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Four NYU Steinhardt Alumni and Faculty Win 2026 Grammy Awards

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Four Steinhardt community members took home awards across three categories.

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Four NYU Steinhardt alumni and faculty members were among those honored at the 68th Grammy Awards held on February 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. View the full list of NYU winners and nominees, including 16 total Steinhardt nominations.

The NYU Steinhardt Grammy-award winners are:

 

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Winner: Austin Wintory (BM ’06, Music Theory and Composition), composer, Sword of the Sea

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Winners: Music Adjunct Faculty Mike Tierney (MM ’17, Music Technology), engineer and Music Adjunct Faculty Alan Silverman, mastering engineer, Cerrone: Don’t Look Down

Best Dance Pop Recording

Winner: Andrew Watt, producer, Abracadabra

 

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