Classical Brit Awards
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The Classical Brit Awards are an annual awards ceremony held in the United Kingdom covering aspects of classical music, and are the classical equivalent of pop music's Brit Awards.
The awards are organised by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and were inaugurated in 2000 "in recognition of the achievements of classical musicians and the growth of classical music sales in the UK." The ceremony takes place in the Royal Albert Hall each May.
The event combines the magic of live performances from some of the most highly regarded classical musicians and performers in the world today, with a number of specially commissioned awards presented throughout the evening.
Voting for the awards is done by "an academy of industry executives, the media, the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD), members of the Musicians Union, lawyers, promoters, and orchestra leaders," except for "Album of the Year" which is voted for by listeners of Classic FM.
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[edit] Awards
[edit] 2000
Friday May 5, 2000. Hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald.
- British Artist of the Year — Charlotte Church
- Female Artist of the Year — Martha Argerich
- Male Artist of the Year — Bryn Terfel
- Album of the Year — Andrea Bocelli — Sacred Arias
- Young British Classical Performer — Daniel Harding
- Outstanding Contribution to Music — Nigel Kennedy
[edit] 2001
Thursday May 31, 2001. Hosted by Katie Derham.
- Male Artist of the Year — Nigel Kennedy
- Female Artist of the Year — Angela Gheorghiu
- Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year — Sir Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmoniker — Mahler, 10th Symphony
- Critics Award — Sir Simon Rattle and Berliner Philarmoniker — Mahler, 10th Symphony
- Young British Classical Performer — Freddy Kempf
- Album of the Year — Russell Watson — The Voice
- Best-selling debut album — Russell Watson — The Voice
- Outstanding Contribution to Music — Sir Simon Rattle
[edit] 2002
- Female Artist of the Year — Cecilia Bartoli
- Male Artist of the Year — Sir Colin Davis
- Album of the Year — Russell Watson — Encore
- Contemporary Music Award — Tan Dun — Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Young British Classical Performer — Guy Johnston
- Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year — Richard Hickox and London Symphony Orchestra —
- Critics Award — Sir Colin Davis and London Symphony Orchestra — "Berlioz, Les Troyens"
- Outstanding Contribution to Music — Andrea Bocelli
- Biggest-selling Classical Album — Russell Watson — Encore
[edit] 2003
Thursday May 22, 2003. Hosted by Katie Derham.
- Female Artist of the Year — Renée Fleming
- Male Artist of the Year — Sir Simon Rattle
- Album of the Year — Andrea Bocelli — Sentimento
- Contemporary Music Award — Arvo Pärt — "Orient & Occident"
- Young British Classical Performer — Chloe Hanslip
- Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year — Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle — "Mahler, Symphony no. 5"
- Critics Award — Murray Perahia — "Chopin, Etudes Opus 10, Opus 25"
- Outstanding Contribution to Music — Cecilia Bartoli
[edit] 2004
Wednesday May 26, 2004. Hosted by Katie Derham.
- Female Artist of the Year — Cecilia Bartoli
- Male Artist of the Year — Bryn Terfel
- Album of the Year — Bryn Terfel — Bryn
- Contemporary Music Award — Philip Glass — "The Hours"
- Young British Classical Performer — Daniel Hope
- Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year — Sir Simon Rattle and Vienna Philharmonic — Beethoven Symphonies
- Critics Award — Vengerov, Rostropovich and London Symphony Orchestra — "Britten/Walton Concertos"
- Outstanding Contribution to Music — Renée Fleming
[edit] 2005
Wednesday May 25, 2005. Hosted by Lesley Garrett.
- Female Artist of the Year — Marin Alsop
- Male Artist of the Year — Bryn Terfel
- Album of the Year — Katherine Jenkins — Second Nature
- Contemporary Music Award — John Coolidge Adams — On the Transmigration of Souls
- Young British Classical Performer — Natalie Clein
- Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year — Harry Christophers and The Sixteen
- Soundtrack Composer Award — John Williams
- Critics Award — Stephen Hough — Rachmaninov piano concertos
- Outstanding Contribution to Music — James Galway
[edit] 2006
Thursday May 4, 2006. Hosted by Michael Parkinson.
- Artist of the Year — Andreas Scholl — Arias for Senesino
- Instrumentalist — Leif Ove Andsnes — Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 1 and 2
- Album of the Year — Katherine Jenkins — Living A Dream
- Contemporary Music Award — James MacMillan — Symphony no 3, Silence
- Young British Classical Performer — Alison Balsom
- Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year — Takács Quartet — Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
- Soundtrack Composer Award — Dario Marianelli — Pride & Prejudice
- Critics Award — Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Antonio Pappano — Tristan and Isolde
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (Lifetime Achievement) — Plácido Domingo
