Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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The Grammy Award
for Best Classical Instrumental Solo is a new category in the annual Grammy Awards ceremony from 2012.
It combines the previous categories for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
and Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
.
The award goes to the instrumental soloist(s) and to the conductor when applicable.
The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards.
Nominees
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Classical Instrumental Solo is a new category in the annual Grammy Awards ceremony from 2012.
It combines the previous categories for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance 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 and awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or...
and Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance 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 and awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or...
.
The award goes to the instrumental soloist(s) and to the conductor when applicable.
The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards.
2010s
- Grammy Awards of 2012
Nominees
- Lan ShuiLan ShuiLan Shui is a Chinese-American conductor and currently holds the post as Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of Copenhagen Philharmonic and Principal Guest Conductor of Denmark's Aalborg Symphony.-Early life and career:...
(conductor) and Michala PetriMichala PetriMichala Petri is a Danish recorder player. Petri is sought after as a soloist with many noted orchestras, including the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. She has released 34 recordings, toured extensively over four continents, and has had dozens of pieces written for her...
for Chinese Recorder Concertos - East Meets West - Yuja WangYuja WangYuja Wang is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.-Early life:...
for Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Leif Ove AndsnesLeif Ove AndsnesLeif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist and an ardent champion of the works of Edvard Grieg.-Biography:He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and made his debut in Oslo in 1987, in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and in the United States...
for Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 4 - Giancarlo GuerreroGiancarlo Guerrero- Biography and career :Giancarlo Guerrero was born in Costa Rica, and had his musical training through El Sistema in Venezuela. He has degrees from Baylor University and Northwestern University. In June 2004, Mr. Guerrero was awarded the Helen M...
(conductor) and Christopher Lamb for Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra - Ursula OppensUrsula OppensUrsula Oppens is an American classical pianist.-Biography:After earning her master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, Oppens won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. This win led to her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall in 1969...
for Winging It - Piano Music of John CoriglianoJohn CoriglianoJohn Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...