Tonhalle Düsseldorf
(c) Susanne Diesner
ICMA and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on 19 March. The stupendously rich program for this Gala Celebration will be played by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. With no less than six conductors, three singers and eight instrumental soloists in a program that spans from Baroque to Contemporary this is of of the most diverse ICMA Gala Concerts ever.
Tickets for the Gala Concert are on sale at https://www.tonhalle.de/veranstaltung/sternstunden/15117-icma-gala
The Award Ceremony presented by ICMA President Remy Franck and Secretary General Nicola Cattò will begin at 17:00 at the Helmut-Hentrich-Hall, and the concert will take place at the Mendelssohn Hall at 20:00.
Here is the program
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Adam Fischer & Vitali Alekseenok
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Adam Fischer – Winners Special Achievement Award
• Paul Hindemith: Die vier Temperamente, Var. IV
Anna Gourari, piano – Winner Assorted Programs
• Piotr Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, Finale Allegro con fuoco
Can Sarac, piano – Discovery Award
• Valentyn Silvestrov: Serenade, Viktor Kosenko: Dreams
Gidon Kremer, violin – Lifetime Achievement Award
• Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Ettore Pagano, cello – ICMA Classeek Award
• Charles Gounod: Je m’efforce en vain de te plaire, Romance de Ben Saïd (Le Tribut de Zamora)
Jérôme Boutillier, baritone – Winner Premiere Recordings
• Georg Friedrich Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Overture
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, conductor – Artist of the Year
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• Christoph Ehrenfellner: Wiener Blut 200 (World premiere conducted by the composer) – Composer Award
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3, Finale Presto
Can Cakmur, piano – Winner Solo Instrument
• Piotr Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62
Benjamin Kruithof, cello – Young Artist of the Year
• Gustav Mahler: Revelge
Samuel Hasselhorn, baritone, Lukasz Borowicz, conductor – Winners Vocal Music
• Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (exc.)
Andreas Scholl, countertenor, Alessandro Tampieri, conductor – Winner Baroque Vocal
• Peteris Vasks: Distant Light
Stanko Madic, for BR Klassik, Label of the Year
• Antal Dorati: Piano Concerto, Finale Presto
Oliver Triendl, piano – Special Achievement Award
