Concert Gala: International Classical Music Awards 2025 | Tonhalle Düsseldorf

A concert exclusively with winners! At the concert gala for the International Classical Music Awards, the winners perform works by such great composers as Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. Among the stars of the evening are violinist Gidon Kremer, pianist Anna Gourari and countertenor Andreas Scholl. The Düsseldorfer Symphoniker are conducted by Adam Fischer and five guest conductors. The concert gala will take place in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf and will be hosted by Claudia Belemann from Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). 00:00 APPLAUSE 00:21 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Overture from “Le Nozze di Figaro” DÜSSELDORFER SYMPHONIKER ADAM FISCHER | Conductor Winners Special Achievement Award 12:57 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, III. Rondo Allegro CAN CAKMUR | Piano Winner Solo Instrument Award 25:22 ANTAL DORATI: Piano Concerto, I. Movement OLIVER TRIENDL | Piano Winner Special Achievement Award 41:54 VALENTYN SILVESTROV: Serenade GIDON KREMER | Violin Winner Lifetime Achievement Award 45:02 VIKTOR KOSENKO: Dreams (arr. Andrei Pushkarev) GIDON KREMER | Violin Winner Lifetime Achievement Award 54:10 DAVID POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 ETTORE PAGANO | Cello Winner Classeek Award 1:04:31 CHARLES GOUNOD: Je m’efforce en vain de te plaire, from “Le Tribut de Zamora” JÉRÔME BOUTILLIER | Baritone Winner Premiere Recordings Award 1:13:00 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351, Overture LEONARDO GARCÍA-ALARCÓN | Conductor & Harpsichordist Artist of the Year 1:19:45 CHRISTOPH EHRENFELLNER: Wiener Blut 200 (world premiere) CHRISTOPH EHRENFELLNER | Composer & Conductor Winner Composer Award 1:33:17 PAUL HINDEMITH: The Four Temperaments, 2nd variation: Sanguinic ANNA GOURARI | Piano Winner Assorted Programs 1:43:32 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 BENJAMIN KRUITHOF | Cello Young Artist of the Year 1:52:24 GUSTAV MAHLER: Revelge (from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”) LUKASZ BOROWICZ | Conductor SAMUEL HASSELHORN | Baritone Winner Vocal Music 2:01:17 ANTONIO VIVALDI: Stabat Mater, Movements I, VIII and IX ALESSANDRO TAMPIERI | Conductor ANDREAS SCHOLL | Countertenor Winner Baroque Vocal 2:09:02 PETERIS VASKS: Violin Concerto No. 1 (“Distant Light”), VI. Cantabile STANKO MADIĆ | Violin Label of the Year (BR Klassik) 2:24:43 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, III. Allegro con fuoco CAN SARAÇ | Piano Winner Discovery Award The International Classical Music Awards takes place for the 15th time in 2025, with prizes in 27 categories. The jury is made up of representatives from 16 European countries. In addition to musicians, awards were also given to albums, labels and music documentaries. Thumbnail photo: © Susanne Diesner Watch more concerts in your personal concert hall:    • CONCERT HALL   Subscribe to DW Classical Music:    / dwclassicalmusic   #classicalconcert #tchaikovsky #mozart