The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without 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(s) Performance (with 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 (other than concerto-scale accompaniment)
In 1960 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (other than full orchestral accompaniment)
In 1961 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Duo (other than with orchestral accompaniment)
From 1962 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
In 1965 it was awarded as Best Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
From 1966 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) (or a very similar equivalent)
From 1995 to the present it has been awarded as Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
In 2012, the award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. The category was merged with the Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with 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 and Nominees [ ]
1950s [ ]
Nominees
Ref.
1959
Andrés Segovia
Segovia Golden Jubilee
Wanda Landowska for Art of the Harpsichord
Nathan Milstein for Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 and Sonata No. 8
Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Chopin
Marcel Grandjany for Music for the Harp
[1]
1960s [ ]
1970s [ ]
1980s [ ]
Nominees
Ref.
1980
Vladimir Horowitz
The Horowitz Concerts 78/79
[17]
1981
Itzhak Perlman
The Spanish Album
[18]
1982
Vladimir Horowitz
The Horowitz Concerts 79/80
[19]
1983
Glenn Gould
Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Ruth Laredo for Barber : Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 ; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Nocturne, Op. 33
Alicia de Larrocha for Granados : Danzas Españolas
Isao Tomita for Grofe-Tomita: Grand Canyon Suite; Anderson-Tomita: Syncopated Clock
Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at the Met (Scarlatti , Chopin , Liszt , Rachmaninoff )
Emanuel Ax for Schumann : Humoreske, Op. 20 , Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Ronald Smith for The Alkan Project (Etudes, Op. 39, in All the Minor Keys)
[20]
1984
Glenn Gould
Beethoven : Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13
[21]
1985
Yo-Yo Ma
Bach : The Unaccompanied Cello Suites
[22]
1986
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ravel : Gaspard de la nuit ; Pavane pour une infante défunte ; Valses nobles et sentimentales
[23]
1987
No Award Given
1988
Vladimir Horowitz
Horowitz in Moscow
[24]
1989
Alicia de Larrocha
Albéniz : Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espagnola
[25]
1990s [ ]
Nominees
Ref.
1990
András Schiff
Bach : The English Suites
[26]
1991
Vladimir Horowitz
The Last Recording
[27]
1992
Alicia de Larrocha
Granados : Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danze Lenta
[28]
1993
Vladimir Horowitz
Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin , Liszt , Scarlatti , Scriabin , Clementi )
[29]
1994
John Browning
Barber : The Complete Solo Piano Music
[30]
1995
Emanuel Ax
Haydn : Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59
[31]
1996
Radu Lupu
Schubert : Piano Sonatas (in B Flat major and A major)
[32]
1997
Earl Wild
The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns , Handel
[33]
1998
János Starker
Bach : Suites for Cello Nos. 1-6
[34]
1999
Murray Perahia
Bach : English Suites No. 1, 3, & 6
[35]
2000s [ ]
Nominees
Ref.
2000
Murray Perahia
Bach : The English Suites Nos. 2, 4, & 5
[36]
2001
Tobias Lehmann, producer; Jens Schünemann, engineer; Sharon Isbin , soloist
Dreams of a World (Works of Lauro , Ruiz-Pipò , Duarte , etc.)
[37]
2002
Arne Akselberg, Truls Mørk producers; Arne Akselberg, engineer; Truls Mørk, soloist
Britten Cello Suites
[38]
2003
Andreas Neubronner, producer; Andreas Neubronner, engineer; Murray Perahia , soloist
Chopin : Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25
[39]
2004
Emanuel Ax
Haydn : Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 25 & 49
[40]
2005
David Russell
Aire Latino (Morel , Villa-Lobos , Ponce , etc.)
[41]
2006
Evgeny Kissin
Scriabin , Medtner , Stravinsky
[42]
2007
Maurizio Pollini
Chopin : Nocturnes
[43]
2008
Garrick Ohlsson
Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3
[44]
2009
Gloria Cheng
Piano Music of Stucky , Lutosławski
[45]
2010s [ ]
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