Nominees for the 2024 AIR Awards have been announced. Presented by the Australian Independent Record Labels Association, the winners will be announced at a ceremony held at the Queen’s Theatre in Adelaide on 1 August.

This year, two more awards are added into the mix: Independent Music Video of the Year, and Independent Producer of the Year.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra: Chopin and the Mendelssohns. Photo © Nic Walker

“The Malinauskas Government is proud to support the AIR Awards and Indie-Con Australia Conference. It is fantastic to be hosting the awards here in Adelaide again – Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music – and I congratulate all of the nominees,” said Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to recognise the work the independent music industry does in providing talented and emerging artists and music businesses with a platform to share their art with a wider audience.”

In the running for this year’s Best Independent Classical Album or EP is the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti for Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’. Recorded at City Recital Hall in 2020, the album is the first Australian recording of...