Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance recognizes excellence in classical chamber music and small ensemble performance recordings. Eligible groups may be instrumental, vocal, or mixed, with or without conductor, not exceeding 24 participants.

64th Annual Grammy Awards • 2022

Honoring recordings released between September 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021

Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance with "Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears"

Winners & Nominees 2022

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Previous Years

Year Winner Title
2026 Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound Dennehy: Land Of Winter All Nominees
2025 Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion Rectangles And Circumstance All Nominees
2024 Roomful Of Teeth Rough Magic All Nominees
2023 Attacca Quartet Shaw: Evergreen All Nominees
2022 Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears All Nominees
2021 Pacifica Quartet, Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Mark Holloway, Brandon Vamos Contemporary Voices All Nominees
2020 Attacca Quartet Shaw: Orange All Nominees
2019 Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet Anderson, Laurie: Landfall All Nominees
2018 Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Death & The Maiden All Nominees
2017 Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore Steve Reich All Nominees
2016 Eighth Blackbird Filament All Nominees
2015 Hilary Hahn In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores All Nominees
2014 Brad Wells, Roomful Of Teeth, Cameron Beauchamp, Dashon Burton, Martha Cluver, Eric Dudley, Estelí Gomez, Avery Griffin, Caroline Shaw, Virginia Warnken Roomful Of Teeth All Nominees
2013 Eighth Blackbird, Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael Maccaferri, Tim Munro, Nicholas Photinos Meanwhile All Nominees
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