Thursday 22nd May 2003
Televised Sunday 1st June 2003, ITV
Hosted by Katie Derham, ITN‘s Arts and Media Editor
Royal Albert Hall, London
Nominees (winners in red)
| Female Artist of the Year | Chloe Hanslip, Magdalena Kozena, Renee Fleming |
| Male Artist of the Year | Andrea Bocelli, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Simon Rattle |
| Album of the Year | Aled Jones - "Aled", Andrea Bocelli - "Sentimento", Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - "Mahler / Symphony no. 5", Bond - "Shine", Lesley Garrett - "The Singer", Operababes - "Beyond Imagination", Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Tolga Kashif - "The Queen Symphony", Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Rutter / Lloyd-Jones - "Holst / The Planets, The Mystic Trumpeter", Russell Watson - "Reprise", The Planets - "Classical Graffiti" |
| Contemporary Music Award | Arvo Part - "Orient & Occident", Howard Shore - "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", John Williams - "Star Wars Episode 2 / Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets" |
| Young British Classical Performer | Chloe Hanslip, Colin Currie, Paul Lewis |
| Ensemble / Orchestral Album of the Year | Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - "Mahler / Symphony no. 5", London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich - "Shostakovich / Symphony no.11", Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Rutter / Lloyd-Jones - "Holst / The Planets, The Mystic Trumpeter" |
| Critics Award | Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - "Mahler / Symphony no. 5", Murray Perahia - "Chopin / Etudes Opus 10, Opus 25", Musica Antiqua Koln / Goebel - "Bachiana - Music by the Bach Family" |
| Outstanding Contribution to Music | Cecilia Bartoli |
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