Violin Sonata Op. 23 Eugène Ysaÿe: Poème élégiaque Op. 12; Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien
- Concertos: Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Concerto; Kirill Gerstein, Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
- Symphonic Music: Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Symphonies; Sara Swietlicki, Morten Grove Frandsen, Ilker Arcayürek, Lars Møller, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
- Contemporary Music: Dusapin: Penthesilea; Georg Nigl, Natascha Petrinsky, Marisol Montalvo, Werner van Mechelen, Eve-Maud Hubeau, Wiard Withol, Yaroslava Kozin, Marta Baretta, Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Franck Ollu
- Assorted Programs: Antonio Vivaldi: Arias & instrumental works; Léa Desandre, Bruno Philippe, Peter Whelan, Jean Rondeau, Cecilia Bernardini, Louis Creac’h, Jérôme Van Waerbeke, Douglas Balliett, Jupiter, Thomas Dunford
- Best Collection: Mieczysław Weinberg: Chamber Music;, Evgeniya Seydel, Alexander Brusilovsky, Fyodor Druzhinin, Alla Vasilieva, Mieczysław Weinberg, Timofei Dokschitzer, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Borodin Quartet, Algis Zhuraitis, Rudolf Barshai
- Historical Recordings: Wilhelm Furtwängler – The Radio Recordings 1939–1945; Edwin Fischer, Peter Anders, Walter Gieseking, Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Rudolf Watzke, Erna Berger, Walther Ludwig, Fritz Heitmann, Georg Kulenkampff, Conrad Hansen, Pierre Fournier, Adrian Aeschbacher, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Video Performance: Richard Strauss: Salome; Asmik Grigorian, John Daszak, Anna Maria Chiuri, Gábor Bretz, Julian Prégardien, Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst, Romeo Castellucci, stage director
- Video Documentaries: Gidon Kremer – Finding your own voice; Directed Paul Smaczny, Kremerata Baltica, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Tatjana Grindenko, Olesya Petrova, Evgeny Svetlanov Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Jacek Kaspszyk, Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Preludes to a Lost Time
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
- Early Music: Bonefont – Bruck – Gombert – Kerle – Lassus; Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel
- Baroque Instrumental: Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concertos; Chouchane Siranossian, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
- Baroque Instrumental: The Berlin Album, Benda – Graun – Janitsch – Kirnberger – von Preußen – Schulz; Ensemble Diderot, Johannes Pramsohler
- Baroque Vocal: La Francesina, Handel’s Nightingale; Sophie Junker, Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte
- Vocal Music: Anima Rara, Catalani – Giordano – Leoncavallo – Mascagni – Massenet – Puccini; Ermonela Jaho, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni
- Choral Music: Igor Kuljeric: Glagolitic Requiem, Jakov Gotovac: Himna Slobodi; Kristina Kolar, Eric Laporte, Annika Schlicht, Ljubomir Puskaric, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repusic
- Opera: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d’Argent Hélène Guilmette; Jodie Devos, Edgaras Montvidas, Yu Shao, Tassis Christoyannis, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Matthieu Chapuis, Accentus, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
- Solo Instrument: Maurice Ravel: La Valse, Miroirs – Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka; Beatrice Rana
- Chamber Music: Fantasque, Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 – Debussy: Violin Sonata – Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 – Poulenc: Violin Sonata; Franziska Pietsch, Josu de Solaun
- Concertos: Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Alban Gerhardt, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Symphonic Music: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9 – Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 – Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 – Stephan: Music for Orchestra; Marlis Petersen, Elisabeth Kulman, Benjamin Bruns, Kwangchul Youn, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
- Contemporary Music: Thomas Adès: Powder Her Face, Berceuse, Mazurkas, In Seven Days; Kirill Gerstein, Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra, Thomas Adès
- Assorted Programs: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Coriolan Overture, The Creatures of Prometheus Overture; Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
- Best Collection: Dmitrij Kitajenko Collection, Bernstein – Butsko – Flyarkovsky – Gabeli – Kabalevsky – Khachaturian – Rachmaninov – Rimsky-Korsakov – R. Strauss – Theodorakis – Yanchenko; Various soloists, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitrij Kitajenko
- Historical Recordings: Live in Moscow 1951–1963, Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87; Svjatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Dmitri Shostakovich
- Video Performance: Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No. 3 + Etude-Tableau + Vocalise + Symphony No. 3; Denis Matsuev, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
- Video Performance: Thomas: Hamlet; Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Laurent Alvaro, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Nicolas Legoux, Julien Behr, Jérôme Varnier, Yoann Dubruque, Kevin Amiel, Chœur Les Eléments, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Louis Langrée, conductor, Cyril Teste, stage director
- Video Documentaries: Lucas Debargue – To Music; A film by Martin Mirabel
2022
ICMA Jury has nominated 377 audio and video productions from 129 labels.2022 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Ádám Fischer
- Artist of the Year: Martin Fröst
- Young artist of the Year: Gennaro Cardaropoli
- Discovery Award: Julian Kainrath
- Composer Award: Sebastian Androne
- Label of the Year: Château de Versailles Spectacles
- Orchestra Award: Francisco Coll García
- Special Achievement Award: Pierre Cao, Michael Korstick
2022 audio and video categories
- Early Music: Basevi Codex – Music at the Court of Margaret of Austria; Dorothee Mields, Boreas Quartett Bremen
- Baroque Instrumental: The Mad Lover, Eccles – Purcell – Dunford – Matteis; Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Thomas Dunford
- Baroque Vocal: Anima Aeterna, Fux – Handel – Nucci – Zelenka; Jakub Józef Orliński, Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti
- Vocal Music: Schumann: Complete Songs; Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
- Choral Music: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle; Sandrine Piau, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Edgardo Rocha, Christian Senn, Francesco Corti, Cristiano Gaudio, Daniel Perer, Coro Ghislieri, Giulio Prandi
- Opera: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata; Javier Camarena, Marina Rebeka, Franco Vassallo, Antonio Di Matteo, Gustavo De Gennaro, Sonia Fortunato, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Fabrizio Maria Carminati
- Solo Instrument: Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices; Alina Ibragimova
- Solo Instrument: Leoš Janáček: On an Overgrown Path – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 – In the Mists; Lars Vogt
- Chamber Music: Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 8-10; Frank Peter Zimmermann, Martin Helmchen
- Concertos: Beethoven – Berg – Bartók; Frank Peter Zimmermann, Berliner Philharmoniker, Alan Gilbert, Daniel Harding, Kirill Petrenko
- Symphonic Music: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 ; Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
- Contemporary Music: Francisco Coll, Violin Concerto – Hidd’n Blue – Mural – 4 Iberian Miniatures – Aqua Cinerea; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
- Assorted Programs: Nikolai Kapustin, Piano Concerto No. 4 – Concerto for violin, piano & strings – Chamber Symphony Op. 105; Frank Dupree, Rosanne Philippens, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Case Scaglione, Frank Dupree
- Historical Recordings: The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler on Records; Various composers, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Premiere Recordings: Antonio Salieri: Armida; Lenneke Ruiten, Florie Valiquette, Teresa Iervolino, Ashley Riches, Chœur de chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Video Performance: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Jonas Kaufmann, Marlis Petersen, Andrzej Filonczyk, Jennifer Johnston, Mirjam Mesak, Corinna Scheuerle, Manuel Günther, Dean Power, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Stone
- Video Documentaries: A World Without Beethoven?; Sarah Willis, Martin Roddewig, Deutsche Welle/BFMI
2023
ICMA Jury has nominated 391 audio and video productions from 117 labels.2023 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: David Geringas
- Artist of the Year: Ermonela Jaho
- Young artist of the Year: Saò Soulez-Larivière
- Discovery Award: Leonhard Baumgartner
- Label of the Year: Naxos
- Composer Award: David Philip Hefti
- ICMA Classeek Award: Marc-André Teruel
- Orchestra Award: Karol Mossakowski
- Special Achievement Award: National Forum of Music, Alessandro Marangoni
2023 audio and video categories
- Early Music: El Collar de la Paloma, Ibn Hazm of Cordoba; Capella de Ministrers, Carlos Magraner,
- Baroque Instrumental: Bach: Italian Concerto – French Overture; Mahan Esfahani
- Baroque Vocal: Handel: Semele; Ana Maria Labin, Lawrence Zazzo, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo Garcia Alarcón
- Vocal Music: Dissonance, Rachmaninov: Melodies; Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniusas
- Choral Music: Rossini: Messa di Gloria; Eleonora Buratto, Teresa Iervolino, Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Carlo Lepore, Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
- Opera: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; Julian Behr, Vannina Santoni, Alexandre Duhamel, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Jean Teitgen, Hadrien Joubert, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lille, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
- Solo Instrument: Haydn: Piano Sonatas; Josu de Solaun
- Chamber Music: Into Madness, Bartok – Enescu – Achron; Tassilo Probst, Maxim Lando
- Concertos: Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos; Vilde Frang, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Pekka Kuusisto
- Symphonic Music: Rott: Symphony No. 1 – Mahler: Blumine – Bruckner: Symphonic Prelude; Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
- Contemporary Music: Holliger: Lunea; Christian Gerhaher, Juliane Banse, Ivan Ludlow, Sarah Maria Sun, Annette Schönmüller, Philharmonia Zürich, Basler Madrigalisten, Heinz Holliger
- Assorted Programs: Salonen: Cello Concerto – Ravel: Duo Sonata; Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
- Historical Recordings: Haydn: Symphony No. 99 – Schönberg: Piano Concerto op. 42, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; John Ogdon, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík
- Premiere Recordings: Conrado del Campo: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 5; Quatuor Diotima
- Video: Opera: Hans Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen; Barbara Hannigan, Rachael Wilson, Katarina Dalayman, Peter Rose, Caroline Wettergreen, Dean Power, Kevin Conners, Owen Willets, Orchestra & Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Cornelius Meister, Andreas Kriegenburg
- Video: Performance & Documentaries: Metanoia, Bach – Borodin – Morricone – Pärt – Puccini – Villa-Lobos; Manon Galy, Ensemble K – Sequenza 9.3, Simone Menezes, Paul Smaczny
2024
ICMA Jury has nominated 375 audio and video productions from 115 labels.2024 special awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Güher Pekinel and Süher Pekinel
- Artist of the Year: Renaud Capuçon
- Young artist of the Year: Aida Pascu
- Discovery Award: Lana Zorjan
- Composer Award: Orazio Sciortino
- ICMA Classeek Award: Cassie Martin
- Label of the Year: Bru Zane
- Special Achievement Award: Bruno Monsaingeon, Sylvain Cambreling, #bruckner24 / The Complete Versions Edition
2024 audio and video categories
- Early Music: Oriente Lux; Orpheus 21, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
- Baroque Instrumental: Sonate a quattro, Goldberg – Telemann – Händel – Fasch – Janitsch; Ensemble Diderot, Johannes Pramsohler
- Baroque Vocal: Jouissons de Nos Beaux Ans!, De Bury – Dauvergne – Francoeur – Cassanéa de Mondonville – Rameau – Rebel – Royer; Cyrille Dubois, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
- Vocal Music: Les Heures Claires, Nadia & Lili Boulanger: The Complete Songs; Lucile Richardot, Stéphane Degout, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Anne de Fornel, Raquel Camarinha, Sarah Nemtanu
- Choral Music: André Caplet: Le Miroir de Jésus; Anke Vondung, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Howard Arman
- Opera: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michael Spyres, Michele Pertusi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
- Solo Instrument: Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo Op. 27; Hilary Hahn
- Chamber Music: Schubert: Trio D 898, Notturno D 897, Rondo D 895, Piano Trio D 929, Arpeggione Sonata; Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt
- Concertos: Wolfgang A. Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5; Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz
- Symphonic Music:Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
- Contemporary Music: Reconnaissance, Kaija Saariaho: Choir Works; Anna Kuvaja, Timo Kurkikangas, Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, Nils Schweckendiek
- Assorted Programs: Maurice Ravel: L’heure espagnole – Boléro; Isabelle Druet, Julien Behr, Loïc Félix, Thomas Dolié, Jean Teitgen, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
- Historical Recordings: Herbert von Karajan – The Early Lucerne Years, Beethoven – Mozart – Bach – Brahms – Honegger; Robert Casadesus, Geza Anda, Clara Haskil, Nathan Milstein, Swiss Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
- Premiere Recordings: Jules Massenet: Ariane; Amina Edris, Marianne Croux, Judith van Wanroij, Jean-Francois Borras, Yoann Dubruque, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Laurent Campellone
- Video: Opera: Leos Janáček: Káťa Kabanová; Corinne Winters, Evelyn Herlitzius, David Butt Philip, Benjamin Hulett, Jens Larsen, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky
- Video: Performance & Documentaries: When music resounds, the soul is spoken to – Herbert Blomstedt; Documentary by Paul Smaczny
2025
ICMA Jury has nominated 374 audio and video productions from 117 labels.2025 awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Gidon Kremer
- Artist of the Year: Leonardo García Alarcón
- Young artist of the Year: Benjamin Kruithof
- Discovery Award: Can Saraç
- Composer Award: Christoph Ehrenfellner
- ICMA Classeek Award: Ettore Pagano
- Label of the Year: BR-Klassik
- Special Achievement Award: Ádám Fischer, Oliver Triendl, Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
- Early Music: Il Concerto Caccini, Strozzi – Caccini – Philips – de Cavalieri – Anonymous; Scherzi Musicali, Nicolas Achten
- Baroque Instrumental: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6 BWV 825-830; Martin Helmchen
- Baroque Vocal: Invocazioni Mariane, Porpora – Vinci – Anfossi – Pergolesi – Vivaldi – Ragazzi; Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Alessandro Tampieri
- Vocal Music: Urlicht, Mahler – Zemlinsky – Humperdinck – Korngold – Pfitzner – Braunfels – Berg; Samuel Hasselhorn, Julia Grüter, The Poznań Nightingales Boys’ Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
- Choral Music: Bruckners Welt, Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 2, Sacred works; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Peter Dijkstra
- Opera: Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, Elina Garanča, Georg Zeppenfeld, Wolfgang Koch, Stefan Cerny, Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan
- Solo Instrument: Schubert: Piano Sonata D 840 + Hungarian Melody D 817 + Allegretto D 915, Krenek: Piano Sonata No. 2, Can Çakmur
- Chamber Music: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1-15, Quartet movement in E flat major, Two Pieces for String Quartet op. 22 & Op. 29; Danel Quartet
- Concertos: Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Carissima, The Gardens at Eastwell, Vilde Frang, violin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
- Symphonic Music: George Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Romanian Rhapsodies op. 11, Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru
- Contemporary Music: Unsuk Chin: Violin Concerto No. 1, Cello Concerto, Le Silence des sirènes, Rocaná, Chorós Chordón, Piano Concerto; Christian Tetzlaff, Alban Gerhardt, Sunwook Kim, Barbara Hannigan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Harding, Sakari Oramo, Simon Rattle
- Contemporary Music:John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries, Girls of the Golden West, Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance; ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Marin Alsop
- Assorted Programs: Alfred Schnittke: Piano Concerto – Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, The Four Temperaments; Anna Gourari, piano, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Markus Poschner
- Historical Recordings: Brahms & Mozart: Geza Anda Live 1963 & 1974, Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18; Géza Anda, piano, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Karl Böhm
- Premiere Recordings: Saint-Saëns: Déjanire; Kate Aldrich, Julien Dran, Anaïs Constans, Jérôme Boutillier, Anna Dowsley, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
- Video: Opera: Johann Strauß: Die Fledermaus; Diana Damrau, Georg Nigl, Katharina Konradi, Martin Winkler, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Vladimir Jurowski, Barrie Kosky
- Video: Performance & Documentaries: Living Bach, Bach players and singers around the world; Anna Schmidt
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.