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2022 Ivor Novello Award winners introduced


The Ivors Academy have revealed the winners of 12 Ivor Novello Awards on the twentieth version of The Ivors Composer Awards, celebrating the very best new music in classical, jazz and sound artwork. The winners had been introduced throughout a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 3’s Hannah Peel and Tom Service on the British Museum.

Three composers, Sir George Benjamin, Judith Weir and Talvin Singh, had been recognised with particular Ivor Novello Awards for his or her innovation, affect and legacy.

Profitable works had been premiered at a number of the UK’s main venues and festivals. Liz Dilnot Johnson’s requiem for refugees was carried out at Coventry Cathedral as a part of the 2021 UK Metropolis of Tradition celebrations, whereas Southwark Cathedral hosted Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s successful work, commissioned to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolis of London Sinfonia.

The Southbank Centre’s new music pageant SoundState premiered the Orchestral winner and Oxford’s world-class Lieder Pageant premiered two successful items.

2022 Ivor Novello award winners announced

Hannah Peel and Tom Service offered the Ivors Composer Awards 2022, held on the British Museum

EFG London Jazz Pageant, Britten Pears’ Pageant of New and voces8 basis’s Dwell from London Summer time Pageant premiered the jazz, sound artwork and choral winners respectively. And the Stage Works class returned, received this 12 months by Thomas Adès for the Wayne McGregor and Royal Ballet undertaking Dante, on the Royal Opera Home, London.

Tom Grey, Chair of The Ivors Academy stated, ‘A hearty congratulations to all our winners, who’ve been recognised for his or her unbelievable achievements in composition. The vary of innovation and degree of accomplishments make this an excellent 12 months. We have now proudly celebrated artistic excellence in composing for the previous twenty years and thank PRS for Music and BBC Radio 3 for supporting us for the reason that begin.’

Michelle Escoffery, President of the PRS Members’ Council stated, ‘It was an honour to have a good time the twentieth version of The Ivors Composer Awards – the power within the room was celebratory and optimistic. Congratulations to all of this 12 months’s winners together with the seven phenomenal composers taking residence an Ivor Novello Award for the very first time. I do know that feeling and I’m delighted for them for being recognised for his or her work.

‘I additionally congratulate Sir George Benjamin, Judith Weir and Talvin Singh on receiving Present of the Academy awards for his or her unbelievable achievements. And a particular thanks to your entire staff at The Ivors Academy to your continued work uplifting the up to date composer group.’

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Pictured prime: Tori Freestone accepts the Ivor Novello Award for Jazz Ensemble from Cassie Kinoshi © Mark Allan Pictures

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