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Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)

2011 • 53rd Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2009 and Aug 30, 2010

2011 Winner is Mitsuko Uchida with "Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24"

Nominees 2011

Winners

Year Winner Work
2011 Mitsuko Uchida Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24
2010 Evgeny Kissin Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
2009 Hilary Hahn Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
2008 James Ehnes Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
2007 Angelin Chang Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (Exotic Birds)
2006 Martha Argerich Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3
2005 Anne-Sophie Mutter Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade
2004 Maxim Vengerov Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto
2003 Hilary Hahn Brahms/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
2002 Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill Strauss Wind Concertos - Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto
2001 Joshua Bell Maw: Violin Concerto
2000 Martha Argerich Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
1999 Anne-Sophie Mutter Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen"
1998 Yo-Yo Ma Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
1997 Yefim Bronfman Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos
1996 Itzhak Perlman The American Album - Works Of Bernstein, Barber, Foss
1995 Yo-Yo Ma The New York Album - Works Of Albert, Bartok & Bloch
1994 Anne-Sophie Mutter Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant
1993 Yo-Yo Ma Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme
1992 John Browning Barber: Piano Concerto
1991 Itzhak Perlman Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor
1990 Yo-Yo Ma Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68
1989 Vladimir Horowitz Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
1988 Itzhak Perlman Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 4
1986 Yo-Yo Ma Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch.
1985 Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis-Edita Gruberova-Handel, Purcell, Etc,
1984 Wynton Marsalis Haydn: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat
1983 Itzhak Perlman Elgar: Violin Concerto In B Minor
1982 Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
1981 Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich Brahms: Violin And Cello Concerto In A Minor (Double Concerto)
1981 Itzhak Perlman Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D
1980 Maurizio Pollini Bartók: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 2
1979 Vladimir Horowitz Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 In D Minor For Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee)
1978 Itzhak Perlman Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
1977 Artur Rubinstein Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
1976 Alicia De Larrocha Ravel: Concerto For Left Hand And Concerto For Piano In G/Faure: Fantaisie For Piano And Orchestra
1975 David Oistrakh Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
1974 Vladimir Ashkenazy Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra
1973 Artur Rubinstein Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat
1972 Julian Bream Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar
1966 Artur Rubinstein Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G
1965 Isaac Stern Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D
1964 Artur Rubinstein Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor
1963 Isaac Stern Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D
1962 Isaac Stern Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
1961 Sviatoslav Richter Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat
1960 Van Cliburn Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
1959 Van Cliburn Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23
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