Nov 18, 2025 | Wencke Wallbaum News 3 Nominations for ICMA 2026

​The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are the successors of the MIDEM Classical Awards respectively the Cannes Classical Awards. The ICMA jury consists of professional music critics of important magazines, online services and radio stations:

Andante (Turkey), Crescendo (Belgium), Das Orchester (Germany), Deutsche Welle (Germany), Gewandhaus Radio (Germany), KULMAG (Liechtenstein), Musica (Italy), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), Opera (UK), Papageno (Hungary), Pizzicato (Luxembourg), Radio 100,7 (Luxembourg), radio klassik Stephansdom (Austria), Radio România Muzical (Romania), Resmusica.com (France), Rondo Classic (Finland), Scherzo (Spain), Tygodnik Powszechny (Poland) and Unison (Croatia).

The following audite productions were nominated:

Solo Instrument:

Bach & Gubaidulina
Ursina Maria Braun, cello

Chamber Music:

Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet,Op. 96, String Quintet, Op. 97 & Humoresques, Op. 101
Mandelring Quartett | Roland Glassl

The Alban Berg Quartett plays Boulez' Livre pour quatuor
Alban Berg Quartett

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