the American Liszt Society in recognition of his distinctive performances of the composer's works. He received Italy's Premio Galileo 2000 Award for his significant contribution to music, art and peace in Florence in 2008. Conlon received the Music Institute of Chicago's Dushkin Award in recognition of his artistry and passion as a performer, educator, and mentor in 2009. Conlon's rendition of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny won a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The recording was made with Los Angeles Opera. Conlon was inducted in 2009 into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles for his lifelong activity and dedication to music and excellence in conducting in Italy, as well as all over the world in 2011. Commendatore dell'Ordine Al merito della Repubblica Italiana (Order of Merit of the Italian Republic) conferred by Sergio Mattarella, Il Presidente della Repubblica 30 Dicembre 2016. Conlon's world premiere recording of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles with Los Angeles Opera won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical. Personal life Conlon married Jennifer Ringo, a soprano and vocal coach, on January 9, 1987, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and the University of Iowa. They have two daughters, Luisa, who was named for the Verdi opera Luisa Miller, and Emma. Luisa acted in the 1998 Merchant Ivory film, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries. Selected discography Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, Erato Disques. John Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles. James Conlon, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Joshua Guerrero, Los Angeles Opera. PENTATONE PTC 5186538 (2016) Liszt: Faust Symphony, Erato Disques. Mendelssohn: Elijah, EMI Classics. Puccini: La Bohème, Erato/Red Seal, 1998. Puccini's Heroines: The Power of Love, Warner, 2002. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Suite, Capriccio, 2002. Bo Skovhus: Arias, Sony Classical, 1998. Stravinsky: Le Rossignol, EMI, 1999. Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie, EMI Classics, 1997. Zemlinsky: The Dwarf, EMI, 1997. Zemlinsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Angel, 1998. Zemlinsky: Cymbeline Suite/Ein Tanzpoem/Frühlingsbegräbnis, EMI, 2001. Zemlinsky: Choral and Orchestral Works, EMI, 2002. Amore II: Great Italian Love Arias, Sony Classical, 2000. A Salute to American Music (Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala XVI), RCA Victor Red Seal, 1992. References Jim Svejda. The Record