This year's Classical Music Gala and the presentation of "Fryderyk" Awards were held in the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice on March 12, 2019.
Most of the statuettes – in the categories of "Choral Music, Oratorio and Opera Music", "Early Music" and "Contemporary Music" – were awarded to musicians associated with the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music in Wrocław. In the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko, the album Stanisław Moniuszko. Phantoms performed by the NFM Choir and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Andrzej Kosendiak, received a "Fryderyk" award in the first category. Best album in the "Early Music" cateogry is Marcin Mielczewski II Wrocław Baroque Ensemble under Andrzej Kosendiak. In the "Contemporary Music" category the winner is the Supernova album by Atom String Quartet, NFM Orchestra Leopoldinum and Christian Danowicz, featuring works by Hanna Kulenty-Majoor, Mateusz Smoczyński, Dawid Lubowicz, Michał Zaborski, and Krzysztof Lenczowski.
The award for the best album with solo recital went to Janusz Wawrowski and Jose Gallarda for Hidden Violin, presenting works of Henryk Wieniawski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Ludomir Różycki, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Witold Lutosławski and Karol Szymanowski. "Fryderyk" in the "Chamber Music" category was awarded to the album Giovanni Battista Pergolesi "Stabat Mater" / Paweł Łukaszewski "Luctus Mariae", released by the Chopin University Press. In the category of "Symphony and concert music", the award went to Błażewicz, Łukaszewski and Czarnecki. Polish Contemporary Concertos, released by DUX. The Silesian Quartet received the statuette for the most outstanding recording of Polish music – The Silesian Quartet and friends. Grażyna Bacewicz.
In addition to the statuettes in the eight main categories, two "Golden Fryderyk" Awards were given for lifetime achievement to conductor Jacek Kaspszyk and jazz vocalist, composer and poet Wanda Warska.
A complete list of the winners is available at: http://fryderykfestiwal.pl/zwyciezcy-fryderyk-2019/