Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance was awarded from 1959 to 2011. From 1967 to 1971, and in 1987, the award was combined with the award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance and awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists.
The award has had several minor name changes:
- In 1959 the award was known as Best Classical Performance – Instrumentalist
- In 1960 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
- In 1962 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist
- From 1963 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- In 1965 it was awarded as Best Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- From 1966 to 1991 and in 1994 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists
- In 1992 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra
- In 1993 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Solo With Orchestra
- From 1995 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2011
- *Mitsuko Uchida for Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24
- Grammy Awards of 2009
- *Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin
- *Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
- Grammy Awards of 2008
- *Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. Hilary Hahn, soloist. Stephan Flock, engineer/mixer. Arend Prohmann & Sid McLauchlan, producers
- *Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
- Grammy Awards of 2007
- *John McLaughlin Williams, Angelin Chang and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony for Olivier Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques
- Grammy Awards of 2006
- *Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- *André Previn & Anne-Sophie Mutter for Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Boston Symphony Orchestra & the London Symphony Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- *Mstislav Rostropovich & Maxim Vengerov for Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto performed by Maxim Vengerov & the London Symphony Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- *Thomas Frost, Richard King, Sir Neville Marriner, Hilary Hahn & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Brahms: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- *Martin Fouqué, Eberhard Sengpiel, Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Richard Strauss Wind Concertos
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- *Grace Row, Charles Harbutt, Roger Norrington, Joshua Bell & the London Philharmonic for Maw: Violin Concerto
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- *Charles Dutoit, Martha Argerich & the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- *Krzysztof Penderecki, Anne-Sophie Mutter & the London Symphony Orchestra for Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2, Metamorphosen
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- *David Zinman, Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres – Cello Concertos
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- *Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yefim Bronfman & the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- *Seiji Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for The American Album – Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- *David Zinman, Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for The New York Album – Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- *James Levine, Anne-Sophie Mutter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- *Lorin Maazel, Yo-Yo Ma & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- *Leonard Slatkin, John Browning & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Piano Concerto
- Grammy Awards of 1991
- *Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor
- Grammy Awards of 1990
- *David Zinman, Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- *Carlo Maria Giulini, Vladimir Horowitz & the La Scala Opera Orchestra for Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- *James Levine, Itzhak Perlman & the Vienna Philharmonic for Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- *André Previn, Yo-Yo Ma & the London Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- *Raymond Leppard, Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
- Grammy Awards of 1984
- *Raymond Leppard, Wynton Marsalis & the National Philharmonic Orchestra for Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
- Grammy Awards of 1983
- *Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
- Grammy Awards of 1982
- *Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman & the New York Philharmonic for Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
- Grammy Awards of 1981
- *Bernard Haitink, Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Brahms: Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor
- *Seiji Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
- Grammy Awards of 1980
- *Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Piano Cons. Nos. 1 & 2
1970s
- Grammy Awards of 1979
- *Eugene Ormandy, Vladimir Horowitz & the New York Philharmonic for Rachmaninoff: Con. No. 3 in D Minor for Piano
- Grammy Awards of 1978
- *Itzhak Perlman & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
- Grammy Awards of 1977
- *Daniel Barenboim, Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
- Grammy Awards of 1976
- *Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alicia de Larrocha & the London Philharmonic for Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand and Concerto for Piano in G/Fauré: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 1975
- *Maxim Shostakovich, David Oistrakh & the New Philharmonia for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Grammy Awards of 1974
- *Georg Solti, Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Concerti for Piano and Orchestra
- Grammy Awards of 1973
- *Eugene Ormandy, Arthur Rubinstein & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
- Grammy Awards of 1972
- *André Previn, Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
1960s
- Grammy Awards of 1966
- *Erich Leinsdorf, Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G
- Grammy Awards of 1965
- *Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
- Grammy Awards of 1964
- *Erich Leinsdorf, Arthur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor
- Grammy Awards of 1963
- *Igor Stravinsky, Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
- Grammy Awards of 1962
- *Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Grammy Awards of 1961
- *Erich Leinsdorf, Sviatoslav Richter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
- Grammy Awards of 1960
- *Kiril Kondrashin, Van Cliburn & the Symphony of the Air for Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
1950s
- Grammy Awards of 1959
- *Van Cliburn, Kiril Kondrashin & the Symphony of the Air for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23