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** At the 2025 ], the ] and ] perform the ''Ferdinandus-Walzer'' of ], 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.<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Neujahrskonzert mit Muti und Premiere | url=https://wien.orf.at/stories/3287263/ | work=ORF | date=2024-12-30 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> ** At the 2025 ], the ] and ] perform the ''Ferdinandus-Walzer'' of ], 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.<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Neujahrskonzert mit Muti und Premiere | url=https://wien.orf.at/stories/3287263/ | work=ORF | date=2024-12-30 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
** The new all-female ensemble ''La Philharmonica'' gives its inaugural concert at the ''Ehrbarsaal'', Vienna, with a programme of music by ], Gisela Frankl, Constanze Geiger, ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Neujahrskonzert der Philharmonikerinnen | url=https://wien.orf.at/stories/3285415/ | work=ORF | date=2024-12-15 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> ** The new all-female ensemble ''La Philharmonica'' gives its inaugural concert at the ''Ehrbarsaal'', Vienna, with a programme of music by ], Gisela Frankl, Constanze Geiger, ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Neujahrskonzert der Philharmonikerinnen | url=https://wien.orf.at/stories/3285415/ | work=ORF | date=2024-12-15 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
* ] – The Moab Music Festival simultaneously announces the appointment of ] as its next artistic director, and the retirement of its founding directors Michael Barrett and Leslie Tomkins.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Moab-Music-Festival-Names-Tessa-Lark-Artistic-Director.html?soid=1103584053506&aid=sXPqxbj5hW0 | title=Moab Music Festival Names Grammy-Nominated Violinist Tessa Lark Artistic Director | publisher=Moab Music Festival | date=6 January 2025 | access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
* ] – The ] announces the appointment of ] as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2026-2027 season, with an initial contract of four seasons.<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=29-year-old conductor Martin Rajna to lead OPL from September 2026 | url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2265645.html | work=RTL Today | date=2025-01-09 | access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
* ] – The ] announces the appointment of Gary Ginstling as its next executive director and chief executive officer, effective 3 February 2025.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://houstonsymphony.org/press-room/gary-ginstling-named-executive-director-and-ceo-of-houston-symphony/ | title=Gary Ginstling Named Executive Director And CEO Of Houston Symphony | publisher=Houston Symphony | date=10 January 2025 | access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Javier C. Hernández | title=Houston Symphony Taps Gary Ginstling as C.E.O. | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/arts/music/houston-symphony-ceo-gary-ginstling.html | work=The New York Times | date=2025-01-10 | access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref>
* ] – News reports confirm the destruction of Belmont Music Publishers, the publisher of the works of ], with losses on the order of 100,000 scores and parts, as a result of the ].<ref>{{cite news | author=Javier C. Hernández | title=Vast Trove of Arnold Schoenberg's Music Is Destroyed in Fire | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/arts/music/arnold-schoenberg-scores-fire.html | work=The New York Times | date=2025-01-13 | access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref>
* ] – ] Entertainment announces its acquisition of ].<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.supraphon.com/articles/561-sony-music-acquires-supraphon-in-czech-republic | title=Supraphon součastí Sony Music | publisher=Supraphon | date=14 January 2025 | access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.supraphon.cz/novinky/2684-supraphon-soucasti-sony-music | title=Sony Music acquires Supraphon in Czech Republic | publisher=Supraphon | date=14 January 2025 | access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref>
* ] – The ] announces the appointment of ] as its next music director, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. In parallel, the orchestra announces that ] is to stand down as its music director at the close of the 2025–2026 season.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.sso.org.sg/press/singapore-symphony-orchestra-welcomes-finnish-conductor-hannu-lintu-as-new-music-director-from-202627-season | title=Singapore Symphony Orchestra Welcomes Finnish Conductor Hannu Lintu as New Music Director from 2026/27 | publisher=Singapore Symphony Orchestra | date=15 January 2025 | access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>


==New works== ==New works==
* ] – ''After the Fall'' (piano concerto)<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=At SF Symphony, New John Adams Piano Concerto Falls Gracefully on the Ear | url=https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/sf-symphony-new-john-adams-piano-concerto-falls-gracefully-ear | work=San Francisco Classical Voice | date=2025-01-16 | access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
* Sir ] – 'Interludes and Aria' from ''Lessons in Love and Violence''<ref name="Clements20250113">{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=LSO/Rattle review – old, new, borrowed and Boulez for conductor's birthday concerts | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/13/lso-rattle-review-boulez-barbican-george-benjamin-mark-anthony-turnage | work=The Guardian | date=2025-01-13 | access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
* ] – ''The Ancestors: ballet in eight tableaux''<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Wigmore Hall: Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival programme, 3 January 2025 | url=https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202501031930 | work=Wigmore Hall | date=2025-01-03 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> * ] – ''The Ancestors: ballet in eight tableaux''<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Wigmore Hall: Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival programme, 3 January 2025 | url=https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202501031930 | work=Wigmore Hall | date=2025-01-03 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
* Philipp Maintz – ''jag die hunde zurück!'' (for six sopranos and six percussionists, after ])<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=A Season of Premieres and Noteable Performances for Philipp Maintz | url=https://www.eamdc.com/news/a-season-of-premieres-and-major-performances-for-philipp-maintz/ | work=Schott Music EAM | date=2024-12-20 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> * Philipp Maintz – ''jag die hunde zurück!'' (for six sopranos and six percussionists, after ])<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=A Season of Premieres and Noteable Performances for Philipp Maintz | url=https://www.eamdc.com/news/a-season-of-premieres-and-major-performances-for-philipp-maintz/ | work=Schott Music EAM | date=2024-12-20 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
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* Nina Shehkar – Accordion Concerto<ref>{{cite web | author=Eric Dundon | title=Composer Nina Shekhar on Writing an Accordion Concerto | url=https://slso.org/shekhar/ | work=Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | date=2024-12-03 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> * Nina Shehkar – Accordion Concerto<ref>{{cite web | author=Eric Dundon | title=Composer Nina Shekhar on Writing an Accordion Concerto | url=https://slso.org/shekhar/ | work=Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | date=2024-12-03 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
* Thomas Simaku – ''Catena IV''<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Wigmore Hall: Danny Driver programme, 2 January 2025 | url=https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202501021930 | work=Wigmore Hall | date=2025-01-02 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> * Thomas Simaku – ''Catena IV''<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Wigmore Hall: Danny Driver programme, 2 January 2025 | url=https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202501021930 | work=Wigmore Hall | date=2025-01-02 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
* Mark-Anthony Turnage – ''Sco'' (guitar concerto)<ref name="Clements20250113"/>


==Recordings== ==Recordings==
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* ] – ], Turkish violinist, 90<ref>{{Cite web|title=World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90|url=https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/world-renowned-turkish-violinist-ayla-erduran-dies-at-90-102662/|website=Türkiye Today|date=8 January 2025|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> * ] – ], Turkish violinist, 90<ref>{{Cite web|title=World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90|url=https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/world-renowned-turkish-violinist-ayla-erduran-dies-at-90-102662/|website=Türkiye Today|date=8 January 2025|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>
* ] – ], Austrian opera director and actor, 94<ref>{{cite news | author=A. J. Goldmann | title=Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/arts/music/otto-schenk-dead.html | work=The New York Times | date=2025-01-09 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref> * ] – ], Austrian opera director and actor, 94<ref>{{cite news | author=A. J. Goldmann | title=Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/arts/music/otto-schenk-dead.html | work=The New York Times | date=2025-01-09 | access-date=2025-01-10}}</ref>
* ] – ], Czech conductor, 88<ref>{{cite web|title=Renowned conductor Mario Klemens passes away at 88|url=https://english.radio.cz/renowned-conductor-mario-klemens-passes-away-88-8839698|website=Radio Prague International|language=en|date=12 January 2025}}</ref> * ] – ], Czech conductor, 88<ref>{{cite news | author=Ruth Fraňková | title=Renowned conductor Mario Klemens passes away at 88 | url=https://english.radio.cz/renowned-conductor-mario-klemens-passes-away-88-8839698 | work=Radio Prague International | date=2025-01-12 | access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
* ] – ], English conductor, composer and trumpeter, 89<ref>{{cite web|title=Elgar Howarth, trumpeter and conductor who worked with Harrison Birtwistle and The Beatles|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/01/16/elgar-howarth-trumpet-conductor-zappa-beatles-died-obituary/|website=The Telegraph|date=16 January 2025}}</ref> * ] – ], English conductor, composer and trumpeter, 89<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Elgar Howarth, trumpeter and conductor who worked with Harrison Birtwistle and The Beatles | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/01/16/elgar-howarth-trumpet-conductor-zappa-beatles-died-obituary/ | work=The Telegraph | date=2025-01-16 | access-date=2025-01-19}}</ref>
* ] – ], British pianist, composer, arranger, and playwright, 71<ref>{{cite news | author=Alex Traub | title=Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/obituaries/claire-van-kampen-dead.html | work=The New York Times | date=2025-01-19 | access-date=2025-01-16}}</ref>


==Major awards== ==Major awards==

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Events

New works

  • John Adams – After the Fall (piano concerto)
  • Sir George Benjamin – 'Interludes and Aria' from Lessons in Love and Violence
  • Steven Mackey – The Ancestors: ballet in eight tableaux
  • Philipp Maintz – jag die hunde zurück! (for six sopranos and six percussionists, after Ingeborg Bachmann)
  • David Matthews – Serenade and Tango
  • Joey Roukens – Violin Concerto ('Out of the Deep')
  • Nina Shehkar – Accordion Concerto
  • Thomas Simaku – Catena IV
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage – Sco (guitar concerto)

Recordings

Deaths

Major awards

2025 Musical America Award Winners

References

  1. "Neujahrskonzert mit Muti und Premiere". ORF. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. "Neujahrskonzert der Philharmonikerinnen". ORF. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. "Moab Music Festival Names Grammy-Nominated Violinist Tessa Lark Artistic Director" (Press release). Moab Music Festival. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. "29-year-old conductor Martin Rajna to lead OPL from September 2026". RTL Today. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. "Gary Ginstling Named Executive Director And CEO Of Houston Symphony" (Press release). Houston Symphony. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  6. Javier C. Hernández (10 January 2025). "Houston Symphony Taps Gary Ginstling as C.E.O." The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  7. 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.
  8. "Supraphon součastí Sony Music" (Press release). Supraphon. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  9. "Sony Music acquires Supraphon in Czech Republic" (Press release). Supraphon. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  10. "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.
  11. "At SF Symphony, New John Adams Piano Concerto Falls Gracefully on the Ear". San Francisco Classical Voice. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  12. ^ Andrew Clements (13 January 2025). "LSO/Rattle review – old, new, borrowed and Boulez for conductor's birthday concerts". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  13. "Wigmore Hall: Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival programme, 3 January 2025". Wigmore Hall. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  14. "A Season of Premieres and Noteable Performances for Philipp Maintz". Schott Music EAM. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  15. "Wigmore Hall: Nash Ensemble / Lucy Crowe / Geoffrey Paterson programme, 3 January 2025". Wigmore Hall. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  16. Eric Dundon (3 December 2024). "Composer Nina Shekhar on Writing an Accordion Concerto". Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  17. "Wigmore Hall: Danny Driver programme, 2 January 2025". Wigmore Hall. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  18. 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.
  19. Andrew Clements (2 January 2025). "Scarlatti: Daniele album review – unearthed oratorio takes listener into the lion's den". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  20. "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.
  21. "Addio a Nora Orlandi, aveva 91 anni". Spettakolo!. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  22. "Ältester Geigenbaumeister Deutschlands gestorben". MDR.DE (in German). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  23. "World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90". Türkiye Today. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  24. 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.
  25. Ruth Fraňková (12 January 2025). "Renowned conductor Mario Klemens passes away at 88". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  26. "Elgar Howarth, trumpeter and conductor who worked with Harrison Birtwistle and The Beatles". The Telegraph. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  27. 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.
  28. Susan Elliott (20 November 2024). "Hannigan Tops Musical America 2025 Artist of the Year Awards". Musical America. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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