Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist

The Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist , in German "Grammy Award for the best new classical artist", is a music prize that was awarded in the field of classical music by the American Recording Academy from 1964 to 1966 and 1986 .

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 was the Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist . The prize was awarded from 1964 to 1966 under the name Grammy Award for Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist and in 1986.

Winners and nominees

1964-1966

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1964	André Watts	United States	Franz Liszt : Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra (with Leonard Bernstein as conductor of the New York Philharmonic )
1965	Marilyn Horne	United States	The Age of Bel Canto: Operatic Scenes (with Richard Bonynge , conductor)
1966	Peter Serkin	United States	Bach: Goldberg Variations

1986

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1986	Chicago Pro Musica	United States	Igor Stravinsky : L'histoire du Soldat - William Walton : Façade with Rosalind Plowright and the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen	Sarah Brightman for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem Brian Slawson for Bach on Wood

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed August 4, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed August 4, 2019 . 
3. ^ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist. Accessed August 4, 2019 .