The first seven ARIAs winners for 2019 were announ
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Pictured above: 2019 ARIA Awards nominees, and Fine Arts and Artisan award winners. Photo: Sam Macdonald.
The first ARIA Awards for 2019 were handed out today with the announcement of the winners in the Fine Arts and Artisan categories in Sydney.
Melbourne designer Emilie Pfitzner took home the Best Cover Art award for the artwork she created for Thelma Plum’s debut album, “Better In Blak”.
Dann Hume took out the title in the Producer of the Year category for Matt Corby’s album “Rainbow Valley”. Hume has appeared on the ARIA Charts numerous times before, achieving platinum status for his work on Lisa Mitchell’s hit “Wonder”, before working on releases of ARIA Gold status such as Matt Corby's debut “Telluric” and Amy Shark’s “Weekends”. He was also the joint winner of Producer of the Year with M-Phazes in 2018 for Amy Shark’s “I Said Hi”.
Sam Teskey of The Teskey Brothers took out Engineer of the Year for “Run Home Slow”, the band’s second album. The Melbourne band have been nominated for seven ARIAs this year, including for Album of the Year.
Melbourne Ska Orchestra took home their second ARIA Award from five nominations in their career, winning Best World Music Album for their release, “One Year Of Ska”.
Paul Kelly and James Ledger were honoured to be recognised in the Best Classical Album category for their release “Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds”.
The various artists who contributed to “The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series)” were awarded the ARIA for Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album.
It was the release “TRYST” by Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky which received the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album. This is respected Ceberano’s 15th ARIA award nomination and fourth win.
Denis Handlin AO, ARIA Chairman and Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand and President, Asia said:“On behalf of the ARIA Board, congratulations to all of today's winners in the Fine Arts and Artisan Awards. It is a very talented group of artists and creative contributors, and we are very pleased to celebrate their outstanding achievement of winning an ARIA Award.
Dan Rosen, ARIA Chief Executive, added: “2019 has been a brilliant year for Australian music, and that was on display today at the ARIA Season Launch. I congratulate the winners of the Fine Arts and Artisan ARIA Awards who were deservedly rewarded for their talent and artistry.
ARTISAN AWARDS
Best Cover Art WINNER: Emilie Pfitzner for Thelma Plum - Better in Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd) Ben Jones for Amyl and The Sniffers - Amyl and The Sniffers (Flightless Records) Jonathan Zawada for Flume - Hi This is Flume (Mixtape) (Future Classic) Nick Mckk for Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records) Lucy Dyson for Paul Kelly - Nature (EMI Music Australia) Emilie Pfitzner for Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Engineer Of The Year
WINNER: Sam Teskey for The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records) Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia) Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records) Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Patience (Modular Recordings/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia) Sam Teskey for The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records) Konstantin Kersting for Tones And I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)
Producer Of The Year
WINNER: Dann Hume for Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley (Matt Corby/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia) Dann Hume for Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley (Matt Corby/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia) Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Patience (Modular Recordings/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia) Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records) Paul Kelly and Steven Schram for Paul Kelly - Nature (EMI Music Australia) Konstantin Kersting for Tones And I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)
FINE ARTS AWARDS
Best Classical Album
WINNER: Paul Kelly, James Ledger - Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds (Decca Australia/Universal Music Australia) Diana Doherty, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Westlake, David Robertson, Synergy Vocals - Nigel Westlake: Spirit of the Wild / Steve Reich: The Desert Music (ABC Classic/Universal Music Australia) Genevieve Lacey - Soliloquy: Telemann Solo Fantasias ( ABC Classic/Universal Music Australia) Grigoryan Brothers, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey - Bach Concertos (ABC Classic/Universal) Nicole Car, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti - Heroines (ABC Classic/Universal Music Australia) Paul Kelly, James Ledger - Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds (Decca Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Best Jazz Album
WINNER: Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky - TRYST (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia) Andrea Keller - Transients Vol.1 (MGM) Angela Davis - Little Did They Know (ABC Jazz/Universal Music Australia) Barney McAll - Zephyrix (Extra Celestial Arts) Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky - TRYST (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia) Phil Slater - The Dark Pattern (Earshift/The Planet Company)
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
WINNER: Various Artists - The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series) (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia) Burkhard Dallwitz - LOCUSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Closereef Productions) Gang Of Youths - MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music) Luke Howard - The Sand That Ate The Sea (Mercury KX/Universal Music Australia) Trials - Cargo (Causeway Films/Universal Music Australia) Various Artists - The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series) (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Best World Music Album
WINNER: Melbourne Ska Orchestra - One Year Of Ska (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia) Chaika – Arrow (Mara Music/Independent/Gyrostream) Joseph Tawadros - Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower (Independent/The Planet Company) Melbourne Ska Orchestra - One Year Of Ska (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia) Tara Tiba - Omid (Cezanne Producciones/The Planet Company) Zela Margossian Quintet - Transition (Art As Catharsis)
