Wendy Carlos - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

Switched-On Bach was the winner of three 1969 Grammy Awards:

  • Album Of The Year, Classical
  • Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)
  • Best Engineered Recording, Classical

In 2005, Carlos was the recipient of the SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award "in recognition of lifetime achievement and contribution to the art and craft of electro-acoustic music" by the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States.

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