Every Grammys Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra winner

12 ceremonies, 2000–2011. 10 different winners.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

It merged with the without-orchestra award to form Best Classical Instrumental Solo.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Classical Instrumental Solo instead.

Hilary Hahn ×2Martha Argerich ×2

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.

Martha Argerich'00

Joshua Bell'01

Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill'02

Hilary Hahn'03

Maxim Vengerov'04

Anne-Sophie Mutter'05

Martha Argerich'06

Angelin Chang'07

James Ehnes'08

Hilary Hahn'09

Evgeny Kissin'10

Mitsuko Uchida'11

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won

Leif Ove Andsnes3 noms
Philippe Quint2 noms
Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud2 noms

Most losses

Leif Ove Andsnes3L · 0W
Philippe Quint2L · 0W
Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud2L · 0W
Hilary Hahn1L · 2W
Mitsuko Uchida1L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Mitsuko Uchida (Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 23 & No. 24) beat 4 others Terrence Wilson (Daugherty: Deus ex Machina) Avi Avital (Dorman: Mandolin Concerto) Joseph Banowetz (Kletzki: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22) Eliesha Nelson (Porter: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra)	Unrecorded
2010	Evgeny Kissin (Prokofiev: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3) beat 4 others Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Neil Percy, Tamara Stefanovich & Nigel Thomas (Bartók: 3 Concertos) Derek Bermel (Bermel: Voices For Solo Clarinet and Orchestra) Philippe Quint (Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35) Yefim Bronfman (Salonen: Piano Concerto)	Unrecorded
2009	Hilary Hahn (Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos) beat 4 others Wu Man (Bloch/Lees: Violin Concertos) Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud (Harrison: Pipa Concerto) Leif Ove Andsnes (Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 17 & No. 20) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 5)	Unrecorded
2008	James Ehnes (Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos) beat 4 others Lang Lang (Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 4) Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud (Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos) Anastasia Khitruk (Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24) Sol Gabetta (Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera)	Unrecorded
2007	Angelin Chang (Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques) beat 4 others Nelson Freire (Brahms: The Piano Concertos) Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Henze: Violin Concertos No. 1 & No. 3) Leif Ove Andsnes (Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2) Ulla Miilmann (Schmidt: Concertos)	Unrecorded
2006	Martha Argerich (Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3) beat 4 others Thomas Stacy (Fuchs: Eventide) Fred Sherry String Quartet (Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra) Truls Mørk (Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129; Bloch: Schelomo) Evelyn Glennie (Daugherty: UFO)	Unrecorded
2005	Anne-Sophie Mutter (Previn: Violin Concerto; Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's "Symposium") beat 4 others Daniel Hope (Berg: Violin Concerto; Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15) Peter Donohoe (Bliss: Piano Concerto In B Flat, Op. 58) Mark Wait (Carter: Piano Concerto) Kim Kashkashian (Mansurian: ...And Then I Was In Time Again)	Unrecorded
2004	Maxim Vengerov (Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15; Walton: Viola Concerto) beat 4 others Alan Feinberg (Beach: Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor, Op. 45) Mikhail Pletnev (Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30) Han-Na Chang (Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante) Niel DePonte (Svoboda: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 148)	Unrecorded
2003	Hilary Hahn (Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77; Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D) beat 4 others Murray Perahia (Bach: Keyboard Concertos No. 3, No. 5, No. 6, & No. 7) James Buswell (Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14, A Scene From Shelley, etc.) Yuri Bashmet (Kancheli: Styx; Gubaidulina: Violin Concerto) Stephen Hough (Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra)	Unrecorded
2002	Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill (Strauss: Horn Concertos) beat 4 others Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Ligeti: Piano Concerto) Sharon Isbin (Rouse: Concert de Gaudi; Tan Dun: Concerto for Guitar) Mitsuko Uchida (Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1; Webern: Variations) Philippe Quint (Schumann: Violin Concerto in D Major, WoO 23)	Unrecorded
2001	Joshua Bell (Maw: Violin Concerto) beat 4 others Marc-André Hamelin (Busoni: Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39) Michael Collins (Carter: Clarinet Concerto) Leif Ove Andsnes (Haydn: Piano Concertos No. 3, No. 4, & No. 11) Arcadi Volodos (Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30)	Unrecorded
2000	Martha Argerich (Prokofiev: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 3/Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119, BB 127) beat 4 others Gil Shaham (Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Major Sz. 95, BB 101; Rhapsodies No. 1 & No. 2) Hilary Hahn (Beethoven: Violin Concerto D Major, Op. 61; Bernatein: Serenade after Plato's "Symposium") Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer (Britten: Double Concerto in B Minor) Anatol Ugorski (Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F Sharp Minor, Op. 20)	Unrecorded

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