Violinist María Dueñas Named Gramophone's 'Young Artist of the Year'
On Wednesday Spanish violinist María Dueñas, 22, took home two major awards at the 2025 Gramophone Classical Music Awards in London: the Instrumental Award for her recording of Paganini: 24 Caprices; and Young Artist of the Year, an award sponsored by Classic FM.
Violinist María Dueñas performing at the 2025 Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Photo courtesy Deutsche Grammophon.
"It’s a great pleasure and honor," said Dueñas, who also performed at the ceremony. "Thank you for believing in the power of youth and curiosity in the arts, thank you so much for this recognition."
Dueñas was not the only violin soloist who was honored; Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang won Gramophone's 'Concerto' Award for her recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati.
Here are all the 2025 Gramophone Classical Music Awards:
Recording of the Year & Choral
J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor - Pygmalion,Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi)
Early Music
The Krasinski Codex - Ensemble Dragma, Ensemble Peregrina, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett (Raumklang)
Voice & Ensemble
Contemplation - Huw Montague Rendall, Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg (Erato)
Concerto
Elgar Violin Concerto - Vilde Frang, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati (Warner Classics)
Contemporary
Benjamin Picture a day like this - Soloists, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin (Nimbus)
Opera
Wagner Der fliegende Holländer - Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner (Decca)
Chamber
Brahms Piano Quartet Nos 2 & 3 - Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Yuya Okamoto (DG)
Piano
Brahms Piano Sonata No 1, Schubert Wanderer Fantasy - Alexandre Kantorow (BIS)
Song
Songs for Peter Pears - Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau et al (Signum)
Instrumental
Paganini 24 Caprices - María Dueñas (DG)
Orchestral
Weill The Kurt Weill Album - Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz (DG)
Concept Album
Colouring Book - George Xiaoyuan Fu (Platoon)
Young Artist of the Year
María Dueñas
Label of the Year
Palazzetto Bru Zane
Artist of the Year
Sir Simon Rattle
Lifetime Achievement
Sir Thomas Allen
Orchestra of the Year
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
The awards ceremony took place at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in central London. Click here for more.
You might also like:
- Interview with Violinist María Dueñas, 2021 Menuhin Competition winner
- Violinist Hilary Hahn Wins 'Recording of the Year' Gramophone Award
- Review: Vilde Frang with the LA Phil and Gustavo Dudamel
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Vilde Frang's Elgar is fabulous. Can anyone doubt this piece is the greatest VC in the repertoire?
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October 18, 2025 at 01:20 PM · The above-mentioned recording of the Krasinsky Codex is very nice! I greatly admire the scholarly art here of recording an entire manuscript in old notation (ca. 1420), no doubt much of it never recorded before and probably not played in centuries. Beautifully sung, I find great transport in this music!