Pierre Boulez
Wins
26
Nominations
67
Category
Biography
"Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal." –Pierre Boulez
- Born Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez on March 26, 1925, in Montbrison, Loire, France. Died Jan. 5, 2016, in Baden-Baden, Germany.
- Pierre Boulez began his career in the 1940s as music director of the Compagnie Renaud-Barrault theater company in Paris. In the '50s, he became a leader in the avant-garde movement. The French composer and conductor's breakthrough came with the 1955's "Le Marteau Sans Maître," which has been called one of the most important compositions of the post-war era. Subsequently, he became known for pioneering the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time.
- Boulez took home his first GRAMMYs for 1967: Album Of The Year, Classical and Best Opera Recording for Berg: Wozzeck.
- Did you know? Boulez is among the top GRAMMY winners of all time with 26.
- Boulez was honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
- Boulez founded an array of musical institutions across Europe: Domaine Musical, the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Cité de la Musique.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance
Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony In Three Movements; Four Études
Pierre Boulez
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Bartók: 3 Concertos
Pierre Boulez
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Winner
Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître, Dérive 1 & 2
Odile Auboin, Pierre Boulez, Helmut Burk, Michel Cerutti, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Hilary Summers, Vincent Bauer, Emmanuelle Ophèle, Samuel Favre, Stephan Flock, Ensemble InterContemporain, Marie-Therese Ghirardi
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Classical Album
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Pierre Boulez, Christian Gansch, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Pierre Boulez, Christian Gansch, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Rainer Maillard
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Chamber Music Performance
Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2
Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Boulez: Sur Incises
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album
Boulez Conducts Varèse (Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation)
Pierre Boulez, Helmut Burk, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Boulez Conducts Varèse - Amériques, Arcana, Déserts & Ionisation
Pierre Boulez, Helmut Burk, Karl-August Naegler, Stephan Flock, Jobst Eberhardt
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Etc./Berg: Sonata, Op. 1/Webern: Variations, Op. 27
Pierre Boulez, Mitsuko Uchida
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Classical Album
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Etc./Berg: Sonata, Op. 1/Webern: Variations, Op. 27
Pierre Boulez, Wilhelm Hellweg, Mitsuko Uchida
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Classical Album
Bartók: Violin Con. No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 And 2
Pierre Boulez, Christian Gansch, Gil Shaham
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 And 2
Pierre Boulez, Gil Shaham
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition Winner
Boulez: Répons
Pierre Boulez
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Scriabin: Piano Concerto (Track)
Pierre Boulez, Anatol Ugorski
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzegewächse, Op. 20; Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Christine Schafer, Ensemble InterContemporain, David Pittman-Jennings
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Classical Album
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman, Karl-August Naegler, Laszlo Polgar
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman, Karl-August Naegler, Laszlo Polgar
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Helmut Burk
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Classical Album
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
Pierre Boulez
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Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Winner
Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe...
Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain
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Best Orchestral Performance
Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie, Etc. (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album
Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite, Etc.
Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite, Etc.
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Debussy: La Mer
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album Winner
Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux
Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album Winner
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler
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Classical Album Winner
Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
John Aler, Pierre Boulez, Karl-August Naegler, John Tomlinson
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Bartók: Cantata Profana
Pierre Boulez, Margaret Hillis
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Bartók: The Wooden Prince
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance
Debussy: Images; Printemps; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen
Jeannine Altmeyer, Pierre Boulez, Siegfried Jerusalem, Hermann Becht, Donald McIntyre, Andrew Kazdin, Peter Hofmann, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Heinz Zednik
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)
Gunther Breest, Pierre Boulez, Michael Horwath
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Classical Album Winner
Berg: Lulu (Complete Version)
Gunther Breest, Pierre Boulez, Michael Horwath
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Classical Album
Webern: The Complete Works Of Anton Webern, Volume 1 (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers
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Chamber Music Performance
Berg: Chamber Concerto For Piano And Violin/ Four Pieces For Clarinet And Piano (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance
Varese: Ameriques/ Arcana/ Ionisation (Boulez Conducts Varese) (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: The Wooden Prince
Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin
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Best Orchestral Performance
Falla: Three Cornered Hat (Boulez Conducts Falla) (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin
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Best Opera Recording
Schoenberg: Moses Und Aaron (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers
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Classical Album
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet) (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Andrew Kazdin
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Best Choral Performance
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete Ballet)
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album Winner
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez Conducts Bartok / The Miraculous Mandarin And Dance Suite (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album
Boulez Conducts Boulez: Pli Selon Pli (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez Conducts Ravel (Album)
Pierre Boulez
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Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Parsifal (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Hans Hirsch
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Best Opera Recording
Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Paul Myers
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Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Arthur Oldham
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Classical Album
Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps
Pierre Boulez
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Best Orchestral Performance
Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album
Boulez Conducts Berg (Three Pieces For Orchestra/Chamber Concerto/Altenberg Lieder) (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre"
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album
Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre" (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Orchestral Performance Winner
Boulez Conducts Debussy (La Mer; Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune; Jeux)
Pierre Boulez
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Classical Album Winner
Berg: Wozzeck
Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Opera Recording Winner
Berg: Wozzeck
Pierre Boulez, Thomas Z. Shepard
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Best Orchestral Performance
Boulez: Le Soleil Des Eaux/Messiaen: Chronochromie/Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log (Album)
Pierre Boulez, Antal Dorati
