Opus Klassik
German music award
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The OPUS KLASSIK is a German music award for personalities and productions in the field of classical music.[1] The OPUS KLASSIK is the successor award to the Echo Klassik (1994–2017).[2] The organizer of the award, which honors outstanding classical artists and recordings, is the newly founded Association for the Promotion of Classical Music e.V.,[3] which includes music labels, organizers, publishers, and individuals with influence in classical music.[2] The OPUS KLASSIK is awarded by a specialist jury.[4] The jury selects the award winners and distinguished recordings from a variety of outstanding nominations in various categories.[5] Like the Echo trophy, the trophy for the OPUS KLASSIK was developed and designed by Oliver Renelt.[6] It represents a tuning fork.[6] The music award is presented in a concert and a gala in October at the Konzerthaus Berlin (broadcaster: ZDF).[7]
Female singer of the year
- 2018 Diana Damrau[8]
- 2019 Joyce DiDonato[9]
- 2020 Marlis Petersen,[10] Elīna Garanča[11]
- 2021 Sonya Yoncheva[12]
- 2022 Lea Desandre[13]
- 2023 Asmik Grigorian[14][15]
- 2024 Anna Prohaska
- 2025 Emily D'Angelo[16]
- 2026 Anna Lucia Richter[17]
Male singer of the year
- 2018 Juan Diego Flórez[18]
- 2019 Christian Gerhaher[19]
- 2020 Daniel Behle[20]
- 2021 Piotr Beczała[21]
- 2022 Jonas Kaufmann[22]
- 2023 Jakub Józef Orliński[23]
- 2024 Konstantin Krimmel[24]
- 2025 Benjamin Bernheim[25]
- 2026 Andrè Schuen[26]
Conductor of the year
- 2018 Cornelius Meister[27][28]
- 2019 Paavo Järvi[29]
- 2020 Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla[30]
- 2021 Marc Albrecht[31]
- 2022 Vladimir Jurowski[32]
- 2023 Jakub Hrůša[33]
- 2024 Klaus Mäkelä[34]
- 2025 Joana Mallwitz[35]
- 2026 Andris Nelsons[36]
Instrumentalist of the year
- 2018 Frank Bungarten,[37] Albrecht Mayer,[38] Mie Miki,[39] Roman Patkoló, Daniil Trifonov[40]
- 2019 Igor Levit,[41] Sol Gabetta,[42] Andreas Ottensamer[43]
- 2020 Anne-Sophie Mutter,[44] Dorothee Oberlinger,[45] Elisabeth Leonskaja[46]
- 2021 Daniil Trifonov,[47] Augustin Hadelich,[48] Martin Fröst[49]
- 2022 Beatrice Rana,[50] Tianwa Yang,[51] Dominik Wollenweber[52]
- 2023 Víkingur Ólafsson,[53] Anne-Sophie Mutter,[54] Martynas Levickis[55]
- 2024 Lang Lang,[56][57] Isabelle Faust,[58] Gautier Capuçon[59]
- 2025 Antje Weithaas,[60] Seong-Jin Cho,[61] Lucienne Renaudin Vary[62]
- 2026 Yunchan Lim,[63] Christian Tetzlaff[64] and Sarah Willis[65]
Composer of the year
- 2019 Jörg Widmann[66]
- 2020 Detlev Glanert[67]
- 2021 Olga Neuwirth[68]
- 2022 Pēteris Vasks[69]
- 2023 Konstantia Gourzi[70]
- 2024 Liza Lim[71]
- 2025 Jüri Reinvere[72][73]
- 2026 Dieter Ammann[74]
Life's work
- 2018 Christa Ludwig
- 2019 Mariss Jansons
- 2020 Rudolf Buchbinder
- 2021 Reri Grist[75]
- 2023 Herbert Blomstedt[76]
- 2024 Gundula Janowitz[77]
- 2025 Arvo Pärt[78]
Discography
- Best Of Klassik 2018 Die Grosse Gala der Opus Klassik-Preisträger (in undetermined language), Sony Music Entertainment, 2018, OCLC 1281185924
- Lang, Lang; Kaufmann, Jonas; DiDonato, Joyce (2019), Best of Klassik 2019 die große Gala der Opus Klassik-Preisträger (in no linguistic content), Berlin: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, OCLC 1245680209
- Best of Klassik 2020 die große Gala der Opus Klassik-Preisträger (in no linguistic content), [Hamburg]: Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, 2020, OCLC 1225633763
- Kaufmann, Jonas; Jončeva, Sonja; Lang, Lang (2021), Best of Klassik 2021 – Opus Klassik die große Gala der Opus Klassik-Preisträger (in no linguistic content), Hamburg: Sony Classical, OCLC 1277005077
- Best Of Klassik 2022 Die grosse Gala der Opus Klassik-Preisträger (in undetermined language), Warner Music Group Germany, 2022, OCLC 1350795255
- Best Of Klassik 2023 Die Grosse Gala der der Opus Klassik-Preisträger (in undetermined language), Sony Music Entertainment, 2023, OCLC 1406814433