Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance recognizes excellence in classical chamber music and small ensemble performance recordings. Eligible groups may be instrumental, vocal, or mixed, with or without conductor, not exceeding 24 participants.

39th Annual Grammy Awards • 1997

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1995 and Aug 30, 1996

Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance with "Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe..."

Winners & Nominees 1997

Winner
Nominees

  • Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe...

    Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain

  • Hommage A Piazzolla (Milonga En Re; Vardarito; Oblivion, Etc.) (Album)

    Gidon Kremer, violin

  • Matthews: Suns Dance (Track)

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

  • Shostakovich: Written With The Heart's Blood (Chamber Symphony For Strings, Op. 110A; Two Pieces For String Octet, Op. 11, Etc. (Album)

    The New Century Chamber Orchestra

  • Vivaldi: Concerti Per Molti Istromenti (Album)

    Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor; Modo Antiquo

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2022 Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears All Nominees
2021 Pacifica Quartet, Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Mark Holloway, Brandon Vamos Contemporary Voices All Nominees
2020 Attacca Quartet Shaw: Orange All Nominees
2019 Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet Anderson, Laurie: Landfall All Nominees
2018 Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Death & The Maiden All Nominees
2017 Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore Steve Reich All Nominees
2016 Eighth Blackbird Filament All Nominees
2015 Hilary Hahn In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores All Nominees
2014 Brad Wells, Roomful Of Teeth, Cameron Beauchamp, Dashon Burton, Martha Cluver, Eric Dudley, Estelí Gomez, Avery Griffin, Caroline Shaw, Virginia Warnken Roomful Of Teeth All Nominees
2013 Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos Meanwhile All Nominees
2012 Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide All Nominees
2011 Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya Dinastia Borja All Nominees
2010 Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Thomas Kiorbye, Theatre Of Voices Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion All Nominees
2009 Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary All Nominees
2008 Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives All Nominees
2007 Peter Rutenberg, Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Capella, Corey Carleton Padilla: Sun Of Justice All Nominees
2006 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
2005 Jeff Von Der Schmidt Carlos Chávez - Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2 All Nominees
2004 Jeff Von Der Schmidt, Southwest Chamber Music Chávez: Suite For Double Quartet All Nominees
2003 Joseph Jennings Tavener: Lamentations & Praises All Nominees
2002 Gidon Kremer After Mozart - Raskatov, Silvestrov & Schnittke All Nominees
2001 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures, Tango, Suite No. 1 & Octet All Nominees
2000 Joseph Jennings, conductor; Chanticleer Colors Of Love - Works Of Thomas, Stucky, Tavener & Rands All Nominees
1999 Steve Reich & Musicians Reich: Music For 18 Musicians All Nominees
1998 Claudio Abbado, conductor Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 All Nominees
1997 Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe... All Nominees
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