ASCAP Sweeps Grammy Classical Composition Category


Nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards have been announced and ASCAP members swept the all-important Best Classical Contemporary Composition category. Marc-André Dalbavie (SACEM), Michael Gandolfi, John Corigliano, George Tsontakis and Chris Walden were each nominated in the category. The Grammy Awards will be presented on February 8, 2009.

Below are all of the ASCAP members nominated in the Classical and Composing/Arranging areas. Go to Coldplay, Jay-Z and Ne-Yo Lead Grammy Nominations for a full list of ASCAP nominees across all genres.

Classical

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

" Dalbavie: Concerto Pour Flûte"
Marc-André Dalbavie (SACEM)

" Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation"
Michael Gandolfi

" Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan"
John Corigliano

" Violin Concerto No. 2"
George Tsontakis

" Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements"
Chris Walden

Best Classical Album

O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night
Craig Hella Johnson , conductor

Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Esa-Pekka Salonen (TEOSTO), conductor
Hilary Hahn , performer

Best Orchestral Performance

Walden, Chris: Symphony No. 1, The Four ElementsChris Walden, conductor

Best Opera Recording

"Dun, Tan: The First Emperor"
Tan Dun, conductor

Best Choral Performance

" O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night"
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

"Bloch/Lees:Violin Concertos"
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

" Harrison: Pipa Concerto"
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Wu Man, soloist

" Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos"
Esa-Pekka Salonen (TEOSTO), conductor
Hilary Hahn, soloist

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

" In A State Of Jazz"
Marc-André Hamelin (SOCAN), soloist

" Revolutionary"
Cameron Carpenter, soloist

Best Chamber Music Performance

"Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, Piano Quintet Op. 34"
Stephen Hough (PRS)

Best Small Ensemble Performance

" Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai"
Reinbert De Leeuw (BUMA)

" Monk: Impermanence"
Mer edith Monk & Vocal Ensemble


Best Classical Vocal Performance

" Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan"
Hila Plitmann

" Terezín: Theresienstadt"
Anne Sofie Von Otter (STIM)





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