One of the most important international juries awarding prizes for audio-visual productions, the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), whose distinctions are often called "the Oscars of classical music", will meet for the first time in Romania, between the 25th and 28th of January 2024.

It is customary for the annual meetings to be hosted by a member of the jury; on this occasion, jury members, journalists and managers at some of the leading magazines, radio and online publications dedicated to cult music, also attend music events in the cities hosting the meetings.

In 2024, the meeting is organised by Radio România Muzical, which is part of the ICMA jury in 2019. Jury members will attend the season concerts of the National Radio Orchestra and the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra.

Specially for the ICMA jury's visit, the Brașov Philharmonic and Radio Romania Muzical are organising the extraordinary recital "Pe-un picior de plai, pe-o gura de rai", on Saturday, January 27th, 7 pm, at the Patria Hall. The protagonists are prestigious musicians who will perform a representative Romanian repertoire: violinist AlexandruTomescu, soloist of the Romanian Radio Orchestra, accompanied by pianist Eduard Kunz, will play George Enescu's Sonata III in Romanian Folk Character; violist RăzvanPopovici, well-known organizer of the Sonoro festivals, together with pianist IoanDragoșDimitriu, artistic director of the Brasov Philharmonic, will play George Enescu's Konzertstück, together with Arioso and Allegro de concert by Stan Golestan. The special guests of this recital are Romanian-born violinist IulianaMünch, accompanied by pianist André Parfenov with a repertoire of transcriptions and original works by André Parfenov. Presented by Cristina Comandașu, manager of Radio România Muzical and member of the ICMA jury.

Tickets for this event are available at the ticket office of the Brașov Philharmonic and on bilet.ro.

Partners: Brașov Philharmonic, Remember Enescu Foundation, Ibis Styles City Center, Casa ArtiștilorBușteni, Radio Romania Orchestras and Choirs, Artexim, George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest.

With the support of: Rotary Club Pipera

The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are among the best known and most highly regarded awards in the international recording industry. The jury is made up of professional music critics from leading magazines, online magazines and radio stations: Andante (Turkey), Crescendo (Belgium), Das Orchester (Germany), Deutsche Welle (Germany), IMZ (Austria), MDR-Klassik (Germany), Musica (Italy), Musik& Theater (Switzerland), Opera (UK), Papageno (Hungary), Pizzicato (Luxembourg), Polskie Radio Chopin (Poland), Radio 100,7 (Luxembourg), Radio România Muzical (Romania), Resmusica. com (France), Scherzo (Spain), Rondo Classic (Finland), Unison (Croatia).