Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo , in German "Grammy Award for the Best Classical Instrumental Solo", is a music prize that has been awarded since 2012 by the Recording Academy in Los Angeles . The prize is awarded to the instrumental soloist and, if applicable, the conductor.

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 Classical Instrumental Solo. It was first awarded during the 2012 annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

The award combines the previous categories of Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Solist (s) Performance (with orchestra) and Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Solist Performance (without orchestra) . The reorganization of these categories resulted from the Recording Academy's desire to reduce the number of awards.

Winner and nominated artist

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
2012	Christopher Lamb (soloist) Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor) with the Nashville Symphony	United States  Costa Rica	Joseph Schwantner : Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra	Chinese Recorder Concertos - East Meets West by Michala Petri with the Copenhagen Philharmonic conducted by Lan Shui Sergei Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Yuja Wang with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado Sergei Rachmaninow : Piano Concertos No. 3 and 4 by Leif Ove Andsnes with the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Antonio Pappano Winging It - Piano Music of John Corigliano by Ursula Oppens
2013	Kim Kashkashian (Soloist)	United States	György Kurtág , György Ligeti : Music for viola	Johann Sebastian Bach : The well-tempered piano by András Schiff The Complete Harpsichord Works of Rameau by Jory Vinikour Hans Gál , Edward Elgar : Cello concertos by Antonio Meneses with the Northern Sinfonia under the direction of Claudio Cruz Gustav Holst : The Planets by Hansjörg Albrecht
2014	Evelyn Glennie (Soloist) David Alan Miller (Conductor) with the Albany Symphony Orchestra	United Kingdom  United States	Corigliano : Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra	Bartók / Eötvös / Ligeti by Patricia Kopatchinskaja with the Ensemble Modern and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Péter Eötvös The Edge of Light by Gloria Cheng with the Calder Quartet Lindberg : Piano Concerto No. 2 by Yefim Bronfman with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert Salonen : violin concerto; Nyx by Leila Josefowicz with the YLE Radion sinfoniaorkesteri under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen Schubert : Piano Sonatas D. 845 and 960 by Maria João Pires
2015	Jason Vieaux (Soloist)	United States	Play	All the Things You Are by Leon Fleisher The Carnegie Recital by Daniil Trifonow Dutilleux : Tout un monde lointain by Xavier Phillips and the Seattle Symphony conducted by Ludovic Morlot Toccatas from Jory Vinikour
2016	Augustin Hadelich (soloist) Ludovic Morlot (Conductor) with the Seattle Symphony	Germany  France	Henri Dutilleux : Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes	Grieg & Moszkowski : Piano Concertos by Joseph Moog with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern under the direction of Nicholas Milton Mozart : Keyboard Music, Vol. 7 by Kristian Bezuidenhout Rachmaninov Variations by Daniil Trifonov with the Philadelphia Orchestra Rzewski : The People Uited Will Never Be Defeated! by Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal
2017	Zuill Bailey (Soloist) Giancarlo Guerrero (Conductor) with the Nashville Symphony	United States  Costa Rica	Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway	Adams : Scheherazade.2 by Leila Josefowicz with Chester Englander and the St. Louis Symphony conducted by David Robertson Dvořák : Violin Concerto and Romance; Suk : Fantasy by Christian Tetzlaff with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of John Storgårds Mozart : Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 by Kristian Bezuidenhout 1930's Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 by Gil Shaham with the Knights and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gil Shaham
2018	Daniil Trifonov (Soloist)	Russia	Liszt : Transcendental ( Études d'exécution transcendante and other studies )	Bach : The French Suites by Murray Perahia Haydn : Cello Concertos by Steven Isserlis with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the direction of Florian Donderer Levina : The Piano Concertos by Maria Lettberg with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the direction of Ariane Matiakh Shostakovich : Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 by Frank Peter Zimmermann with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester under the direction of Alan Gilbert
2019	James Ehnes (Soloist) Ludovic Morlot (Conductor) with the Seattle Symphony	Canada  France	Kernis : Violin Concerto	Bartók : Piano Concerto No. 2 by Yuja Wang with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle Biber : The Mystery Sonatas by Christina Day Martinson with the Boston Baroque under the direction of Martin Pearlman Bruch : Scottish Fantasy, op.46; Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op.26 by Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Glass : Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square by Craig Morris
2020	Nicola Benedetti and the Philadelphia Orchestra , conducted by Cristian Măcelaru	United Kingdom  United States	Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite	The Berlin Recital by Yuja Wang Higdon: Harp Concerto by Yolanda Kondonassis and The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ward Stare The Orchestral Organ by Jan Kraybill Torke: Sky, Concerto for Violin by Tessa Lark and the Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan Miller

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo 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. ^ Winner Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Retrieved February 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Explanation for Category Restructuring. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .