Opus Klassik
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]
Male singer of the year
- 2018 Juan Diego Flórez[17]
- 2019 Christian Gerhaher[18]
- 2020 Daniel Behle[19]
- 2021 Piotr Beczała[20]
- 2022 Jonas Kaufmann[21]
- 2023 Jakub Józef Orliński[22]
- 2024 Konstantin Krimmel[23]
- 2025 Benjamin Bernheim[24]
Conductor of the year
- 2018 Cornelius Meister[25][26]
- 2019 Paavo Järvi[27]
- 2020 Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla[28]
- 2021 Marc Albrecht[29]
- 2022 Vladimir Jurowski[30]
- 2023 Jakub Hrůša[31]
- 2024 Klaus Mäkelä[32]
- 2025 Joana Mallwitz[33]
Instrumentalist of the year
- 2018 Frank Bungarten,[34] Albrecht Mayer,[35] Mie Miki,[36] Roman Patkoló, Daniil Trifonov[37]
- 2019 Igor Levit,[38] Sol Gabetta,[39] Andreas Ottensamer[40]
- 2020 Anne-Sophie Mutter,[41] Dorothee Oberlinger,[42] Elisabeth Leonskaja[43]
- 2021 Daniil Trifonov,[44] Augustin Hadelich,[45] Martin Fröst[46]
- 2022 Beatrice Rana,[47] Tianwa Yang,[48] Dominik Wollenweber[49]
- 2023 Víkingur Ólafsson,[50] Anne-Sophie Mutter,[51] Martynas Levickis[52]
- 2024 Lang Lang,[53][54] Isabelle Faust,[55] Gautier Capuçon[56]
- 2025 Antje Weithaas,[57] Seong-Jin Cho,[58] Lucienne Renaudin Vary[59]
Composer of the year
- 2019 Jörg Widmann[60]
- 2020 Detlev Glanert[61]
- 2021 Olga Neuwirth[62]
- 2022 Pēteris Vasks[63]
- 2023 Konstantia Gourzi[64]
- 2024 Liza Lim[65]
- 2025 Jüri Reinvere[66][67]
Life's work
- 2018 Christa Ludwig
- 2019 Mariss Jansons
- 2020 Rudolf Buchbinder
- 2021 Reri Grist[68]
- 2023 Herbert Blomstedt[69]
- 2024 Gundula Janowitz[70]
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
References
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- ^ Sibelius, Jean; Järvi, Paavo; Orchestre de Paris (2019), Symphonies 1–7 (in no linguistic content), [New York, New York]: RCA Records, OCLC 1484663318
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- ^ Weill, Kurt; Mallwitz, Joana; Mehrling, Katherine; Porter, Michael; Bode, Simon; Nagl, Michael; Zwarg, Oliver; Konzerthausorchester Berlin (2024), The Kurt Weill album (in German), [Berlin]: Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC 1477931488
- ^ Mertz, Johann Kaspar; Bungarten, Frank (2017), The last Viennese virtuoso (in no linguistic content), Detmold: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm, OCLC 1188524818
- ^ Mayer, Albrecht; Vivaldi, Antonio; Elmi, Domenico; Sammartini, Giuseppe; Ristori, Giovanni Alberto; Musici (2017), Tesori d'Italia (in no linguistic content), Berlin: Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC 1037276784
- ^ Bach, Johann Sebastian; Miki, Mie (2017), Das wohltemperierte Akkordeon (in undetermined language), [S.l.]: [s.n], OCLC 986948934
- ^ Chopin, Frédéric; Trifonov, Daniil (2017), Evocations (in undetermined language), Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC 1004896084
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- ^ Wollenweber, Dominik; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Dvořák, Antonín; Schubert, Franz; Sibelius, Jean; Françaix, Jean; Wagner, Richard (2021), The art of English horn (in no linguistic content), Praha: Supraphon, OCLC 1335120598
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- ^ Lang, Lang; Alice, Gina; Nelsons, Andris; Saint-Saëns, Camille; Ravel, Maurice; Debussy, Claude; Fauré, Gabriel; Delibes, Léo; Farrenc, Louise; Sohy, Ch; Tailleferre, Germaine; Bonis, Mél.; Boulanger, Lili; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (2024), Saint-Saëns (in no linguistic content), [Berlin]: Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC 1440261512
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- ^ Glanert, Detlev; Treichel, Hans Ulrich; Bengtsson, Maria; Schukoff, Nikolaï; Pohl, Christoph; Haslett, Nicole; Pesendorfer, Albert; Soffel, Doris; Bronk, Stephen; Runnicles, Donald; Bines, Jeremy; Fontane, Theodor; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchester; Deutsche Oper Berlin Chor (2020), Oceane (in German), München: Oehms Classics, OCLC 1165361065
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: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ "Opus Klassik für Jüri Reinvere". FAZ.NET (in German). 25 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Sopranistin Reri Grist erhält Opus Klassik fürs Lebenswerk". MUSIK HEUTE (in German). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Opus Klassik 2023: Herbert Blomstedt wird für sein Lebenswerk geehrt". BR-KLASSIK (in German). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "Gundula Janowitz erhält Opus Klassik fürs Lebenswerk". MUSIK HEUTE (in German). 3 September 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
External links
- Official website (in German and English)