2025 GRAMMY Award Winners Announced

Eight classical recordings, featuring artists such as pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and composer Gabriela Ortiz, were honored at the 67th award ceremony

The 2025 edition of the GRAMMY Awards recently came to a close in Los Angeles, California. There are eight categories specifically for recordings of classical music, as well as a further two categories honoring engineers in the classical field.

The award show, which was broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in LA, encouraged viewers to donate to fire relief efforts in the greater Los Angeles community. The Recording Academy and MusiCares, in partnership with Direct Relief, the California Community Foundation, and the Pasadena Community Foundation, set up a donation page here.

The 2025 GRAMMY award winners include:

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Award to the instrumental soloist(s) and to the conductor when applicable.

• "Bach: Goldberg Variations" — Víkingur Ólafsson, pianist

Best Orchestral Performance: Award to the conductor and the orchestra

• "Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina" — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Los Angeles Philharmonic

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Award to the ensemble and conductor if applicable

• "Rectangles and Circumstance" — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: A Composer's Award (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.) Award to the librettist, if applicable.

• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Best Classical Compendium: Award to the artist(s) and to the album producer(s) and engineer(s) of over 50% playing time of the album, and to the composer and librettist (if applicable) with over 50% playing time of a world premiere recording only

• Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

Best Opera Recording: Award to the conductor, album producer(s), and principal soloists, and to the composer and librettist (if applicable) of a world premiere Opera recording only

• "Saariaho: Adriana Mater" — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Award to vocalist(s), collaborative artist(s) (e.g., pianists, conductors)

• Beyond The Years - Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist

Best Choral Performance - Award to the conductor, and to the choral director and/or chorus master where applicable and to the choral organization/ensemble

• "Ochre" — Donald Nally, conductor; The Crossing

Best Engineered Album, Classical - An Engineer's Award. (Artists' names appear in parentheses)

• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical - A Producer's Award

• Elaine Martone

For the full list, click here.