{{Short description|Former German award for classical music (1994–2018)}} The '''Echo Klassik''', often stylized as '''ECHO Klassik''', was Germany's major classical music award in 22 categories.<ref name=echo>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-startseite/ |title=Echo Klassik |publisher=Echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730045801/http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-startseite |archive-date=30 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The award, presented by the {{ill|Deutsche Phono-Akademie|de}}, was given annually, usually in October or September, separate from its parent award, the Echo Music Prize. The Echo Klassik was disestablished in 2018<ref>{{cite news |date=25 April 2018 |title=Der "Echo" wird abgeschafft |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/der-echo-wird-abgeschafft-15559595.html |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |location=Frankfurt |language=de |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> and replaced by the Opus Klassik.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opusklassik.de/|title=OPUS KLASSIK|website=OPUS KLASSIK}}</ref>
==Ceremonies== {| class="wikitable" ! # ! Year ! Date ! Female Singer of the Year ! Male Singer of the Year ! Conductor of the Year ! Host(s) ! Venue |- | 1 || 1994 || March 24, 1994<ref name=flora>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echopop/upload/news/090824_ECHO_Klassik_Pressemappe.pdf |title=15 Jahre ECHO Klassik: Eine Rundreise durch Deutschland! |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=4 August 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425212700/http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echopop/upload/news/090824_ECHO_Klassik_Pressemappe.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Cecilia Bartoli (''La Cenerentola'' (G. Rossini), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly) || Ben Heppner (''Turandot'' (G. Puccini), Munich Radio Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk Chorus, Roberto Abbado) || Simon Rattle (Symphony No. 7 (H. W. Henze), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) || Senta Berger || Flora Botanical Garden<ref name=flora /> |- | 2 || 1995 || March 30, 1995<ref name=location /> || Anne Sofie von Otter ''Marienkantaten und Arien (G.F. Händel), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reihnard Goebel'' || Thomas Hampson ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn (G. Mahler), Geoffrey Parsons (Klavier)'' || John Eliot Gardiner ''9 Symphonies (L. v. Beethoven), Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique'' || Senta Berger || Rathaus Hamburg<ref name=location>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-hintergrund/ |title=Echo Klassik Award Locations |date=2017 |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212505/http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-hintergrund/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 3 || 1996 || September 15, 1996 || Montserrat Caballé ''Hijo de la luna'' || Peter Seiffert ''Festliches Konzert mit Peter Seiffert, Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Heinz Wallberg, Jiri Kout'' || Giuseppe Sinopoli ''4 Symphonien (R. Schumann), Staatskapelle Dresden'' || Senta Berger and Gunther Emmerlich || Semperoper, Dresden |- | 4 || 1997 || September 14, 1997 || Cecilia Bartoli ''Chant D'Amour, Meldoies Francaises'' || Thomas Hampson ''Das Lied von der Erde (G. Mahler)'' || Bruno Weil ''Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (L. v. Beethoven)'' || Senta Berger und Jochen Kowalski || Prinzregententheater Munich |- | 5 || 1998 || October 25, 1998 || Waltraud Meier ''Sings Wagner, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel'' || Thomas Quasthoff ''Mozart Arias, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber'' || Ingo Metzmacher ''Sinfonie Nr. 9 (H. W. Henze), Berliner Philharmoniker'' || Senta Berger und Roger Willemsen || Laeiszhalle Hamburg |- | 6 || 1999 || October 24, 1999 || Edita Gruberová ''La Sonnambula (Vincenzo Bellini), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti'' || José Cura ''Samson & Dalila (Saint-Saens), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis'' || Lorin Maazel ''L'Histoire du Soldat (Stravinsky), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks'' || Senta Berger und Roger Willemsen || Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar |- | 7 || 2000 || October 22, 2000 || Anne Sofie von Otter ''Bengt Forsberg (Klavier), Four Shakespeare Songs Op. 31, Desdemonas Song (E.W. Korngold)'' || Marcelo Álvarez ''Tomo y obligo (C. Gardel), N. Marconi (Bandoneon), F. Suarez-Paz (Violine), P. Ziegler (Klavier), M. Cardozo (Gitarre), H. Console (Bass), J. Calandrelli (Dirigent)'' || Daniel Barenboim || Senta Berger und Roger Willemsen || Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin |- | 8 || 2001 || September 30, 2001 || Barbara Frittoli ''Don Giovanni (W.A. Mozart)'' || Ramón Vargas ''La Favorite'' || Günter Wand || Senta Berger und Roger Willemsen || Festspielhaus Baden-Baden |- | 9 || 2002 || October 13, 2002 || Angela Gheorghiu ''Casta Diva'' || Marcelo Álvarez ''French Arias'' || Claudio Abbado || Senta Berger || Alte Oper Frankfurt |- | 10 || 2003 || October 26, 2003 || Vesselina Kasarova ''Nuit Resplendissante, French Opera Arias'' || Salvatore Licitra ''E lucevan le stelle'' || Simon Rattle ''Symphony No. 5 (G. Mahler)'' || Senta Berger || Konzerthaus Dortmund |- | 12 || 2004 || October 24, 2004 || Anna Netrebko ''Opera Arias'' || Thomas Quasthoff ''Romantische Lieder, Schubert Lieder'' || – || Senta Berger || Gasteig, Munich |- | 13 || 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Preistraeger-des-Echo-Klassik-2005-stehen-fest |title=Echo Klassik 2005 |date=2005 |website=musikmarkt.de |access-date=4 August 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222013335/http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Preistraeger-des-Echo-Klassik-2005-stehen-fest |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}</ref> || October 16, 2005 || Anna Netrebko ''Sempre libera'' || Rolando Villazón ''Französische Opernarien (Gounod, Massenet)'' || Claudio Abbado ''Debussy, Mahler – "La mer", Symphony No. 2'' || Senta Berger || Gasteig, Munich |- | 14 || 2006 || October 22, 2006 || Cecilia Bartoli ''G.F. Händel, A. Caldara: Opera Proibita'' || Bryn Terfel ''Simple Gifts'' || Daniel Barenboim ''L. v. Beethoven, W. A. Mozart: Das Ramallah Konzert'' || Maria Furtwängler || Gasteig, Munich |- | 15 || 2007<ref>{{cite news |date=18 June 2007 |title=Echo Klassik 2007 |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/echo-klassik-2007 |work=Neue Musikzeitung |language=de |access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> || October 21, 2007 || Elīna Garanča ''Aria Cantilena'' || Simon Keenlyside ''Tales Of Opera'' || Mariss Jansons ''Shostakovich: Symphonies'' || Maria Furtwängler || Gasteig, Munich |- | 16 || 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=https://magazin.klassik.com/charts/echo_klassik.cfm?echo=2008 |title=Echo Klassik 2008 |date=2008 |website=klassik.com |access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> || October 19, 2008 || Cecilia Bartoli ''Maria'' || Philippe Jaroussky ''Carestini – The Story of a Castrato'' || Michael Gielen ''Schönberg, Arnold: Gurrelieder'' || Götz Alsmann and Natalia Wörner || Gasteig, Munich |- | 17 || 2009<ref>{{cite news |date=29 June 2009 |title=Die Preisträger des ECHO KLASSIK 2009 |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/die-preistraeger-des-echo-klassik-2009 |work=neue musikzeitung |language=de |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> || October 18, 2009 || Elīna Garanča ''Bel Canto'' || Christian Gerhaher ''Robert Schumann, Melancholie'' || Sylvain Cambreling ''Olivier Messiaen, Works for Orchestra'' || Götz Alsmann und Natalia Wörner || Semperoper, Dresden |- | 18 || 2010<ref>{{cite news |date=20 July 2010 |title=Preisträger des Musikpreises Echo Klassik 2010 bekannt gegeben |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/preistraeger-des-musikpreises-echo-klassik-2010-bekannt-gegeben |work=Neue Musikzeitung |language=de |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> || October 17, 2010 || Joyce DiDonato ''Colbran, The Muse'' || Jonas Kaufmann ''Sehnsucht'' || Paavo Järvi ''Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 & 6 "Pastoral"'' || Thomas Gottschalk ||Saalbau Essen |- | 19 || 2011 || October 2, 2011 || Simone Kermes ''Colori d'Amore'' || Thomas Hampson ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn'' || Andris Nelsons ''Stravinsky: Firebird'' || Thomas Gottschalk || Saalbau Essen |- | 20 || 2012 || October 14, 2012 || Renée Fleming ''Poèmes'' || Klaus Florian Vogt ''Helden'' ||Riccardo Chailly ''Beethoven Symphonies''|| Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón || Konzerthaus Berlin |- |21 || 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echopop/upload/news/ECHO_Klassik_2013_Preistraeger_Stand_130813.pdf |title=Echo Klassik 2013 |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012917/http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echopop/upload/news/ECHO_Klassik_2013_Preistraeger_Stand_130813.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || October 6, 2013 || Joyce DiDonato ''Drama Queens'' || Jonas Kaufmann ''Wagner'' || Esa-Pekka Salonen ''Lutosławski: The Symphonies'' || Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón || Konzerthaus Berlin |- |22 || 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2014_Preistraeger_FINAL_Presse_141007_10.pdf |title=Echo Klassik 2014 |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406005909/http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2014_Preistraeger_FINAL_Presse_141007_10.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || October 26, 2014 || Anna Netrebko ''Verdi'' || Piotr Beczała ''Rigoletto'' || Yannick Nézet-Séguin ''Stravinsky & Stokowski'' || Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón || Gasteig, Munich |- |23 || 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/klassik-details/controller/News/action/detail/news/echo-klassik-2015-die-preistraeger-stehen-fest/ |title=Echo Klassik 2015 |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=19 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919130822/http://www.echoklassik.de/klassik-details/controller/News/action/detail/news/echo-klassik-2015-die-preistraeger-stehen-fest/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> || October 18, 2015 || Joyce DiDonato ''Stella di Napoli'' || Jonas Kaufmann ''Du bist die Welt für mich'' || David Zinman ''Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde & Ferruccio Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque'' || Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón || Konzerthaus Berlin |- |24 || 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-preistraeger-2016/ |title=Echo Klassik 2016 |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=28 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328194307/http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-preistraeger-2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || October 9, 2016 || Anna Netrebko ''Macbeth'' || Philippe Jaroussky ''Green: Mélodies françaises sur des poèmes de Verlaine'' || Antonio Pappano ''Verdi: Aida'' || Thomas Gottschalk || Konzerthaus Berlin |- |25 || 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echoklassik/upload/news/2017/2ECHO_KLASSIK_Winners_2017.pdf |title=Echo Klassik 2017 |date=2017 |website=echoklassik.de |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212313/http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echoklassik/upload/news/2017/2ECHO_KLASSIK_Winners_2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || October 29, 2017 || Joyce DiDonato ''In War & Peace'' || Matthias Goerne '' Mahler, Berio: Sinfonia/10 Frühe Lieder'' || Kent Nagano ''Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie'' || Thomas Gottschalk || Elbphilharmonie Hamburg |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20150416093235/http://www.echoklassik.de/}} (archived)
{{Classical music awards}} Category:Classical music awards Category:German music awards Category:1994 establishments in Germany Category:Awards established in 1994 Category:2018 disestablishments in Germany Category:Awards disestablished in 2018