IMG Artists Congratulates its Nominees for the 2021 OPUS Klassik Awards. The prestigious German award, presented by the Der Verein zur Förderung der Klassischen Musik e.V (The Association for the Promotion of Classical Music), celebrates recording musicians and creative teams in 25 categories. The winners will be awarded on 10 October, 2021 at Konzerthaus Berlin.
The Association for the Promotion of Classical Music was founded in 2018. The aim of the association is to promote classical music and, in particular, to reward its artists. The founding members reflect the broader anchoring of the award in the German classical music industry.
“Classical music in Germany has to be honoured with its own prize,” said Association Board Director Burkhard Glashoff. “We, the founding members, have set ourselves the goal of recognizing and honouring extraordinary achievements in classical music. We developed a concept for a new music award that is even broader than in the past and reflects the industry in all its diversity.”
OPUS Klassik 2021 Nominees
Singer of the Year – Male
- Gerald Finley
- Leoš Janáček: The cunning little vixen & Sinfonietta
Instrumentalist of the Year
- Hilary Hahn
- Paris
- Daniel Müller-Schott
- Johannes Brahms
Conductor of the Year
- Marcus Bosch
- Georg Anton Benda: Medea
- Schumann: Symphonies No. 3 & 1
- Jakub Hrůša
- Mahler IV
- Smetana: Má vlast
- Dvořák: Requiem
- Vladimir Jurowski
- Elgar: Violin Concerto
- Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
- Shostakovich: Violin Concertos
- Antonio Pappano
- Verdi: Otello
- Die Walküre
- Vasily Petrenko
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Ensemble/Orchestra of the Year
- Emerson String Quartet Schumann
- String Quartets
- The Kanneh-Masons
- Carnival of the Animals
Solo Singer of the Year – Opera
- Lawrence Brownlee
- Amici e rivali
Concerto Recording
- Hilary Hahn
- Paris
Chamber Music – 19th Century
- Daniel Müller-Schott
- Brahms: The Cello Sonatas
- Daishin Kashimoto
- Beethoven
- The Kanneh-Masons
- Carnival of the Animals
Chamber Music – 20th & 21st Century
- Emerson String Quartet
- Schumann String Quartets
Symphonic Recording – 18th & 19th Century
- Jakub Hrůša
- Smetana: Má vlast
- Marcus Bosch
- Schumann: Symphonies No. 3 & 1
Choral Recording
- Jakub Hrůša
- Dvořák: Requiem
Opera Recording (up to and through 18th Century)
- Marcus Bosch
- Benda: Medea
Opera Recording (19th Century)
- Antonio Pappano
- Verdi: Otello
- Wagner: Die Walküre
Opera Recording (20th & 21st Centuries)
- Gerald Finley
- Janáček: The cunning little vixen & Sinfonietta
World Premiere Recording
- Kirill Gerstein
- In Seven Days
Innovative Audio Production
- Marcus Bosch
- Schumann: Symphonies No. 3 & 1
Visual Production
- Antonio Pappano
- Wagner: Die Walküre
For more information, please visit: opusklassik.de
