Deutsche Grammophon artists and recordings secure seven nominations for 63rd Grammy Awards

24 November 2020 – The nominations for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards were announced earlier today. The Grammy, which recognises both artistic and technical achievement, is the recording industry’s most prestigious award. This year, Deutsche Grammophon has received no fewer than seven nominations. It is particularly gratifying to see the wide range of categories in which the pioneering Yellow Label has once again been recognised.

The nominees were revealed during an hour-long livestreamed virtual party, attended from locations across the US by a host of special guests, including past GRAMMY winners, nominees and hopefuls.

“Huge congratulations to all our GRAMMY nominees! We’re delighted to receive such an incredible number of nominations – the same as last year actually,” says Dr Clemens Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon. “In a year in which our artists have pulled together as a family to bring music – live, online and in their recordings – to audiences worldwide, it means more than ever to see the excellence of their work acknowledged at this level. Our aim is to present as wide a variety of classical music to listeners as possible, so it’s especially rewarding to have been nominated in so many different categories. My warmest thanks go to all of our artists, and to each and every member of the DG team.”

The 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony will be broadcast on CBS on 31 January 2021.

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE

Ives: Complete Symphonies

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO 

Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Kirill Gerstein, pianist

(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès)

Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival

Daniil Trifonov, pianist

(The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin)

BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM

Adès Conducts Adès

Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn

Boston Symphony Orchestra,Thomas Adès

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Thomas Adès, composer

(Kirill Gerstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès)

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Ad Astra

Max Richter, composer

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers

Ives: Complete Symphonies

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

In addition to the Yellow Label’s own releases and projects (listed above), Deutsche Grammophon artist Hildur Guðnadóttir – a GRAMMY winner earlier this year for the Chernobyl soundtrack – received two GRAMMY nominations for her soundtrack Joker, i.e. BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA and BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA.