The 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing with the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category.
Take a listen to the nominated solos below--who do you think will win?
See the full list of nominees in every category here.
Pictured: Andris Nelsons, Yuja Wang, and the BSO perform Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie in April 2024. The Deutsche Grammophon recording of the piece was nominated for a GRAMMY award for Best Orchestral Performance (Winslow Townson).
Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From 24 Negro Melodies
Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
Hope Orchestrated
Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)
Inheritances
Adam Tendler
Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor
Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
