We're coming to you LIVE from Geneva, Switzerland, for the opening concert for the 2025 Concours de Genève Viola Competition, featuring violist Tabea Zimmermann, pianist Thomas Hoppe, and the Novo Quartet.

The jury of this year's competition comprises Tabea Zimmermann (chair), Tomoko Akasaka, Ettore Causa, Cynthia Phelps, Pauline Sachse, Jean Sulem, and German Tcakulov.

This year's competition will award the first prize winner with CHF 20,000. Second prize will be awarded with CHF 12,000, and third prize is awarded with CHF 8,000.

 

 

Program

Joseph Haydn

String Quartet in D minor, Op. 103

Novo Quartet

Bedřich Smetana

String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

Novo Quartet

R. Schumann

Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142/4

Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano

C. Schumann

Allegretto, from Three Romances, Op. 22

Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano

J. Brahms

Scherzo, from Sonate F.A.E.

Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano

Y. Yedid

Lament for Solo Viola

Tabea Zimmermann, viola

J. Joachim

Mélodies hébraïques, Op. 9

Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano