Trifonov Wins 2018 Best Solo Instrumental Grammy
The 2018 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo has been awarded to Daniil Trifonov for Transcendental a double CD of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes recorded on Deutsche Grammophon.
Other nominees:
Bach: The French Suites — Murray Perahia
Haydn: Cello Concertos — Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
Levina: The Piano Concertos — Maria Lettberg; Ariane Matiakh, conductor (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 — Frank Peter Zimmermann; Alan Gilbert, conductor (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester)