Photograph by Zoran Orlic©

Chamber Music America -
2007 Richard J. Bogomolny
National Service Award

California Arts Council 2006 Certificate of Achievement

BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards Nomination - Culture Crossing Category for Kronos Quartet with Asha Bhosle, You've Stolen My Heart:  Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood 2006

Grammy Award—Best Chamber Music Performance for Kronos Quartet with Dawn Upshaw, Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite (USA) 2003

Grammy Award Nomination—Best Chamber Music Performance for Peteris Vasks’ String Quartet No. 4 (USA) 2003

Grammy Award Nomination—Best Classical Crossover Album for The Tiger Lillies with Kronos Quartet, The Gorey End (USA) 2003

Latin Grammy Award Nomination—Best Classical Album for Nuevo (USA) 2003

"Musical America" 2003 Musicians of the Year

Association of Performing Arts Presenters 2003 Award of Merit

Grammy Award Nomination—Best Classical Crossover Album for Nuevo (USA) 2002

"San Francisco Bay Guardian" 28th Annual Best of the Bay
Best Local Classical Ensemble 2002

National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
San Francisco Chapter Governors Award 2002

"San Francisco Bay Guardian" 27th Annual Best of the Bay
Best Local Classical Ensemble 2001

Edison Prize for Chamber Music for Kronos Caravan (The Netherlands) 2001

Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Critics' Choice of the Year) for Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets (Germany) 1999

Rolf Schock Prize in Music/Royal Swedish Academy of Music 1999 (Sweden)

Grammy Award Nomination—Best Classical Album
for Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets (USA) 1998

Grammy Award Nomination—Best Chamber Music Performance
for Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets (USA) 1998

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) salutes the Kronos Quartet for 25 Years of Adventurous Programming, Seasons 1973 through 1998

New York Bessie Award 1998 for River, composed by Somei Satoh and performed with Eiko and Koma

"San Francisco Chronicle" Readers' Choice
Best Classical Music Group 1998 & 1999, Second Place

National Public Radio's New Horizon Award Nomination for Significant Contributions to Classical Music in America for Early Music (Lachrymae Antiquae) (USA) 1998

Best New Music Ensemble 1997 Global Classical Music Poll (60 countries) www.classical.insites.com

Grammy Award Nomination—Best Chamber Music Performance for Early Music (Lachrymae Antiquae) (USA) 1997

Best Concert Performance in Mexico 1997—"ViceVersa," Cultural Magazine of Mexico for Gabriela Ortiz's Altar de Muertos (Mexico) 1997

Certificate of Excellence 1997—The American Association of Graphic Arts for Howl, USA CD Package (USA) 1997

Le Diapason d'Or de Mai 1997 for Osvaldo Golijov's The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind (France) 1997

Australian Broadcasting Company Classic FM—Best International Recording of the Year for Howl, USA (Australia) 1996

National Public Radio New Horizon Award 1996 for Significant Contributions to Classical Music in America for Released 1985-1995 (USA) 1996

ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming (USA)
First Place Prize: 1999, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1991, 1989, 1987, and 1985

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Arts Excellence Award (USA) 1995

Chamber Group of the Year, Kenwood Classical Music Awards (UK) 1994

  • Edison Prize in Popular Music for Pieces of Africa (Netherlands) 1993
  • Bay Area Music (BAMMIE) Award Nomination—Outstanding Jazz Album for Black Angels, (USA) 1991
  • Edison Prize in Classical Music for Black Angels (Netherlands) 1991
  • Grammy Award Nomination—Best Chamber Music Performance for Black Angels (USA) 1991
  • Australian Broadcasting Company Classic FM—Best International Recording of the Year for Black Angels (Australia) 1991
  • Internationaler Schallplattenpreis Frankfurt for Black Angels (Germany) 1991
  • Prix Caecilia for Black Angels (Belgium) 1991
  • Allmusic Award, Ensemble of the Year (UK) 1989
  • New Music America Best New Music Award for Steve Reich’s Different Trains (USA) 1989
  • Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Distinguished Service Award (USA) 1989
  • Sony Commemorative Walkman Award (USA) 1989
  • American Music Center Letter of Distinction (USA) 1987
  • Grammy Award Nomination—Best Chamber Music Performance for White Man Sleeps (USA) 1987
  • San Francisco Focus Award for Best Contemporary Music (USA) 1984

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