ARIA Announces The Artisan, Fine Arts Nominees For 2019

The 2019 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music will be launched at this year’s ARIA Season Launch, a newly named event for the official announcement of nominations in all categories, and announcement of the first winners of the 2019 ARIA Awards in the categories of Best Classical Album, Best Jazz Album, Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album, Best World Music Album, along with Producer Of The Year, Engineer Of The Year, and Best Cover Art. 

The ARIA Awards Season Launch will be taking place on Thursday, 10th October hosted at the Art Gallery of NSW.

The Fine Arts, Artisan and categories herald the beginning of the 2019 ARIA Awards celebrations, leading into ARIA Week festivities from Friday 15th November with Australian Music T-shirt Day, culminating in the Awards on Wednesday, 27th November at The Event Centre, The Star Sydney, which will be broadcast on The Nine Network.

Burke Reid and Konstantin Kersting are each nominated for both Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. Sam Teskey was also recognised for the engineering of The Teskey Brothers' own album, up for an Engineer of the Year award.

ARIA is also thrilled to announce that Swarovski Australia will be returning as this year’s ARIA Red Carpet partners. Also returning for 2019 to celebrate the official ceremony are continuing partners the NSW Government via its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, The Nine Network, Telstra, PPCA and The Star.

Dan Rosen, ARIA Chief Executive, said: “We are thrilled to be launching the 33rd Annual ARIA Awards Season by recognising the nominees for the 2019 Fine Arts and Artisan Awards. These incredible artists and technicians showcase a breadth of talent, and we are proud to celebrate their work and achievements this year.

I also would like to welcome the returning partners for their continual support of ARIA and Australian music. I look forward to working with them at this year's ARIA Awards.”

Victoria Brown, Swarovski Australia’s Marketing Director, said: “2019 will mark the third year of our partnership with the ARIAs. We've seen great success year on year which is a testament to the synergy between the two brands. Swarovski's rich history is steeped in innovative collaborations with global music and entertainment artists, as such, it's fitting that we champion the thriving Australian music industry at the ARIAs.”

George Hughes, The Star Entertainment Group Chief Marketing Officer, said: “The Star Sydney is delighted to be continuing our partnership with the ARIA Awards and to be hosting this prestigious event for the seventh year running. This year promises to be even bigger and better with the recent unveiling of The Star Grand Hotel and Residences, new restaurants and bars, and the opening of the stunning Grand Foyer, which will provide the perfect entrance for guests on the night.“

Genelle Sharples, Media and Sponsorship Principal at Telstra said: “We are delighted to be partnering with the ARIA Awards again in 2019 to present this year’s Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Of The Year Award. It was so rewarding to help ARIA recognise all the wonderful Aussie music teachers who inspire our kids and ultimately award Scott Maxell from Mount Gambier Grant High School in South Australia the second year of ARIA Music Teacher Of The Year Award in 2018. We are thrilled to be part of the journey all over again and increasing our involvement for this year as presenting partner of this award.

Our continued partnership with the ARIAs and the Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Of The Year award is important to Telstra and we look forward to recognising more teachers from across the country who use their talents to inspire the next generation of Aussie musicians.”

George Ash, PPCA Board Chairman, said: “PPCA is excited to partner with ARIA on ARIA Week and the annual ARIA Awards for an eighth year. It is at the heart of PPCA to support career development in Australian music and we look forward to once again recognising and celebrating the best up and coming talent with the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2019 ARIA Awards.”

2019 ARTISAN AWARDS | NOMINATED ARTISTS

Best Cover Art

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

Plutonic Lab for 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

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)

2019 FINE ARTS AWARDS | NOMINATED ARTISTS

Best Classical Album

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)
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

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

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

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)

Stay tuned for more exciting announcements about the 2019 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music.