Maurice Steger honored with Echo Klassik award
Swiss recorder player Maurice Steger is Instrumentalist of the Year in the flute category of this year's Echo Klassik awards. Among the numerous other winners are the former chief conductor of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra David Zinman and the Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud.
The winners of the Young Artist of the Year category are Bryan Hymel (vocals), Sonya Yoncheva (vocals), Florian Noack (piano), Sophie Pacini (piano) and Nemanja Radulović (violin). The prize for promoting young talent goes to Classic Scouts and the Freie Grundschule Wernigerode. The Klassik-für-Kinder prize goes to the recording The Emperor's Nightingale by Helbling Verlag with Uģis Prauliņš, Michala Petri, Malte Arkona, Klaas Stok and the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart.
According to the German Music Industry Association (BVMI), other award winners include Jonas Kaufmann (Singer of the Year), Joyce DiDonato (Singer of the Year), Elīna Garanča (Solo Recording of the Year/Vocals), Lang Lang (Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano) and Andreas Ottensamer (Instrumentalist of the Year/Clarinet).
The official award ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 18, 2015 as part of a gala at the Konzerthaus Berlin. The evening will be broadcast by ZDF on the same evening.
The complete list: www.echoklassik.de
