The Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the guidance of conductor Gustavo Dudamel, received significant recognition in the 2024 Grammy Award nominations. Their rendition of the extraordinary piece "Adès: Dante" led to nominations for both Dudamel and the orchestra in the orchestral performance category. Competing against other notable talents like Karina Canellakis and Netherlands Radio, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony.
Dudamel, at 42, has already claimed four Grammy Awards and received his fifth nomination last year with the L.A. Phil for “Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.” However, the award went to Michael Repper and the New York Youth Symphony. If Dudamel secures a win at the 66th Grammy Awards, it would mark his fifth victory out of six nominations. His previous wins include best choral performance for “Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’” at the 64th Grammys and best orchestral performance for “Ives: Complete Symphonies” in the preceding year. His initial win was during the 54th Grammy Awards for best orchestral performance for “Brahms: Symphony No. 4.”
The British composer Thomas Adès, known for the “wondrously anarchic and entertaining” piece “Inferno,” composed the nominated contemporary classical composition "Adès: Dante." He debuted this work in May 2022 during the L.A. Phil’s Gen X festival, an event he curated. Adès is in contention for the contemporary classical composition award alongside other talented composers, including Andy Akiho, William Brittelle, Missy Mazzoli, and Jessie Montgomery. This award recognizes works composed within the last 25 years and released for the first time during the eligibility period, which, for the 2024 Grammys, spanned from Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 15, 2023.
The producer of “Adès: Dante,” Dmitriy Lipay, earned a nomination for producer of the year, classical, for his various productions with the L.A. Phil, including “Adès: Dante,” “Fandango,” and “Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.”
Additionally, the album "Fandango," featuring Dudamel, violist Anne Akiko Meyers, opera baritone Gustavo Castillo, and the L.A. Phil, received recognition in the engineered album, classical, category. However, this award would be presented to the engineers, Alexander Lipay and Dmitriy Lipay, not the artists. "Fandango" was also nominated for classical compendium this year.
The 66th Grammy Awards are scheduled to air live on CBS and Paramount+ on Feb. 4. The televised ceremony will be hosted at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown L.A.
