Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:

• From 1959 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
• In 1965 it was Best Performance - Orchestra
• From 1966 to 1975 it returned to 'Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
• From 1977 to 1978 it was awarded as Best Classical Orchestral Performance
• From 1980 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• In 1983 it was awarded as Best Orchestral Performance
• In 1984 it was awarded as Best Orchestral Recording
• From 1985 to 1987 it returned to being called Best Classical Orchestral Recording
• From 1988 to 1989 it was once again called Best Orchestral Recording
• From 1990 to the present it has returned to being called Best Orchestral Performance

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Until 1989, the Grammy Award went to the conductor only, but since then, the Orchestra has also been given an award (although the orchestras are not always mentioned as a nominee).

Recipients

YearTemplate:Ref	Recipients(s)	Work	Nominees (Conductors are identified with "cd")	Ref.
1959	Felix Slatkin conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	"Gaîté Parisienne"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960	Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Debussy: Images for Orchestra"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961	Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962	Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963	Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	"Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964	Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965	Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor; Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966	Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Orchestra	"Ives: Symphony No. 4"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967	Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968	Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	"Stravinsky: The Firebird and Petrouchka Suite"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969	Pierre Boulez conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra	"Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Jeux)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970	Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra	"Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2, Images Pour Orchestra"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971	Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra	"Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972	Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973	Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974	Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic	"Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975	Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976	Pierre Boulez conducting the New York Philharmonic	"Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977	Raymond Minshull (producer), Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978	Gunther Breest (producer), Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979	Michel Glotz (producer), Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic	"Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Complete)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Brahms: Symphonies (4) (Complete)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981	Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983	Jay David Saks, Thomas Z. Shepard (producers), James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984	James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985	Jay David Saks (producer), Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	"Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986	Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	"Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987	Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Liszt: A Faust Symphony"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988	Michael Haas (producer), Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989	Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw & Louis Lane conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	"Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990	Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic	"Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991	Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1 & 7"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992	Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Corigliano: Symphony No. 1"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993	Leonard Bernstein conducting the Berlin Philharmonic	"Mahler: Symphony No. 9"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994	Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Bartók: The Wooden Prince"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995	Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra	"Debussy: La Mer"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony	"Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes from the Ballet)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998	Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus	"Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999	Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Mahler: Symphony No. 9"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Peninsula Boys Choir, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	"Stravinsky: The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Persésophone"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001	Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmonic	"Mahler: Symphony No. 10"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002	Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Boulez Conducts Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Deserts; Ionisation)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony	"Mahler: Symphony No. 6"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004	Pierre Boulez conducting the Vienna Boys' Choir, Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic, Various Artists	"Mahler: Symphony No. 3"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005	Lorin Maazel conducting the New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists	"Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006	Mariss Jansons conducting the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks	"Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony	"Mahler: Symphony No. 7"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	Leonard Slatkin conducting the Nashville Symphony	"Tower: Made In America"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009	Bernard Haitink conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	"Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	James Levine conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus	"Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	Giancarlo Guerrero conducting the Nashville Symphony	"Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deux Ex Machina"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic	"Brahms: Symphony No. 4"	Template:Smalldiv
2013	Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony	"Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine"	Template:Smalldiv
2014	Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra	"Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4"	Template:Smalldiv
2015	David Robertson conducting the St. Louis Symphony	"Adams: City Noir"	Template:Smalldiv
2016	Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10"	Template:Smalldiv
2017	Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony Nos. 5, 8 & 9"	Template:Smalldiv
2018	Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	"Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio"	Template:Smalldiv
2019	Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	"Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 4 & 11"	Template:Smalldiv
2020	Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic	"Norman: Sustain"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021	Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic	"Ives: Complete Symphonies"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>2021 Nominations List</ref>
2022	Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra	"Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>2022 Nominations List</ref>
2023	Michael Repper conducting the New York Youth Symphony	"Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery & Valerie Coleman"	Doug Perkins (cd); Musicians Of The University Of Michigan Department Of Chamber Music; University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; The Crossing; JACK Quartet (ensembles) - Adams, John Luther: Sila - The Breath of the World Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Los Angeles Philharmonic (orchestra) - Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 Christopher Rountree (cd); Wild Up (ensemble) - Eastman: Stay On It John Williams (cd); Berlin Philharmoniker (orchestra) -The Berlin Concert	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Los Angeles Philharmonic	Adès: Dante	Karina Canellakis (cd); Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Four Pieces Yannick Néget-Séguin (cd); The Philadelphia Orchestra - Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony JoAnn Falletta (cd); The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of Ecstasy Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
2025	Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Los Angeles Philharmonic	Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina	Marin Alsop (cd); ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance JoAnn Falletta (cd); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major Susanna Mälkki (cd); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava & Lemminkäinen Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: The Firebird	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2026	Winners TBA on 1 February 2026		Michael Repper (cd); The National Philharmonic - Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint l'Ouverture; Ballade op. 4; Suites From '24 Negro Melodies' Andris Nelsons (cd); Boston Symphony Orchestra - Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie Gustavo Dudamel (cd); Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - Ravel: Boléro; M. 81 Yannick Nézét-Seguin (cd); The Philadelphia Orchestra - Still & Bonds Esa-Pekka Salonen (cd); San Francisco Symphony - Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Orchestral Performance awards:

Wins	Conductor	Nominations
12	Pierre Boulez	25
9	Georg Solti	18
5	Michael Tilson Thomas	14
	Gustavo Dudamel	6
3	Leonard Bernstein	20
	Carlo Maria Giulini	5
	Erich Leinsdorf	5
	Andris Nelsons	3
2	James Levine	10
	Charles Münch	3
	Robert Shaw	3
	Leonard Slatkin	14
	Igor Stravinsky	2

The following individuals received four or more Best Orchestral Performance nominations:

Nominations	Conductor
25	Pierre Boulez
20	Leonard Bernstein
18	Georg Solti
14	Leonard Slatkin
	Michael Tilson Thomas
10	James Levine
9	Herbert von Karajan
	José Serebrier
8	André Previn
7	Simon Rattle
6	Morton Gould
	Manfred Honeck
	Fritz Reiner
	George Szell
5
	Gustavo Dudamel
	Carlo Maria Giulini
	Erich Leinsdorf
	Osmo Vänskä
	Bruno Walter
4	Claudio Abbado
	Valery Gergiev
	Nikolaus Harnoncourt
	Eugene Ormandy
	Esa-Pekka Salonen