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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
15
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Classic without Limits
TrioColores
En Couleur
Team Member Anna
11
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Concert Recording of the Year
Igor Levit, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker
Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 – 119
Team Member Anna
09
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Solo Recording Singing of the Year
Pene Pati
Nessun Dorma
Team Member Anna
103
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WELT AM SONNTAG Audience Award
Hayato Sumino
Human Universe
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
24
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Video Clip of the Year
Eldbjørg Hemsing
Bach Partita Variation
Team Member Anna
06
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Lifetime Achievement
Arvo Pärt
Team Member Anna
04
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Conductor of the Year
Joana Mallwitz
The Kurt Weill Album
Team Member Anna
16
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Classic without Limits LIVE
Abel Selaocoe, Manchester Collective
Hymns of Bantu
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
17
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Symphonic Recording of the Year
Philipp von Steinaecker, Mahler Academy Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 on Period Instruments
Team Member Anna
08
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Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
Quatuor Danel
Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets
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
Team Member Anna
20
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World Premiere Recording of the Year
Jess Gillam, Karl Jenkins, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravaganza
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
12
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Chamber Music Recording of the Year
Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre Tharaud & Friends - Four Hands
Alexandre Tharaud & Friends - Four Hands
Team Member Anna
11
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Concert Recording of the Year
Frank Dupree, Dominik Beykirch, SWR Symphonieorchester
Kapustin: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 2 und 6
Kapustin: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 2 und 6
Team Member Anna
19
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Opera Recording of the Year
Rachael Wilson, Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman, Patrick Hahn, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie
Team Member Anna
16
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Classic without Limits LIVE
Samy Deluxe, Mikis Takeover! Ensemble
Mikis Takeover! Ensemble & Samy Deluxe
Mikis Takeover! Ensemble & Samy Deluxe
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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