Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Pierre Boulez has received the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance twelve times

The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance , in German "Grammy award for the best orchestral performance", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of classical music since 1959 .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance. The prize has been awarded annually since 1959. Until 1989 only the conductor received it. Since then, the orchestra has also received an award, even if it is not mentioned in the nomination.

The name of the award has been slightly changed several times over the years:

• From 1959 to 1964, the price was as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra awarded
• In 1965 it was named Best Performance Orchestra
• From 1966 to 1975 he was again Best Classical Performance - Orchestra called
• From 1977 to 1978 it was awarded under the name Best Classical Orchestral Performance
• From 1980 to 1981 the award was called Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• In 1983 the prize was as Best Orchestral Performance award
• In 1984 the Best Orchestral Recording award was named
• From 1985 to 1987 the award was again Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• From 1988 to 1989 she was again Best Orchestral Recording called
• Since 1990 the award has been given again under the name Best Orchestral Performance .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1959	Felix Slatkin (conductor) with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	United States	Gaîté Parisienne
1960	Charles Münch (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	France	Claude Debussy : Images pour orchester
1961	Fritz Reiner (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	United States	Béla Bartók : Music for string instruments, percussion and celesta
1962	Charles Münch (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	France	Maurice Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé
1963	Igor Stravinsky (conductor) with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Russia  France  United States	Igor Stravinsky : The Firebird
1964	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	Austria  United States	Béla Bartók : Concert for orchestra
1965	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	Austria  United States	Gustav Mahler : 5th Symphony / Alban Berg : Wozzeck (excerpts)
1966	Leopold Stokowski (conductor) with the American Symphony Orchestra	United Kingdom	Charles Ives : 4th Symphony
1967	Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	Austria  United States	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 6 in A minor
1968	Igor Stravinsky (conductor) with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Russia  France  United States	Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird and Petrushka
1969	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the New Philharmonia Orchestra	France	Boulez Conducts Debussy ( La Mer ; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ; Jeux)
1970	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Cleveland Orchestra	France	Boulez Conducts Debussy , Vol. 2 "Images pour orchester"
1971	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Cleveland Orchestra	France	Stravinsky : Le Sacre du Printemps
1972	Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Italy	Gustav Mahler : 1st symphony in D major
1973	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Hungary	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 7 in E minor
1974	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the New York Philharmonic	France	Béla Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra
1975	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Hungary	Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique
1976	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Camarata Singers and the New York Philharmonic	France	Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
1977	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Minshull (producer)	Hungary	Richard Strauss : So Zarathustra spoke
1978	Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Breest (producer)	Italy	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 9 in D major
1979	Herbert von Karajan (conductor) with the Berliner Philharmoniker , Michel Glotz (producer),	Austria	Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphonies 1-9 (complete recording)
1980	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Mallinson (producer)	Hungary	Johannes Brahms : Symphonies ( 1 , 2 , 3 and 4)
1981	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Minshull (producer)	Hungary	Anton Bruckner : Symphony No. 6 in A major
1982	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Choir, James Mallinson (producer)	Hungary	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 2 in C minor
1983	James Levine (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jay David Saks and Thomas Z. Shepard (producers)	United States	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 7 in E minor (Song of the Night)
1984	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Mallinson (producer)	Hungary	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 9
1985	Leonard Slatkin (conductor) with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra , Jay David Saks (producer)	United States	Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofiev : Symphony No. 5
1986	Robert Shaw (conductor) with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , Robert Woods (producer)	United States	Gabriel Fauré : Pelléas et Mélisande
1987	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michael Haas (producer)	Hungary	Franz Liszt : Faust Symphony
1988	Georg Solti (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michael Haas (producer)	Hungary	Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 9 in D minor
1989	Louis Lane and Robert Shaw (conductors) with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Woods (producer)	United States and  United States	Ned Rorem : String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
1990	Leonard Bernstein (conductor) with the New York Philharmonic	United States	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 3 in D minor
1991	Leonard Bernstein (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	United States	Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch : Symphony No. 1 and 7
1992	Daniel Barenboim (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Argentina  Israel	John Corigliano : 1st symphony
1993	Leonard Bernstein (conductor) with the Berlin Philharmonic	United States	Gustav Mahler : 9th symphony
1994	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	France	Béla Bartók : The wood-carved prince
1995	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	France	Béla Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra; Four orchestral pieces, Op. 12
1996	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Cleveland Orchestra	France	Claude Debussy : La Mer
1997	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) with the San Francisco Symphony	United States	Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet (scenes from the ballet)
1998	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Cleveland Orchestra	France	Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique ; Tristia
1999	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	France	Gustav Mahler : 9th symphony
2000	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) with the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girl's Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Choir	United States	Igor Stravinsky : The Firebird ; Le sacre du printemps ; Perséphone
2001	Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) with the Berliner Philharmoniker , Stephen Johns (Producer), Mike Clements (Sound Engineer)	United Kingdom	Gustav Mahler : 10th symphony
2002	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Helmut Burk and Karl-August Naegler (producers), Jobst Eberhardt and Stephan Flock (sound engineers)	France	Boulez Conducts Edgard Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionization)
2003	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , Andreas Neubronner (producer), Peter Laenger (sound engineer)	United States	Gustav Mahler : 6th symphony
2004	Pierre Boulez (conductor) with the Vienna Philharmonic , the soloists Anne Sofie von Otter , Johannes Prinz, Gerald Wirth, the Vienna Boys' Choir and the choir of the Wiener Singverein	France	Gustav Mahler : 3rd symphony
2005	Lorin Maazel (conductor) with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral and the New York Philharmonic	United States	John Adams : On the Transmigration of Souls
2006	Mariss Jansons (conductor) with the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks	Latvia	Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Shostakowitsch : 13th symphony
2007	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) with the San Francisco Symphony	United States	Gustav Mahler : 7th symphony	Bax: Tone Poems by the BBC Philharmonic , conducted by Vernon Handley Glasunow : Symphonies 4 and 7 by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the direction of José Serebrier Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under the direction of Iván Fischer Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies by the London Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Valery Gergiev
2008	Leonard Slatkin (conductor) with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra	United States	Joan Tower : Made in America	Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by the Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of Osmo Vänskä Shostakovich: The Golden Age by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the direction of José Serebrier Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps by the Los Angeles Philharmonic , conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Serenade To Music by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano
2009	Bernard Haitink (conductor) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Netherlands	Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Shostakowitsch : 4th symphony	D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rumon Gamba Glasunow: Symphony No. 6, La Mer, Introduction and Dance from Salome by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the direction of José Serebrier Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alan Gilbert Chris Walden: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Chris Walden
2010	James Levine (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	United States	Maurice Ravel : Daphnis et Chloe	Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Benjamin Zander Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 and 15 by the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra under Valery Gergiev Szymanowski: Symphony No. 1 and 4 by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Antoni Wit with Jan Krzysztof Broja
2011	Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor) with Terrence Wilson, Mary Kathryn van Osdale and the Nashville Symphony	Costa Rica	William Dougherty : Metropolis Symphony; Deus ex machina	Bruckner: Symphonies No. 3 & 4 by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse from the Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals under the direction of Gil Rose Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music by the Mannheim Mozart Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Fey Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; Four Études by Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez
2012	Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic	Venezuela	Johannes Brahms : 4th Symphony	York Bowen : Symphonies No. 1 and No. 2 by the BBC Philharmonic , conducted by Andrew Davis Joseph Haydn : Symphonies 104 , 88 and 101 by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas McGegan Hans Werner Henze : Symphonies No. 3 - 5 by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Marek Janowski Bohuslav Martinů : The 6 symphonies by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jirí Belohlávek
2013	Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) with the San Francisco Symphony	United States	John Adams: Harmony & Short Ride in a Fast Machine	Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 1 by the Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar under the direction of Iván Fischer Music for a Time of War by the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Carlos Kalmar Sergej Rachmaninow : Symphonic Dances by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Valeri Gergijew Jean Sibelius : Symphonies No. 2 and No. 5 by the Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of Osmo Vänskä
2014	Osmo Vänskä (conductor) with the Minnesota Orchestra	Finland	Jean Sibelius : Symphonies No. 1 & 4	Atterberg : Orchestral Works Vol. 1 by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Neeme Järvi Lutosławski : First Symphony by the Los Angeles Philharmonic , conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen Schumann : 2nd symphony ; Overtures "Manfred" and " Genoveva " by the Orchestra Mozart under the direction of Claudio Abbado Stravinsky : Le sacre du printemps by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle
2015	David Robertson (conductor) with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	United States	John Adams : City Noir	Dutilleux : Symphony No. 1; Tout un monde lointain; The Shadows of Time by the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Ludovic Morlot (Technique: Dmitriy Lipay) Dvořák : 8th Symphony / Janáček : Symphonic Suite from Jenůfa by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Manfred Honeck Schumann : Symphonies 1-4 by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Simon Rattle Sibelius : Symphonies No. 6 & 7 ; Tapiola of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Spano
2016	Andris Nelsons (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra		Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10	Bruckner : 4th Symphony by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Manfred Honeck Dutilleux : Métaboles; L'Arbre des songes; Symphony no. 2 'Le Double' by the Seattle Symphony conducted by Ludovic Morlot Spirit of the American Range by the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Carlos Kalmar Zhou Long and Chen Yi : Symphony "Humen 1839" by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Darrell Ang
2017	Andris Nelsons (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	Latvia	Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies No. 5, 8 & 9	Bates: Works for Orchestra by the San Francisco Symphony , conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas Ibert : Orchestral Works from the Orchester de la Suisse Romande under the direction of Neeme Järvi Prokofiev : Symphony No. 5 in B flat major op. 100 by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons Rouse : Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero's Rooms from the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Alan Gilbert
2018	Manfred Honeck (conductor) with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	Austria	Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Shostakowitsch: Symphony No. 5; Samuel Barber : Adagio	Concertos for Orchestra by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Louis Langrée Copland : 3rd Symphony ; Three Latin American Sketches by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin Debussy : Images; Jeux & La plus que lente by the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas Mahler : 5th Symphony by the Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of Osmo Vänskä
2019	Andris Nelsons (conductor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra	Latvia	Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Symphonies No. 4 & 11	Beethoven : 3rd Symphony ; Strauss : Horn Concerto No. 1 by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Manfred Honeck Nielsen : 3rd Symphony & 4th Symphony by the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Thomas Dausgaard Ruggles , Stucky & Harbison : Orchestral Works by the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, conducted by David Alan Miller Schumann : Symphonies No. 1 - 4 from the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas
2020	Gustavo Dudamel with the Los Angeles Philharmonic	Venezuela	Andrew Norman : Sustain	Bruckner : 9th Symphony conducted by Manfred Honeck with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Copland : Billy the Kid; Grohg conducted by Leonard Slatkin with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Transatlantic conducted by Louis Langrée with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Weinberg : Symphonies No. 2 & 21 conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Kremerata Baltica

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award Best Classical Orchestral Performance at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Classical Orchestral Performance. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .