The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet’s recording of Richard Wagner’s Der fliegende Höllander has won the 2025 Opera Award from Gramophone, the world’s leading magazine for classical record reviews. The coveted accolade, chosen from a formidable shortlist of six nominees, was awarded to the Company by an expert panel of Gramophone critics.
16 Oct 2025
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is proud and honoured to receive the 2025 Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award. The prestigious accolade, presented during the annual Gramophone Awards at the De Vere Connaught Rooms in London on 15 October, was chosen by public vote from a shortlist of six nominees. It represents heartening recognition of the Orchestra’s achievements on record and in the concert hall, both at home in Norway and through its many international tours. The Award also reflects the popular appeal of the Bergen Philharmonic’s discography, which broadened during Edward Gardner’s inspirational term as Chief Conductor (2015-24) to deliver landmark interpretations of large-scale choral and orchestral works and live recordings of operatic masterworks, among them Britten’s Peter Grimes, winner of the 2022 Gramophone Recording of the Year and Opera Recording of the Year Awards.
16 Oct 2025
Critically acclaimed conductor’s Barbican series includes UK premiere of Camille Pépin’s Inlandsis and first performance of Detlev Glanert’s revised Harp Concerto, together with Cecilia Damström’s ICE, violin concertos by Adès and Magnus Lindberg, and Stravinsky’s rarely heard Persephone
Other highlights include eight-concert East Asia tour, Pierre-Henri Dutron’s revised version of Mozart’s Requiem and a celebration of works by composers exiled from Europe to the United States
4 Sep 2025