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Germany's most

prestigious award

award for classical music.

for classical music.

News
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.

Einreichungszeitraum OPUS KLASSIK 2026
8.12.2025
Submission period 2026

The submission period for OPUS KLASSIK 2026 begins on 30 January and ends on 31 March 2026. The submission and evaluation criteria will be published in mid-January.

All the latest information can be found 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
10
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Solo Recording Instrument of the Year
Fazil Say
Oiseaux tristes
Team Member Anna
03
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Seong-Jin Cho
Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works
Team Member Anna
08
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
lautten compagney BERLIN
Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA; mit Asya Fateyeva
Team Member Anna
14
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Orchestra/ Ensemble Live-Performance of the Year
Tenebrae Choir
Georg Friedrich Händel: Oratorium "Messias" HWV 56
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
21
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Innovative Concert of the Year
Julien Chauvin, Le Concert de la Loge
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni & La Follia
Team Member Anna
17
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Symphonic Recording of the Year
Johannes Klumpp, Heidelberger Sinfoniker
Haydn Sinfonien
Team Member Anna
103
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WELT AM SONNTAG Audience Award
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
Team Member Anna
05
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Composer of the Year
Jüri Reinvere
On the ship of Fools
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
26
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Film Music/ Score of the Year
Hans Zimmer & Kara Talve
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Team Member Anna
25
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Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
Friedrich Wilhelm Rödding
Jörg Widmann: Piano Music
Team Member Anna
19
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Opera Recording of the Year
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Coro & Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
Weinberg: The Passenger
Team Member Anna
30
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Innovation Award for Sustainability
Die Nixen
Oceankids
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
10
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Solo Recording Instrument of the Year
Philipp Schupelius
Driven: Vivaldi | Rachmaninov
Driven: Vivaldi | Rachmaninov
Team Member Anna
25
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Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
Friedrich Wilhelm Rödding
Jörg Widmann: Piano Music
Jörg Widmann: Piano Music
Team Member Anna
18
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Choral Recording of the Year
Voces8
Nightfall
Nightfall
Team Member Anna
14
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Orchestra/ Ensemble Live-Performance of the Year
Aurora Orchestra
Aurora Orchestra & Abel Selaocoe in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Aurora Orchestra & Abel Selaocoe in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
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
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.

Einreichungszeitraum OPUS KLASSIK 2026
8.12.2025
Submission period 2026

The submission period for OPUS KLASSIK 2026 begins on 30 January and ends on 31 March 2026. The submission and evaluation criteria will be published in mid-January.

All the latest information can be found 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 31 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

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.

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

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