The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Congratulates Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez on Lifetime Grammy Award

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra congratulates Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez as a recipient of a 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The recognition is given to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording."

In a message sent to Maestro Boulez earlier today, CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti said, "Dear Maestro, dear Pierre: The news that you are the recipient of the 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award makes me and the entire Chicago Symphony Orchestra family extremely happy and proud. You are a giant in the musical world, and we are all so grateful for your great contribution to music. Congratulations with great admiration, affection and friendship."

Said CSO bass Stephen Lester, Chairman of the CSO Members Committee, "The Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are very pleased that Pierre Boulez has been given this special Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy. He is one of the most important and influential musicians and composers of our time. We in Chicago are proud to have had a rewarding and meaningful relationship with him for over 30 years. His contribution to music in Chicago, as well as the world, is important in many ways, helping to open all of our minds, and ears, at every opportunity. Congratulations, Maestro Boulez!

With 26 Grammy Awards to his credit, Boulez-along with fellow Lifetime Achievement Award recipients the Bee Gees, Buddy Guy, George Harrison, Flaco Jiménez, the Louvin Brothers and Wayne Shorter-will be honored at a special ceremony in Los Angeles on February 7, 2015, as well as during the Grammy Awards telecast on Sunday, February 8, on CBS.

The CSO's Beyond the Score series, which "weaves together theater, music, and design to draw audiences into the concert hall and into the spirit of a work," recently honored Boulez's upcoming 90th birthday. The show was entitled A Pierre Dream by renowned architect Frank Gehry, who designed the production. Click here for a discussion with the creative forces, the genesis of the immersive experience and a gallery of images from the production.

For more information on Pierre Boulez, click here for a complete list of his Grammy Awards, a complete list of his recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, a timeline of his extensive partnership with the CSO,details of his debut with the CSO in 1969, and a select bibliography.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich perform piano works of Boulez at Symphony Center on March 15, 2015.

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