The OPUS KLASSIK is a German music award for personalities and productions in the field of classical music. The OPUS KLASSIK is the successor award to the Echo Klassik (1994–2017). The organizer of the award, which honors outstanding classical artists and recordings, is the newly founded Association for the Promotion of Classical Music e.V., which includes music labels, organizers, publishers, and individuals with influence in classical music. The OPUS KLASSIK is awarded by a specialist jury. The jury selects the award winners and distinguished recordings from a variety of outstanding nominations in various categories. Like the Echo trophy, the trophy for the OPUS KLASSIK was developed and designed by . It represents a tuning fork. The music award is presented in a concert and a gala in October at the Konzerthaus Berlin (broadcaster: ZDF).
Female singer of the year
Male singer of the year
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2018 Juan Diego Flórez
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2019 Christian Gerhaher
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2020 Daniel Behle
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2021 Piotr Beczała
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2022 Jonas Kaufmann
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2023 Jakub Józef Orliński
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2024
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2025 Benjamin Bernheim
Conductor of the year
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2018 Cornelius Meister
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2019 Paavo Järvi
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2020 Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
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2021 Marc Albrecht
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2022 Vladimir Jurowski
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2023 Jakub Hrůša
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2024 Klaus Mäkelä
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2025 Joana Mallwitz
Instrumentalist of the year
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2018 Frank Bungarten,
Albrecht Mayer, Mie Miki, , Daniil Trifonov
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2019 Igor Levit,
Sol Gabetta, Andreas Ottensamer
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2020 Anne-Sophie Mutter,
Dorothee Oberlinger, Elisabeth Leonskaja
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2021 Daniil Trifonov,
Augustin Hadelich, Martin Fröst
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2022 Beatrice Rana,
Tianwa Yang,
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2023 Víkingur Ólafsson,
Anne-Sophie Mutter,
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2024 Lang Lang,
Isabelle Faust, Gautier Capuçon
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2025 Antje Weithaas,
Seong-Jin Cho,
Composer of the year
Life's work
Discography
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