Composer Jennifer Higdon earned her first Grammy Award, in the category of best contemporary classical composition, and guitarist Sharon Isbin earned her second, as best instrumental soloist. The awards were announced in Los Angeles prior to the telecast. Higdon’s winning piece was a pecussion concerto performed by Colin Currie with Marin Alsop conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Isbin won for her disc “Journey to the New World.” Congratulations to these out artists!
In other awards, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony won big for their recording of the Mahler Eighth Symphony. The disc, which includes the Adagio of the uncompleted Symphony No. 10, took the awards for Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album. Also performing on the disc are the Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus
Full classical awardees available at the Los Angeles Times.
