International Classical Music Awards, 2018

Four ICMA nominations: the spectacular international success of Hungaroton

Four of Hungaroton’s recordings have been nominated for the 2018 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). In the Vocal Recital category, the jury picked the Debussy-album by Emőke Baráth and Emese Virág, in Solo Instrument, István Lajkó’s World Premiere Liszt-recording was selected; in Chamber Music, the CD entitled ‘The Great Fugue’ by Izabella Simon and Dénes Várjon was found worthy of the nomination, and in Best Collection: Zoltán Kocsis’ tribute album made it to the top finals – said Luxembourgish musicologist Rémy Franck, president of the ICMA jury, after the voting on the 16th of November.

Zsolt Sárközy