Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) was awarded from 1959 to 2011. From 1967 to 1971, and in 1987, the award was combined with the award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) and awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra).
The award has had several minor name changes:
- In 1959 the award was known as Best Classical Performance – Instrumentalist (with concerto scale accompaniment)
- In 1960 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (with full orchestral accompaniment)
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
- In 1962 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
- From 1963 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- In 1965 it was awarded as Best Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- From 1966 to 1991 and in 1994 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) (or a very similar equivalent)
- In 1992 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra
- In 1993 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Solo With Orchestra
- From 1995 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
In 2012, the award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. The category was merged with the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) category to form the new Best Classical Instrumental Solo category, similar to the award from 1967 to 1971.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Winners & Nominees
1950s
Year | Recording | Artist(s) |
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1959 | ||
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23 | Van Cliburn, soloist; Symphony of the Air; Kiril Kondrashin, conductor | |
Bartók: Concerto for Violin | Isaac Stern, soloist; New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor | |
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 | Emil Gilels, soloist; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor | |
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Leonard Pennario, soloist; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor | |
Segovia Golden Jubilee | Andrés Segovia, soloist; Symphony of the Air; Enrique Jordá, conductor |
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year | Recording | Artist(s) |
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2010 | ||
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3 | Evgeny Kissin, soloist; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor | |
Bartók: 3 Concertos | Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Neil Percy, Tamara Stefanovich, & Nigel Thomas, soloists; Berliner Philharmoniker; Pierre Boulez, conductor | |
Bermel: Voices For Solo Clarinet and Orchestra | Derek Bermel, soloist; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor | |
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 | Philippe Quint, soloist; Orquestra Sinfónica de Mineria; Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor | |
Salonen: Piano Concerto | Yefim Bronfman, soloist; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor | |
2011 | ||
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 23 & No. 24 | Mitsuko Uchida, soloist; Cleveland Orchestra; Mitsuko Uchida, conductor | |
Daugherty: Deus ex Machina | Terrence Wilson, soloist; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | |
Dorman: Mandolin Concerto | Avi Avital, soloist; Metropolis Ensemble; Andrew Cyr, conductor | |
Kletzki: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22 | Joseph Banowetz, soloist; Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Sanderling, conductor | |
Porter: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra | Eliesha Nelson, soloist; Northwest Sinfonia; John McLaughlin Williams, conductor |