Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes awareness of cultural diversity and the contributions of Latin musicians in the United States and worldwide. The award is given every year since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Awarded forClassical music albums recorded by Ibero-American composers, performers and/or directors.
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2000
Currently held byKristhyan Benitez for Latin American Classica (2021)
WebsiteLatingrammy.com

The description of the category at the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that "it encompasses movements of works that include from opera to compositions for symphony orchestras, instrumental or vocal soloists, chamber ensembles, choral music, electroacoustic music, etc." and includes classical music albums "in which participants are predominantly Latino composers, directors or performers in any of its forms: composition, performance, direction."[1]

Winners and nominees
Spanish singer and conductor Plácido Domingo won the award in 2000, 2001, 2008 and 2014.
Cuban-American instrumentalist Paquito D'Rivera won the award in 2003 and 2005.
Dominican musician Michel Camilo won the award in 2006.
Brazilian conductor John Neschling won the award in 2007.
Spanish singer Montserrat Caballé won the award in 2007.
Cuban musician Leo Brouwer won the award in 2010.
Mexican quartet Cuarteto Latinoamericano won the award in 2012 and 2016.
Mexican singer Jaramar won the award in 2016.

2000s
Year Recipient(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2000 Plácido Domingo La Dolores
2001 Carlos Álvarez, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel and Ana María Martínez Albeniz: Merlin
2002 Quarteto Amazonia Adiós Nonino - Quarteto Amazônia Toca Astor Piazzolla
  • Pablo Roberto Diemecke and Jorge Federico Osorio – Chávez: Conciertos Para Violin y Piano
  • María Guinand – Golijov: La Pasión Según San Marcos
  • Luiz de Moura Castro and María José Montiel – Modinha - Brazilian Songs
  • Cuarteto Latinoamericano – Villa-Lobos: String Quartets, Vol. 6
2003 Paquito D'Rivera Historia del soldado
2004 Various Artists Jobim Sinfônico
  • Uakti – Clássicos
  • Various Artists – Eugenio Toussaint Música de Cámara
  • Trío Argentino – Schubert - Fauré
  • Joao Carlos Assis Brasil – Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras Nº 4 e Cirandas João
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya Carmen Symphony
2005 Cuarteto de Cuerdas Buenos Aires and Paquito D'Rivera Riberas
  • Orquestra de Câmara Rio Strings – Fantasia Brasileira
  • José Serebrier – Glazunov Symphony Nº 5 / The Seasons
  • Leo Brouwer – Homo Ludens
  • Sharon Isbin – Rodrigo Concierto De Aranjuez/Villa Lobos: Concerto For Guitar/ Ponce: Concierto Del Sur
2006 Michel Camilo and Ernest Martínez Izquierdo Rhapsody In Blue
2007 John Neschling Beethoven Abertura Consagração Da Casa Sinfonia Nº 6
Montserrat Caballé La Canción Romántica Española
2008 Plácido Domingo Pasión Española
2009 Sonia Rubinsky Villa-Lobos: Piano Music; Guia Pratico, Albums 10 and 11; Suite Infantil Nos. 1 and 2

2010s
Year Recipient(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2010 Leo Brouwer Integral Cuartetos De Cuerda
Fernando Otero Vital
2011 Brazilian Guitar Quartet Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos
  • Adonis González – Adios A Cuba
  • Clara Sverner – Chopin
  • Francis Hime and Nelson Ayres – Concertino Para Percussão e Concerto Para Violão
  • José Serebrier – José Serebrier: Sinfonia No. 1
  • Manuel Barrueco – Tárrega!
  • Villa-Lobos Trio – Villa-Lobos Trio Play: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla & Lucio Bruno-Videla
2012 Cuarteto Latinoamericano Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
  • Guillermo Figueroa, I Solisti di Zagreb and Pepe Romero — Cordero: Caribbean Concertos For Guitar and For Violin
  • Javier Perianes and Josep Pons — Da Falla: Noches En Los Jardines de España
  • José Serebrier — Dvořák Symphony No. 7; In Nature's Realm, Scherzo Capriccioso
  • Gabriel Castagna — Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestal Works
  • Quarteto Radamés Gnattali — Prelúdio 21: Quartetos das Ordas
2013 Nelson Freire Brasileiro
  • José Serebrier and St. Michel Strings — Adagio
  • Elaine Ortiz Arándes, Rafael Dávila, Manolo González, Guido Lebrón, Ilca López and Gil René — Cofresí: Rafael Hernández
  • José Serebrier — Dvořák Symphonies 3 & 6
  • Mario Adnet — Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos
  • Isaac Karabtchevsky — Heitor Villa-Lobos Symphony No. 6 'On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil'; Symphony No. 7
2014 Plácido Domingo; Christopher Alder Verdi
2015 Débora Halász, Franz Halász and Radamés Gnattali Alma Brasileira
José Serebrier Dvorak-Serebrier Legends: Symphony No. 8no Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 - Montero: Ex Patria, Op. 1 & Improvisations
2016 Cuarteto Latinoamericano and Jaramar El Hilo Invisible (Cantos Sefaradíes)
  • Jordi Savall — Biber: Baroque Splendor
  • Edith Peña — Danzas En Todos Los Tiempos
  • A Corte Musical — Durón: Lagrimas, Amor. . .
  • José Serebrier — José Serebrier Conducts Samuel Adler
2017 Eddie Mora directing The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica Música De Compositores Costarricenses Vol. 2
2018 Claudia Montero Mágica y Misteriosa
  • Allison Brewster Franzetti and Carlos Franzetti — Buenos Aires Noir
  • José Menor — Enrique Granados: Goyescas
  • José Serebrier — José Serebrier Conducts Granados
  • Brasil Guitar Duo and David Amado — Leo Brouwer: The Book Of Signs, Paulo Bellinati: Concerto Caboclo
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2019 Samuel Torres and La Nueva Filarmonía Regreso
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2020s
Year Recipient(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2020 Paulina Leisring & Domingo Pagliuca; Samuel Pilafian, album producer Eternal Gratitude
  • Fabio Mechetti, conductor, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra & Sonia Rubinsky, soloist; Ulrich Schneider, album producer – José Antônio de Almeida Prado: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Aurora - Concerto Fribourgeois
  • Ricardo Lorenz, Michigan State University Wind Symphony, Manuel Alejandro Rangel, Maracas & Kevin L. Sedatole, conductor; Sergei Kvitko & David Thornton, album producers – King Mangoberry
  • Eddie Mora; Carlos Chaves & Eddie Mora, album producers — La Voz del Ave
  • Elena Rivera y El Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Jc Vertti, album producer – The Juliet Letters
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2021 Kristhyan Benitez, performer; Jon Feidner, album producer Latin American Classics
  • Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations, performers; Jordi Savall, conductor; Manuel Mohino, album producer – Beethoven: Révolution, Symphonies 1 à 5
  • Ney Fialkow & Hugo Pilger, performers; Maria de Fátima Nunes Pilger & Hugo Pilger, album producers – Claudio Santoro: A Obra Integral Para Violoncelo e Piano
  • Manuel Barrueco, performer; Asgerdur Sigurdardottir, album producer – Music from Cuba and Spain, Sierra: Sonata para Guitarra
  • Héctor Infanzón, performer; Konstantin Dobroykov, conductor; Héctor Infanzón, album producer – Tres Historias Concertantes
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References
  1. "Category Guide". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  2. "19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations" (PDF). latingrammy.com. 21 September 2018.
  3. Ryan, Patrick. "Latin Grammys: Camila Cabello, Alejandro Sanz, Rosalía, Luis Fonsi score 2019 nominations". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  4. Huston, Marysabel. "Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  5. "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
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