Grammy Nominees 2024

Gabriela Ortiz, whose work Revolución Diamantina received nominations in multiple categories. (Photo: Mara Arteaga)

The Grammy nominations for 2024 were announced on November 8, 2024. Dive in to the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees!

Best Orchestral Performance

“Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance”

Marin Alsop, conductor (ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)

“Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening & Symphony In C Major”

JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina”

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

“Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava, & Lemminkäinen”

Susanna Mälkki, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)

“Stravinsky: The Firebird”

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

“Adams: Girls Of The Golden West”

John Adams, conductor; Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny & Davóne Tines; Dmitriy Lipay, producer (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)

“Catán: Florencia En El Amazonas”

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mattia Olivieri, Ailyn Pérez & Gabriella Reyes; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

“Moravec: The Shining”

Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce & Edward Parks; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Symphony; Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Chorus)

“Puts: The Hours”

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming & Kelli O’Hara; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

“Saariaho: Adriana Mater”

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best Choral Performance

“Clear Voices In The Dark”

Matthew Guard, conductor (Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski & Clare McNamara; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

“A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad”

Eric Holtan, conductor (Jeffrey Biegel; True Concord Orchestra; True Concord Voices)

“Handel: Israel in Egypt”

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Daniel Moody, Molly Netter, Jacob Perry & Edward Vogel; Apollo’s Fire; Apollo’s Singers)

“Ochre”

Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

“Sheehan: Akathist”

Elaine Kelly, conductor; Melissa Attebury, Stephen Sands & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Elizabeth Bates, Paul D’Arcy, Tynan Davis, Aine Hakamatsuka, Steven Hrycelak, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Edmund Milly, Fotina Naumenko, Neil Netherly, Timothy Parsons, Stephen Sands, Miriam Sheehan & Pamela Terry; Novus NY; Artefact Ensemble, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices & Trinity Youth Chorus)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

“Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles”

JACK Quartet

“Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97, ‘Archduke'”

Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

“Cerrone: Beaufort Scales”

Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone & Lorelei Ensemble

“Home”

Miró Quartet

“Rectangles and Circumstance”

Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

“Akiho: Longing”

Andy Akiho

“Bach: Goldberg Variations”

Víkingur Ólafsson

“Eastman: The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc”

Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, conductor (Wild Up)

“Entourer”

Mak Grgić (Ensemble Dissonance)

“Perry: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra”

Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price

Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist

A Change Is Gonna Come

Nicholas Phan, soloist; Palaver Strings, ensembles

Newman: Bespoke Songs

Fotina Naumenko, soloist; Marika Bournaki, pianist (Nadège Foofat; Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin, Mark Edwards, Nadia Pessoa, Timothy Roberts, Ryan Romine, Akemi Takayama, Karlyn Viña & Garrick Zoeter)

Show Me The Way

Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King, pianist

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Joyce DiDonato, soloist; Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor (Il Pomo d’Oro)

Best Classical Compendium

Akiho: BeLonging

Andy Akiho & Imani Winds; Andy Akiho, Sean Dixon & Mark Dover, producers

American Counterpoints

Curtis Stewart; James Blachly, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Bernd Gottinger, producer

Mythologies II

Sangeeta Kaur, Omar Najmi, Hilá Plitmann, Robert Thies & Danaë Xanthe Vlasse; Michael Shapiro, conductor; Jeff Atmajian, Emilio D. Miler, Hai Nguyen, Robert Thies, Danaë Xanthe Vlasse & Kitt Wakeley, producers

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Casarrubios: Seven For Solo Cello

Andrea Casarrubios, composer (Andrea Casarrubios)

Coleman: Revelry

Valerie Coleman, composer (Decoda)

Lang: Composition As Explanation

David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird)

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Saariaho: Adriana Mater

Kaija Saariaho, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

American Fiction

Laura Karpman, composer

Challengers

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

The Color Purple

Kris Bowers, composer

Dune: Part Two

Hans Zimmer, composer

Shōgun

Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Pinar Toprak, composer

God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla

Bear McCreary, composer

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

John Paesano, composer

Star Wars Outlaws

Wilbert Roget, II, composer

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Winifred Phillips, composer

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Adams: Girls Of The Golden West

Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Andres: The Blind Banister

Silas Brown, Doron Schachter & Michael Schwartz, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Andrew Cyr, Inbal Segev & Metropolis Ensemble)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit

Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Clear Voices In The Dark

Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (Matthew Guard & Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina

Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

Erica Brenner

Biber: Mystery Sonatas (Alan Choo, Jeannette Sorrell & Apollo’s Fire) (A)
Handel: Israel In Egypt (Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Singers & Apollo’s Fire) (A)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vols. 5 & 6 (Orli Shaham) (A)
Songs For A Friend – A Tribute To Trumpeter Ryan Anthony (Various Artists) (A)
Sonic Alchemy (YuEun Kim, Mina Gajić & Coleman Itzkoff) (A)

Christoph Franke

Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies (Antonello Manacorda & Kammerakademie Potsdam) (A)
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5, 6 & 10 (Dénes Várjon & Antje Weithaas) (A)
Brahms, Viotti & Dvořák: Orchestral Works (Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff, Paavo Järvi & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) (A)
Mozart: Sinigaglia (Noah Bendix-Balgley) (A)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (Kirill Petrenko & Berliner Philharmoniker) (A)
The Vienna Recital (Yuja Wang) (A)

Morten Lindberg

Mor (Karen Haugom Olsen & Nidaros Domkor) (A)
Pax (Nina T. Karlsen, Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet) (A)
Sommerro: Borders (Nick Davies & Trondheim Symphony Orchestra) (A)

Dmitriy Lipay

Adams: Girls Of The Golden West (John Adams, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Los Angeles
Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) (A)
Messiaen: Des Canyons Aux Étoiles… (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) (A)
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina (Gustavo Dudamel, Gabriela Ortiz, María Dueñas, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale) (A)

Elaine Martone

Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble) (A)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble) (A)
Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops) (A)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
Stranger At Home (Shachar Israel) (A)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)

Dirk Sobotka

American Dreams (Louis Langrée & Cincinnati Symphony) (A)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) (A)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From The New World’; American Suite (Nathalie Stutzmann & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (A)
Radiance Untethered – The Choral Music Of John Wykoff (Cameron F. Labarr & Missouri State University Chorale) (A)

Best Instrumental Composition

“At Last”

Shelton G. Berg, composer (Shelly Berg)

“Communion”

Christopher Zuar, composer (Christopher Zuar Orchestra)

“I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time”

André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, composers (André 3000)

“Remembrance”

Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)

“Strands”

Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

“Baby Elephant Walk – Encore”

Michael League, arranger (Snarky Puppy)

“Bridge Over Troubled Water”

Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)

“Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)”

Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)

“Rose Without The Thorns”

Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Scott Hoying Featuring säje & Tonality)

“Silent Night”

Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

“Alma”

Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)

“Always Come Back”

Matt Jones, arranger (John Legend)

“b i g f e e l i n g s”

Willow, arranger (WILLOW)

“Last Surprise (From “Persona 5″)”

Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher)

“The Sound Of Silence”

Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry Featuring Sleeping At Last)

Best Jazz Performance

“Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)”

The Baylor Project

“Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”

Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield

“Juno”

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”

Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner

”Little Fears”

Dan Pugach Big Band Featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Journey In Black

Christie Dashiell

Wildflowers Vol. 1

Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner

A Joyful Holiday

Samara Joy

Milton + esperanza

Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding

My Ideal

Catherine Russell & Sean Mason

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Owl Song

Ambrose Akinmusire Featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley

Beyond This Place

Kenny Barron Featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson

Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Lakecia Benjamin

Remembrance

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

Solo Game

Sullivan Fortner

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Returning To Forever

John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band

And So It Goes

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Walk A Mile In My Shoe

Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band

Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence

Dan Pugach Big Band

Golden City

Miguel Zenón

Best Latin Jazz Album

Spain Forever Again

Michel Camilo & Tomatito

Cubop Lives!

Zaccai Curtis

COLLAB

Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Time And Again

Eliane Elias

El Trio: Live in Italy

Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola

Cuba And Beyond

Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet

As I Travel

Donald Vega Featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero

Best Alternative Jazz Album

Night Reign

Arooj Aftab

New Blue Sun

André 3000

Code Derivation

Robert Glasper

Foreverland

Keyon Harrold

No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Plot Armor

Taylor Eigsti

Rhapsody In Blue

Béla Fleck

Orchestras (Live)

Bill Frisell Featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan

Mark

Mark Guiliana

Speak To Me

Julian Lage

Best Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen

Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Merrily We Roll Along

Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

The Notebook

John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

The Outsiders

Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine & Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Suffs

Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

The Wiz

Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)