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Overview of the events of 2025 in classical music
This article is for major events and other topics related to classical music in 2025 .
1 January
At the 2025 Vienna New Year's Concert , the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Riccardo Muti perform the Ferdinandus-Walzer of Constanze Geiger , the first music by a female composer ever performed in the Vienna Philharmonic's Neujahrskonzert . The orchestra and conductor featured the same Constanze Geiger selection in the 30 December 2024 and 31 December 2024 performances at the Musikverein of the same programme.[ 1]
The new all-female ensemble La Philharmonica gives its inaugural concert at the Ehrbarsaal , Vienna, with a programme of music by Leopoldine Blahetka , Gisela Frankl, Constanze Geiger, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. , Mathilde Kralik , Johann Strauss II , Maria Anna Stubenberg , and Josephine Amann-Weinlich .[ 2] 6 January – The Moab Music Festival simultaneously announces the appointment of Tessa Lark as its next artistic director, and the retirement of its founding directors Michael Barrett and Leslie Tomkins.[ 3] 9 January – The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Martin Rajna as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2026-2027 season, with an initial contract of four seasons.[ 4] 10 January – The Houston Symphony announces the appointment of Gary Ginstling as its next executive director and chief executive officer, effective 3 February 2025.[ 5] [ 6] 13 January – News reports confirm the destruction of Belmont Music Publishers, the publisher of the works of Arnold Schoenberg , with losses on the order of 100,000 scores and parts, as a result of the Palisades Fire .[ 7] 14 January – Sony Music Entertainment announces its acquisition of Supraphon .[ 8] [ 9] 15 January
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Hannu Lintu as its next music director, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. In parallel, the orchestra announces that Hans Graf is to stand down as its music director at the close of the 2025–2026 season.[ 10]
The 19th century barge that served as the concert venue for Bargemusic is towed from its long-standing slip at Fulton Ferry Landing for scrappage at Staten Island, after evaluation and judgment that the barge was no longer viable to continue as a concert venue.[ 11] 16 January
The Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung announces its 2025 prizes:
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert McGrath as its next executive director and chief executive officer, effective 3 February 2025.[ 14] 17 January – The Seattle Symphony announces the scheduled departure of Krishna Thiagarajan as its president and chief executive director, effective 30 April 2025.[ 15] 24 January – Juanjo Mena discloses via social media his diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease .[ 16] [ 17] 1 January
2 January – Wilhelm Brückner , German luthier, 92[ 32] 7 January – Ayla Erduran , Turkish violinist, 90[ 33] 9 January – Otto Schenk , Austrian opera director and actor, 94[ 34] 11 January – Mario Klemens , Czech conductor, 88[ 35] 13 January
Walter Deutsch, Austrian composer, musicologist, pianist, and radio and television presenter, 101[ 36]
Elgar Howarth , English conductor, composer and trumpeter, 89[ 37] 17 January – Mary O'Reilly, American-born orchestral violinist active in The Netherlands, 71[ 38] 18 January – Claire van Kampen , British pianist, composer, arranger, and playwright, 71[ 39] 2025 Musical America Award Winners [ edit ]
^ "Neujahrskonzert mit Muti und Premiere" . ORF . 30 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025 .^ "Neujahrskonzert der Philharmonikerinnen" . ORF . 15 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025 .^ "Moab Music Festival Names Grammy-Nominated Violinist Tessa Lark Artistic Director" (Press release). Moab Music Festival. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025 .^ "29-year-old conductor Martin Rajna to lead OPL from September 2026" . RTL Today . 9 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025 .^ "Gary Ginstling Named Executive Director And CEO Of Houston Symphony" (Press release). Houston Symphony. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ Javier C. Hernández (10 January 2025). "Houston Symphony Taps Gary Ginstling as C.E.O." The New York Times . Retrieved 16 January 2025 . ^ Javier C. Hernández (13 January 2025). "Vast Trove of Arnold Schoenberg's Music Is Destroyed in Fire" . The New York Times . Retrieved 16 January 2025 . ^ "Supraphon součastí Sony Music" (Press release). Supraphon. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ "Sony Music acquires Supraphon in Czech Republic" (Press release). Supraphon. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ "Singapore Symphony Orchestra Welcomes Finnish Conductor Hannu Lintu as New Music Director from 2026/27" (Press release). Singapore Symphony Orchestra. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025 .^ Mary Frost (15 January 2025). "It's the end of an era for Brooklyn's Bargemusic" . Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ "Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2025 Awarded to Sir Simon Rattle" (Press release). Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ "2025 Composer Prizes to Ashkan Behzadi, Bastien David and Kristine Tjøgersen" (Press release). Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ "Robert McGrath Appointed President and CEO of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra" (Press release). Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ "Seattle Symphony Announces Departure of President & CEO Krishna Thiagarajan" (Press release). Seattle Symphony. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ Francisco Salazar (24 January 2025). "Conductor Juanjo Mena Diagnosed with Alzheimer's" . OperaWire . Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ Luciana Godoy (24 January 2025). "Juanjo Mena tiene Alzheimer: El legado del director de orquesta español" . La Península . Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ "At SF Symphony, New John Adams Piano Concerto Falls Gracefully on the Ear" . San Francisco Classical Voice . 16 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025 .^ "Nils Mönkemeyer to premiere Dieter Ammann's Viola Concerto No Templates with the Sinfonieorchester Basel" (Press release). IMG Artists. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ a b Andrew Clements (13 January 2025). "LSO/Rattle review – old, new, borrowed and Boulez for conductor's birthday concerts" . The Guardian . Retrieved 20 January 2025 . ^ "Wigmore Hall: Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival programme, 3 January 2025" . Wigmore Hall . 3 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025 .^ "A Season of Premieres and Noteable Performances for Philipp Maintz" . Schott Music EAM . 20 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025 .^ "Wigmore Hall: Nash Ensemble / Lucy Crowe / Geoffrey Paterson programme, 3 January 2025" . Wigmore Hall . 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025 .^ Eric Dundon (3 December 2024). "Composer Nina Shekhar on Writing an Accordion Concerto" . Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra . Retrieved 10 January 2025 . ^ "Wigmore Hall: Danny Driver programme, 2 January 2025" . Wigmore Hall . 2 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025 .^ Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim (20 January 2025). "At Prototype Festival, Opera With Lynchian Strangeness in Song" . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ Elisabeth Vincentelli (22 January 2025). "At the Cloisters, Sor Juana's Words Ring Out in Song" . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ Erica Jeal (2 January 2025). "Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works vol 3 album review – an ambitious symphony and a bittersweet miniature" . The Guardian . Retrieved 10 January 2025 . ^ Andrew Clements (2 January 2025). "Scarlatti: Daniele album review – unearthed oratorio takes listener into the lion's den" . The Guardian . Retrieved 10 January 2025 . ^ "Le compositeur français Jean-Michel Defaye, arrangeur de Léo Ferré, est mort à l'âge de 92 ans" . Le Figaro (in French). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025 .^ "Addio a Nora Orlandi, aveva 91 anni" . Spettakolo!. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025 .^ "Ältester Geigenbaumeister Deutschlands gestorben" . MDR.DE . Retrieved 3 January 2025 .^ "World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90" . Türkiye Today . 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025 .^ A. J. Goldmann (9 January 2025). "Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94" . The New York Times . Retrieved 10 January 2025 . ^ Ruth Fraňková (12 January 2025). "Renowned conductor Mario Klemens passes away at 88" . Radio Prague International . Retrieved 20 January 2025 . ^ Keith Bramich (25 January 2025). "January 2025 Obituaries" . Classical Music Daily . Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ "Elgar Howarth, trumpeter and conductor who worked with Harrison Birtwistle and The Beatles" . The Telegraph . 16 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025 .^ "In Memoriam Mary O'Reilly" (Press release). Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ Alex Traub (19 January 2025). "Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies" . The New York Times . Retrieved 16 January 2025 . ^ Susan Elliott (20 November 2024). "Hannigan Tops Musical America 2025 Artist of the Year Awards" . Musical America . Retrieved 10 January 2025 .
