International Classical Music Awards Gala — Tonhalle, Duesseldorf, 2025

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Why this recording

Streamed live by DW Classical Music on 19 March 2025, the evening features only winners of the 15th International Classical Music Awards, given in 27 categories by a jury from sixteen European countries. Six conductors take turns in front of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, including Artist of the Year Leonardo García-Alarcón in the overture to the Music for the Royal Fireworks. At 1:19:45, Christoph Ehrenfellner conducts the world premiere of his own “Wiener Blut 200”. Lifetime Achievement winner Gidon Kremer plays Silvestrov and then Kosenko from 41:54.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelDW Classical Music
Source statusOfficial — broadcaster or organiser
Broadcast
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ResolutionHD (720p+)
Source qualityProfessional (multi-camera)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026; direction, camera setup and sound documented by the editors.

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Published on September 9, 2026 by Simon Janvier

Live concert filmed at the Tonhalle in Duesseldorf in 2025 for the International Classical Music Awards gala, this full concert brings together the year’s laureates around the Duesseldorf Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Adam Fischer and several guest conductors, the program traverses great pages of the repertoire — Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky — served by leading soloists: violinist Gidon Kremer, pianist Anna Gourari, countertenor Andreas Scholl. Captured by DW Classical Music, a reference channel for broadcasting classical music, this live concert conveys the excellence of a gala evening played live in a major German hall. The filmed live concert highlights the diversity of the repertoire, from baroque to romanticism, and the quality of performance honored by the ICMA. A multi-piece live capture precious for classical music lovers, offering a vivid panorama of today’s scene. A filmed live concert to savor for the richness of its program and the prestige of its performers.

Setlist

  1. Mozart – Les Noces de Figaro, ouverture (Adam Fischer, direction)
  2. Beethoven – Concerto pour piano n° 3 en ut mineur, op. 37, III. Rondo. Allegro (Can Cakmur, piano)
  3. Dorati – Concerto pour piano, 1er mouvement (Oliver Triendl, piano)
  4. Silvestrov – Sérénade (Gidon Kremer, violon)
  5. Kosenko – Rêves, arr. Andrei Pushkarev (Gidon Kremer, violon)
  6. Popper – Rhapsodie hongroise, op. 68 (Ettore Pagano, violoncelle)
  7. Gounod – « Je m'efforce en vain de te plaire », extrait du Tribut de Zamora (Jérôme Boutillier, baryton)
  8. Haendel – Musique pour les feux d'artifice royaux, HWV 351, ouverture (Leonardo García-Alarcón, direction et clavecin)
  9. Ehrenfellner – Wiener Blut 200, création mondiale (Christoph Ehrenfellner, direction)
  10. Hindemith – Les Quatre Tempéraments, 2e variation : Sanguin (Anna Gourari, piano)
  11. Tchaïkovski – Pezzo capriccioso, op. 62 (Benjamin Kruithof, violoncelle)
  12. Mahler – Revelge, extrait du Knaben Wunderhorn (Samuel Hasselhorn, baryton ; Lukasz Borowicz, direction)
  13. Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, mouvements I, VIII et IX (Andreas Scholl, contre-ténor ; Alessandro Tampieri, direction)
  14. Vasks – Concerto pour violon n° 1 « Distant Light », VI. Cantabile (Stanko Madić, violon)
  15. Tchaïkovski – Concerto pour piano n° 1 en si bémol mineur, op. 23, III. Allegro con fuoco (Can Saraç, piano)

Personnel & credits

  • Duesseldorfer Symphoniker
  • Adam Fischer — conductor
  • Gidon Kremer — violin
  • Anna Gourari — piano
  • Andreas Scholl — countertenor
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