The Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo is an annual Canadian music award, presented by the Juno Awards to honour classical music recordings by solo vocal or instrumental artists.
It was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2022, as a split of the former category for Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble into separate awards for soloists and small ensembles. The category for Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance was also concurrently discontinued.
Winners and nominees Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.2022 Emily D'Angelo enargeiaJoshua Hopkins, Songs for Murdered Sisters Catherine Lee, Remote Together Jan Lisiecki, Chopin: Complete Nocturnes Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Introspection: Solo Piano SessionsHolly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.2023 Philip Chiu FablesIsabel Bayrakdarian, La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland James Ehnes, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin David Jalbert, Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Bruce Liu, Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.2024 James Ehnes Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4Barbara Hannigan, Infinite Voyage Matt Haimovitz, De Hartmann: Cello Concerto Marc-André Hamelin, Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles Suzie LeBlanc, mouvance "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.2025 Emily D'Angelo FreezingAngèle Dubeau, Signature Phillip Glass James Ehnes, Williams Violin Concerto No. 1: Bernstein Serenade India Gailey, Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth Barbara Hannigan, Messaien "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.2026 Jan Lisiecki Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki Katherine Dowling, Awake and Dreaming Haitham Haidar, Zaytoun Bruce Liu, Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Obsession Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
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