The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) has been handed out since 1959. The title of the award has been changed a number of times over the years; it was known as Best Classical Performance - Instrumentalist (other than concerto-scale accompaniment) in 1959, up until 1966 minor changes were made to the name. in 1966 it was again revised to Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra), this name was kept till 1994, in 1995 the Recording Academy came up with the title Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra), which is still in use today. From 1967 to 1971 and in 1987 the award was combined with Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) and jointly awarded as Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra).
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Year
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Winner/s
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2009
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Gloria Cheng for Stucky, Lutos³awski
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2008
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Garrick Ohlsson for Beethoven sonatas
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2007
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Maurizio Pollini for Chopin nocturnes
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2006
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Evgeny Kissin for Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky
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2005
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David Russell for Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, etc.)
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2004
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Emanuel Ax for Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49
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2003
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Andreas Neubronner (producer & engineer) & Murray Perahia for Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25
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2002
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Arne Akselberg (producer & engineer) & Truls Mørk (producer & artist) for Benjamin Britten Cello Suites (1 - 3)
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2001
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Tobias Lehmann (producer), Jens Schünemann (engineer) & Sharon Isbin for Dreams of a World (Works of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo, Duarte, Etc.)
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2000
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Vladimir Ashkenazy for Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87
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1999
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Murray Perahia for Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 And 6
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1998
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János Starker for Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1- 6
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1997
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Earl Wild for The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns, Handel
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1996
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Radu Lupu for Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major and A Major)
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1995
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Emanuel Ax for Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59
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1994
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John Browning for Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music
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1993
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi)
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1992
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Alicia de Larrocha for Granados: Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta
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1991
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Vladimir Horowitz for The Last Recording
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1990
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András Schiff for Bach: English Suites
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1989
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Alicia de Larrocha for Albéniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola
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1988
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow
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1986
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Vladimir Ashkenazy for Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Valses nobles et sentimentales
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1985
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Yo-Yo Ma for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites
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1984
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Glenn Gould for Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13
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1983
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Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations
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1982
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Vladimir Horowitz for The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80
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1981
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Itzhak Perlman for The Spanish Album
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1980
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Vladimir Horowitz for The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79
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1979
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Vladimir Horowitz for The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78
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1978
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Arthur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat/Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
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1977
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Concerts 1975/76
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1976
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Nathan Milstein for Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied
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1975
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Alicia de Larrocha for Albéniz: Iberia
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1974
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Scriabin
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1973
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Chopin
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1972
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
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1966
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Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz at Carnegie Hall - An Historic Return
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1965
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Vladimir Horowitz for Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin
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1964
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Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz
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1963
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Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
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1962
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Laurindo Almeida for Reverie for Spanish Guitar
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1961
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Laurindo Almeida for The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Alemida
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1960
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Arthur Rubinstein for Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 in C (Waldstein) and No. 18 in E Flat
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1958
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Andrés Segovia for Segovia Golden Jubilee
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