Classic BRIT Awards

Les Classic BRIT Awards (auparavant Classical BRIT Awards) sont une cérémonie annuelle de remise des prix qui a eu lieu au Royaume-Uni concernant la musique classique et crossover, et sont l'équivalent des Brit Awards de la musique pop.

Les prix sont organisés par le British Phonographic Industry (BPI) et ont été inaugurés en 2000 « en reconnaissance des réalisations des musiciens classiques et la croissance des ventes de musique classique au Royaume-Uni ». La cérémonie a lieu dans le Royal Albert Hall chaque mois de mai.

L'événement combine des spectacles avec des prix spécialement commandés présentés tout au long de la soirée.

Le vote pour les prix est fait par « une académie de cadres de l'industrie, de représentants des médias, le British Association of Record Dealers (BARD), des membres de l'Union des musiciens, des juristes, des promoteurs et des chefs d'orchestre », à l'exception de l'Album de l'Année qui est désigné par les auditeurs de Classic FM.

Depuis 2011, la cérémonie est connue sous le nom de Classic BRIT Awards.

Lauréats

2000

Vendredi 6 mai 2000. Présenté par Sir Trevor McDonald (en).

British Artist of the Year – Charlotte Church
Female Artist of the Year – Martha Argerich
Male Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel
Critics' Award – Ian Bostridge
Album of the Year – Andrea Bocelli – Sacred Arias
Best selling classical album – Andrea Bocelli – Sacred Arias
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Chœur du King's College (Cambridge) – Les Vêpres de Sergueï Rachmaninov
Young British Classical Performer – Daniel Harding
Outstanding Contribution to Music – Nigel Kennedy

2001

Jeudi 31 mai 2001. Présenté par Katie Derham (en).

Female Artist of the Year – Angela Gheorghiu
Male Artist of the Year – Nigel Kennedy
Album of the Year – Russell Watson – The Voice
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Sir Simon Rattle et Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin – Symphonie nº 10 de Mahler
Young British Classical Performer – Freddy Kempf
Critics' Award – Sir Simon Rattle and Berliner Philarmoniker – Mahler, 10th Symphony
Best-selling Debut Album – Russell Watson – The Voice
Outstanding Contribution to Music – Sir Simon Rattle

2002

Mercredi 23 mai 2002.

Female Artist of the Year – Cecilia Bartoli
Male Artist of the Year – Sir Colin Davis
Album of the Year – Russell Watson – Encore
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Richard Hickox and London Symphony Orchestra – Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony
Contemporary Music Award – Tan Dun – Tigre et Dragon
Young British Classical Performer – Guy Johnston (en)
Critics' Award – Sir Colin Davis and London Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz, Les Troyens
Biggest-selling Classical Album – Russell Watson – Encore
Outstanding Contribution to Music – Andrea Bocelli

2003

Jeudi 22 mai 2003. Présenté par Katie Derham (en).

Female Artist of the Year – Renée Fleming
Male Artist of the Year – Sir Simon Rattle
Album of the Year – Andrea Bocelli – Sentimento
Best selling classical album – Andrea Bocelli – Sentimento
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin and Sir Simon Rattle – Mahler, Symphonie nº 5
Contemporary Music Award – Arvo Pärt – Orient & Occident
Young British Classical Performer – Chloë Hanslip (en)
Critics' Award – Murray Perahia – Chopin, Études Opus 10, Opus 25
Outstanding Contribution to Music – Cecilia Bartoli

2004

Mercredi 26 mai 2004. Présenté par Katie Derham (en).

Female Artist of the Year – Cecilia Bartoli
Male Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel
Album of the Year – Bryn Terfel – Bryn
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Sir Simon Rattle and Vienna Philharmonic – Beethoven Symphonies
Contemporary Music Award – Philip Glass – The Hours
Young British Classical Performer – Daniel Hope
Critics' Award – Vengerov, Rostropovich and London Symphony Orchestra – Britten/Walton Concertos
Outstanding Contribution to Music – Renée Fleming

2005

Mercredi 25 mai 2005. Présenté par Lesley Garrett.

Female Artist of the Year – Marin Alsop
Male Artist of the Year – Bryn Terfel
Album of the Year – Katherine Jenkins – Second Nature
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Harry Christophers and The Sixteen – Renaissance
Contemporary Music Award – John Adams – On the Transmigration of Souls
Soundtrack Composer Award – John Williams – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and The Terminal
Young British Classical Performer – Natalie Clein
Critics' Award – Stephen Hough – Rachmaninov Piano Concertos
Outstanding Contribution to Music – James Galway

2006

Jeudi 4 mai 2006. Présenté par Michael Parkinson.

Singer of the Year – Andreas Scholl – Arias for Senesino
Instrumentalist of the Year – Leif Ove Andsnes – Rachmaninov, Concerto pour piano n^os 1 et 2
Album of the Year – Katherine Jenkins – Living A Dream
Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year – Quatuor Takács – Beethoven, Les derniers quatuors à cordes
Contemporary Music Award – James McMillan – Symphony no 3, Silence
Soundtrack/Musical Theatre Composer Award – Dario Marianelli – Pride & Prejudice
Young British Classical Performer – Alison Balsom
Critics' Award – Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Antonio Pappano – Tristan und Isolde
Lifetime Achievement – Plácido Domingo

2007

Jeudi 3 mai 2007. Présenté par Fern Britton (en).

Singer of the Year – Anna Netrebko – Russian Album & Violetta
Instrumentalist of the Year – Leif Ove Andsnes – Horizons
Album of the Year – Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum
Contemporary Composer of the Year – John Adams – The Dharma at Big Sur/My Father Knew Charles Ives
Classical Recording of the Year – Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle – Holst, The Planets
Soundtrack Composer of the Year – George Fenton – Planet Earth
Young British Classical Performer – Ruth Palmer (en)
Critics' Award – Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs – Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito
Lifetime Achievement – Vernon Handley

2008

Jeudi 8 mai 2008. Présenté par Myleene Klass.

Male of the Year – Sir Colin Davis
Female of the Year – Anna Netrebko
Young British Classical Performer – Nicola Benedetti
Album of the Year – Blake – Blake
Soundtrack of the Year – Blood Diamond – James Newton Howard
Critics' Award – Steven Isserlis – Bach: Cello Suites
Outstanding Contribution — Andrew Lloyd Webber

2009

Jeudi 14 mai 2009. Présenté par Myleene Klass.

Male of the Year – Gustavo Dudamel
Female of the Year – Alison Balsom
Composer of the Year – Howard Goodall
Young British Classical Performer – Alina Ibragimova
Album of the Year – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Spirit of the Glen–Journey
Soundtrack of the Year – The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Critics' Award – Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Mozart Symphonies nos. 38–41
Lifetime Achievement in Music – José Carreras

2010

Jeudi 13 mai 2010. Présenté par Myleene Klass.

Male Artist of the Year – Vasily Petrenko
Female Artist of the Year – Angela Gheorghiu
Composer of the Year – Thomas Ades – The Tempest (opera)
Young British Classical Performer or Group of the Year – Jack Liebeck
Album of the Year – Only Men Aloud! – Band of Brothers
Soundtrack of the Year – Revolutionary Road – Thomas Newman
Critics' Award – Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conduit par Antonio Pappano avec Rolando Villazón, Anja Harteros, Sonja Ganassi et René Pape – Messa da Requiem
Lifetime Achievement in Music – Kiri Te Kanawa

2011

Jeudi 12 mai 2011. Présenté par Myleene Klass.

Male Artist of the Year – Antonio Pappano
Female Artist of the Year – Alison Balsom
Newcomer Award – Vilde Frang
Composer of the Year – Arvo Pärt
Critics' Award – Tasmin Little (en)
Artist of the Decade – Il Divo
Album of the Year – André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra (Decca) – Moonlight Serenade
Outstanding Contribution to Music – John Barry