Cremona, Sept. 23, 2024 – The names of the winners of the Cremona Musica Awards, a highly anticipated event within the rich calendar of events proposed by Cremona Musica International Exhibitions and Festival, have finally been announced. Every year, during the kermesse, personalities and institutions in the musical world that have achieved excellence in their field are honored.
In this edition, which will be held Sept. 27-29 at CremonaFiere, many Italians will receive the prestigious award: Paolo Fazioli, founder of the company of the same name, has been awarded the “A Life for the Piano” prize, while Giorgio Battistelli, known since 1981 for his work Experimentum Mundi and a Leone d’Oro alla carriera in 2022 in Venice, will be awarded for Composition. In the Communication category, Giuseppe Tornatore‘s docufilm “Ennio,” dedicated to the beloved Maestro Morricone, wins, while the laurel for Best Project goes to theStauffer Academy, a teaching institution of primary importance in Cremonese musical life. The award for the Winds Performance category, given to Irish virtuoso Sir James Galway, “the man with the golden flute,” and that for the Bellows Instruments category, which goes to Riccardo Tesi from Pistoia, internationally renowned organist and pioneer of world music, who will receive the award on Saturday 28 at 4 p.m. at the open stage, complete the series. And that’s not all: the award for the Piano Performance category will be presented to a special guest, the great Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who will perform a recital for the occasion at Teatro Ponchielli. A special, particularly exciting Award should be highlighted: it is the one given to “Parole liberate” (Free Words) a project in which texts written by prisoners have become songs thanks to the contribution of Italian and foreign artists. The award will be presented to Paolo Bedini, owner of the Baracca Burattini record company, which published the CDs, on Sunday 29 at 12:15 p.m. in the Acoustic Guitar Village events area.
The award ceremony will be held in the Violin Museum Auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. The Cremona Musica Award for the Piano Performance category, on the other hand, will be presented to Marc-André Hamelin at his recital at Teatro Ponchielli on Sunday 29 at 6 p.m.
Full program at https://cremonamusica.com/
