The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 15, 1963, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962. Tony Bennett and Igor Stravinsky each won 3 awards.
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Award winners
Children's
Classical
- Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Igor Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet
- Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra)
- Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs
- Best Opera Recording
- Georg Solti (conductor), Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price, Giorgio Tozzi, Jon Vickers, & the Rome Opera House Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
- Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera)
- Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
- Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music
- Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky & William Primrose for The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario and Guests
- Best Contemporary Composition
- Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) for Stravinsky: The Flood
- Album of the Year - Classical
- Vladimir Horowitz for Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
Composing and arranging
Country
Folk
Gospel
Jazz
Musical show
Packaging and notes
Pop
Production and engineering
R&B
Spoken
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