Awards & Winners

Jorge Calandrelli

Also know as Jorge Callandrelli
Profession Composer, Music Arranger, Orchestrator
Jorge Calandrelli is an Argentine composer, arranger and orchestrator. His arranging and composing techniques, especially his string writing, make him very well recognized on many records of today's pop – jazz/ Jazz commercial record publications. Big record stars hired him for writing arrangements, including Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel, Eddie Daniels, Barry Manilow, and many others. One of his most interesting works is the concerto for jazz clarinet and orchestra. He wrote it under the 1984 New York winter impression. With slight inflections from composers like Stravinsky and Bartók, it has 3 movements: Allegro, Adagio and Presto. Calandrelli earned for this work the "Wavedon Award" – All music composer of the year. Among others, he has been nominated for 2 Academy Awards and 22 Grammy Awards. Other credits include The Shining, Tron, The Color Purple, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Another of his collaborators is conductor and composer Ettore Stratta, with whom Calandrelli recorded other 3 records based on Latin American music: boleros, bossa novas, and tango.

Awards by Jorge Calandrelli

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jorge Calandrelli.

2011


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Honored for : Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
Track from: Duets II

2010


Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album
Honored for : A Time for Love
Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album A Time for Love
Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year

2006


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Honored for : For Once in My Life
(Arranger)

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) For Once in My Life

2003


Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Honored for : Obrigado Brazil
(engineer, artist, producer, conductor)

2001


Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song
Honored for : Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(For the song Moonlight Lover)

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media A Love Before Time

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song A Love Before Time
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

1998


Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Honored for : Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Color Purple