Back to Award Categories Hub

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

2017 • 59th Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2015 and Aug 30, 2016

2017 Winner is Zuill Bailey with "Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway"

Nominees 2017

Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
2025 Víkingur Ólafsson Bach: Goldberg Variations
2024 Yuja Wang, Teddy Abrams The American Project
2023 Time For Three, Xian Zhang Letters For The Future
2022 Jennifer Koh Alone Together
2021 Richard O'Neill, David Alan Miller Theofanidis: Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra
2020 Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
2019 James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot Kernis: Violin Concerto
2018 Daniil Trifonov Transcendental
2017 Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway
2016 Augustin Hadelich, Ludovic Morlot Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L'Arbre Des Songes
2015 Jason Vieaux Play
2014 Evelyn Glennie, David Alan Miller Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra
2013 Kim Kashkashian Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola
2012 Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra
Show More