Vladimir Ashkenazy - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

  • 1955 International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw (Second prize)
  • 1956 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition for piano, Brussels
  • 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow
  • 2000 Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducting corps
  • Current president of the Rachmaninoff Society.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • 1974 Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
  • 1979 Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Itzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy)
  • 1982 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell)
  • 1988 Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
  • 1986 Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Valses nobles et sentimentales
  • 2000 Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

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