2012 South Bank Sky Arts Awards – winners

Yesterday, the leaders of the British contemporary and classical arts scene gathered at The Dorchester to present the 16th Annual South Bank Sky Arts Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Melvyn Bragg.

The winners for film and theatre were both adaptations. We Need To Talk About Kevin was based on Lionel Shriver’s novel, while the theatre presentation of Matilda was from the Roald Dahl story.

For Classical music, the winner was Llŷr Williams for his cycle of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas at the Edinburgh Festival. The winner for Opera was the English National Orchestra's The Damnation of Faust. For Pop Music, Kate Bush won for 50 Words For Snow, winning out over fellow chanteuses Adele (21) and PJ Harvey (Let England Shake). The soprano Sophie Bevan won the Times Breakthrough Award, as voted by readers of The Times.

The South Bank Show ran for 32 years on ITV before cancellation in 2010. It returns on Sunday 27 May on Sky Arts.

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Complete list of winners for the 16th South Bank Sky Arts Awards

Classical Music
Llŷr Williams: Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Cycle at Edinburgh Festival

Comedy
Fresh Meat, Channel 4

Dance
Arthur Pita, The Metamorphosis, Linbury Studio

Film
We Need To Talk About Kevin

Literature
Charles Dickens: A Life, Claire Tomalin

Opera
The Damnation of Faust, ENO

Pop Music
Kate Bush, 50 Words For Snow

Theatre
Matilda, RSC

TV Drama
Sherlock, BBC 1

Visual Art
Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, British Museum

The Times Breakthrough Award
Opera: Sophie Bevan

Outstanding Achievement in association with The Dorchester
Michael Frayn

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SOUTH BANK SKY ARTS AWARDS 2012: FULL NOMINEE LIST

Classical Music
• Llŷr Williams: Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Cycle at Edinburgh Festival
• Harrison Birtwistle’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with Christian Tetzlaff and The Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Colin Davis and the LSO: Nielsen’s Symphony Cycle at the Barbican

Comedy
• Fresh Meat, Channel 4
• Twenty Twelve, BBC4
• Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, BBC2

Dance
• Zoo Nation, Some Like it Hip Hop, Sadlers Wells
• Akram Khan, Desh, The Curve
• Arthur Pita, The Metamorphosis, Linbury Studio

Film
• Attack The Block
• Senna
• We Need To Talk About Kevin

Literature
• Pure, Andrew Miller
• Charles Dickens: A Life, Claire Tomalin
• Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson

Opera
• The Damnation of Faust, ENO
• Mignon, Buxton Festival
• Heart of Darkness, Linbury, Royal Opera

Pop Music
• Adele, 21
• PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
• Kate Bush, 50 Words For Snow

Theatre
• Matilda, RSC,
• One Man Two Guvnors, National Theatre
• Constellations, Royal Court

TV Drama
• Sherlock, BBC 1
• This is England ’88, Channel 4
• Top Boy, Channel 4

Visual Art
• Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, British Museum
• David Chipperfield: The Hepworth Wakefield
• David Hockney: A Bigger Picture , Royal Academy

THE TIMES BREAKTHROUGH AWARD: NOMINEES
• Comedy: Adam Riches
• Classical music: David Bates
• Dance: Yonah Acosta
• Film: Felicity Jones
• Literature: Stephen Kelman
• Opera: Sophie Bevan
• Pop music: Michael Kiwanuka
• Theatre: Joseph Drake
• TV Drama: Jessica Raine
• Visual Art: Haroon Mirza

Outstanding Achievement in association with The Dorchester: To be announced on the day

Judges
The judges of this year’s South Bank Sky Arts Awards are Gilly Greenwood, Chair, Peter Aspden, Arts Correspondent of Financial Times; Baz Bamigboye, Entertainment Columnist & Arts Reviewer of Daily Mail; Richard Brooks, Arts Editor of The Sunday Times; Matt Cain, Culture Editor at Channel 4 John Cassy, Director, Sky 3D; Sarah Donaldson, Arts Editor of The Observer; Manisha Ferdinand, Head of PR Sky Arts & Sky Movies; Boyd Hilton, TV & Reviews Editor of Heat Magazine; Alex O'Connell, Arts & Entertainment Editor of The Times; Archie Powell, Documentary Filmmaker.