Polish Breakdancing Countertenor’s New Album Wins an ICMA!
Jakub Józef Orliński’s newest album ‘Anima Æterna’, recorded on the Erato label, was awarded the International Classical Music Award for 2021!
The young countertenor of international fame, Jakub Józef Orliński, has won an International Classical Music Award in the ‘Baroque Vocal’ category for his new album Anima Æterna. The album was built around the works of lesser-known sacral music composers from the 18th century. It includes pieces by Johann Joseph Fux, Georg Friedrich Handel, Bartolomeo Nucci, Francisco Antonio de Alameida, Gennaro Manna and Jan Zelenka. The performances of compositions by Nucci, Manna and Handel are phonographic premieres. For Orliński, the title, which means ‘eternal soul’, is a description of nature:
Something so lively, untamed and dangerous, but calming, intriguing and healing at the same time.
2021 was an awfully good year for Orliński: it began with receiving an International Opera Award, and ended it with his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice, with a libretto by Sarah Ruhl. In January 2022, he will make his debut at the Royal Opera House in London, where he will play the role of Dydym in Theodore by Handel, directed by Katie Mitchell. In March 2022, an album (CD and DVD) will be released containing a recording of Stabat Mater by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Capella Cracoviensis, and directed by Jan Tomasz Adamus, with Sebastian Pańczyk directing.
Another Polish note during this year’s ICMA award ceremony this year, was an award in the ‘Video Performance’ category for the recording of Die Tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Bayerische Staatsoper (conducted by Kiril Petrenko, directed by Simon Stone), in which the role of Frank-Fritz is played by Andrzej Filończyk, a singer from Wrocław.
The International Classical Music Awards are granted by music editors, critics and artistic directors related to opinion-forming media which focus on classical and contemporary music. The jury of this year's award included media representatives from Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Great Britain and Italy. Remy Franck, chairman of the jury, said:
Our winners are the expression of the highest artistry, and the list of awards shows that our jury is not content with a superficial evaluation of the music industry but performs a comprehensive and in-depth analysis. The winner list comprises many renowned as well as lesser-known and young musicians and no less than 17 labels!
ICMA has been awarded since 2011 – it is the continuation of the MIDEM Classical Awards (1994–2010). The awards ceremony is held in a different city every year. In 2018, a gala was held in Katowice, at the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra. This year's ICMA Awards Gala will be held on 21st April 2022 at the Luxembourg Philharmonic.
Originally written in Polish, translated by NR, 18 Jan 2022
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