Major awards 2015 in classical music




1 major awards

1.1 grammy awards
1.2 juno awards
1.3 gramophone classical music awards 2015
1.4 british composer awards





major awards

2015 pulitzer prize winner in music: julia wolfe - anthracite fields
2015 grawemeyer award winner in music: wolfgang rihm - in-schrift 2

grammy awards

best orchestral performance: john adams – city noir, saxophone concerto – st. louis symphony; david robertson, conductor (nonesuch)
best opera recording: marc-antoine charpentier – la descente d orphée aux enfers; boston music festival chamber ensemble , vocal ensemble; paul o dette , stephen stubbs, conductors (cpo)
best choral performance: sacred spirit of russia – conspirare; craig hella johnson, conductor (harmonia mundi)
best chamber music/small ensemble performance: in 27 pieces: hilary hahn encores – hilary hahn , cory smythe (deutsche grammophon)
best classical instrumental solo: play – jason vieaux (azica records)
best classical solo vocal album: douce france – anne sofie von otter, bengt forsberg et al. (naïve)
best classical compendium: harry partch – plectra , percussion dances (bridge records)
best contemporary classical composition: john luther adams – become ocean – seattle symphony orchestra; ludovic morlot, conductor (cantaloupe music)

juno awards

classical albums of year:



solo or chamber ensemble: béla bartók – chamber works violin, volume 3; james ehnes et al. (chandos)
large ensemble or soloist(s) large ensemble accompaniment: wolfgang amadeus mozart – piano concertos nos 22 & 24; angela hewitt, national arts centre orchestra, hannu lintu (hyperion)
vocal or choral performance: franz schubert – winterreise; gerald finley, julius drake (hyperion)

classical composition of year: brian current – airline icarus (naxos)


gramophone classical music awards 2015

baroque instrumental: js bach - cello suites; david watkin, violoncello (resonus)
baroque vocal: monteverdi - vespri solenni per la festa di san marco; concerto italiano, rinaldo alessandrini (naïve)
chamber: smetana - string quartets nos 1 & 2; pavel haas quartet (supraphon)
choral: elgar - dream of gerontius/sea pictures; sarah connolly, stuart skelton, david soar, bbc symphony orchestra , chorus, sir andrew davis (chandos)
concerto: beethoven - piano concertos nos 3 & 4; maria joão pires, swedish radio symphony orchestra, daniel harding (onyx)
contemporary: per nørgård - symphonies nos 1 & 8; vienna philharmonic orchestra, sakari oramo (dacapo)
early music: spy s choirbook ; alamire, english cornett & sackbut ensemble, david skinner (obsidian)
instrumental: js bach - english suites nos 1, 3 & 5; piotr anderszewski (warner classics)
opera: richard strauss - elektra; evelyn herlitzius, waltraud meier, adrianne pieczonka, mikhail petrenko, tom randle, orchestre de paris, esa-pekka salonen; stage director - patrice chéreau; video director - stéphane metge (bel air classique)
orchestral: bruckner - symphony no 9; lucerne festival orchestra, claudio abbado (deutsche grammophon)
recital: french baroque diva ; carolyn sampson, ex cathedra, jeffrey skidmore (hyperion)
solo vocal: schubert - nachtviolen ; christian gerhaher, gerold huber (sony classical)
recording of year: bruckner - symphony no 9; lucerne festival orchestra, claudio abbado (deutsche grammophon)
young artist of year: joseph moog
label of year: channel classics
artist of year: paavo järvi
lifetime achievement award: bernard haitink

british composer awards

amateur or young performers: kate whitley - alive
choral: james dillon - stabat mater dolorosa
community or educational project: stuart hancock - snapshot songs
contemporary jazz composition: trish clowes - fox, parakeet & chestnut
large chamber: sinan savaskan - many stares (through semi-nocturnal zeiss-blink) - module 30
liturgical: michael finnissy - john baptist
orchestral: harrison birtwistle - responses: sweet disorder , careless
small chamber: julian anderson - string quartet no. 2
solo or duo: michael finnissy - beat generation ballads
sonic art: yann seznec - currents
stage works: julian anderson - thebans
wind band or brass band: rory boyle - muckle flugga




^ 2015 pulitzer prize winners - music
^ grawemeyer awards, rihm wins music prize piece evoking dark colors , 1 december 2014






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