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All Grammy-Awards articles

News
Aaron Jay Kernis’ new violin concerto fetches two Grammy awards

2019-02-11T10:33:00Z

The violin concerto won in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Classical Instrumental Solo categories
News
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Jennifer Higdon pick up 2018 Grammys

2018-01-29T11:49:00Z

Higdon’s Viola Concerto earns her two trophies at 60th Grammy Awards with Kopatchinskaja’s the only one for a classical string player
News
Classical strings in the 60th Grammy Awards nominations

2017-11-28T17:21:00Z

The Recording Academy unveils nominations for all categories, including nods for Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Augustin Hadelich, Steven Isserlis and Frank Peter Zimmermann
Focus
My violin heroine Maud Powell, by Rachel Barton Pine

2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine will pay tribute to the achievements of her compatriot Maud Powell (1867–1920) at the 56th Grammy Awards this weekend, when the Recording Academy honours the great violin pioneer with a Lifetime Achievement Award. As she prepares for the red carpet, Pine tells ...

All Grammy-Awards articles

Aaron Jay Kernis’ new violin concerto fetches two Grammy awards

Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Jennifer Higdon pick up 2018 Grammys

Classical strings in the 60th Grammy Awards nominations

My violin heroine Maud Powell, by Rachel Barton Pine