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(Photo: Adam Fenster)

Paul O’Dette, professor of lute at the Eastman School of Music, won a Grammy Award as a conductor for his work on the album Charpentier: La Descente d’Orphée aux enfers, which was named Best Opera Recording at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards this year.

O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, who together serve as artistic directors of the Boston Early Music Festival, conducted the album, which also features Christel Thielmann, assistant professor of conducting, Avi Stein ’97E, and Zachary Wilder ’06E. It was the second Grammy for O’Dette, who won in 1996.

Charpentier: La Descente d’Orphée aux enfers was also named an Editor’s Choice by Gramophone magazine and was chosen as a recording of the month by Musicweb International. O’Dette and Thielmann also won the 2015 Thomas Binkley Award from Early Music America, a national, member-based organization for early music.