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Global Music Awards: November 2023 Honorees

Gold Medal Winner - Best of Show

Joanna Estelle

Transmutation

Contemporary Classical - Composer

Canada

Gold Medal Winner

Marvin Camacho & UCR Coral

Cantata Negra

Contemporary Classical

Costa Rica

Gold Medal Winner

Stanley Grill

Die Erste Elegie

Classical - Composer

United States

Gold Medal Winner

Carlos Cano & Hernán Milla

20th Century Spanish Music for Flute and Piano Vol. 2

Classical - Duo - Spain

Gold Medal Winner

Robin Spielberg

By Way of the Wind

Contemporary Classical - Composer

United States

Gold Medal Winner

Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

Alondra (Skylark)

Duo - Creativity/Originality

Argentina - United States

Gold Medal Winner

Yulia Petrova

Best Wishes

Smooth Jazz - Album

United States

Gold Medal Winner

Winifred Phillips

Ancient Heroes

Composer - Album

United States

​Gold Medal Winner

Chandrika Tandon

Ammu's Treasures

Children's Music

United States

Silver Medal Winners - Outstanding Achievement

Aaron Alter, Earth Cantata for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, composer

Afarin Mansouri (Canada), Dancing With Love, world music, composer, female vocalist

Akikazu Nakamura (Japan), Close Your Eyes, song, concept, and Luna, progressive rock female vocalist

Amy Zhijun Ye (Canada), California Rain, music video

Anda Anastasescu Gritten (United Kingdom), Constantin Silvestri Avant-Gardist, Master Improviser, Homme Passionné, instrumental performance solo 

Andree-Ann Deschenes (Canada), Wanderings, solo piano, instrumentalist

Andrzej Ślązak (Poland), Bach - Goldberg Variations, classical, instrumentalist

Anna Maria Mendieta and Jeremy Cohen, Al Colón, composition, instrumentalist

Antoine Dunn, October 7th, music video

António Oliveira, Schumann & Rachmaninoff, classical 

Assembly Quartet, (Re)Mix, contemporary classical, producer 

Barcelona Clarinet Players, Panamericano, classical, instrumentalist

Carles M. Gómez (Spain), Tramonto sul Lungomare, composition 

Carolann de Leon, The Moon and the Mirror, album

Carsten Seyer-Hansen, Vocal Group Concert Clemens, Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, op.10, choral music

Ching-Shan Chang, Because Here We Stand, composer

Christopher Jessup, Kühn Choir of Prague, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (SATB Choir, a cappella), classical

Christopher O'Hara, Fantasie, classical

Colorificio Mario, Statues, composition, band

Dan Flanagan, The Bow and the Brush, contemporary classical, instrumentalist

Dave Pierce (Canada), Four Pillars, world music

David Heymann (Germany), Lamento, composition

Douyé (Nigeria), The Golden Sèkèrè, jazz 

Ed Bazel, Soaring, composition, instrumentalist, and In My Life, instrumentalist

Egidija Medeksaite (United Kingdom), Purusha, contemporary classical

Fanya Lin, Theodore Kuchar and Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhapsodic, classical

Francesco Traversi (Italy), Golden Water Mirror, composer

Galeet Dardashti, Monajat, concept

Gavin Libotte (Australia), Journey, album

Gang Wang, Meizi Wu, Yun Vivian Fei (Canada), The Spring Rain, sound editing/mixing

Georgia Kombou (Cyprus), Nostalgia, Greek music

Guy Klucevsek, Guy Klucevsek: Hope Dies Last, composer contemporary, classical

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Magizhini, Indian fusion

Ian Gindes, Rachmaninoff: Piano Works, classical

Ignacio Salvatierra P. & Jennifer Moya (Panama), Si Estuvieras Conmigo, bolero pop

Ingrid Carbone (Italy), Music Beyond Borders Granadinas by Leoncavallo, live performance, instrumentalist 

International Symphonina Orchestra and Budapest Scoring Orchestra, Introducing the Symphonina: Spreading the Joy of Symphonic Music to Young Audiences Around the World, symphonic, producer

J Edna Mae Tjomas (United Kingdom), Waves, female vocalist

J. Eduardo López (Mexico), Sands of Aura, game music, composer 

Jarryd Elias, Beverly Hills Exorcist, composer, original score

Javier M. Medina (Spain), Monument, classical, instrumentalist

Jeremy Wilson, Aurora, classical, instrumentalist

Jose Ruiz, Ramirez Reimagined: Misa Criolla & Navidad Nuestra, global choir, album

Kavitha Jayaraman, Varnams Reimaged, Indian classical, emerging artist 

La Viva Fiamma (Poland), Il Viaggio, early music, band

Lana Green, I Still Believe, female vocalist

Leo Zhou (China), Imperial Art, sound editing/mixing

Lis Addison, Songs from the Mara, neo-classical

Maite Boza and Paula Asmussen (Spain), Nostalgia, alternative 

Marcel Barsotti (Puerto Rico), La Línea Imaginaria, original score

Marco Schirripa, Digital Dances: Marimba Music of Marco Schirripa, composer, instrumentalist 

Marina Kapuro, CEASE FIRE NOW!!, protest music 

Marius Noss Gundersen (Norway), Chamber Music by Marco Pereira, Latin music, composer

Matthew Phillip Nelson, All Your Diamond Tears: Recent Clarinet Works by Marc Satterwhite, new release

Mega Ran, Buddy’s Magic Toy Box, children's music

Michael Whalen, Walk in Beauty, Like the Night, new age, composer, album

Michelle Cann & Thomas Mesa, Our Stories: Contemporary Works by Black & Latinx Composers, chamber music

Myroslav Levytsky & Rens Newland (Ukraine), Keys to Peace, new age, composer

Nagavalli, Numinosum, female vocalist, creativity/originality

Nevada Wind Ensemble, Reed Chamberlin, Ave Maris Stella, classical

Nick Dukas, It's Christmas Time Again, holiday music

Nikaleo, Su Questa Sedia, music video, listener impact

Rae Howell and Sunwrae, Bee-Sharp Honeybee, contemporary classical

Ritesh Das (Canada), To Begin With, world music, producer

Sanjay Swamy (India), Aum, global fusion, producer

Sarah Wallin-Huff, Shards, classical, composer

Svitlana Telbukh (Ukraine), Requiem for Larissa. Goodbye world., music video

UNLV Wind Orchestra, Thomas G. Leslie, Joseph Alessi & Boston Brass, Joe's Tango: Concerto for Trombone & Other Works, contemporary classical

Vivienne Aerts, Typuhthâng, alternative jazz, female vocalist

Ziya Tabassian (Canada), Remembrances, world music

Bronze Medal Winners - Finalists

Ala Bahrami (Turkey), Negahe Shishei, composition, male vocalist

Andrew Huang (Taiwan), In Quest of Love, concept

Annier Lee (Taiwan), One Day, ukulele fusion, instrumentalist

Antonia Sinibaldi, My Dreams, lyrics/songwriting 

Aurelien Durand (France), DIVA Orchestra - Time in a Bottle, music video

Aydin Kazemizad (Iran),  Hajastam o Vajastam, children's music, composer

Bailey Jordan-Neil (Canada), Theft, folk-pop 

Ban Brothers, Nothin' Gets Lost, alternative pop 

Behnam Khodarahmi (Iran), Bezan Tar, Persian classical

Bette Korber, D614G: An Evolutionary Tale, music video

Boys'N'Barry, In The In Between, rock

Bozena Buinicka (Lithuania), Agnus Dei, composition

Brooke Josephson, Good Kinda Tired - 2023 Remaster, pop, female vocalist

Carolyn Barela, Celestial Lullaby (Organic), contemporary classical 

Carter Fox, Lost Signals From Outer Space, electronic, producer

Chase Bethea, On the Peril of Parrots, game music, composer 

Christina Rusnak, Voices of the Land, contemporary classical

Cindy Zhang, Time Machine, music video

Colin Gordon-Farleigh (United Kingdom), Gallon of Whiskey, bluegrass

Dana Cohenour, I Am Brave, children's music, and A Place to Call Home, album

David Michael Harris, You Loved Me Then, jazz

Dena Miller, Mysterious Origin, female vocalist

Diip Silence, The Ten, experimental

Dili Ki, OnE, world music

Douglas Heil, Friends, listener impact: entertainment value

Elizabeth Usher (Australia), Emily Anderson (United States), and F-M Cossey (New Zealand), Evergreen, lyrics/songwriter 

Emily Anderson (United States), Evergreen, female vocalist 

Federico Santini (Italy), Quest for Feilong, original score

Girlie Vasallo (Canada), Forgive Me, listener impact: motivational/inspirational

Grace Garland, Woman He Should Be With, blues

Holger E. Metzger (Germany), Man by the Window, music video 

Jeff Pifher, Somewhere, listener impact: content/message delivery

Jingfei Wang (China), Identity V - Reach High, game music, and Identity V - Midnight Carnival, game music

Joaquin Lichtle, Death in Training, composer, original score, and Sacred Wars, composer

Jose Luis Echave Moratilla (Spain), The Journey of the Guardians of the Wind, composition 

Joy Shannon, Karen's Judgment Day, original score

Juju Xu, Daniel James (China), Snowland, original score, game music

Katherine Farnham, Noche de Paz, holiday music

Kluane Takhini (Canada), Infinitesimally Insignificant, music video

Kristel Birkholtz (South Africa), Still The Rain, composition

La La Musiq, Dim My Light, gospel 

Leslie Brockett, Nothin 4 Something, music video

Liesbet Leroy (Netherlands), Calming Rain, new age

Liuyan Liu, Culture is the Body IV - Toward the Ground, composition 

Louis Colaiannia, Gentle Touch, instrumental

Lynne Swaney, Alright, funk

Merrie Klazek (Canada), Dance Around the Sun, world music, new release

Nicoleta Carpineanu (United Kingdom), Interbeing, concept

Nina Assimakopoulos, The Legend of SkyWoman, experimental

Pete Calandra and Straight Up, Neon Beach, jazz, composer

Reynaliz Herrera, BIKEncerto: a Concerto for Solo Bicycle and Orchestra, composer, contemporary classical 

Rhonda Head (Canada), Time Goes On, female vocalist

Rodrigo Landa-Romero (Mexico), Piano Waltzes, composition

Roger Scannura (Canada), Anjelica, Latin music

Ronald Adamat (Philippines), We are One, song

Roxana Line, GloomyVerse, musical theater, creativity/originality

Santiago Kodela, The Distant Shepherd, contemporary classical

Shanti Inga Lindmark (Denmark), Grounding, meditation music 

Shujie Liang, Lovebrush Chronicles - Heart of Jewelry, game music

Silvia Blaser (Switzerland), Serenity, new age, song

Snugglzs, Occupy All Sheets, music video

Somdatta Pal, We Rise, female vocalist, music video 

STUDEO (Australia), When It's Over, pop/rock

Terry Mack, The Wind Weaver (Canada), Wild Threads, instrumental

ThreeStyle feat. Magdalena Chovancova, Robert Fertl, Damon Dae (Croatia), Oh! It’s Christmas, christmas music

Timothy Wenzel, The Gale II, listener impact: entertainment value

Totalfat (Japan), Fireworks, music video

Wu Alex, Helliquary Boss - Butterfly, game music

Xiaoyue Liu (China), Rise to the Clouds, game musicx

Zixiao Ye, Silver Lining, new age 

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