The Recording Academy to honor 2016 Special Merit Award recipients with a new TV special as a part of PBS’ ‘Great Performances’ series.
On Saturday, April 23, The Recording Academy will host 2016 Special Merit Awards in The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, CA, to honor its recipients with a tribute concert and ceremony. With Don Was as a musical director, the event will feature rare performances by honorees and renditions by those they’ve inspired. Produced in partnership with THIRTEEN, Grammy Salute To Music Legends will air on PBS later this year as a part of its Great Performances series.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, and RUN DMC. John Cage, Fred Foster, and Chris Strachwitz are Trustees Award honorees; and EMT andDr. Harvey Fletcher are Technical GRAMMY® Award recipients. Also being honored is Phillip Riggs, this year’s recipient of the GRAMMY Foundation Music Educator Award. Performers will be announced shortly.
In previous years The Recording Academy celebrated the Special Merit Awards during GRAMMY Week, this year, however, it decided to host it as a stand-alone event. In addition to the tribute concert, special celebrity guests will present recipients their award statues and guests will enjoy never-before-seen video packages celebrating each of the honorees’ contributions to the music industry and our cultural heritage.
Tickets to the event are now available at Ticketmaster.
