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prestigious award

award for classical music.

for classical music.

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Einreichungszeitraum OPUS KLASSIK 2026 beginnt!
30.01.2026
Submission period for OPUS KLASSIK 2026 starts!

Let's go – submit your project right here. Detailed submission and evaluation guidelines can be found here.

New: This year there is a special category for ‘Music Teacher of the Year’!

We look forward to receiving many of your exciting projects!

Join the Team!
12.12.2025
Join the Team!

OPUS KLASSIK is looking for a Communications and Events Officer (m/f/d) to start on 1 March 2026 – we look forward to receiving applications by 19 January and welcoming a new team member! You can find the job advertisement here.

OPUS KLASSIK Wochenende 2026
5.12.2025
OPUS KLASSIK Weekend 2026

The dates for the OPUS KLASSIK Weekend 2026 have been set: the OPUS KLASSIK Concert will take place on 10 October and the OPUS KLASSIK Gala on 11 October 2026. All the latest information can be found here.

Award winners 2025
Team Member Anna
07
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Young Talent of the Year
Leia Zhu
Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos
Team Member Anna
27
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New Classic/ Neoclassic
Pascal Schumacher, Danae Dörken
Glass Two
Team Member Anna
02
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Male Singer of the Year
Benjamin Bernheim
Douce France
Team Member Anna
03
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Lucienne Renaudin Vary
Winter Gardens (Jardins d'Hiver)
WELT AM SONNTAG Publikumspreis
Team Member Anna
WELT AM SONNTAG Publikumspreis
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
OPUS KLASSIK School
Team Member Anna
OPUS KLASSIK School
Louis Philippson
Paulette
Sonderpreis Kuratorische Leistung
Team Member Anna
Sonderpreis Kuratorische Leistung
Kirill Gerstein
Music in Time of War – Debussy/Komitas
Team Member Anna
103
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WELT AM SONNTAG Audience Award
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Team Member Anna
16
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Classic without Limits LIVE
Abel Selaocoe, Manchester Collective
Hymns of Bantu
Team Member Anna
101
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Special award for curatorial achievement
Kirill Gerstein
Music in Time of War – Debussy/Komitas
Team Member Anna
02
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Male Singer of the Year
Benjamin Bernheim
Douce France
Team Member Anna
Bestseller des Jahres (ermittelt durch die GfK)
Lang Lang
Saint-Saëns
Team Member Anna
Würdigung des Lebenswerkes einer Künstlerin/eines Künstlers
Arvo Pärt
Team Member Anna
Filmmusik/Score des Jahres
Daniel Blumberg
The Brutalist
Shortlist 2025
Team Member Anna
07
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Young Talent of the Year
Lionel Martin
Kabalewski: Cellokonzert Nr. 2 / Schostakowitsch: Sonate für Cello und Klavier / Tschaikowski: Rokoko-Variationen
Team Member Anna
20
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World Premiere Recording of the Year
Jess Gillam, Karl Jenkins, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravaganza
Team Member Anna
22
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Tour of the Year
Aurora Orchestra & Abel Selaocoe
Team Member Anna
17
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Symphonic Recording of the Year
Philipp von Steinaecker, Mahler Academy Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 on Period Instruments
Kammermusikeinspielung des Jahres
Team Member Anna
Kammermusikeinspielung des Jahres
Alexandre Tharaud
Solistische Einspielung Instrument des Jahres
Team Member Anna
Solistische Einspielung Instrument des Jahres
Philipp Schupelius
Audiovisuelle Musikproduktion des Jahres
Team Member Anna
Audiovisuelle Musikproduktion des Jahres
Astrid Bscher
Team Member Anna
15
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Classic without Limits
Bryce Dessner
Solos
Solos
Team Member Anna
28
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Prize for Promotion Young Talent (child and youth work)
Junges Ensemble Musiktheater Hamburg
Team Member Anna
18
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Choral Recording of the Year
Voces8
Nightfall
Nightfall
Team Member Anna
07
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Young Talent of the Year
Romain Leleu
Folies Parisiennes
Folies Parisiennes
Team Member Anna
Innovationspreis für Nachhaltigkeit
Elchinger Musiktage e.V.
Elchinger Musiktage
Team Member Anna
Innovationspreis für Nachhaltigkeit
Die Nixen
Oceankids
Team Member Anna
Preis für Nachwuchsförderung (Kinder- und Jugendarbeit)
Junges Ensemble Musiktheater Hamburg
The OPUS KLASSIK 
Weekend
OPUS KLASSIK Concert  

11th October 2025, 7:30 p.m.
St. Elisabeth-Kirche Berlin

OPUS KLASSIK Gala

12th October 2025, 3:45 p.m.
Konzerthaus Berlin

News
Einreichungszeitraum OPUS KLASSIK 2026 beginnt!
30.01.2026
Submission period for OPUS KLASSIK 2026 starts!

Let's go – submit your project right here. Detailed submission and evaluation guidelines can be found here.

New: This year there is a special category for ‘Music Teacher of the Year’!

We look forward to receiving many of your exciting projects!

Join the Team!
12.12.2025
Join the Team!

OPUS KLASSIK is looking for a Communications and Events Officer (m/f/d) to start on 1 March 2026 – we look forward to receiving applications by 19 January and welcoming a new team member! You can find the job advertisement here.

OPUS KLASSIK Wochenende 2026
5.12.2025
OPUS KLASSIK Weekend 2026

The dates for the OPUS KLASSIK Weekend 2026 have been set: the OPUS KLASSIK Concert will take place on 10 October and the OPUS KLASSIK Gala on 11 October 2026. All the latest information can be found here.

OPUS KLASSIK Weekend
OPUS KLASSIK Concert
11th October 2025
OPUS KLASSIK Gala
12th October 2025
ALLE PREISTRÄGER*INNEN
Shortlist 2025

Submissions

Submissions

Projects, albums, and artists can be submitted for OPUS KLASSIK 2026 from January 30 to March 31, 2026.

To give classical music

To give classical music more

more attention and

attention and visibility.

visibility.

Award winners 2025
Award winners 2025
Review: OPUS KLASSIK
Weekend 2025
11. und 12. Oktober 2025

About the award

About the award

OPUS KLASSIK honors outstanding projects and artists who inspire, captivate, and set new standards in classical music. With 30 award categories, it reflects the rich diversity of today’s classical music scene.

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