{"id":74657,"date":"2022-04-04T11:22:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=74657"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:33:12","slug":"scoop-classical-music-grammys-yannick-nezet-seguin-canadian-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/04\/04\/scoop-classical-music-grammys-yannick-nezet-seguin-canadian-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Classical Music At The Grammys: Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin And Other Canadian Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin (Photo: Hans Van Der Woerd)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canadians took home two trophies in the 2022 Grammy Awards in the classical music division, with several more wins in other categories.<\/p>\n

Superstar conductor Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin took home a Grammy for a recording of a long neglected American composer at the 2022 awards.<\/p>\n

In addition, Ottawa-based composer\/musician Nadeem Majdalany became part of the winners circle for his part in the album Mythologies<\/em> in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category.<\/p>\n

The Grammys were presented in Las Vegas, with a broadcast on April 3. The show had been rescheduled from its original date in Los Angeles on January 31 due to the Omicron COVID wave.<\/p>\n

Florence Price<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Released on the Deutsche Grammophon label, the recording of Price’s first and third symphonies by N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin and the Philadelphia orchestra is significant, and something of a historical correction.<\/p>\n

Florence Beatrice Price was an African-American composer, pianist, organist, and educator. Born in Arkansas, she made her career in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Her first symphony made history when Price became the first African-American woman<\/strong> to have her music played by a major U.S. orchestra. It premiered in 1933, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to positive reviews.<\/p>\n

While it was composed during the Great Depression, Price’s Third Symphony<\/em> also came during a time known as the Chicago Renaissance. Writers and artists like Langston Hughes and Richard Wright were prominent members. The symphony was commissioned by the Federal Music Project.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Price’s Second Symphony<\/em> was lost to time and neglect, and most of her work, like that of other Black classical composers, was seldom played after her death in 1953.<\/p>\n

However, the 2009 discovery of a large cache of her papers and works has led to a rehabilitation of her work in the classical music repertoire, and a new spate of recordings\u00a0\u2014 including the Grammy winning album.<\/p>\n