# Classic Brit Awards

O Classic BRIT Awards (anteriormente Classical BRIT Awards) são uma cerimônia de premiação anual realizada no Reino Unido, cobrindo aspectos da música clássica e crossover, e são o equivalente do Brit Awards da música popular.
Os prêmios são organizados pela British Phonographic Industry (BPI) e foram inaugurados em 2000 "em reconhecimento às conquistas dos músicos clássicos e ao crescimento das vendas de música clássica no Reino Unido". A cerimônia acontece no Royal Albert Hall em maio. O evento combina performances ao vivo com prêmios especialmente comissionados apresentados durante a noite.
A votação para os prêmios é feita por "uma academia de executivos da indústria, a mídia, a British Association of Record Dealers (BARD), membros do Sindicato dos Músicos, advogados, promotores e líderes de orquestra", exceto "Álbum do Ano" que é votado por ouvintes da Classic FM.
Desde 2011, a cerimônia é conhecida como "Classic BRIT Awards". Após um hiato de cinco anos após a cerimônia de 2013, o Classic BRIT Awards retornou com uma transmissão do Royal Albert Hall em 13 de junho de 2018.

## Prêmios
### 2000

Sexta-feira, 5 de maio de 2000. Apresentado por Sir Trevor McDonald.
* 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: Choir of King's College, Cambridge – Rachmaninoff Vespers
* Young British Classical Performer: Daniel Harding
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: Nigel Kennedy

### 2001

Quinta-feira, 31 de maio de 2001. Apresentado por Katie Derham.
* 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 e Berliner Philharmoniker – Mahler, 10th Symphony
* Young British Classical Performer: Freddy Kempf
* Critics' Award: Sir Simon Rattle e Berliner Philarmoniker – Mahler, 10th Symphony
* Best-selling Debut Album: Russell Watson – The Voice
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: Sir Simon Rattle

### 2002

Quarta-feira, 22 de maio de 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 e London Symphony Orchestra – Vaughan Williams, A London Symphony
* Contemporary Music Award: Tan Dun – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Young British Classical Performer: Guy Johnston
* Critics' Award: Sir Colin Davis e London Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz, Les Troyens
* Biggest-selling Classical Album: Russell Watson – Encore
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: Andrea Bocelli

### 2003

Quinta-feira, 22 de maio de 2003. Apresentado por Katie Derham.
* 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: Berliner Philharmoniker e Sir Simon Rattle – Mahler, Symphony no. 5
* Contemporary Music Award: Arvo Pärt – Orient & Occident
* Young British Classical Performer: Chloë Hanslip
* Critics' Award: Murray Perahia – Chopin, Etudes Opus 10, Opus 25
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: Cecilia Bartoli

### 2004

Quarta-feira, 26 de maio de 2004. Apresentado por Katie Derham.
* 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 e Vienna Philharmonic – Beethoven Symphonies
* Contemporary Music Award – Philip Glass: The Hours
* Young British Classical Performer: Daniel Hope
* Critics' Award: Vengerov, Rostropovich e London Symphony Orchestra – Britten/Walton Concertos
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: Renée Fleming

### 2005

Quarta-feira, 25 de maio de 2005. Apresentado por 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 e 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 e The Terminal
* Young British Classical Performer: Natalie Clein
* Critics' Award – Stephen Hough – Rachmaninov Piano Concertos
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: James Galway

### 2006

Quinta-feira, 4 de maio de 2006. Apresentado por Michael Parkinson.
* Singer of the Year: Andreas Scholl – Arias for Senesino
* Instrumentalist of the Year: Leif Ove Andsnes – Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 1 and 2
* Album of the Year: Katherine Jenkins – Living A Dream
* Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year: Takács Quartet – Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
* Contemporary Music Award: James MacMillan – 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 e Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Antonio Pappano – Tristan und Isolde
* Lifetime Achievement: Plácido Domingo

### 2007

Quinta-feira, 3 de maio de 2007. Apresentado por Fern Britton.
* 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 e Sir Simon Rattle – Holst, The Planets
* Soundtrack Composer of the Year: George Fenton – Planet Earth
* Young British Classical Performer: Ruth Palmer
* Critics' Award: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs – Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito
* Lifetime Achievement: Vernon Handley

### 2008

Quinta-feira, 8 de maio de 2008. Apresentado por 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

Quinta-feira, 14 de maio de 2009. Apresentado por 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 e James Newton Howard
* Critics' Award: Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Mozart Symphonies nos. 38–41
* Lifetime Achievement in Music: José Carreras

### 2010

Quinta-feira, 13 de maio de 2010. Apresentado por 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, conduzido por Antonio Pappano com Rolando Villazón, Anja Harteros, Sonja Ganassi and Rene Pape – Messa da Requiem
* Lifetime Achievement in Music: Kiri Te Kanawa

### 2011

Quinta-feira, 12 de maio de 2011. Apresentado por 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
* Artist of the Decade: Il Divo
* Album of the Year: André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra (Decca) – Moonlight Serenade
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: John Barry

### 2012

Terça-feira, 2 de outubro de 2012. Apresentado por Myleene Klass.
* International Artist of the Year: Andrea Bocelli
* Lifetime Achievement Award: John Williams
* Special Recognition Award: Classic FM (UK)
* Female Artist of the Year: Nicola Benedetti
* Male Artist of the Year: Vasily Petrenko
* Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Milos Karadaglic
* Composer of the Year: John Williams
* Critics Award: Benjamin Grosvenor
* Album of the Year: And the Waltz Goes On
* Single of the Year: "Wherever You Are"

### 2013

Quarta-feira, 2 de outubro de 2013. Apresentado por Myleene Klass.
* International Artist of the Year: Lang Lang
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Luciano Pavarotti (posthumous)
* Female Artist of the Year – Nicola Benedetti
* Male Artist of the Year: Daniel Barenboim
* Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Amy Dickson
* Composer of the Year: Hans Zimmer
* Critics Award: Jonas Kaufmann
* Album of the Year: André Rieu, Magic of the Movies
* Outstanding Contribution to Music: Hans Zimmer

### 2018

Quarta-feira, 13 de junho de 2018. Apresentado por Myleene Klass e Alexander Armstrong
* Female Artist of the Year: Renée Fleming
* Male Artist of the Year: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
* Group of the Year: Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
* Soundtrack of the Year: The Greatest Showman OST (Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
* Critics’ Choice in association with Apple Music: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
* Classic FM Album of the Year: Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
* Classic BRITs Icon: Andrea Bocelli
* Sound of Classical 2018: Jess Gillam
* PPL Classic BRITs Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Tokio Myers
* Special Recognition Award for Musical Theatre & Education: Andrew Lloyd Webber
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Dame Vera Lynn