YSM alums win GRAMMY Awards
Please join us in congratulating members of the Yale School of Music community who won a 2023 GRAMMY on Feb. 5 and those who were nominated back in November.
GRAMMY winners
The Attacca Quartet, which includes violinist Dominic Salerni ’11MM, won a GRAMMY Award in the “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” category for a recording titled Evergreen, featuring music by composer Caroline Shaw ’07MM.
Composer Kevin Puts ’99MM won a GRAMMY Award in the "Best Contemporary Classical Composition" category for Contact, which was recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Xian Zhang.
GRAMMY nominees
Composer Andy Akiho ’11MM was nominated in the “Best Contemporary Classical Composition” category for a recording of Ligneous Suite, which was recorded by percussionist Ian Rosenbaum ’10MM ’11AD and the Dover Quartet.
Saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom ’76BA ’77MM was nominated for Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1. The album, which features music by Bloom, who also co-produced the recording, was nominated in the “Best Immersive Audio Album” category.
Clarinetist Seunghee Lee ’92MM ’94AD was nominated for a recording titled Aspire, which features composer and bandoneonist J.P. Jofre. The recording, which was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Enrico Fagone, was nominated in the “Best Classical Compendium” category.
The Neave Trio, which includes pianist Eri Nakamura ’05MM ’06AD, was nominated in the “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” category for a recording titled Musical Remembrances.
Conductor Doug Perkins ’00MM ’01AD was nominated for a recording of John Luther Adams’ Sila: The Breath of the World. The recording was performed by musicians from the Department of Chamber Music at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the school’s percussion ensemble. The recording was nominated in the “Best Orchestral Performance” category.
Third Coast Percussion, which includes David Skidmore ’08MM, was nominated in the “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” category for a recording titled Perspectives.
