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GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Chamber Music Performance

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year/New Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental

Best Disco Recording

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Rock Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Instrumental

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Best R&B Performance

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Female Rap Solo Performance

Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Best Country & Western Performance

Best Country & Western Single and Best Country & Western Recording

Best New Country & Western Artist

Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

Best New Age Album

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental

Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Best Instrumental Jazz Album

Best Jazz Performance, Soloist

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Original Jazz Composition

Best Latin Jazz Album

Best Gospel Other: Incl. Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

Best Soul Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Best Gospel Performance, Male

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums & Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Best Gospel Song

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Best Rock Gospel Album incl. Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus

Best Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Latin Recording

Best Latin Pop Performance

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

Best Latin Urban Album

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Best Merengue Performance

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

Best Tejano Album

Best Norteño Album

Best Banda Album

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album

Best Banda or Norteño Album

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best American Roots Performance

Best American Roots Song

Best Americana Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording

Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording

Best Blues Album

Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording

Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Folk Album

Best Native American Music Album

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Best Regional Roots Album

Best Reggae Album

Best World Music Album

Best World Music Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Polka Album

Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Best Children's Album

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Best Comedy Album

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Best Musical Theater Album

Best Sound Track Album - Original Cast (Not A Composer's Award)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement

Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist

Best Arrangement For Voices

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography

Best Recording Package - Boxed

Best Album Notes

Best Historical Album

Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Remixer Of The Year

Best Remixed Recording , Non-Classical

Best Immersive Audio Album

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Classical Producer Of The Year

Best Classical Album

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Best Opera Recording

Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral

Best Choral Performance, Classical

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

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)

Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Best Chamber Music Performance

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Best Classical Compendium

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Best Classical Crossover Album

Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

Best Music Video, Short Form

Best Music Video, Long Form

Video of the Year

Best Concept Music Video

Best Performance Music Video

Jump to Year

Best Chamber Music Performance

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Parker Quartet

Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Parker Quartet (Jessica Bodner, Daniel Chong, Karen Kim & Kee-Hyun Kim), ensembles; Norbert Kraft & Bonnie Silver, producers; Norbert Kraft, engineer/mixer

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Intimate Letters

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), ensembles; Da-Hong Seetoo, producer; Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer/mixer

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Pacifica Quartet

Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5

Pacifica Quartet (Sibbi Bernhardsson, Simin Ganatra, Masumi Per Rostad & Brandon Vamos), ensembles; Judith Sherman, producer; William Mayhone, engineer/mixer

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

Strange Imaginary Animals

Eighth Blackbird (Matt Albert, Molly Alicia Barth, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri & Nicholas Photinos), ensembles; Judith Sherman, producer; Judith Sherman, engineer

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Intimate Voices

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), ensembles; Da-Hong Seetoo, producer

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists; Da-Hong Seetoo, producer; Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella - Suite For Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye

Christian Gansch, producer; Rainer Maillard, engineer/mixer

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Dawn Upshaw

Berg: Lyric Suite

Kronos Quartet (Jennifer Culp, Hank Dutt, David Harrington & John Sherba) & Dawn Upshaw, artists; Judith Sherman, producer; Leslie Ann Jones, engineer

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

Takács Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartets ("Razumovsky" Op. 59, 1-3; "Harp" Op. 74)

Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, Károly Schranz & Roger Tapping), artists; Andrew Keener, producer; Simon Dominic Eadon, engineer

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Haydn: The Complete String Quartets

The Angeles String Quartet (Brian Dembow, Stephen J. Erdody, Kathleen Lenski, Steven D. Miller & Sara Parkins), artists; Joanna Nickrenz, producer; Marc J. Aubort, engineer

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Shostakovich: The String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists; Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox, producers; Da-Hong Seetoo & Max Wilcox, engineers

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1-3, Op. 12; Nos. 1-3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata)

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis, artists

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

André Previn

,

Gil Shaham

American Scenes - Works Of Copland, Previn, Barber & Gershwin

Andre Previn & Gil Shaham, artists

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Beethoven: The String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

Corigliano: String Quartet

Cleveland Quartet (James Dunham, Paul Katz, William Preucil & Peter Salaff), artists

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Yo-Yo Ma

Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios

Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman, artists

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Daniel Barenboim

,

Dale Clevenger

Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)

Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano & Hansjorg Schellenberger, artists

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/Barber: String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals)

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

Yo-Yo Ma

Brahms: Sonatas For Cello & Piano

Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma, artists

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Jaime Laredo

,

Yo-Yo Ma

,

Isaac Stern

Brahms: Piano Quartets (Op. 25 & 26)

Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern, artists

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Daniel Barenboim

,

Itzhak Perlman

Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas

Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman, artists

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

Emerson String Quartet

Bartók: 6 String Quartets

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Murray Perahia

,

Georg Solti

Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion

David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti, artists

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Vladimir Ashkenazy

,

Lynn Harrell

,

Itzhak Perlman

Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman, artists

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Yo-Yo Ma

Beethoven: Cello And Piano Sonata No. 4 In C & Variations

Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma, artists

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

Yo-Yo Ma

Brahms: Cello And Piano Sonatas In E Minor And F

Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma, artists

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

Juilliard String Quartet

Beethoven: The Late String Quartets

Juilliard String Quartet (Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann & Samuel Rhodes), artists

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Mstislav Rostropovich

,

Rudolf Serkin

Brahms: Sonata For Cello And Piano In E Minor, Op. 38 And Sonata In F, Op. 99

Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin, artists

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Richard Goode

Brahms: The Sonatas For Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120

Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman, artists

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

Vladimir Ashkenazy

,

Lynn Harrell

,

Itzhak Perlman

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio In A Minor

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell & Itzhak Perlman, artists

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Itzhak Perlman

,

Pinchas Zukerman

Play Music For Two Violins (Moszkowski: Suite For Two Violins/Shostakovich: Duets/Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins)

Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman, artists

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Dennis Russell Davies

Copland: Appalachian Spring

Dennis Russell Davies, artist

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

Vladimir Ashkenazy

,

Itzhak Perlman

Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin And Piano

Vladimir Ashkenazy & Itzhak Perlman, artists

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

Juilliard String Quartet

Schoenberg: Quartets For Strings (Complete)

Juilliard String Quartet (Earl Carlyss, Joel Krosnick, Robert Mann & Samuel Rhodes), artists

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

David Munrow

The Art Of Courtly Love

David Munrow, artist

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

Henryk Szeryng

Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 In B Flat, Op. 99 And 2 In E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)

Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng, artists

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Henryk Szeryng

Brahms: Trios (Complete)/Schumann: Trio No. 1 In D Minor

Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng, artists

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Joplin: The Red Back Book

Gunther Schuller, artist

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Julian Bream

Julian And John (Works By Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados)

Julian Bream & John Christopher Williams, artists

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

Juilliard String Quartet

Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/Ravel: Quartet In F

Juilliard String Quartet (Claus Adam, Earl Carlyss, Robert Mann & Samuel Rhodes), artists

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

Isaac Stern

Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios

Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern, artists

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli

Chicago Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble & Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, artists

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)

winner

E. Power Biggs

Glory Of Gabrieli Vol. II - Canzonas For Brass, Winds, Strings And Organ

E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri & Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble, artists

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Yehudi Menuhin

,

Ravi Shankar

West Meets East

Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar, artists

9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)

winner

Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works Of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston

Boston Symphony Chamber Players, artist

8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)

winner

Juilliard String Quartet

Bartók: The Six String Quartets - Nos. 1-6

Juilliard String Quartet (Claus Adam, Isidore Cohen, Raphael Hillyer & Robert Mann), artists

7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)

winner

Jascha Heifetz

Beethoven: Trio No. 1 In E Flat, Op. 1 #1

Jascha Heifetz & Gregor Piatigorsky, artists

winner

It Was A Lover And His Lass

Noah Greenberg, artist

6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)

winner

Julian Bream

Evening Of Elizabethan Music

Julian Bream, artist

5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)

winner

Jascha Heifetz

,

William Primrose

The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests

Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose, artists

4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)

winner

Jascha Heifetz

,

William Primrose

Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8/Kodaly: Duo For Violin And Cello, Op. 7

Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose, artists

3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1960)

winner

Conversations With The Guitar

Laurindo Almeida, artist

2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1959)

winner

Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 In C (Waldstein) And No. 18 In E Flat

Artur Rubinstein, artist

1st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1958)

winner

Beethoven: Quartet 130

Hollywood String Quartet (Alvin Dinkin, Paul Shure, Eleanor Aller Slatkin & Felix Slatkin), artists