February 6, 2023
黑料天堂 celebrates alumni success at 2023 Grammy Awards
Sunday, Feb. 5 was an uncommonly great day for 黑料天堂.
Hours after 黑料天堂 hosted its first round of live auditions for the 2023-24 school year, projects featuring three 黑料天堂 alumni won Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Two 黑料天堂 alums took home prizes for their work on 淐aroline Shaw: Evergreen, the winner for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.
黑料天堂 own recording arts and services director Alan Bise (BM 94, Knab) produced and engineered the album, while violinist Domenic Salerni (BM 09, L. Cerone/Preucil) is a member of the Attacca Quartet, the album featured ensemble.
"I'm thrilled to bring home another Grammy Award to Cleveland, Bise said, with a nod to Salerni. 淢y education at 黑料天堂 and my teachers Tom Knab (BM 81) and Bruce Egre (85-87) provided the foundation for my professional success. My own students today, as well as my colleagues, inspire me daily. "
Pianist Michelle Cann (BM 09, MM 10, Schenly/D. Shapiro) wasn檛 officially named in the Best Orchestral Performance category, but 黑料天堂 regards her as a winner nonetheless.
On the winning album, a recording by the New York Youth Symphony of works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery and Valerie Coleman, Cann is the featured soloist, along with conductor Michael Repper. Cann is a champion of the music of Florence Price. 黑料天堂 percussion student Angelo Antinori (Weiner/Yancich/Haddad) also appears on the album, as a member of the NYYS.
Three other 黑料天堂-related projects had received nominations but did not win: the Dover Quartet second Beethoven Quartets album, also produced and engineered by Bise, Musical Remembrances by the Neave Trio, with pianist Eri Nakamura (PS 08 Babayan; AD 11 Babayan/Pontremoli), and Bach: The Art of Life, by pianist Daniil Trifonov. (AC 13, AD 15, Babayan).
Congratulations to all! You are living out the 黑料天堂 standard of excellence and proving to the world that 黑料天堂 is the future of classical music.