Shortlist 2025
Shortlist 2025
For the second time, the OPUS KLASSIK jury has selected a shortlist.*
You can find an overview of the nominated projects as a PDF here.
*The categories "06 – Lifetime Achievement" and "29 – Bestseller of the Year" are excluded from the shortlist. Category "30 – Innovation Award for Sustainability" is presented in cooperation with Orchester des Wandels.
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Female Singer of the Year
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Male Singer of the Year
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Instrumentalist of the Year
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Conductor of the Year
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Composer of the Year
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Young Talent of the Year
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
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Solo Recording Singing of the Year
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Solo Recording Instrument of the Year
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Concert Recording of the Year
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Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Solo Live-Performance of the Year
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Orchestra/Ensemble Live-Performance of the Year
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Classic without Limits
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Classic without Limits LIVE
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Symphonic Recording of the Year
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Choral Recording of the Year
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Opera Recording of the Year
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World Premiere Recording of the Year
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Innovative Concert of the Year
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Tour of the Year
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Audiovisual Music Production of the Year
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Video Clip of the Year
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Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
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Film Music / Score of the Year
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New Classic / Neoclassic
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Prize for Promotion Young Talent (child and youth work)
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Innovation Award for Sustainability
Chamber Music Recording of the Year
Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre Tharaud & Friends - Four Hands
Solo Recording Instrument of the Year
Philipp Schupelius
Driven: Vivaldi | Rachmaninov
© Rüdiger Schestag
Audiovisual Music Production of the Year
Astrid Bscher
Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel - Der Sänger Günther Groissböck
Film Music / Score of the Year
Daniel Blumberg
The Brutalist
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Innovation Award for Sustainability
Elchinger Musiktage e.V.
Elchinger Musiktage
© Yannic Hürholz
Innovation Award for Sustainability
Die Nixen
Oceankids
© Meike Kenn
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Prize for Promotion Young Talent (child and youth work)
Werkstatt ‘Zukunftstöne’, Ensemble Quillo
© Tom Schweers
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Innovation Award for Sustainability
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
FLOW -Tage der Nachhaltigkeit
© Chris Frühe
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Prize for Promotion Young Talent (child and youth work)
Junges Ensemble Musiktheater Hamburg
© Jörg Modrow
New Classic / Neoclassic
Pascal Schumacher, Danae Dörken
Glass Two
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Prize for Promotion Young Talent (child and youth work)
Musaik – Grenzenlos musizieren e.V.
© Martín Rebaza Ponce de León
New Classic / Neoclassic
Kaan Bulak, Simon Höfele
No Clouds in Haraz
New Classic / Neoclassic
Florian Christl
Donau
Film Music / Score of the Year
Volker Bertelmann
Dune: Prophecy
Film Music / Score of the Year
Hans Zimmer & Kara Talve
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
David Chalmin
Sonic Wires
Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
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Fragments II: Lili Boulanger
Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
Friedrich Wilhelm Rödding
Jörg Widmann: Piano Music
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Video Clip of the Year
Philipp Schupelius
Driven: Vivaldi | Rachmaninov
© Rüdiger Schestag
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Video Clip of the Year
Aleksander Dębicz
„Cedar Tree” feat. Jakub Józef Orliński
© Honorata Karapuda
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Video Clip of the Year
Eldbjørg Hemsing
Bach Partita Variation
© Gregor Hohenberg
Audiovisual Music Production of the Year
Alice Sara Ott
Field: Complete Nocturnes
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Tour of the Year
The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension
© Frank Embacher
Audiovisual Music Production of the Year
Asmik Grigorian, Valentin Uryupin, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress
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Tour of the Year
Aurora Orchestra & Abel Selaocoe
© Markus Werner
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Tour of the Year
Samy Deluxe feat. Mikis Takeover! Ensemble
Mirko Polo
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Innovative Concert of the Year
Stegreif e.V.
Freebruckner
© Alexander Ziegler
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Innovative Concert of the Year
Julien Chauvin, Le Concert de la Loge
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni & La Follia
© Lucie Loqueneux
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Innovative Concert of the Year
Mozartfest Würzburg
Hell ist die Nacht
© Dita Vollmond
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Innovative Concert of the Year
Liedstadt
Liedstadt Opening
© Marieke Ziesmann
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Innovative Concert of the Year
Hanni Liang, Maya Dunietz
Broken Two. A Symphony
© Pinakothek der Moderne (Anna Kraus)
World Premiere Recording of the Year
Oliver Triendl, Christiane Silber, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Maria Herz: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester, op. 4
World Premiere Recording of the Year
Rüdiger Lotter, Chor der Klangverwaltung, Hofkapelle München
Der Stein der Weisen oder Die Zauberinsel
World Premiere Recording of the Year
Jess Gillam, Karl Jenkins, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravaganza
Opera Recording of the Year
Rachael Wilson, Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman, Patrick Hahn, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie
Opera Recording of the Year
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Coro & Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
Weinberg: The Passenger
Opera Recording of the Year
Sophie Gordeladze, Marcus Bosch, Cappella Aquileia
Giuseppe Verdi: GIOVANNA D’ARCO
Choral Recording of the Year
Felix Koch, Gutenberg Soloists
Georg Philipp Telemann: Kantaten - Französischer Jahrgang 1714/1715 Vol. 4
Choral Recording of the Year
Voces8
Nightfall
Choral Recording of the Year
Paul van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble
Max Reger: Melancholy (Vocal Works)
Symphonic Recording of the Year
Nathalie Stutzmann, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Dvořák: Sinfonie Nr. 9 "From the New World", American Suite
Symphonic Recording of the Year
Philipp von Steinaecker, Mahler Academy Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 on Period Instruments
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Symphonic Recording of the Year
Johannes Klumpp, Heidelberger Sinfoniker
Haydn Sinfonien
© Peter Gwiazda
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Orchestra/Ensemble Live-Performance of the Year
Tenebrae Choir
Georg Friedrich Händel: Oratorium "Messias" HWV 56
© Ansgar Klostermann
Solo Recording Singing of the Year
Golda Schultz
Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy!
Classic without Limits LIVE
Samy Deluxe, Mikis Takeover! Ensemble
Samy Deluxe feat. Mikis Takeover! Ensemble
© Mirko Polo
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Classic without Limits LIVE
Daniel Hope & Friends
Irish Roots
© Daniel Hope
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Classic without Limits LIVE
Abel Selaocoe, Manchester Collective
Hymns of Bantu
© Henry J. Kamara
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Classic without Limits
TrioColores
En Couleur
© Akvilė Šileikaitė
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Classic without Limits
Louis Philippson
Exposition
© Gregor Hohenberg
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Classic without Limits
Malakoff Kowalski
Songs With Words
© Christian Werner
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Classic without Limits
Bryce Dessner
Solos
© Jens Koch
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Classic without Limits
Wallis Bird, Spark
Visions of Venus
© Gregor Hohenberg
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Classic without Limits
Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre Tharaud & Friends - Four Hands
© Raphael Wertheimer
Chamber Music Recording of the Year
Augustin Hadelich, Orion Weiss
American Road Trip
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Orchestra/Ensemble Live-Performance of the Year
Aurora Orchestra
Aurora Orchestra & Abel Selaocoe in der Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
© Daniel Dittus
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Orchestra/Ensemble Live-Performance of the Year
Cappella Aquileia
Giuseppe Verdi: GIOVANNA D’ARCO
© Franca Wrage
Solo Live-Performance of the Year
Hayato Sumino
Hayato Sumino - Human Universe
© Clemens Sacher
Solo Live-Performance of the Year
Víkingur Ólafsson, Yuja Wang
Zu Gast in der Philharmonie Berlin: Yuja Wang & Víkingur Ólafsson
© Kirk Edwards & Ari Magg
Solo Live-Performance of the Year
Seong-Jin Cho
Ravel - The Complete Solo Piano Works
© Ben Wolf
Chamber Music Recording of the Year
Lucie Horsch, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
The Frans Brüggen Project
Concert Recording of the Year
Baiba Skride, Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Concert Recording of the Year
Igor Levit, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker
Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 – 119
Concert Recording of the Year
Frank Dupree, Dominik Beykirch, SWR Symphonieorchester
Kapustin: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 2 und 6
Solo Recording Instrument of the Year
Jan Lisiecki
Preludes
Solo Recording Instrument of the Year
Fazil Say
Oiseaux tristes
Solo Recording Singing of the Year
Andrè Schuen
Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise
Solo Recording Singing of the Year
Pene Pati
Nessun Dorma
© Simon Fowler
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
Quatuor Danel
Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets
© Marco Borggreve
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
lautten compagney BERLIN
Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA
© Robert Paul Kothe
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies - Concertos - Lady Macbeth
© Aram Boghosian
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Young Talent of the Year
Leia Zhu
Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos
© Nancy Horowitz
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Young Talent of the Year
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
© Clemens Ascher
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Young Talent of the Year
Aigul Akhmetshina
Aigul
© Paola Kudacki
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Young Talent of the Year
Isabel Schicketanz
Seelentrost
© Julia Funke
Young Talent of the Year
Louis Philippson
Exposition
© Gregor Hohenberg
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Young Talent of the Year
Lionel Martin
Kabalewski: Cellokonzert Nr. 2 / Schostakowitsch: Sonate für Cello und Klavier / Tschaikowski: Rokoko-Variationen
© Hans Fahr
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Young Talent of the Year
Romain Leleu
Folies Parisiennes
© Amandine Lauriol
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Young Talent of the Year
Yunchan Lim
Chopin Études
© Yunchan Lim
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Young Talent of the Year
Yoav Levanon
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Totentanz
© Simon Fowler
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Young Talent of the Year
Timothy Ridout
Telemann / Bach / Britten / Shaw
© Ting Ru-Lai
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Young Talent of the Year
Laurence Kilsby
AWAKENINGS
© Ben Reason
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Conductor of the Year
Joana Mallwitz
The Kurt Weill Album
© Marco Borggreve
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Composer of the Year
Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi in Vienna
© Omar Cruz
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Young Talent of the Year
Julius Asal
SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI
© Michael Reinicke
Composer of the Year
Bryce Dessner
Solos
© Jens Koch
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Composer of the Year
Jüri Reinvere
On the ship of Fools
© Kaupo Kikkas
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Conductor of the Year
Paavo Järvi
Haydn: London Symphonies No. 94&99 / 95&98
© Julia Baier
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Female Singer of the Year
Golda Schultz
Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy!
© Vittorio Greco
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Antoine Tamestit
Joe Hisaishi in Vienna
© Julien Mignot
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Conductor of the Year
Nathalie Stutzmann
Dvořák: Sinfonie Nr. 9 "From the New World", American Suite
© Simon Fowler
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Lucienne Renaudin Vary
Winter Gardens (Jardins d'Hiver)
© Bernard Look
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Antje Weithaas
Pēteris Vasks, Violin Concerto No. 2
© Kaupo Kikkas
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Xenia Löffler
Bach's Oboe
© Daniel Maria Deuter
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Augustin Hadelich
American Road Trip
© Suxiao Yang
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Raphaela Gromes
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
© Michaela Weber
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Asya Fateyeva
Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA
© Robert Paul Kothe
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Kirill Gerstein
Music in Time of War
© Andrej Grilc
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Instrumentalist of the Year
Seong-Jin Cho
Ravel - The Complete Solo Piano Works
© Ben Wolf
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Female Singer of the Year
Emily D'Angelo
Freezing
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Male Singer of the Year
Pene Pati
Nessun Dorma
© Simon Fowler
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Male Singer of the Year
Benjamin Appl
Lines of Life
© James Baillieu
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Female Singer of the Year
Fatma Said
Lieder
© Simon Fowler
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Male Singer of the Year
Benjamin Bernheim
Douce France
© Julia Wesely
