Updated: Winners | Congratulations to all the Schulich nominees for this year’s Prix Opus and GRAMMY awards!
And the winners are...
27e Prix OPUS
Concerts de l’année - Musiques moderne, contemporaine
Le Quatuor selon Berio (Winner)
The Molinari Quartet - (Olga Ranzenhofer, violin; Antoine Bareil, violin; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello)
Musiques moderne, contemporaine
Lumières nordiques (Winner)
Vincent Boilard & The Molinari Quartet (Olga Ranzenhofer, violin; Antoine Bareil, violin; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello)
Jazz
Marianne Trudel, piano solo: « La musique et la vie » (Winner)
Professor Marianne Trudel, piano
Album de l’année – Musique traditionnelle québécoise
Traverse (Winner)
Laura Risk (PhD ’16), Nicholas Williams, Rachel Aucoin, Indépendant
Prix Opus Montréal- Inclusion et diversité
Ensemble Caprice (Winner)
Karin Cuellar, Doctoral student
Manuel López, Doctoral student
Stanislas Germain, Doctoral student
Kyran Chin-Assing (MMus '21)
66th Grammy Awards
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Rough Magic (Winner)
Roomful of Teeth with Estelí Gomez (MMus ‘11)
Best Immersive Audio Album
The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 (Winner)
Professor George Massenburg (retired from Schulich) & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Alicia Keys & Ann Mincieli, immersive producers (Alicia Keys)
Updated on April 10, 2024
Several Schulich School of Music faculty and alumni are nominated for prizes at the 66th GRAMMY awards and the 27e Prix Opus! We are incredibly proud to see these talented artists being recognized abroad and at home in Quebec.
Here are some of the nominees…
27e Prix OPUS
The 27e Annual Prix Opus is the premier music award for Quebec musicians, presented by the Conseil Quebecois de la Musique. These awards recognize Quebec musicians for their contributions to the province’s rich culture and vibrant artistic community. Le Gala des prix Opus will take place on February 4, 2024 at 3 p.m. in Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Concerts de l’année - Musiques moderne, contemporaine
Le Quatuor selon Berio (Winner)
The Molinari Quartet - (Olga Ranzenhofer, violin; Antoine Bareil, violin; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello)
Concerts de l’année – Musiques actuelle, électroacoustique’
Ensemble SuperMusique
Live@CIRMMT, in collaboration with LeVivier
Montréal-Mexico
Quasar quatuor de saxophones
Professor Marie-Chantal Leclair (soprano saxophone), Matthew Leclair (Alto saxophone), André Leroux (tenor saxophone), Jean-Marc Bouchard (baritone saxophone)
Ars Numerica
LeVivier@CIRMMT, in collaboration with LeVivier
Exploration Sonore
Quatuor Molinari
Olga Ranzenhofer, violin; Antoine Bareil, violin; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello
Tout tourne
Vincent Lauzer, recorder (BMus ’10; MMus ’12); Professor Dorothéa Ventura, harpsichord; François Richard, choreographer and dancer; Claire Gignac, stage director
Musiques moderne, contemporaine
6 marimbas
Sixtrum Percussion
Professor Fabrice Marandola, João Catalão, Julien Grégoire, Philip Hornsey, Kristie Ibrahim, Huizi Wang (doctoral student)
Lumières nordiques (Winner)
Vincent Boilard & The Molinari Quartet (Olga Ranzenhofer, violin; Antoine Bareil, violin; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello)
Musiques classique, romantique, postromantique
Charles Richard-Hamelin & Andrew Wan: trois sonates pour violon et piano de Brahms, Franck et Medtner
Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano (BMus ’11), Professor Andrew Wan, violin
Jazz
Marianne Trudel, piano solo: « La musique et la vie » (Winner)
Professor Marianne Trudel, piano
Album de l’année – Musiques médiévale, de la Renaissance, baroque
Basta Parlare!
Les BarocudasMarie-Nadeau Tremblay (violin), Tristan Best (viola da gamba), and Nathan Mondry (organ), are Vincent Lauzer, recorder (BMus ’10; MMus ’12); Antoine Malette-Chénier, baroque harp; Hank Knox, harpsichord; and Matthias Soly-Letarte, percussion.
Album de l’année – Musique traditionnelle québécoise
Traverse (Winner)
Laura Risk (PhD ’16), Nicholas Williams, Rachel Aucoin, Indépendant
Prix Opus Montréal- Inclusion et diversité
Tong Wang, Doctoral student
Ensemble Caprice (Winner)
Karin Cuellar, Doctoral student
Manuel López, Doctoral student
Stanislas Germain, Doctoral student
Kyran Chin-Assing (MMus '21)
Discovery of the Year
Meagan Milatz, piano (BMus '15, MMus '17)
66th GRAMMY Awards
The GRAMMY awards are the biggest spotlight on musical talent in the industry. A network of experts and peers across genres and categories helps select these incredibly talented nominees. You can watch the 66th GRAMMY awards on the CBS Television network on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Best Choral Performance
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir), Producer: Professor Martha de Francisco, Engineer: Brian Losch (MMus ‘10)
The House Of Belonging
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor, Miró Quartet & Conspirare; Haitham Haidar, Conspirare (MMus '17); Estelí Gomez, Conspirare (MMus ‘11)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 6, 'Pastorale' And Op. 1, No. 3
Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos; Producer: Professor Steven Epstein, Engineer: Professor Richard King
Rough Magic (Winner)
Roomful of Teeth with Estelí Gomez (MMus ‘11)
Best Immersive Audio Album
The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 (Winner)
Professor George Massenburg (retired from Schulich) & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Alicia Keys & Ann Mincieli, immersive producers (Alicia Keys)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Dynamic Maximum Tension
Darcy James Argue (BMus '97)
Are you a Schulich faculty member, staff, student, or alumni who is nominated for a GRAMMY or Prix Opus? Let us know at communications.music [at] mcgill.ca
