{"id":93484,"date":"2023-02-01T14:47:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=93484"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:48:03","slug":"scoop-classical-music-2023-juno-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/02\/01\/scoop-classical-music-2023-juno-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Classical Music At The 2023 JUNO Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93486\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/juNO-2023-noMINEES.jpg\" alt=\"L-R (clockwise): Bruce Liu (Photo: Yanzhang); Composer Bekah Simms (Photo: @Riley Stewart Photography\/CC BY-SA 4.0\/cropped); The Elora Singers (Photo courtesy of the ensemble)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R (clockwise): Bruce Liu (Photo: Yanzhang); Composer Bekah Simms (Photo: @Riley Stewart Photography\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>\/cropped); The Elora Singers (Photo courtesy of the ensemble)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2023 JUNO Award nominations have been announced, and a look at the classical music categories is a tribute to the resilience of the sector in Canada. Post-pandemic, the depth of talent showcased across four categories, along with the Instrumental Album of the Year, includes international stars as well as local heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the nominations.<\/p>\n<h3>Classical Album of the Year (Solo Artist) \/ Album classique de l\u2019ann\u00e9e (solo)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021<\/em> <strong>Bruce Liu<\/strong> (Deutsche Grammophon\/Universal)<\/li>\n<li><em>Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1<\/em> <strong>David Jalbert<\/strong> (ATMA\/Universal)<\/li>\n<li><em>La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland<\/em> <strong>Isabel Bayrakdarian<\/strong> (AVIE\/Naxos)<\/li>\n<li><em>Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin<\/em> <strong>James Ehnes<\/strong> (Onyx\/PIAS America\/The Orchard)<\/li>\n<li><em>Fables<\/em> <strong>Philip Chiu<\/strong> (ATMA\/Universal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble) \/ Album classique de l\u2019ann\u00e9e (grand ensemble)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Clara \u2014 Robert \u2014 Johannes: Lyrical Echoes<\/em> <strong>Canada\u2019s National Arts Centre Orchestra<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Alexander Shelley<\/strong> (Analekta\/F.A.B.\/The Orchard)<\/li>\n<li><em>Handel: Messiah, HWV 56<\/em> <strong>Ensemble Caprice<\/strong>, <strong>Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Matthias Maute<\/strong>, featuring <strong>Karina Gauvin<\/strong> (Leaf Music\/Naxos)<\/li>\n<li><em>Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen \u2014 Arvo P\u00e4rt: Symphonie No. 4, \u201cLos Angeles\u201d<\/em><strong> I Musici de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Jean-Marie Zeitouni<\/strong> (ATMA\/Universal)<\/li>\n<li><em>Viola Borealis<\/em> <strong>Orchestre de l\u2019Agora<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Nicolas Ellis<\/strong>, featuring <strong>Marina Thibeault<\/strong> (ATMA\/Universal)<\/li>\n<li><em>Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas<\/em><strong> The Elora Singers<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Mark Vuorinen<\/strong> (Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble) \/ Album classique de l\u2019ann\u00e9e (petit ensemble)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Nagamo<\/em> <strong>Andrew Balfour<\/strong> and <strong>musica intima<\/strong> (Redshift\/Independent)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hemsi: Chamber Works<\/em> <strong>ARC Ensemble<\/strong> (Chandos\/Naxos\/PIAS)<\/li>\n<li><em>Vagues et ombres<\/em> <strong>collectif9<\/strong> (Alpha\/Independent)<\/li>\n<li><em>Early Italian Cello Concertos<\/em> <strong>Elinor Frey<\/strong> and <strong>Rosa Barocca<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Claude Lapalme<\/strong> (Analekta\/F.A.B.\/The Orchard)<\/li>\n<li><em>De la cour de Louis XIV \u00e0 Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe si\u00e8cle<\/em><strong> Suzie LeBlanc<\/strong>, <strong>Marie Nadeau-Tremblay<\/strong>, <strong>Vincent Lauzer<\/strong>, and <strong>Sylvain Bergeron<\/strong> (ATMA\/Universal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Classical Composition of the Year \/ Composition classique de l\u2019ann\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being<\/em> <strong>Anthony Tan<\/strong> (Independent)<\/li>\n<li><em>Bestiary I &amp; II<\/em> <strong>Bekah Simms<\/strong> (Centrediscs\/Naxos)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Black Fish<\/em> <strong>Keyan Emami<\/strong> (Centrediscs\/Naxos)<\/li>\n<li><em>Prayers for Ruins<\/em> <strong>Nicole Liz\u00e9e<\/strong> (Analekta\/F.A.B.\/The Orchard)<\/li>\n<li><em>Supervillain \u00c9tudes<\/em> <strong>Vincent Ho<\/strong> (Navona\/Naxos)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The instrumental album category blurs the lines into classical crossover, with many names familiar to classical music lovers.<\/p>\n<h3>Instrumental Album of the Year \/ Album instrumental de l\u2019ann\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Canadiana<\/em> <strong>Canadian Brass<\/strong> (Linus\/Universal\/IDLA)<\/li>\n<li><em>Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More<\/em> <strong>Esmerine<\/strong> (Constellation\/Secretly)<\/li>\n<li><em>Iguana<\/em> <strong>Hard Rubber Orchestra<\/strong> (Redshift\/Independent)<\/li>\n<li><em>aubades<\/em> <strong>Jean-Michel Blais<\/strong> (Arts &amp; Crafts\/Universal)<\/li>\n<li><em>Lionheart<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/09\/03\/profile-stephan-moccio-time-to-come-back-to-the-piano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Stephan Moccio<\/strong><\/a> (Decca\/Universal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nominees for pop and other genres included the usual suspects: The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye), Shawn Mendes, and Avril Lavigne, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck to all the nominees.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of 2023 JUNO nominations can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/junoawards.ca\/complete-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 JUNO Award nominations have been announced, and a look at the classical music categories is a tribute to the resilience of the sector in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":93486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,5,75,77,18,81,39,3693,51,63],"tags":[40462,351,9619,17467,40463],"yst_prominent_words":[7004,26323,6767,16460,6715,9100,10617,10621,7312],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/juNO-2023-noMINEES.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-ojO","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93484"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93490,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93484\/revisions\/93490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93484"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=93484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}