Press Release ECHO Klassik 2015: This Year`s Prize Winners Have

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ECHO Klassik 2015: This Year's Prize Winners Have Been Chosen.
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Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Lang Lang and Elīna Garanča among the prize
winners
Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig to receive the award for
"Symphonic Recording of the Year"; Bryan Hymel to be honored as "Newcomer of
the Year/Singer"
Awards ceremony will take place on October 18, 2015 at the Konzerthaus Berlin
Berlin, August 24, 2015 – Jonas Kaufmann (Male Singer of the Year), Joyce DiDonato
(Female Singer of the Year), Elīna Garanča (Solo Recording of the Year/Voice), Lang Lang
(Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano as well as honored with a Special Award for the Lang
Lang International Music Foundation), Andreas Ottensamer (Instrumentalist of the
Year/Clarinet), Maurice Steger (Instrumentalist of the Year/Flute) and David Zinman
(Conductor of the Year) are among the prize winners of the ECHO Klassik 2015. The
names of the award recipients were announced today by Germany's Federal Music
Industry Association, the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), in Berlin. The awards
ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 18, 2015 as part of a festive gala at the
Konzerthaus Berlin and broadcast at 10pm that same evening on the German public
television channel ZDF. The ceremony will be hosted by Rolando Villazón and Nina
Eichinger. Visit www.echoklassik.de to see which of this year's prize winners will perform
at the gala evening together with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin conducted by Pablo
Heras-Casado. Advanced ticket sales for the ceremony are scheduled to begin in midSeptember.
"Congratulations to all the winners of the ECHO Klassik 2015! We are delighted that the
final decisions made by our jury once again reflect the tremendous range of classical
music and the diversity of the prize itself," says Dr. Florian Drücke, BVMI Managing
Director. "The promotion of young talent is one of our greatest priorities, and the jury has
once again set the tone for years to come. Indeed, a look at the list of prize winners
shows that the award has often been a stepping stone for a successful career."
The Categories "Newcomer of the Year" and "Fostering of Young Talent Award" are Key
Priorities of the ECHO Klassik
The prize winners in the category "Newcomer of the Year" are Bryan Hymel (Singer),
Sonya Yoncheva (Singer), Florian Noack (Piano), Sophie Pacini (Piano) and Nemanja
Radulović (Violin). The “Fostering of Young Talent Awards” go to Classic Scouts and the
Freie Grundschule Wernigerode. The "Classics for Children" prize goes to the recording of
"Des Kaisers Nachtigall" by Helbling Verlag featuring Uģis Prauliņš, Michala Petri, Malte
Arkona, Klaas Stok and the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart.
The jury of industry experts will also award prizes for outstanding recordings made by
Tianwa Yang, the Kronos Quartet, Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester
Leipzig, Avi Avital, Vilde Frang, Alexandre Tharaud, Isabelle Faust with the Freiburger
Barockorchester conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, Emmanuel Pahud, the
Norddeutscher Kammerchor, Steffen Schleiermacher, Grigory Sokolov, Valer Sabadus
with the Hofkapelle München conducted by Alessandro De Marchi, the casalQuartett,
the Concert Royal Köln, Dorothee Oberlinger with her Ensemble 1700 and Vittorio
Ghielmi with Il suonar parlante and the Trio Lézard, among others. David Garrett will be
honored in the category "Bestseller of the Year" for his album "Timeless - Brahms & Bruch
Violin Concertos."
ECHO Klassik– A Gathering of National and International Classical Music Stars
The ECHO Klassik is one of the most prestigious and prominent music awards in the world.
In 2015, it will be handed out for the 22nd time in a row. Each year, a virtual who's-who
of the classical music scene attends the glamorous gala. This year, the ECHO Klassik will
be held on October 18, 2015 at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
The German music-industry body known as the Deutsche Phono-Akademie – the cultural
institute of the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) – has honored outstanding
performances by national and international artists at the ECHO Klassik award annually
since 1994. The prize winners are chosen by a jury consisting of prominent industry
experts. Among the other key goals of the ECHO Klassik – in addition to recognizing
extraordinary recordings – is to use the prestigious award to foster young talent and bring
the fascination and diversity of classical music to a broader audience.
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The 2015 ECHO Klassik at a glance:
Date
October 18, 2015
Location
Konzerthaus Berlin
Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin
Media Partner
ZDF
TV Broadcast
October 18, 2015, 10 pm
Hosts
Rolando Villazón, Nina Eichinger
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Media Cooperation Partners
Klassik Radio
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Information on ECHO Klassik
www.echoklassik.de
www.facebook.com/ECHO.Klassik
https://twitter.com/ECHO_Musikpreis
www.youtube.com/echomusikpreis
https://instagram.com/echo_musikpreis
#ECHOKLASSIK2015
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