John Williams, the composer behind scores for classic films such as Star Wars, ET and Indiana Jones, was among the winners at the 2012 Classical Brit awards.
The composer received the Lifetime Achievement award as well as Best Composer prize for his work on Warhorse and The Adventures of Tintin at the ceremony, which took place last night (2 October) at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Williams was honoured by a special medley of his most well known compositions from the London Symphony Orchestra.
Other notable winners included the 20 year-old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, who became the youngest winner of a Classical Brit - he received the Critics Award for his Chopin/Liszt/Ravel album.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s celebrated the 20th year of his career by receiving an award for International Artist of the Year.
Myleene Klasse hosted the event, which was presented by The BPI, the UK’s recorded music association.
The full list of award winners is below:
Female Artist
Nicola Benedetti
Italia
Decca
Male Artist
Vasily Petrenko
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 1 & 3
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 6 & 12
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 2 & 15
Naxos
Rachmaninov/Piano Concertos 1 & 4
Avie
Rachmaninov/Symphony No. 3
EMI Classics
MasterCard's Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Award
Miloš Karadagli?
Latino
Deutsche Grammophon
Composer
John Williams
War Horse/The Adventures Of TinTin
Sony Classical
Classic BRITs Single Of The Year in association with iTunes
Military Wives/Gareth Malone
Wherever You Are
Decca
Critics' Award
Benjamin Grosvenor
Chopin/Liszt/Ravel
Decca
Classic FM Album Of The Year in association with MasterCard
André Rieu
And The Waltz Goes On
Decca
International Artist Of The Year in association with Raymond Weil
Andrea Bocelli
Lifetime Achievement
John Williams
The composer received the Lifetime Achievement award as well as Best Composer prize for his work on Warhorse and The Adventures of Tintin at the ceremony, which took place last night (2 October) at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Williams was honoured by a special medley of his most well known compositions from the London Symphony Orchestra.
Other notable winners included the 20 year-old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, who became the youngest winner of a Classical Brit - he received the Critics Award for his Chopin/Liszt/Ravel album.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s celebrated the 20th year of his career by receiving an award for International Artist of the Year.
Myleene Klasse hosted the event, which was presented by The BPI, the UK’s recorded music association.
The full list of award winners is below:
Female Artist
Nicola Benedetti
Italia
Decca
Male Artist
Vasily Petrenko
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 1 & 3
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 6 & 12
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 2 & 15
Naxos
Rachmaninov/Piano Concertos 1 & 4
Avie
Rachmaninov/Symphony No. 3
EMI Classics
MasterCard's Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Award
Miloš Karadagli?
Latino
Deutsche Grammophon
Composer
John Williams
War Horse/The Adventures Of TinTin
Sony Classical
Classic BRITs Single Of The Year in association with iTunes
Military Wives/Gareth Malone
Wherever You Are
Decca
Critics' Award
Benjamin Grosvenor
Chopin/Liszt/Ravel
Decca
Classic FM Album Of The Year in association with MasterCard
André Rieu
And The Waltz Goes On
Decca
International Artist Of The Year in association with Raymond Weil
Andrea Bocelli
Lifetime Achievement
John Williams
