GRAMMYS / JAN 26, 2020 — 62nd GRAMMY Awards — Violinist Nicola Benedetti and conductor Cristian Măcelaru have each won GRAMMY® Awards for Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
Humbled to have been part of this incredible project with Wynton Marsalis, Nicola Benedetti and my beloved friends from The Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians — Cristi
I wish you to be the messenger of the beauty and generosity of music, which the whole of humanity needs.
— The President of Romania, Klaus Werner Iohannis
The GRAMMY® Award-winning Decca Classics album features premiere recordings of two works written especially for Benedetti by Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D and Fiddle Dance Suite for Solo Violin. Cristian Măcelaru conducted the performance of the Violin Concerto in D with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Cristian Măcelaru shared, “I feel privileged to receive a GRAMMY® and am humbled to have been part of this incredible project. This award recognizes the effort we all made to create this album with music by Wynton Marsalis. Together with Nicola Benedetti and The Philadelphia Orchestra, we had the opportunity to make a recording of a very important work that defines a musical style of the composer that is very interesting – a new voice of a purebred American composer – which brings with it jazz and contemporary music.”
The GRAMMY® win has been covered by international news outlets including Reuters, ITV News, The Herald, The National, Scottish Field, Classic FM, The Strad, Violinist.com, The Violin Channel, TIME, Los Angeles Times, Music Week, Limelight Magazine, U Discover Music, Daily Express, Classical WCRB and MS Magazine.
The win was additionally covered by Romanian news outlets, in recognition of Cristian Măcelaru being the second Romanian conductor, after Christian Badea became the first in 1985, to win a GRAMMY Award®. Features included Romania Insider, Radio Romania Cultural, Stiripesurse, Banatul Azi, Tion, HotNews, TVR1, Digi24 and Antena1.
The live stream of the Premiere Ceremony will remain on GRAMMY.com ➭ for 90 days following the event.
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
WINNER
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
NICOLA BENEDETTI, CRISTIAN MĂCELARU
