On May 15th , 2022 the Juno Awards will take place at the Budweiser Outdoor Stage in Toronto. This particular Juno Awards ceremony will be extra exciting, because, it is tentatively scheduled to be an in-person event. This will be the  first live-in-person ceremony in three years, since the beginning of the pandemic.

Classicaland Jazz Nominees, represent artists from  coast to coast to coast, and showcase the wide diversity of the Jazz and Classical scene here in Canda. So without further ado…here are the Jazz and Classical nominees for this year’s Juno celebrations…

Classical Album of the Year – Solo
•    Emily D'Angelo, enargeia
•    Joshua Hopkins, Songs for Murdered Sisters
•    Catherine Lee, Remote Together
•    Jan Lisiecki, Chopin: Complete Nocturnes
•    Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Introspection: Solo Piano Sessions


Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble
•    Against the Grain Theatre with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Debus, Messiah/Complex
•    L'Harmonie des saisons conducted by Eric Milnes ft. Hélène Brunet, Solfeggio
•    Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sibelius 3
•    Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal conducted by Andrew McAnerney, L'Homme armé
•    The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 & Symphonic Dances

Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble
•    Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin, Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5
•    Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Immersion
•    ARC Ensemble, Klebanov: Chamber Works
•    Collectif9, No Time for Chamber Music
•    Standing Wave, 20C Remix


Jazz Album of the Year – Group
•    Lina Allemano Four, Vegetables
•    Avataar, Worldview Avataar
•    Esteban Herrera, The Prophet
•    The David Restivo Trio, Arancina
•    Christine Tassan Quintette, Voyage intérieur


Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
•    Alex Bird and the Jazz Mavericks, You Are the Light and the Way
•    Holly Cole Trio, Montreal (Live)
•    Caity Gyorgy, Now Pronouncing: Caity Gyorgy
•    Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti, The Weight of Hope
•    Amanda Tosoff, Earth Voices


Jazz Album of the Year – Solo
•    Will Bonness, Change of Plans
•    Efajemue, Aesthetics
•    Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction
•    Jesse Ryan, Bridges
•    Andrés Vial, When Is Ancient?