You'd think it would be impossible to top a Grammy nomination, but imagine receiving an Australia Day gong just weeks later.
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Canberra Symphony Orchestra's artistic director Nicholas Milton is to be appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to the arts, particularly to classical orchestral music performance, as a musician, conductor and artistic director.
He's still basking from the afterglow of the news in December that a recording he conducted in Germany is up for a Grammy Award.
Although Milton will not be in Canberra for Australia Day, he said in a statement that he felt "deeply honoured" to be recognised, but emphasised that the award was not his alone.
"This award belongs to the musicians, management and board of the exceptional Canberra Symphony Orchestra, who have so stunningly transformed this organisation,"
he said.
"The CSO has established itself as the backbone of professional orchestral performance in the nation's capital. I am so proud of the work we do, and I never would have been considered for this award were it not for the positive influence that the CSO and its musicians make on so many levels in our society."
