Yannick Nezet-Seguin has won the best orchestral performance Grammy as conductor of "Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3."
The Montrealer, who was not present to accept his award, was nominated in three classical categories at the pre-broadcast ceremony Sunday hosted by LeVar Burton and live streaming on YouTube from Las Vegas.
Earlier, Joni Mitchell won the best historical album award for "Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)," a remastered boxed set of her early work. It was her ninth career Grammy award.
"I didn’t expect this," she said from the stage, dressed mostly in white and aided by a cane.
Mitchell thanked those involved with the project, including filmmaker Cameron Crowe who wrote the liner notes.
She shares the honour with fellow compilation producer Patrick Milligan and mastering engineer Bernie Grundman.
Alex Cuba won the best Latin pop album Grammy Award for "Mendo," the first Grammy for the Smithers, B.C.-based musician, who was born Alexis Puentes.
Justin Bieber leads the Canadian contenders with eight nominations, including both record and song of the year for his chart-topping single "Peaches," which he recorded with Toronto’s Daniel Caesar.
His newest full-length release "Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)," is in the running for album of the year, another top category. The Grammys announced Friday that Bieber would also perform.
Mitchell was celebrated by the Recording Academy on Friday as this year’s MusiCares Person of the Year, a benefit gala held to raise funds for musicians in need.
She was also scheduled as a presenter on the Grammys broadcast later in the evening.
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Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra during a commemorative ceremony for businessman Paul Desmarais Tuesday, December 3, 2013 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Joni Mitchell accepts the Person of the Year award at the 31st annual MusiCares benefit gala on Friday, April 1, 2022, at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Justin Bieber attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala on Sept. 13, 2021xjmtzyw in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
