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Classic BRITs awarded. Classic.
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 October 2013
So, the BRITs’ annual attempt to make classical music more like pop took place last night, once against hosted by noted pianist Myleene Klass.
The big moment of the night was the delivery of the Lifetime Achievement award to the widow of Luciano Pavarotti, Nicoletta Mantovani. As previously reported, Pavarotti was originally invited to collect the prize in 2007, but was unable to collect it then also (on account of him being dead, the same excuse he used this year).
Hans Zimmer took away two prizes, for Outstanding Contribution To Music and Composer Of The Year, which is a pretty good combination – the former usually being a ‘sorry you’re not really relevant anymore’ consolation prize. His Composer Of The Year gong was awarded specifically for his soundtracks to the movies ‘The Dark Night Rises’ and ‘Man Of Steel’, which at least means someone got something out of those two sack of shite films.
If you don’t want to know the rest of the scores, look away now and wait for the highlights show on ITV this Sunday at 10.20pm. If you can’t wait until then, give in to your curiosity and read this list:
Composer Of The Year: Hans Zimmer
Male Artist Of The Year: Daniel Barenboim
Female Artist Of The Year: Nicola Benedetti
International Artist Of The Year: Lang Lang
Breakthrough Artist Of The Year: Amy Dickson – Dusk & Dawn
Critics’ Award: Jonas Kaufmann – Wagner
Album Of The Year: André Rieu – Magic Of The Movies
Outstanding Contribution To Music: Hans Zimmer
Lifetime Achievement: Luciano Pavarotti
