Awards & Winners

Norbert Balatsch

Date of Birth 10-March-1928
Place of Birth Vienna
(Austria)
Nationality
Profession Conductor
Norbert Balatsch is an Austrian conductor and chorus master. He began his career as a baritone in the opera chorus of the Vienna State Opera. He eventually became the long term chorus master at that house and for many years was the chorus master of the Bayreuth Festival. He has prepared choruses for numerous recordings, two of which have won Grammy Awards. He is currently the chorus master of the Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. In the early 1970s, Professor Balatsch was the Chorus Master of the New Philharmonia Chorus, which was previously and later known as simply the Philharmonia Chorus.

Awards by Norbert Balatsch

Check all the awards nominated and won by Norbert Balatsch.

2001


Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Honored for : Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance Bach: St. Matthew Passion

1997


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ( The Symphony of a Thousand)

1980


Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Honored for : Requiem in D minor (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini)

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance Requiem in D minor (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini)