Celebrated film composer and Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman will receive an honorary doctorate from the renowned Berklee College of Music in the United States.…
Award-Winning Indian Composer A.R. Rahman to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Berklee
Category: Awards
Carmen Paris, Jineth Bedoya and Alouda Granted the 2014 Pirineos Sur Awards
The 2014 Pirineos Sur Awards have been awarded to Carmen Paris, Jineth Bedoya and Alouda association. These awards that were introduced last year, value…
The Latin Recording Academy Announces 2014 Special Award Recipients
Latin music artists Willy Chirino, César Costa, Carlos Do Carmo, Dúo Dinámico, Los Lobos, Valeria Lynch, and Ney Matogrosso will be honored with The Latin…
National Endowment for the Arts Announces Lifetime Honors Recipients in Folk & Traditional Arts
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced the latest recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships and NEA Jazz Masters awards, the…
Cristina Soler Wins First Prize at Alcobendas Flamenca New Talent Contest
Flamenco singer Cristina Soler won the Alcobendas Flamenca Nuevos Talentos First Prize. Juañarito won second prize. Both acts are scheduled to perform on Thursday May…
Ernán López-Nussa Wins Cubadisco 2014 Gran Prize
Cuban pianist Ernán López-Nussa was the top winner at Cubadisco 2014. He received four awards, including the Gran Prize for his album Sacrilegio (Producciones Colibrí,…
Albino Mbie Wins International Songwriting Competition 2014 World Music Award
Albino Mbie from Maputo, Mozambique is the winner of the World Music category at the International Songwriting Competition 2014 with a song titled ‘Awusiwana.’ While…
Japanese Jazz Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno Wins International Songwriting Competition 2014 Grand Prize
The International Songwriting Competition 2014 announced today that Grand Prize is awarded to Japanese trumpeter Shunzo Ohno for his song “Musashi,” entered in the Jazz…
Babel Med Music 2014 Awards Announced
World music conference Babel Med Music announced today the winners of the 2014 awards awarded to exceptional artists in World Music. Babel Med Music &…
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Wins 2014 Spiral Earth Award
Jamie Smith’s Mabon, the first Welsh band scheduled to perform at the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF), has won ‘Best Group’ award in the 2014…