Ermonela Jaho’s ANIMA ARA won the Vocal Music ICMA Award

The Jury of the 2021International Classical Musica Awards (ICMA) has announced that Ermonela Jaho’s debut recording Anima Rara won the award in the category Vocal Music. The album was short-listed along with Elsa Dreisig’s album Morgen and Marina Rebeka’s recording Elle. The Jury wrote about Anima Rara in their press release:

“The superb Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho shows great dramatic artistry. Her charisma and ability to trigger goosebumps and emotional sympathy in the listener distinguish her outstanding singing, which benefits from a very characteristic and recognisable timbre. Her consistently warm and powerful voice is projected evenly over the whole range of the soprano registers and is capable of all the necessary dynamic and colourful nuances required.”

The winners will be presented their trophies during a gala concert in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on June 27^th, with the Sinfonirorchestre Liechtenstein conducted by Yaron Traub. Other winners comprise soprano Edita Gruberova (Lifetime Achievement), Pablo Heras-Casado (Artist of the Year), Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings (Label of the Year), Saint-Saëns’s Le Timbre d’Argent (opera recording), and Beatrice Rana’s Ravel/Stravinsky album (solo instrument recording).

For the complete press release and list of awards, click here.