The 2013 Gramophone Classical Music Awards have been announced, with major accolades going to Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Alison Balsom, Julian Bream and Jan Lisiecki.

The world’s most influential classical music prizes, this year presented in association with Steinway & Sons and EFG International, were announced at a ceremony on September 17 at London’s LSO St Luke’s, hosted by Gramophone’s editor-in-chief James Jolly, and featuring performances from Benjamin Grosvenor, Jan Lisiecki, Steven Osborne, Ian Bostridge and Xuefei Yang, Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas, and Alison Balsom.

To read about all of the winners visit our Awards page.

Click the first image below to launch the gallery and see pictures from the ceremony.

All photos © Peter Spinney