Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2025 Award Ceremony

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Date

  • 18:45 / Cancelled 18:45 / Sold out Wednesday, 18:45

Location

Online

This event will be presented in Portuguese and English with simultaneous translation and with interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language. It will be livestreamed on this page.

Watch the 2025 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity award ceremony and discover this year's winner.

Unaltered livestream

The winner will be announced by former German Chancellor and Jury President, Angela Merkel. The ceremony will also feature speeches by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, António Feijó; and the laureate. The final concert will be performed by the Gulbenkian Orchestra together with the Geração Orchestra.

Join us to find out and hear from the winner of the €1 million Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity that celebrates outstanding contributions to climate action.


Programme

18:45 / Welcome remarks

António Feijó – President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

18:55 / Impact video about the Prize

19:00 / President of the Jury speech and winner announcement

Angela Merkel – President of the Jury of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity

19:10 / Winner Video and Winner Acceptance Speech

19:20 / President of the Republic speech

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – President of the Republic of Portugal

19:30 / Concert

Gulbenkian OrchestraCoro and Orquestra GeraçãoCoro Infantil do Instituto Gregoriano de LisboaJosé Eduardo Gomes – ConductorSusana Gaspar – Soprano
Anne Victorino d’Almeida
“Rapsódia dos Rios, Op. 93c”
Marta Domingues
“The Forest Has Secrets Too”
Children of the Canterbury Choir & Mike Roberts
“Seeds of Hope”
Matia Constantini (arr.)
“Bonse Aba (Traditional Zambian)”
Leonard Bernstein
“Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo”

20:00 / Closing

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.

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