The team at ARIA has today unveiled the first list of nominees in this year’s ARIA Awards. The Fine Arts and Artisan Awards will be handed out in a selection of categories at ARIA’s official nominations event next week.
The nominations were revealed alongside this striking new artwork (left), created by the widely celebrated Australian artist Ken Done, who’ll be on hand at next week’s event to present the award for the Best Cover Art.
Awards will also be handed out for Producer Of The Year and Engineer Of The Year, along with four in the fine arts categories of World Album, Jazz Album, Classical Album and Original Soundtrack/Show/Cast album.
The 2014 Nominations event is set to take place on Tuesday October 07 at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Australian World Orchestra / Zubin Mehta – Stravinsky Rite of Spring / Mahler Symphony No.1
Emma Matthews / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Marko Letonja – Mozart Arias
Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black – Dido’s Lament
Latitude 37 – Empires
Lior / Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Nigel Westlake – Compassion
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Macleod / Benjamin Northey / Markus Stenz – Adès Polaris / Stanhope Piccolo Concerto
Topology – Share House
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider
Graeme Lyall, John Hoffman, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, Tony Floyd – The Hunters & Pointers
Vince Jones – The Monash Sessions
Emma Pask – Season Of My Heart
Paul Grabowsky Sextet – The Bitter Suite
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK / CAST / SHOW ALBUM
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Gurrumul : His Life And Music
Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd – The Story of Sharky and The Caddman
Katie Noonan – Fierce Hearts
Various Artists – Spirit Of Akasha
Various Artists – triple j’s One Night Stand: Mildura
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Astronomy Class – Mekong Delta Sunrise
Jane Rutter – Flute Spirit: Dreams and Improvisations
Joseph Tawadros – Permission to Evaporate
The Barons Of Tang – Into The Mouths of Hungry Giants
William Barton – Birdsong at Dusk
ARTISAN AWARDS
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Dustin Tebbutt for Dustin Tebbutt – Bones EP
Eric J Dubowsky for Chet Faker – Built On Glass
Matthew Lambert and Barry Francis for Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars
Nicholas Wilson and Dann Hume for Sticky Fingers – Land Of Pleasure
Paul McKercher for Andy Bull – Sea Of Approval
Virginia Read for Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie – Gershwin: Take Two
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Alex JL Hiew and SLUMS for Troye Sivan – TRXYE
Dann Hume for Sticky Fingers – Land Of Pleasure
John Castle and Josh Pyke for Josh Pyke – The Beginning and the End of Everything
Nicholas Murphy for Chet Faker – Built On Glass
Stuart Stuart for Sheppard – Bombs Away
BEST COVER ART
Angus & Julia Stone for Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone
Celeste Potter for DZ Deathrays – Black Rat
Sia for Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear
The Leonard Brothers for 360 – Utopia
Tin & Ed for Chet Faker – Built On Glass
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