FOUNDATION AWARDS

The Classical Recording Foundation Award is a statuette symbolizing the prestige of this honor. Each Award is tied to a fund administered by the Foundation and the participating record company to accomplish the necessary tasks of recording and promoting, where the value of the dollar is maximized.

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein and
cellist Zuill Bailey perform at the
2007 Awards Ceremony, where they received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists Award

The Award selection process begins with nominations by internationally renowned artists/scholars.  Nominees are considered by an anonymous Grant Award Committee, which annually decides on the recipients and Award amounts.

Criteria for Classical Recording Foundation Awards:

—         Artistic merit;

—         Impact;

—         Historic significance;

—         Commitment from a record label

Classical Recording Foundation Award Recipients

The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, 2002 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award
Gilbert Kalish and Joel Krosnik, 2002 Classical Recording Foundation Award
The St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, 2002 Classical Recording Foundation Award

Andres Diaz and Judith Gordon, 2003 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award
George Crumb, 2003 Composer of the Year Award
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, 2003 Classical Recording Foundation Award
Anne-Marie McDermott, 2003 Classical Recording Foundation Award

The Jupiter Trio, 2004 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award
Paul Moravec, 2004 Composer of the Year Award
The Claremont Trio, 2004 Young Artist Award
The Harmonie Ensemble, 2004 Classical Recording Foundation Award
The Orion String Quartet, 2004 Classical Recording Foundation Award

Giora Schmidt and Rohan De Silva, 2005 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award
Stephen Jaffe, 2005 Composer of the Year Award
Inon Barnatan, 2005 Young Artist Award
The Juilliard String Quartet, 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Award
Benjamin Verdery, 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Award

Zuill Bailey and Simone Dinnerstein, 2006 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award
The Daedalus String Quartet, 2006 Young Artists Award
Michael Harrison, 2006 Classical Recording Foundation Award
Richard Wernick, 2006 Composer of the Year Award

Zuill Bailey and Simone Dinnerstein, 2007 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award
Vassily Primakov, 2007 Young Artists Award
Justin Dello Joio, 2007 Composer of the Year Award