A selection of the artists recently recognised by Germany's premiere classical music awards (formerly the Echo Klassik Awards, but re-branded in 2018) gathered last weekend for a gala concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin: you can watch the event (which includes performances from Sonya Yoncheva, Daniil Trifonov, Fatma Said and Lang Lang) here. Read on for full details of the winners in each category, including Piotr Beczała, Reri Grist, Olga Neuwirth, and Marc Albrecht.
Female Singer of the Year - Sonya Yoncheva
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
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Male Singer of the Year - Piotr Beczała
Piotr Beczała (tenor), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi
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Instrumentalists of the Year - Daniil Trifonov, Augustin Hadelich and Martin Fröst
Daniil Trifonov (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša
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Martin Fröst (clarinet), Concerto Köln
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Conductor of the Year - Marc Albrecht
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
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Composer of the Year - Olga Neuwirth
Lifetime Achievement Award - Reri Grist
Newcomers of the Year - Fatma Said, Pablo Ferrández, Robert Neumann, Lucienne Renaudin Vary
Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Burcu Karadag (ney), Rafael Aguirre (guitar), vision string quartet
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Pablo Ferrández (cello), Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
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Robert Neumann (piano), SWR Symphonieorchester, Kerem Hasan
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Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year - Ensemble Modern
Solo Vocal Recital (Opera)
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Basel Chamber Orchestra, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli
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Solo Vocal Recital (Lied)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
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Solo Instrumental Recital (Organ)
Andreas Sieling (Sauer organ Berliner Dom)
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Solo Instrumental Recital (Violoncello da spalla)
Sergey Malov (cello da spalla)
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Solo Instrumental Recital (Viola)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
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Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
Lars Vogt (piano)
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Concerto (Cello)
Dai Miyata (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Available Format: CD
Concerto (Trumpet)
Selina Ott (trumpet), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Paternostro
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Concerto (Violin)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
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Concerto (Piano)
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
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Chamber Music
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), András Schiff (piano)
Available Format: CD
Duo Tal & Groethuysen
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ensemble mini, Joolz Gale
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Dejan Lazic (piano), Benjamin Schmid (violin), Zen Hu (violin), Johannes Erkes (viola), Enrico Bronzi (cello)
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Quatuor Ebène
Available Formats: 7 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Isang Enders (cello), Mischa Meyer (cello), Sunwook Kim (piano), Sean Shibe (guitar), Joachim Enders (harmonium)
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The 'Klassik ohne Grenzen' Prizes (Classical Without Borders)
Ragnhild Hemsing (violin/hardanger fiddle)
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Joseph Calleja (tenor), Mantovani & His Orchestra
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Orchestral (19th-century music)
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Leo McFall
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Orchestral (20th/21st-century music)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrea Battistoni
Available Format: CD
Choral
Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Opera (up to and including 18th-century)
Katharina Thalbach, Cappella Aquileia, Marcus Bosch
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Opera (19th-century)
Jonas Kaufmann (Otello), Federica Lombardi (Desdemona), Carlos Álvarez (Iago)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
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Opera (20th/21st-century)
Stefan Kurt (General Wladimir Katschalow), Alma Sade (Tatjana), Vera-Lotte Boecker (Lydia Pawlowska), Dominik Koninger (Roderich Zirbitz), Tansel Akzeybek (Ito), Tino Lindenburg (Colonel Baltischew), Luca Schaub (Grand Duke Michailowitsch)
Komische Opera Berlin, Jordan de Souza, Barrie Kosky
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Stefan Kurt (General Wladimir Katschalow), Alma Sade (Tatjana), Vera-Lotte Boecker (Lydia Pawlowska), Dominik Koninger (Roderich Zirbitz), Tansel Akzeybek (Ito), Tino Lindenburg (Colonel Baltischew), Luca Schaub (Grand Duke Michailowitsch)
Komische Opera Berlin, Jordan de Souza, Barrie Kosky
Available Format: Blu-ray
World Premiere Recording
Helena Rasker (alto), Bruno De Sá (countertenor), João Fernandes (bass), Maria Ladurner, Roberta Mameli, Liliya Gaysina, Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos)
Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger
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Innovative Audio Production
Helen Dabringhaus, Trio Parnassus
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Best-seller of the Year
Lang Lang (piano)
Available Formats: 2 CDs, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
