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Pierre Boulez

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About Pierre Boulez

"Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal." –Pierre Boulez

Born Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez on March 26, 1925, in Montbrison, Loire, France. Died Jan. 5, 2016, in Baden-Baden, Germany.
Pierre Boulez began his career in the 1940s as music director of the Compagnie Renaud-Barrault theater company in Paris. In the '50s, he became a leader in the avant-garde movement. The French composer and conductor's breakthrough came with the 1955's "Le Marteau Sans Maître," which has been called one of the most important compositions of the post-war era. Subsequently, he became known for pioneering the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time.
Boulez took home his first GRAMMYs for 1967: Album Of The Year, Classical and Best Opera Recording for Berg: Wozzeck.
Did you know? Boulez is among the top GRAMMY winners of all time with 26.
Boulez was honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
Boulez founded an array of musical institutions across Europe: Domaine Musical, the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Cité de la Musique.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Pierre Boulez

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2011	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony In Three Movements; Four Études	All Nominees
2010	Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)	Pierre Boulez	Bartók: 3 Concertos	All Nominees
2006	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain, Odile Auboin, Vincent Bauer, Michel Cerutti, Samuel Favre, Marie-Therese Ghirardi, Emmanuelle Ophèle	Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2	All Nominees
2004	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Mahler: Symphony No. 3	All Nominees
2004	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Anne Sofie von Otter, Christian Gansch	Mahler: Symphony No. 3	All Nominees
2002	Best Classical Contemporary Composition	Pierre Boulez	Boulez: Sur Incises	All Nominees
2002	Best Chamber Music Performance	Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain	Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2	All Nominees
2002	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation	All Nominees
2002	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Helmut Burk, Karl-August Naegler	Boulez Conducts Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation)	All Nominees
2002	Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)	Mitsuko Uchida	Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Etc./Berg: Sonata, Op. 1/Webern: Variations, Op. 27	All Nominees
2002	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Mitsuko Uchida, Wilhelm Hellweg	Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Etc./Berg: Sonata, Op. 1/Webern: Variations, Op. 27	All Nominees
2000	Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)	Pierre Boulez, Gil Shaham	Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 And 2	All Nominees
2000	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Album)	All Nominees
2000	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Gil Shaham, Christian Gansch	Bartók: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 And 2	All Nominees
2000	Best Classical Contemporary Composition	Pierre Boulez	Boulez: Répons	All Nominees
2000	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	Christine Schäfer, soprano; David Pittman-Jennings, baritone; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ens. InterContemporain	Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzegewächse, Op. 20; Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (Album)	All Nominees
2000	Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)	Pierre Boulez, Anatol Ugorski	Scriabin: Piano Concerto (Track)	All Nominees
1999	Best Opera Recording	Jessye Norman, Laszlo Polgar, Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler	Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle	All Nominees
1999	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman, Laszlo Polgar, Karl-August Naegler	Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle	All Nominees
1999	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Mahler: Symphony No. 9	All Nominees
1998	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia	All Nominees
1998	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Helmut Burk	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia (Album)	All Nominees
1997	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain	Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe...	All Nominees
1997	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta	All Nominees
1997	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler	Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta	All Nominees
1997	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie, Etc. (Album)	All Nominees
1996	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite, Etc.	All Nominees
1996	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler	Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite, Etc.	All Nominees
1996	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Debussy: La Mer	All Nominees
1996	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler	Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux	All Nominees
1995	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12	All Nominees
1995	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12	All Nominees
1994	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, John Aler, John Tomlinson, Karl-August Naegler	Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana	All Nominees
1994	Best Choral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Bartók: Cantata Profana	All Nominees
1994	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez	Bartók: The Wooden Prince	All Nominees
1994	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Debussy: Images; Printemps; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune (Album)	All Nominees
1983	Best Opera Recording	Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Heinz Zednik, Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin	Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen	All Nominees
1981	Best Opera Recording	Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath	Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)	All Nominees
1981	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Gunther Breest, Michael Horwath	Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)	All Nominees
1980	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers	Webern: The Complete Works Of Anton Webern, Volume 1 (Album)	All Nominees
1979	Best Chamber Music Performance	Pierre Boulez	Berg: Chamber Concerto For Piano And Violin/ Four Pieces For Clarinet And Piano (Album)	All Nominees
1979	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Varese: Ameriques/ Arcana/ Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese) (Album)	All Nominees
1978	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Bartók: The Wooden Prince	All Nominees
1977	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla) (Album)	All Nominees
1977	Best Opera Recording	Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers	Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron (Album)	All Nominees
1976	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin	Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet) (Album)	All Nominees
1976	Best Choral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder (Album)	All Nominees
1976	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)	All Nominees
1974	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra	All Nominees
1974	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra	All Nominees
1973	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Boulez Conducts Bartok / The Miraculous Mandarin And Dance Suite (Album)	All Nominees
1972	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli (Album)	All Nominees
1972	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Boulez Conducts Ravel (Album)	All Nominees
1972	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers	Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli (Album)	All Nominees
1972	Best Opera Recording	Pierre Boulez, Hans Hirsch	Wagner: Parsifal (Album)	All Nominees
1971	Best Opera Recording	Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers	Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande (Album)	All Nominees
1971	Best Choral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor; Arthur Oldham, choral director	Mahler: Das Klagende Lied (Album)	All Nominees
1971	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard	Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (Album)	All Nominees
1971	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps	All Nominees
1970	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta	All Nominees
1970	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"	All Nominees
1970	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard	Boulez Conducts Berg (Three Pieces For Orchestra/Chamber Concerto/Altenberg Lieder) (Album)	All Nominees
1970	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard	Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" (Album)	All Nominees
1969	Best Orchestral Performance	Pierre Boulez, conductor	Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)	All Nominees
1968	Best Opera Recording	Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard	Berg: Wozzeck	All Nominees
1968	Best Classical Album	Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard	Berg: Wozzeck	All Nominees
1967	Best Orchestral Performance	Antal Dorati, Pierre Boulez conductors	Boulez: Le Soleil Des Eaux/Messiaen: Chronochromie/Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log (Album)	All Nominees