Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance

Pierre Boulez has received the Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance twice

The Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance , in German "Grammy award for the best performance by a small ensemble", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of classical music since 1997 .

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 outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance. The award, called the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance since 2013 , has been presented since 1997. At first it had the suffix “(with or without a conductor)”.

From 1991 to 1996, performances by small ensembles were awarded in the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance category. In 2012 the category was combined with the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance category . The merging of the two categories resulted from the Recording Academy's wish to significantly reduce the number of awards.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1997	Pierre Boulez (conductor) and the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain	France  France	Boulez: ... Explosante-Fixe ...
1998	Claudio Abbado (conductor) and members of the Berlin Philharmonic	Italy  Germany	Hindemith : Chamber Music No. 1, op.24a
1999	Steve Reich (conductor) and music ensemble	United States	Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
2000	Joseph Jennings (conductor) and Chanticleer	United States United States	Colors of Love - Works of Thomas , Stucky , Tavener & Rands
2001	Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Christian Gausch (producer) and Wolf-Dieter Karwatky (sound engineer)	United States	Shadow Dances ( Stravinsky Miniatures - Tango; Suite No. 1; Octet, etc.)
2002	Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica Helmut Mühle, Gidon Kremer (producers) and Philipp Nedel (sound engineer)	Latvia  Latvia	After Mozart
2003	Joseph Jennings (conductor), Chanticleer and the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston Steve Barnett (Producer), Preston Smith (Sound Engineer),	United States United States	Tavener : Lamentations and Praises
2004	Jeff von der Schmidt (conductor) and Southwest Chamber Music	United States United States	Chavez : Suite for Double Quartet
2005	Jeff von der Schmidt (conductor) and Southwest Chamber Music	United States United States	Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2
2006	Pierre Boulez (conductor), Hilary Summers (interpreter) and Ensemble Intercontemporain	France  France	Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2
2007	Peter Rutenberg (conductor) and the Los Angeles Chamber Singers Cappella	United States United States	Padilla: Sun Of Justice
2008	Yuri Bashmet (conductor) and Moscow soloists	Russia  Russia	Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev : Fleeting Visions (Visions fugitives), op. 22
2009	Charles Bruffy (conductor) and the Phoenix Chorale	United States United States	Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary
2010	Paul Hillier (conductor) and Ars Nova Copenhagen and Theater Of Voices	United Kingdom  Denmark	David Lang : The Little Match Girl Passion
2011	Jordi Savall (conductor), Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya	Spain  Spain	Dinastia Borja
2012	Steven Mackey (composer), Rinde Eckert (librettist) and Eighth Blackbird	United States United States	Steven Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music from Slide	Gabriela Frank (composer and performer) and Alias ​​Chamber Ensemble for Frank: Hilos Richard Savino (conductor) and El Mundo for The Kingdoms of Castille Rinde Eckert (librettist / performer) & Steven Mackey (composer / performer) and Eighth Blackbird for Lonely Motel - Music from Slide Patrick Dupré Quigley (conductor) and Seraphic Fire for A Seraphic Fire Christmas The Bay Brass for Sound The Bells!
2013	Eighth Blackbird	United States	Meanwhile	Modern Mandolin Quartet for Americana Eighth Blackbird for Meanwhile ZOFO Duet for Mind Meld Boston Symphony Chamber Players for Profanes et Sacrées Los Angeles Percussion Quartet for Rupa-Khandha
2014	Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth	United States United States	Roomful of Teeth	Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace for Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Vicki Ray, William Winant, Aron Kallay & Tom Peters for Cage: The 10,000 Things Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta for Duo New York Polyphony for Times Go By Turns
2015	Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe	United States	In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores	A Far Cry, David Krakauer (conductor) for Dreams & Prayers Steven Isserlis & Olli Mustonen for Martinu ': Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Partch for Partch : Castor & Pollux New York Polyphony for Sing Thee Nowell
2016	Eighth Blackbird	United States	Filament	Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt for Brahms: The Piano Trios Nadia Shpachenko & Genevieve Feiwen Lee for Flaherty: Airdancing For Toy Piano, Piano & Electronics Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth for Render Takács Quartet & Marc-André Hamelin for Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2
2017	Third Coast Percussion	United States	Third Coast Percussion | Steve Reich	ARC Ensemble for Fitelberg: Chamber Works Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & TrondheimSolistene for Reflections Spectral Quartet for Serious Business Lincoln Trio for Trios From our Homelands
2018	Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra	Moldova  United States	Death & the Maiden	Arcangelo for Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas Op. 1 Stile Antico for Divine Theater - Sacred Motets by Giaches de Wert Joyce Yang & Augustin Hadelich for Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann Martha Argerich & Various Artists for Martha Argerich & Friends - Live From Lugano 2016
2019	Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet	United States United States	Landfall	The Danish String Quartet for Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach The Aizuri Quartet for Blueprinting Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin for Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos A Far Cry for Visions and Variations
2020	Attacca Quartet		Shaw: Orange	Cerrone: The Pieces That Fall to Earth - Christopher Rountree & Wild Up Freedom & Faith - PUBLIQuartet Perpetulum - Third Coast Percussion Rachmaninoff - Hermitage Piano Trio - Hermitage Piano Trio

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved April 15, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved April 15, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor). Retrieved April 15, 2019 .