Outstanding Young Artist Award

The Outstanding Young Artist Award is one of the principle awards at the MIDEM Classique Awards, presented by the MIDEM / IAMA partnership each year in Cannes during the MIDEM international media trade show. The award aims to introduce the as yet unsigned recording stars of the future to the Classical recording industry, and is central to the Young International Performers (YIP) programme run by IAMA for not-for-profit organisations who nurture young musicians at the beginnings of their careers.

At the awards ceremony held on 26 January 2010 in Cannes, this year's Outstanding Young Artist Award went to clarinetist, Jose Franch-Ballester from Young Concert Artists Inc, New York.

IAMA would like to thank the jurys of IAMA members and Midem for their co-operation over the last five years. The award has been a great succsess and served its purpose to promote young talent from the non-profit members of IAMA. In the future, our involvement in the awards will cease although we will continue to support Midem Classique.

IAMA Jury 2010:

Mark HILDREW, Director, Askonas Holt, United Kingdom;

Gunther BROUCKE, Intendant, Brussels Philharmonic, Belgium;

Elisabeth EHLERS, Director, KünstlerSekretariat am Gasteig, Germany;

Patrizia GARRASI, President, RESIA SRL, Italy;

Etienne REYMOND, Artistic Administration, Tonhalle Gesellschaft Zürich, Switzerland;

MIDEM Jury 2010:

Aarno CRONVALL, Executive Producer, CLASSIC RADIO,Finland;

Bernadette BEYNE, Editor-in-Chief, CRESCENDO,Belgium;

Björn Woll, Editor-in-Chief, FONO FORUM, Germany;

James JOLLY, Editor-in-Chief, GRAMOPHONE, United Kingdom;

Christian MAY, Director, IAMA, United Kingdom;

Franz PATAY, Secretary General, IMZ, Austria;

Tobias PFLEGER, Editor, KLASSIK.COM, Germany;

Martin HOFFMEISTER, Deputy Head of Music Department, MDR, Germany;

Stephen HASTINGS, Editor, MUSICA, Italy;

Andrea Meuli, Editor-in-Chief, MUSIK & THEATER, Switzerland;

Christian Scheib, Head of Music Department, ORF, Austria;

Rémy FRANCK, Managing Director & Editor-in-Chief, PIZZICATO, Luxembourg;

Pierre-Jean TRIBOT, Editor Events & Special Projects, RESMUSICA.COM, Belgium;

Irina GERASIMOVA, CEO and Artistic Director, RADIO ORPHEUS, Russia;

Luis SUNÉN, Director, SCHERZO,Spain