The 2025 Grammy nominations feature plenty of musical talent from Cleveland and Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The 2025 Grammy nominations have been announced and the long list of nominees includes many musicians and industry professionals with roots in Northeast Ohio, including the Black Keys, Trent Reznor and a bevy of talented people in the classical categories associated with it Cleveland Institute of Music.

Industry observers will marvel at Beyoncé's dominance with 11 nominations (99 in her entire career) and will certainly enjoy another opportunity to pit female superstars and their singing fanbase against each other, as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chapell Roan each have six nominations. But Northeast Ohio music fans can come together to congratulate the many area pros who have achieved Grammy honors.

Akron's The Black Keys, who most recently rocked at a private event on behalf of Crypto locally, received two nominations for songs from their latest, well-received album, “Ohio Players.”

“Beautiful People (Stay High)” was nominated for best rock song, pitting the duo against tracks from St. Vincent, Pearl Jam, Green Day and Idles. The upbeat song was also nominated in the Best Rock Performance category, along with many of the same contenders – Green Day, IDLES, Pearl Jam and St. Vincent – as well as a small English group called The Beatles, recognized for their A.I -Nomination was nominated. assisted Ghost track “Now and Then.”

Meanwhile, former Cleveland resident and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and his composing partner Atticus Ross picked up their fourth Grammy Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media, this time for their work on Zendaya's romantic sports film “Challengers.” Reznor and Ross' most recent win went to the score for the animated film “Soul.” Ross is actually competing with himself, as his work on “Shogun” with Nick Chuba and his brother Leopold Ross is also in this category, along with scores from Laura Karman (“American Fiction”), Kris Bowers (“The Color Purple”) ) and film music legend Hans Zimmer (“Dune: Part Two”).

Northeast Ohio is again well represented in the classic categories. Recording and festival producer and Shaker Heights resident Elaine Martone — who has already won five Grammys and a Latin Grammy — received her 14th nomination for Producer of the Year, Classical for her work with various groups, including the Cleveland Orchestra. Martone will compete for the award with Erica Brenner, another Grammy-winning local producer and her sometime collaborator. Brenner was nominated for her work with several groups, including Cleveland's Jeannette Sorrell & Apollo's Fire.

The Cleveland Institute of Music continues its impressive nomination streak for its talented staff with multiple nominations in the classical categories. Alan Bise, Head of Recording Arts & Services at CIM, produced two nominated recordings in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category, “Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price” by Karen Slack with CIM alum Michelle Cann on piano and ” A Change is Gonna Come” with Nicholas Phan and Palaver Strings. Also in the same category is former CIM guitar faculty member Colin Davin, one of several artists nominated for their work on “Newman: Bespoke Songs.”

Violinist Daniel Ching, a CIM and Oberlin graduate, is a member of the Miró Quartet, whose album Home is nominated in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble category

Apollo's Fire, the Grammy-winning Cleveland-based baroque orchestra led by conductor and harpsichordist Sorrell, is joint with the Apollo's Fire Singers in the Best Choral Performance category for their adaptation of the classic oratorio Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54” nominated. ”

Building on her already impressive performance, CIM principal guest conductor and artistic advisor JoAnn Falletta received two nominations for Best Classical Compendium for “Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance concert; Three American plays; Ode” and for best orchestral performance for “Kodály: Háry János Suite; “Summer Evening” and “Symphony in C Major,” both with Falletta conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.