For the second year in a row we are delighted and proud to announce that Ensemble Esperanza is nominated for the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2019. Among this year 319 audio and video productions of the 107 music-labels, there is also to be found the Ensemble Esperanza with its second album „Southern Tunes“ (ARS Produktion) which is dedicated to the sounds of the south with not so often heard works of Eduard Toldrà, Ottorino Respighi, Komitas and Nino Rota and builds the bridge to the previous album of nordic nature.
After winning the „ICMA – Special Achievement Award“, the „price for extraordinary achievement“ in 2017 and nominations in 2018 our young international ensemble continues to amaze critics and experts alike. Competing artists in the category „Symphonic Music“ are i. a. the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester - K. Urbanski, the Boston Symphony Orchestra - A. Nelsons, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra- A. Nelsons, K. Zimerman - Berliner Philharmoniker - S. Rattle, Münchner Symphoniker - K. J. Edusei, the Wiener Symphoniker - P. Jordan and many others.
We look forward seeing the final results and the winners on the 17th of January 2019 and we wish our ensemble and other nominees the best of luck for the final eliminations of the ICMA-awards!