Congratulations to all CMC Associate Composers and Centrediscs artists nominated for 2024 JUNO Awards!

Nominees for the 2024 JUNO Awards were announced on Tuesday, February 6, and they included CMC Associate Composers Amy Brandon, Dinuk Wijeratne, Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Iman Habibi, and Nicole Lizée, as well as recordings featuring works by CMC ACs Jérôme Blais, Bekah Simms, Vincent Ho, Alexina Louie, Harry Stafylakis, and Maxime Goulet. Congratulations to all nominees!

The JUNO Awards will take place March 21-24 in Halifax. Visit junoawards.ca/2024-full-juno-nominee-list/ for the full list of nominees.

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)

Infinite Voyage Barbara Hannigan Alpha Classics*Naxos/Independent
Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4 James Ehnes Chandos*Naxos/The Orchard
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion*Universal
De Hartmann: Cello Concerto Matt Haimovitz Pentatone/Naxos
mouvance Suzie LeBlanc Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

Bekah Simms: Bestiaries Cryptid Ensemble, Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas Orchestre classique de Montréal, conducted by/dirigé par Jacques Lacombe ATMA*Universal
Sibelius 3 & 4 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by/dirigé par Yannick Nézet-Séguin ATMA*Universal
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, conducted by/dirigé par Rafael Payare Pentatone*Naxos
Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by/dirigé par Yannick Nézet-Séguin Deutsche Grammophon*Universal

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)

Mythes Andrew Armstrong & James Ehnes Onyx*The Orchard
Portrait: Alex Baranowski Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà Analekta*Naxos/The Orchard
Portrait Cheng² Duo Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
Il Ponte di Leonardo Constantinople Glossa*Naxos
Basta parlare! Les Barocudas ATMA*Universal

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

Simulacra Amy Brandon Independent
Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling Dinuk Wijeratne Centrediscs*Canadian Music Centre/Naxos
…and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them… Emilie Cecilia LeBel Redshift
Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra Iman Habibi Analekta*Naxos/The Orchard
Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Hands Nicole Lizée Redshift