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 bySimón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra & Simón Bolívar National Choir for Huascar Barradas Four Elements Immersive Symphony (2023)
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] The award is presented to solo artists, duos or groups, director, conductor, established orchestra/ensemble, producer(s), recording engineer(s) and mixing engineer(s) of 51% or more of the total playing time of the album.

Spanish singer and conductor Plácido Domingo is the most awarded artist in the category with four wins. He was also the first recipient of the award in 2000.

Winners and nominees

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Spanish singer and conductor Plácido Domingo won the award in 2000, 2001, 2008 and 2014.
 
Spanish conductor Antoni Ros-Marbà was one of the inaugural winners in 2000.
 
Spanish baritone Carlos Álvarez was one of the recipients of the award in 2001
 
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.
 
2015-winner, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.
 
Mexican singer Jaramar won the award in 2016.
 
2021 winner, Venezuelan pianist Kristhyan Benítez.
 
Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas won the award in 2022.
 
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra & Simón Bolívar National Choir won the award in 2023.
Year Recipient(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2000 Tito Beltrán, Plácido Domingo, Manuel Lanza, Antoni Ros-Marbà & Elisabete Matos
  • Michael Haas, producer
La Dolores - Tomás Bretón
  • Aldo Antognazzi, Paquito D'Rivera and Brenda Feliciano (performers); Pablo Voitzuk & Diego Zapico (producers) – Música de dos Mundos
  • José María Vitier (performer); Ana Lourdes Martinez, Silvia Rodriguez Rivero & José María Vitier (producers) – Salmo de las Américas
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen (performer); David Mottley (producers) – Sensamayá: The Music of Silvestre Revueltas
  • Eduardo Diazmuñoz and La Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico (performers); Eduardo Diazmuñoz & Ana Lara (producers) – Twentieth Century Mexican Symphonic Music, Vol. 1
2001 Carlos Álvarez, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel, José De Eusebio and Ana María Martínez
  • Michael Haas, producer
Albeniz: Merlin
2002 Quarteto Amazônia
  • Mario De Aratanha, producer
Adiós Nonino - Quarteto Amazônia Toca Astor Piazzolla
  • Pablo Roberto Diemecke and Jorge Federico Osorio (performers); Enrique Arturo Diemecke (conductor); Benito Alcocer (producer) – Chávez: Conciertos Para Violin y Piano
  • María Guinand (performer); Andres Priemer (producer) – Golijov: La Pasión Según San Marcos
  • Luiz de Moura Castro and María José Montiel (performers); Antonio Armet (producer) – Modinha - Brazilian Songs
  • Cuarteto Latinoamericano (performer); Bogdan Zawistowsky (producer) – Villa-Lobos: String Quartets, Vol. 6
2003 Paquito D'Rivera
  • Dania Devora & Jose Luis Ruperez, producers
Historia del soldado
2004 Various Artists
  • Mario Adnet & Paulo Jobim, producers
Jobim Sinfônico
  • Uakti (performer and producer) – Clássicos
  • Various Artists; Eugenio Toussaint (producer) – Eugenio Toussaint Música de Cámara
  • Trío Argentino (performer); Elías Gurevich, Fernando Pérez, Jorge Pérez Tedesco & Fabiola Russo (producers) – Schubert - Fauré
  • Joao Carlos Assis Brasil (performer and producer) – Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras Nº 4 e Cirandas João
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya and José Serebrier
  • Robert Suff, producer
Carmen Symphony
2005 Cuarteto de Cuerdas Buenos Aires and Paquito D'Rivera
  • Andrea Merenzón, producer
Riberas
  • Orquestra de Câmara Rio Strings (performer); David Chew & André Oliveira (producers) – Fantasia Brasileira
  • José Serebrier (performer); Tim Oldham (producer) – Glazunov Symphony Nº 5 / The Seasons
  • Leo Brouwer (performer); Leo Brouwer & Isabelle Hernández (producer) – Homo Ludens
  • Sharon Isbin (performer); José Serebrier (conductor); Tobias Lehmann (producer) – Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez/Villa Lobos: Concerto for Guitar / Ponce: Concierto del Sur
2006 Michel Camilo and Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
  • Elaine Martone, producer
Rhapsody In Blue
  • Jeff von der Schmidt (conductor); Jan Karlin & Matthew Snyder (producers) – Chavez Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3
  • Manuel Barrueco and Victor Pablo Pérez (performers); Martin Compton (producer) – Concierto Barroco
  • Edson Cordeiro (performer); José Ananias Souza Lopes (producer) – Contratenor
  • Eduardo Marturet conducting the Berliner Symphoniker (performers); Eduardo Marturet & Christian Feldgen (producers) – Encantamento
  • Mauro Senise and Jota Moraes (performers); Jota Moraes (producer) – Tempo Caboclo
2007 John Neschling
  • John Neschling, conductor and producer
Beethoven Abertura Consagração Da Casa Sinfonia Nº 6
Montserrat Caballé
  • Carlos Caballé, producer
La Canción Romántica Española
2008 Plácido Domingo
  • Sid McLauchlan, producer
Pasión Española
2009 Sonia Rubinsky
  • Nikolaos Samaltanos, producer
Villa-Lobos: Piano Music; Guia Pratico, Albums 10 and 11; Suite Infantil Nos. 1 and 2
  • Andrés Díaz (performer); Alan Bise (producer) – Bach: Cello Suites
  • Ricardo Kanji & Rosana Lanzelotte (performers); Anna Carolina Gomes (producer) – Cavaleiro Neukomm Criador Da Música De Câmara No Brasil
  • Ricardo Morales and the Pacifica Quartet (performers); Luis Enrique Juliá (producer) – Concierto De Aniversario
2010 Leo Brouwer
  • Amado Del Rosario, producer
Integral Cuartetos de Cuerda
Fernando Otero
  • Fernando Otero, producer
Vital
2011 Brazilian Guitar Quartet
  • Brazilian Guitar Quartet, producer
Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos
  • Adonis González (performer); Rey Rodríguez (producer) – Adios A Cuba
  • Clara Sverner (performer); Jeffrey Ginn (producer) – Chopin
  • Francis Hime and Nelson Ayres (performers); Sylvia Medeiros (producer) – Concertino Para Percussão e Concerto Para Violão
  • José Serebrier (performer); Phil Rowlands (producer) – José Serebrier: Sinfonia No. 1
  • Manuel Barrueco (performer); Asgerdur Sigurdardottir (producer) – Tárrega!
  • Villa-Lobos Trio (performer); Markus Wallner (producer) – Villa-Lobos Trio Play: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla & Lucio Bruno-Videla
2012 Cuarteto Latinoamericano
  • Dan Merceruio, producer
Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
  • Guillermo Figueroa, I Solisti di Zagreb and Pepe Romero (performers); Kresimir Seletkovic (producer) – Cordero: Caribbean Concertos for Guitar and for Violin
  • Javier Perianes (pianist); Josep Pons (conductor); BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martin Sauer (producer) – Da Falla: Noches en Los Jardines de España
  • José Serebrier (conductor); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Phil Rowlands (producer) – Dvořák Symphony No. 7; In Nature's Realm, Scherzo Capriccioso
  • Gabriel Castagna (conductor); Orquesta Philarmonic De Württembergische Reutlingen; Reinhard Gelller & Die Tonaufnahme (producers) – Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works
  • Quarteto Radamés Gnattali (performer); Sergio Roberto de Oliveira (producer) – Prelúdio 21: Quartetos das Ordas
2013 Nelson Freire
  • Dominic Fyfe, album producer
Brasileiro
  • José Serebrier and St. Michel Strings (performers); Laura Heikinheimo (producer) – Adagio
  • Elaine Ortiz Arándes, Rafael Dávila, Manolo González, Guido Lebrón, Ilca López and Gil René (performers); Julio Bagué (producer) – Cofresí: Rafael Hernández
  • José Serebrier (performer); Phil Rowlands (album producer) – Dvořák Symphonies 3 & 6
  • Mario Adnet (performer and album producer) – Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos
  • Isaac Karabtchevsky (performer); Ulrich Schneider (album producer) – Heitor Villa-Lobos Symphony No. 6 'On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil'; Symphony No. 7
2014 Plácido Domingo
  • Christopher Alder, album producer
Verdi
  • Facundo Ramírez (performer and album producer) – A Piazzolla A Ramírez
  • Allison Brewster Franzetti (performer); Carlos Franzetti (producer) – Alma - Piano Music Of Argentina
  • José Serebrier (performer); Alexander Van Ingen (album producer) – Dvorák: Symphony No. 2 - 3 Slavonic Dances
  • Manuel Barrueco (performer); Víctor Pablo Pérez (conductor); Martin Compton and Asgerdur Sigurdardottir (album producers) – Medea
  • Eddie Mora and Ana Catalina Ramirez (performers); Carlos Chaves & Leonardo Gell (album producers) – Musica de Compositores Costarricenses Vol.1
  • Berta Rojas (performer and album producer) – Salsa Roja
2015 Débora Halász and Franz Halász
  • Marcelo Amaral, Debora Halász & Johannes Müller, album producers
Alma Brasileira
  • Fernando Otero (performer); Brian Forbes, Fernando Otero & Ruben Parra (album producers) – Ritual
  • Cuarteto Latinoamericano (performer); Dan Merceruio (album producer) – Ruperto Chapí: String Quartets 1&2
  • Iván Valiente (performer); Yalil Guerra (album producer) – Works for String Orchestra
  • José Serebrier (performer); Chris Hazel (album producer) – Dvorak-Serebrier Legends: Symphony No. 8
Gabriela Montero
  • Jonathan Allen, album producer
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 - Montero: Ex Patria, Op. 1 - Montero: Improvisations
2016 Cuarteto Latinoamericano and Jaramar
  • Gerry Rosado, album producer
El Hilo Invisible (Cantos Sefaradíes)
  • Jordi Savall (performer); Manuel Mohino (album producer) – Biber: Baroque Splendor
  • Edith Peña (performer); Francisco Moya Castro (album producer) – Danzas En Todos Los Tiempos
  • A Corte Musical (performer); Rogerio Gonçalves & Eva Juárez (album producers) – Durón: Lagrimas, Amor. . .
  • Maximilian Hornung (cellist); José Serebrier (conductor); Philip Hobbs (album producer) – José Serebrier Conducts Samuel Adler
2017 Eddie Mora directing The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica
  • Winnie Camila Berg, soloist
  • Carlos Chaves, album producer
Música de Compositores Costarricenses Vol. 2
  • Nathalie Peña Comas (performer and album producer) – Alta Gracia
  • Jordi Savall (performer and album producer) – Dixit Dominus: Vivaldi, Mozart, Handel
  • Horacio Gutiérrez (performer); Adam Abeshouse (album producer) – Horacio Gutiérrez Plays Chopin & Schumann
  • In-Hong Cha conducting The Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela (performers); Hildemaro Álvarez (album producer) – Textures from the North of South
2018 Claudia Montero
  • José Manuel Domenech & Claudia Montero, album producers
Mágica y Misteriosa
  • Allison Brewster Franzetti and Carlos Franzetti (performers); James Fitzpatrick (producer) – Buenos Aires Noir
  • José Menor (performer); Francisco Moya Castro (album producer) – Enrique Granados: Goyescas
  • José Serebrier conducting Concerto Málaga String Orchestra; Juan Pablo Gamarro & José Manuel Gil De Gálvez (album producers) – José Serebrier Conducts Granados
  • Brasil Guitar Duo and David Amado conducting the Delaware Symphony Orchestra; Alan Jordan (album producer) – Leo Brouwer: The Book of Signs, Paulo Bellinati: Concerto Caboclo
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2019 Samuel Torres and La Nueva Filarmonía
  • Ricardo Jaramillo, conductor
  • Danilo Álvarez, Ricardo Jaramillo & Samuel Torres, producers
Regreso
  • Claudio Constantini (performer); Francisco Moya (album producer) – America
  • Edith Ruiz (performer and album producer) – Árboles De Vidrio
  • National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba (performer); Enrique Pérez Mesa (conductor); Aurelio De La Vega & Yalil Guerra (album producers) – Cuba: The Legacy
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia (performer); Eddie Mora (conductor); Jorge Castro, Carlos Pipo Chaves & Eddie Mora (album producers) – Solosh
[3]
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 producer) – La Voz del Ave
  • Elena Rivera y El Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Jc Vertti (album producer) – The Juliet Letters
[4]
2021 Kristhyan Benitez
  • 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
[5]
2022 Berta Rojas
  • Sebastián Henríquez, album producer
Legado
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia (performers); Eddie Mora (conductor and album producer) – Brujos
  • Eddie Mora (performer); Carlos Chaves & Eddie Mora (album producers) – El Ruido del Agua
  • Erika Ribeiro (performer); Sylvio Fraga & Bernardo Ramos (album producers) – Erika Ribeiro - Ígor Stravinsky, Sofia Gubaidúlina e Hermeto Pascoal
  • Emmanuele Baldini, Pablo Rossi & Heitor Villa-Lobos (performers) – Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas
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2023 Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra & National Choir; Ollantay Velasquez, conductor
  • Maria Beatriz Cardenas (Tatiz), Huáscar Barradas, Eugenio Carreño & Eduardo Martinez Planas, album producers
Huáscar Barradas Four Elements Immersive Symphony for Orchestra and Chorus
  • Kristhyan Benitez (performer); Jon Feidner (album producer) – Afro-Cuban Dances
  • Luis López (performer); Fernando Ortí Salvador (album producer) – Albéniz & Granados Piano Works
  • Marvin Camacho & UCR Coral (performers); Didier Mora (conductor); Marvin Camacho Villegas & Jorge Castro Ruiz (album producers) – Cantata Negra
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería & Pacho Flores (performers); Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor); Ingo Petry (album producer) – Estirpe
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2024 TBA TBA
  • Nueva Filarmonía (performer); Ricardo Jaramillo (conductor); Ricardo Jaramillo, Jefferson Rosas & Marcela Zorro (album producers) – Aire, Aire... No Puedo Respirar
  • Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra & Simón Bolívar National Choir, Iván Cardozo, Fernando Escalona, Claudio González, Jhoxiris Medina & Grace Terán (performers); Christian Vásquez (conductor); Maria Beatriz Cárdenas, Eugenio Carreño & Eduardo Martínez Planas (album producers) – Credo for Orchestra, Choir and Five Soloists
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic, Anne Akiko Meyers & Gustavo Castillo (performers); Gustavo Dudamel (conductor); Dmitry Lipay (album producer) – Fandango
  • Lincoln Trio (performers); Daniel Binelli & Ted Viviani (album producers) – Fantasies of Buenos Aires
  • ADDA Simfònica Alicante (performers); Josep Vicent (conductor); Fernando Arias (album producer) – The Latin Rites
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References

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