2025 in classical music

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This article is for major events and other topics related to classical music in 2025.

Events

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New works

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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

A

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  • John AdamsAfter the Fall (piano concerto)[77]
  • Lara Agar – Suntime Bedtime Moontime[78]
  • Dieter AmmannNo Templates (viola concerto)[79]
  • Rafael Marino Arcaro - Invention in Language of Child[78]

B

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  • Sir George Benjamin – 'Interludes and Aria' from Lessons in Love and Violence[80]
  • Kieran Brunt – The Hologram of St. Cecilia[81]

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  • Alice Chance – Iuvenia[82]
  • Raven Chaconinscription[83]
  • Arowah (Anjelica Cleaver) - 'In This World Of War, Peace is What We're Fighting For'[81]
  • Anna ClyneThe Eye[81]
  • Erland Cooper – Birds of Paradise[81]

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  • Aftar Darvishi – Likoo[84]
  • Olivia Davies – Confluence[85]
  • Jasdeep Singh Degun – Abbhā (A Tribute to Ustad Vilayat Khan)[81]
  • Donnacha Dennehy – Hard Landing[81]
  • Jasper Dommett – King Torques Hollow Acetate[81]

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G

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  • Nicholas Gawley - Appalachia[87]

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J

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K

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  • Gordon Kampe (music) and Dieter Sperl (text) – Die Kreide im Mund des Wolfs[91]
  • Elena Kats-Chernin – Rainbow Promise[81]

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M

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N

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  • Olga Neuwirth – Tombeau II: Hommage à Pierre Boulez[78]

O

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  • Kris Oelbrandt – Passion of Innocence[99]
  • Nkeiru Okoye – And The People Celebrated[81]

P

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  • Vanessa Perica – String Quartet No. 1 ('No feeling is final')[100]
  •  Sepehr Pirasteh – will the mountains sing for me [101]
  • Peggy Polias – Cameo[82]

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T

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U

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V

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  • Aleksandra Vrebalov – Love Canticles[112]

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Z

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New operas

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Recordings

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Deaths

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Major awards

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2025 Musical America Award Winners

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2025 Grammy Awards

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  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Rectangles and Circumstance, Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion (Nonesuch)
  • Best Choral Performance: Ochre (compositions by Ayanna Woods, George Lewis, Caroline Shaw); The Crossing; Donald Nally, conductor (Navona Records)
  • Best Classical Compendium: Gabriela OrtizRevolución Diamantina, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations; Víkingur Ólafsson (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Beyond the Years — Unpublished Songs of Florence Price; Karen Slack, Michelle Cann (Azica Records)
  • Best Instrumental Composition: Pascal Le Boeuf – 'Strands'
  • Best Opera Recording: Kaija SaariahoAdriana Mater; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves; San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Jason O'Connell, producer (SFS Media)
  • Best Engineered Album, Classical: Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 / Mason BatesResurrexit; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor; Mark Donahue and John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Reference Recordings)
  • Best Orchestral Performance: Gabriela OrtizRevolución Diamantina, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  • Producer of the Year, Classical: Elaine Martone

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  36. ^ Giselle Rhoden (12 March 2025). "Graham Parker leaves Louisville Orchestra after nearly three years of leadership". Louisville Public Media. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  40. ^ "Symphony Tacoma Music Director Sarah Ioannides Will Step Down Following 2025-26 Season" (Press release). Symphony Tacoma. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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  48. ^ "Lost work of famed French composer discovered and premiered in Wales" (Press release). Cardiff University. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  49. ^ "Adrien Perruchon wird Principal Conductor des Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra" (Press release). KD Schmid. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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  51. ^ "Johanna Soller nieuwe artistiek leider van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging" (Press release). Nederlandse Bachvereniging. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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  59. ^ "Announcing the 2025 Recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award" (Press release). Solti Foundation U.S. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  60. ^ "Ryan Fleur Appointed President and CEO of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts" (Press release). The Philadelphia Orchestra. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  61. ^ "Kazuki Yamada wird neuer Chefdirigent des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin" (Press release). Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
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  73. ^ "Alexander Shelley to conclude remarkable tenure as Music Director of Canada's National Arts Centre with bold final season in 2025–2026" (Press release). National Arts Centre. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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  83. ^ "Luisi and DSO offer a compelling premiere, engaging Bruch and breathless Beethoven". Texas Classical Review. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  84. ^ David Wright (4 April 2025). "Mutter recital spreads a rich table, including a striking Iranian premiere". New York Classical Review. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  97. ^ "Wigmore Hall: Nash Ensemble / Lucy Crowe / Geoffrey Paterson programme, 3 January 2025". Wigmore Hall. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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  99. ^ "Kris Oelbrandt: Passion of Innocence". Donemus. April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  103. ^ "Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini's Enigma Premiered by Simon Gaudenz and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra". Schott Music. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  119. ^ "Beat Furrer and Thomas Stangl's Opera Das grosse Feuer Premiered in Zürich". Schott Music. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  123. ^ Lisa Hirsch (9 March 2025). "A World-Premiere Opera Tackles the Refugee Crisis With Hope and Humanity". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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  126. ^ "Curtis New Music Ensemble's 2024–25 Centennial Series Concludes with Amy Beth Kirsten's Savior & Infernal Angel" (Press release). Curtis Institute of Music. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  127. ^ Elisabeth Vincentelli (22 January 2025). "At the Cloisters, Sor Juana's Words Ring Out in Song". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  128. ^ Iris Kwok (1 April 2025). "A New Opera Tells of the Expulsion of Chinese Immigrants From a California Town". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  129. ^ Flora Willson (27 January 2025). "'It's really a very dark comedy': Festen, the explosive opera based on the dinner-party-from-hell film". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  130. ^ Adam Sella (31 January 2025). "Challenging How Germany Remembers the 1972 Olympics Attack". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  131. ^ Andrew Clements (20 March 2025). "Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor album review -first complete recording illuminates its vertiginous contrasts". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  132. ^ 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.
  133. ^ Jed Distler (3 March 2025). "Stephen Hough: Piano Concerto ('The World of Yesterday') – PartitaSonatina nostalgica (Sir Stephen Hough)". Gramophone. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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  135. ^ Andrew Clements (2 January 2025). "Scarlatti: Daniele album review – unearthed oratorio takes listener into the lion's den". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  136. ^ Philip Harrison (19 March 2025). "Review of Sir Michael Tippett: New Year (NMC D291)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  137. ^ Erica Jeal (27 March 2025). "Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works album review – momentum and drive from the Master of the King's Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  138. ^ "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.
  139. ^ "Addio a Nora Orlandi, aveva 91 anni". Spettakolo!. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  140. ^ "Ältester Geigenbaumeister Deutschlands gestorben". MDR.DE (in German). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  141. ^ "World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90". Türkiye Today. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  142. ^ 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.
  143. ^ Ruth Fraňková (12 January 2025). "Renowned conductor Mario Klemens passes away at 88". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  144. ^ Keith Bramich (25 January 2025). "January 2025 Obituaries". Classical Music Daily. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  145. ^ "Elgar Howarth, trumpeter and conductor who worked with Harrison Birtwistle and The Beatles". The Telegraph. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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