February 11th, 2025

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, songwriter Scott Zhang among early Canadian Grammy winners


By Canadian Press on February 2, 2025.

Toronto songwriter Scott Zhang and Montreal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin emerged as early winners at the Grammy Awards.

Zhang picked up best R&B song as part of the team behind SZA’s “Saturn.”

Nézet-Séguin landed his fifth career Grammy win, which he shared with actor Bradley Cooper and the London Symphony Orchestra for their work on the music in Netflix’s film “Maestro.”

The group won best compilation soundtrack for visual media with the album “Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein.”

The Grammy awards were handed out during a pre-broadcast ceremony where most of the winners are announced. It’s streaming live from Los Angeles on the Grammys website and YouTube.

Zhang accepted his Grammy alongside several of his SZA collaborators by thanking his parents and noting that he just moved to the city a day earlier.

Other Canadians are vying for gold this year for their work on albums from Beyoncé, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter.

The 67th Grammy Awards will be broadcast on Citytv and CBS at 8 p.m. ET.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 2, 2025.

The Canadian Press

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