8VA Music Consultancy

We are so proud of the brilliant recordings from the 8VA roster this year. Please consider the following when casting your GRAMMY® ballots. First round voting runs from October 12, 2026 through October 22, 2026. Scroll through the carousel for all of the albums and categories!

Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Celilo Falls
David Danzmayr, conductor (Oregon Symphony)
from AWAKEN: All Classical Radio’s RII, Vol. 3

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ives: Celilo Falls
Nancy Ives
from AWAKEN: All Classical Radio’s RII, Vol. 3
David Danzmayr, Brent Florendo Sitwalla-Pum & Oregon Symphony

Best Orchestral Performance
Clyne: Color Field
Marin Alsop, conductor (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
from Anna Clyne Abstractions

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Clyne: Color Field
Anna Clyne
from Anna Clyne: Abstractions
Marin Alsop & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Metanoia
Yulianna Avdeeva

Best Opera Recording
Davis: The Central Park Five
Anthony Parnther, conductor (Long Beach Opera)
Lacey Jo Benter, Cedric Berry, Ashley Faatoalia, Orson Van Gay II, Bernard Holcomb, William Powell III, Justin Ryan; Anthony Davis, composer; Richard Wesley, librettist

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Davis: The Central Park Five
Anthony Davis, composer; Richard Wesley, librettist
from The Central Park Five
Anthony Parnther, Lacey Jo Benter, Bernard Holcomb, Orson Van Gay II, Ashley Faatoalia, Cedric Berry, William Powell III, Justin Ryan

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Davis: The Central Park Five
Greg Curtis, engineer; Stephen Marsh, mastering engineer

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Found Objects / Sound Objects
Marc-André Hamelin

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Hamelin: Hexensabbat
Marc-André Hamelin
from Found Objects / Sound Objects

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Manu Sinistra: Concertos for the Left Hand
Illia Ovcharenko
2022 Honens International Piano Competition Laureate
Oksana Lyniv, conductor (MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony)

Whispers & Thunder
Illia Ovcharenko
2022 Honens International Piano Competition Laureate

Best Orchestral Performance
Xiaogang Ye: The Backyard of the Village
Dane Lam, conductor (Royal Liverpool Ph