On April 16, 2018 the names of the Fryderyk award winners were announced at a special gala held in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw.
The awards were granted in 8 categories:
• Best Album - Opera, Choral and Oratorio Music: Szymanowski (Warner Classics) - Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir;
• Best Album - Early Music: Antonio Caldara. Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Polish Radio).
• Best Album - Chamber Music: Mieczysław Wajnberg. String Quartet No. 7 & Piano Quintet (CD Accord ) - Silesian Quartet, Piotr Sałajczyk.
• Best Album - Solo Recital: Already It Is Dusk (Requiem Records / DUX) - Dariusz Przybylski (organ);
• Best Album - Orchestral Music: Made in Poland (NFM / DUX) - NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, Atom String Quartet;
• Best Album - Contemporary Music : proMODERN shakespired (Warner Music Poland) - proMODERN Contemporary Vocal Sextet;
• Best Foreign Album: Krystian Zimerman. Franz Schubert - Piano Sonatas D 959 & D 960 (Deutsche Grammophon) - Krystian Zimerman;
• Best Polish Music Recording: proMODERN shakespired (Warner Music Poland) - proMODERN Contemporary Vocal Sextet;
World-famous conductor, founder of the "Amadeus" Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio Agnieszka Duczmal received an honorary award.
The gala concert was performed by Polish Radio Orchestra under the director Michał Klauza, the National Music Forum Choir, conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense conducted by Lilianna Stawarz and Marcin Zdunik and Aleksander Dębicz.
