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Gramophone Awards: Artist of the Year over the years
Who won Gramophone's 'Artist of the Year' Award last year? And how about the year before? Re-live the past 20 years of winners of the 'Oscars of the classical music world', and find out which classical music stars have picked up this prized accolade
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1. Kiri te Kanawa: Artist of the Year 1992
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2. Simon Rattle: Artist of the Year 1993
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3. John Eliot Gardiner: Artist of the Year 1994
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4. Pierre Boulez: Artist of the Year 1995
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5. Anne Sofie von Otter: Artist of the Year 1996
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6. Yo-Yo Ma: Artist of the Year 1997
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7. Riccardo Chailly: Artist of the Year 1998
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8. Martha Argerich: Artist of the Year 1999
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9. Antonio Pappano: Artist of the Year 2000
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10. Cecilia Bartoli: Artist of the Year 2001
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11. Maxim Vengerov: Artist of the Year 2002
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12. Marin Alsop: Artist of the Year 2003
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13. Magdalena Kozena: Artist of the Year 2004
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14. Michael Tilson Thomas: Artist of the Year 2005
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15. Angela Hewitt: Artist of the Year 2006
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16. Julia Fischer: Artist of the Year 2007
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17. Hilary Hahn: Artist of the Year 2008
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18. The Sixteen: Artist of the Year 2009
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19. Joyce DiDonato: Artist of the Year 2010
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20. Gustavo Dudamel: Artist of the Year 2011
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21. Artist of the Year 2012
Kiri te Kanawa: Artist of the Year 1992
Operatic soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa started her career as a pop star in New Zealand, but enrolled at the London Opera Centre in 1966. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1982.
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