Opus Klassik announced the winners of its 2024 awards, including major artists and rising stars from across the spectrum of classical music. Awarded by Germany’s Verein zur Förderung der Klassischen Musik (Association for the Promotion of Classical Music), the annual awards are determined across 27 categories by a jury of nine experts from the music and media industries.
2024 winners:
- Female Singer of the Year: Anna Prohaska for “Maria Mater Meretrix”
- Male Singer of the Year: Konstantin Krimmel for “Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin”
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Gautier Capuçon for “Destination Paris”
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Isabelle Faust for “Il virtuoso, il poeta (Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi)”
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Lang Lang for “Saint-Saëns”
- Conductor of the Year: Klaus Mäkelä for “STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring & The Firebird”
- Composer of the Year: Liza Lim for “Annunciation Triptych”
- Young Talent of the Year: María Dueñas for “Beethoven and Beyond”
- Young Talent of the Year: Valerie Eickhoff for “Hanns Eisler: Hollywood Songbook”
- Young Talent of the Year: Bruce Liu for “Waves: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan”
- Young Talent of the Year: Anastasia Kobekina for “Venice”
- Orchestra of the Year: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for “Haydn: London Symphonies No. 101 & 103”
- Ensemble of the Year: Berliner Barock Solisten for “La Cremona”
- Solo Recording Singing of the Year: Michael Spyres for “In The Shadows”
- Solo Recording Singing of the Year: Charles Castronovo for “Giacomo Puccini/ Schachtner: „I Canti“ – orchestrierte Lieder und Werke”
- Solo Recording Instrument of the Year: Bertrand Chamayou for “Letter(s) to Erik Satie”
- Solo Recording Instrument of the Year: Anna Lapwood for “Luna”
- Solo Recording Instrument of the Year: Hilary Hahn for “Eugène Ysaÿe”
- Concert Recording of the Year: Franziska Fleischanderl for “Vivaldi’s Salterio”
- Concert Recording of the Year: Nemanja Radulović, Double Sens for “Beethoven: Violinkonzert op.61, Kreutzersonate”
- Concert Recording of the Year: Avi Avital, Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico for “Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Mandolins”
- Chamber Music Recording of the Year: Shirley Brill & Jonathan Aner for “Roots”
- Chamber Music Recording of the Year: Bertrand Chamayou & Sol Gabetta for “Mendelssohn”
- Chamber Music Recording of the Year: Signum Quartett for “Lebensmuth”
- Classic without Limits: Reginald Mobley for “Because”
- Classic without Limits: Efrat Alony for “Händel – Fast Forward”
- Symphonic Recording of the Year: Antonello Manacorda, Kammerakademie Potsdam for “Beethoven: Sinfonien Nr. 5 & 6”
- Symphonic Recording of the Year: Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker for “Bruckner: Complete Symphonies Edition”
- Choral Recording of the Year: Hans-Christoph Rademann, Gaechinger Cantorey for “Vision.Bach Vol. 1”
- Opera Recording of the Year: Dorothee Oberlinger, Ensemble 1700 for “Giuseppe Scarlatti: I portentosi effetti della Madre Natura”
- Opera Recording of the Year: Paul Daniel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anne-Catherine Gillet for “Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde”
- World Premiere Recording of the Year: Anna Skryleva, Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Raffaela Lintl for “Eugen Engel: Grete Minde”
- Innovative Concert of the Year: Konzerthaus Berlin for “Die Orchestergesellschaft – Wie funktioniert ein Orchester?”
- Audiovisual Music Production of the Year: Kyra Steckeweh / Tim van Beveren for “DORA – Flucht in die Musik”
- Video Clip of the Year: Marcin for “Carmen Habanera on One Guitar”
- Editorial Achievement of the Year: Rainer Maillard for “William Steinberg & Boston Symphony Orchestra: The Deutsche Grammophon Recordings”
- Innovative Listening Experience of the Year: Werner Dabringhaus for “L. v. Beethoven: Piano Trios”
- Film Music/Score of the Year: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper, London Symphony Orchestra for “Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein”
- New Classic/Neoclassic: Alexandra Stréliski for “Néo-Romance”
- Prize for Promotion of Young Talent: Hanke Brothers for “BROTHERS FOR MUSIC”
- Bestseller of the Year: Víkingur Ólafsson for “Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations”
- Innovation Award for Sustainability: Tonhalle Düsseldorf for “Green Monday”
