Georg Solti
Wins
31
Nominations
74
Category
Biography
Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music — that is the death of a musician.
- Born Georg Solti on Oct. 21, 1912, in Budapest, Hungary. Died Sept. 5, 1997, in Antibes, France
- Orchestral conductor George Solti was the longtime leader and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. With CSO and other first-rate orchestras around the world, Solti made more than 250 recordings. He established a reputation for being an intense and dynamic conductor with his Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra series of recordings of Wagner's Ring cycle, released between 1958 and 1965.
- The incredibly prolific Solti won 31 GRAMMYs in his lifetime, and he currently is the top GRAMMY winner of all time. His first win was for 1962 for Best Opera Recording for his rendition of Verdi's Aida. His final win was for 1997, a Best Opera Recording award for his conducting of Wagner's Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg.
- Solti was a rising star in the European classical scene of the 1930s, but his career was imperiled with the rise of the Nazi's in Germany. Solti, of Jewish descent, sought refuge in Switzerland. Travel and work restrictions made it impossible for him to work as a conductor during this period, so he supported himself as a piano accompanist.
- Solti, along with record producer John Culshaw, was the recipient of the Recording Academy's first Trustees Award in 1967. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. Solti has two works in the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame: the complete set of his Ring cycle recordings, and his Chicago Symphony Orchestra recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 8.
- The Solti Foundation was created by Solti's wife and daughters after his death to provide financial support to struggling young artists. The Georg Solti Accademia was founded in 2004 to carry on Solti's legacy through music training and education.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Georg Solti
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Best Choral Performance
Georg Solti - The Last Recording (Bartok: Cantana Profana/Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus/Weiner: Serenade) (Album)
Tamas Bubno, Gabriella Thesz, Georg Solti, Kalman Strausz
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Classical Album
Georg Solti - The Last Recording (Bartok: Cantata Profana/Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus/Weiner: Serenade) (Album)
Tamas Bubno, Gabriella Thesz, Georg Solti, Chris Hazell, Kalman Strausz
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Album)
Bryn Terfel, Georg Solti, Renee Fleming, Michele Pertusi, Ann Murray, Michael Woolcock
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Classical Album
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Album)
Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Rene Pape, Alan Opie, Georg Solti, Iris Vermillion, Karita Mattila, Michael Woolcock, Jose Van Dam
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Rene Pape, Alan Opie, Georg Solti, Iris Vermillion, Karita Mattila, Michael Woolcock, Jose Van Dam
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Best Opera Recording Winner
R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Julia Varady, Georg Solti, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Christopher Raeburn, Jose Van Dam
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Classical Album
R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Album)
Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Julia Varady, Georg Solti, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Christopher Raeburn, Jose Van Dam
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Bach: Mass In B Minor
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 In A And 8 In F (Album)
Georg Solti
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Chamber Music Performance Winner
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion
David Corkhill, Georg Solti, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 In E (Album)
Georg Solti, Michael Haas
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Best Choral Performance
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Album)
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Classical Album
Wagner: Lohengrin (Album)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn, Siegmund Nimsgern, Eva Randova
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Wagner: Lohengrin
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn, Siegmund Nimsgern, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor
Georg Solti, Michael Haas
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Classical Album
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor (Choral) (Album)
Georg Solti, Michael Haas
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: The Abduction From The Seraglio (Album)
Kathleen Battle, Georg Solti, Edita Gruberova, Martti Talvela, Christopher Raeburn, Gosta Winbergh, Heinz Zednik
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Liszt: A Faust Symphony
Georg Solti, Michael Haas
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Best Opera Recording
Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (The Masked Ball) (Album)
Kathleen Battle, Christa Ludwig, Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn, Renato Bruson, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price
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Classical Album
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 In A Minor (Scottish) And No. 4 In A (Italian) (Album)
Andrew Cornall, Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron
Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major (Album)
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Thomas Allen, Kiri Te Kanawa, Georg Solti, Kurt Moll, Christopher Raeburn, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade
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Classical Album Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Haydn: The Creation
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 In D
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Classical Album
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust (Album)
Kenneth Riegel, Georg Solti, James Mallinson, Jose Van Dam, Frederica von Stade
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Classical Album Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Opera Recording
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 In A
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Classical Album
Bruckner: Symphony 6 In A Major (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Classical Album Winner
Brahms: Symphonies (1-4)
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Brahms: Symphonies (1-4)
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Orchestral Performance
Holst: The Planets
Georg Solti, James Mallinson
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Brahms: A German Requiem
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Best Choral Performance
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (Album)
John Alldis, Georg Solti
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Best Orchestral Performance
Ravel: Bolero
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Classical Album
Ravel: Bolero/Debussy: La Mer, L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Verdi: Requiem
Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis
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Best Opera Recording
Bizet: Carmen (Album)
Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Classical Album
Bizet: Carmen (Album)
Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Orchestral Performance
Elgar: Symphony No 2 In E Flat Major (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Classical Album Winner
Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete (Album)
Ray Minshull, Georg Solti
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Classical Album Winner
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Georg Solti, David Harvey
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (Album)
Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Puccini: La Boheme
Richard Mohr, Georg Solti
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Classical Album
Beethoven: Concerti (5) For Piano And Orchestra (Album)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Georg Solti, David Harvey
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Best Orchestral Performance
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor (Album)
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Parsifal (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand)
Georg Solti
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Classical Album Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat (Symphony Of A Thousand)
Georg Solti, David Harvey
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 In E Minor
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Tannhauser (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Classical Album
Wagner: Tannhauser (Album)
Georg Solti, Raymond Minshull
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Best Opera Recording
Mozart: The Magic Flute (Album)
Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Opera Recording
R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Album)
Georg Solti, Christopher Raeburn
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 In A Minor
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
R. Strauss: Elektra (Album)
Georg Solti, John Culshaw
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor ("Resurrection") (Album)
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Wagner: Die Walkure
Georg Solti
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Classical Album
Wagner: Die Walkuere (Album)
Georg Solti, John Culshaw
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Album)
Georg Solti
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Classical Album
Verdi: Falstaff (Album)
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Verdi: Falstaff (Album)
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Siegfried (Album)
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording
R. Strauss: Salome (Album)
Georg Solti
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Verdi: Aida
Georg Solti
