Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

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Grammy Award category classical music award music award

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance was a classical music Grammy category that honored outstanding recordings by small ensembles, typically featuring one performer per part.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance canonical	5
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	2
Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1115060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Context triple: [Best Classical Album, associatedWith, Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]

A. Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance is a prestigious classical music honor presented to recognize outstanding recordings by orchestras and their conductors.
B. Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding overall classical recordings, recognizing artistic excellence across complete albums rather than individual performances or engineering.
C. Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus
The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was a former Grammy category recognizing outstanding vocal ensemble recordings by choral groups.
D. Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievements in the production and performance of opera recordings.
E. Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in albums featuring traditional pop vocal performances, often in the style of classic pop standards and vocal jazz.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance was a classical music Grammy category that honored outstanding recordings by small ensembles, typically featuring one performer per part.

A. Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance is a prestigious classical music honor presented to recognize outstanding recordings by orchestras and their conductors.
B. Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding overall classical recordings, recognizing artistic excellence across complete albums rather than individual performances or engineering.
C. Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus
The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was a former Grammy category recognizing outstanding vocal ensemble recordings by choral groups.
D. Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievements in the production and performance of opera recordings.
E. Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in albums featuring traditional pop vocal performances, often in the style of classic pop standards and vocal jazz.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ classical music award ⓘ music award ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding chamber music recordings ⓘ performances with one performer per part ⓘ recordings by small ensembles ⓘ
awardFrequency	annual ⓘ
categoryType	performance category ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discontinued	2011 ⓘ
endTime	2011 ⓘ
field	classical ⓘ
firstAwarded	2nd Annual Grammy Awards ⓘ
genre	classical music ⓘ
hasCategoryWithin	Grammy Awards for classical music ⓘ
hasWinnerType	chamber music group ⓘ ensemble ⓘ small ensemble ⓘ
inception	1959 ⓘ
language	not language-specific ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mediaType	recorded music ⓘ
notableRestriction	ensemble size smaller than full orchestra ⓘ typically one performer per part ⓘ
officialNameLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: The Recording Academy
recordingFormat	audio recordings ⓘ
replacedBy	Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
selectionProcess	voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
startTime	1959 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Best Classical Album → associatedWith → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ

Emanuel Ax → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance → replacedBy → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Evelyn Glennie → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ

Ax → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ

subject surface form: Emanuel Ax

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ

Yuri Bashmet → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance

Caroline Shaw → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance ⓘ