Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra has received as many as two nominations for one of the most prestigious record prizes in the world – the International Classical Music Awards 2025!

Nominated for the ICMA several times, in 2018 the Poznań orchestra won the prestigious trophy for the recording of Quo vadis by Feliks Nowowiejski.

This time, the international jury (composed of several outstanding musical critics) recognised two of our albums: “Grzegorz Fitelberg, Symphony in E-minor, Op. 16” (recorded at the concert conducted by Łukasz Borowicz at the University Auditorium on 6 October 2023, and published by DUX as CD and LP), as well as “Urlicht: Songs of Death and Resurrection” recorded by the Poznań ensemble under Łukasz Borowicz with the baritone Samuel Hasselhorn and the boys’ voices of The Poznań Nightingales, the Boys and Men’s Choir of the Poznań Philharmonic. Containing songs and arias by Gustav Mahler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Hans Pfitzner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Alban Berg and Walter Braunfels, the album published by Harmonia Mundi has already garnered excellent reviews and international honours.

Łukasz Borowicz, who leads the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra on both records, has, furthermore, received two more ICMA 2025 nominations: for “Grażyna Bacewicz, Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 2: Overture for orchestra, Symphony No. 2, Variations for orchestra, Musica sinfonica in tre movimenti”, and “Grażyna Bacewicz, Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 3: Symphony No. 1, Concerto for large orchestra, Partita for large orchestra, In una parte” recorded with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and published by cpo.

This year, our albums compete with 374 records released by 117 publishers from all over the world. Winners shall be announced in January 2025, while the prize-giving ceremony and gala concert will be held at the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf on 19 March 2025.