The 68th Grammy Awards were presented last night at Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma took home his 20th Grammy, awarded Best Classical Instrumental Solo for Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons.

The BSO and Andris Nelsons also took home a second trophy for Best Orchestral Performance for Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie,.

Yo-Yo Ma. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz won Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her cello concerto Dzonot, while the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s performance of her work Yanga, with Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and conductor Gustavo Dudamel earned Best Choral Performance.

Jake Heggie. Photo © James Niebuhr

Jake Heggie’s Intelligence performed by the Houston Grand Opera and conducted by Kwamé Ryan, earned Best Opera Recording, while Amanda Forsythe earned Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for Telemannn: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano with the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra.

Chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound and conductor Alan Pierson won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy’s Land of Winter

Best Instrumental Composition was taken by Remy Le Bouef for First Snow. Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson won his sixth Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (his score for Sinners also features a track co-written by Australian songwriter Sarah Aarons).

Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) collected a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for End of Summer, the only gong awarded to an Australian musician. Aussies Rüfüs Du Sol and Amyl and the Sniffers were among the nominees.

The full list of 2026 Grammy winners can be found here.