The nominees for The 52nd Annual JUNO Awards were announced on January 31, 2023, by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) at a press conference attended by media and industry notables inside the CBC’s Canadian Broadcasting Centre, in downtown Toronto. This year’s winners will be unveiled in Edmonton, Alberta at The JUNO Opening Night Awards Presented by Music Canada on Saturday, March 11 and The JUNO Awards Broadcast on Monday, March 13, broadcasting live on CBC.
Congratulations to ALL of the nominees (full list is available here). Let’s take a closer look at the classical nominees:
2023 Juno Awards Nominees
Classical Division
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST) I ALBUM CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE (SOLO)
Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 Bruce Liu Deutsche Grammophon*Universal
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 David Jalbert ATMA*Universal
La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland Isabel Bayrakdarian AVIE*Naxos
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin James Ehnes Onyx*PIAS America/The Orchard
Fables Philip Chiu ATMA*Universal
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE) I ALBUM CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE (GRAND ENSEMBLE)
Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley Analekta*F.A.B./The Orchard
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec, conducted by Matthias Maute, featuring Karina Gauvin Leaf Music*Naxos
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, “Los Angeles” I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni ATMA*Universal
Viola Borealis Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault ATMA*Universal
Radiant Dawn: Music for Advent and Christmas The Elora Singers, conducted by Mark Vuorinen Independent
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE) I ALBUM CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE (PETIT ENSEMBLE)
Nagamo Andrew Balfour and musica intima Redshift*Independent
Hemsi: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble Chandos*Naxos/PIAS
Vagues et ombres collectif9 Alpha*Independent
Early Italian Cello Concertos Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme Analekta*F.A.B./The Orchard
De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron ATMA*Universal
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR I COMPOSITION CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE
An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being Anthony Tan Independent
Bestiary I & II Bekah Simms Centrediscs*Naxos
The Black Fish Keyan Emami Centrediscs*Naxos
Prayers for Ruins Nicole Lizée Analekta*F.A.B./The Orchard
Supervillain Études Vincent Ho Navona*Naxos
Editor-in-Chief of Opera Canada from May 1, 2022 – May 15, 2024. Before moving to the editorial side, she was a publicist for opera singers, classical instrumentalists and arts organizations for over a decade. She says of her work: “It’s a lifestyle, not a job”.
