Global Music & Film Awards

2020 Winners

GLOBAL MUSIC & FILM AWARDS

2020 Winners

Celebrating independent voices in music and cinema.

A globally balanced 2020 selection of real artists, project titles, and award categories drawn from published international award results.

🏆 Platinum Medal

Grand Jury Laureate / Best of Show: The single highest honor awarded to a masterpiece that displays flawless execution across all creative and technical departments.

  1. The Rubber Soul Project
    Artist: Rastko Ciric · Category: Concept Creativity
  2. Hunting Eagles Catching Swans
    Artists: Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong · Category: Instrumental Album
  3. An East African Journey
    Artist: Omar Sosa · Category: World Music
  4. Chamber and Instrumental Music
    Artist: Ivan Sokolov · Category: Composer
  5. Poème
    Artist: Danae Vlasse · Category: Composer Album

🥇 Gold Medal

Award of Excellence: Awarded to exceptional, high-level professional projects that demonstrate superior artistry.

  1. Penderecki’s Sinfoniettas
    Artist: Patrick Scott · Category: Classical Album
  2. String & Hammers
    Artist: Robert J. Bradshaw · Category: Instrumentalist
  3. Heritage
    Artist: Toru Nagayama · Category: Instrumentalist
  4. Malakosha
    Artist: Tara Linda · Category: World Music
  5. Begin Again
    Artist: Lyn Stanley · Category: Jazz Album
  6. Variations on Lo Lanu Ha-Shem
    Artist: Ronn Yedidia · Category: Composer
  7. Trustworthy
    Artist: Jeza · Category: Female Vocalist
  8. I Plan To Be Happy Again
    Artist: Peter Kater · Category: Instrumentalist
  9. A Day For the Eternities
    Artist: Terry Blade · Category: Composer
  10. Indálico Concerto
    Artist: Javier Arnanz · Category: Composer

🥈 Silver Medal

Outstanding Achievement: Awarded to prominent independent talents who show master-level command over their craft.

  1. Child and White Whale
    Artist: Dayan Kai · Category: Classical Album
  2. Mists of Time
    Artist: Michael Whalen · Category: Instrumentalist
  3. Heartbeat
    Artist: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay · Category: Instrumentalist
  4. Solo Filin
    Artist: Iraida Chernetskaia · Category: World Music
  5. Inities 2017
    Artist: Belinda Disenhaus · Category: World Music
  6. The Long Hair
    Artist: Gary Stroutsos · Category: Instrumentalist
  7. Petals on Path
    Artist: Suzanne Doucet · Category: Instrumentalist
  8. Cup of Dreams
    Artist: Steven Chesne · Category: Composer
  9. Walk in Beauty
    Artist: Jim Kitchin · Category: Instrumentalist
  10. Short Stories Guitar Piano
    Artist: Robert J. Bradshaw · Category: Instrumentalist
  11. Dreamer’s Landscape
    Artist: Terry Blade · Category: Composer
  12. Havana Fairfax Connection
    Artist: Oscar Hernandez · Category: World Music
  13. Leaving Jerusalem
    Artist: Jack O’Neill · Category: Instrumentalist
  14. She Is Everything
    Artist: Lyn Stanley · Category: Female Vocalist
  15. Endlessly
    Artist: Shawn Sutta · Category: Female Vocalist

🥉 Bronze Medal

Official Finalist: Awarded to highly promising rising creators and standout collegiate entries, including the UNCC student pipeline.

  1. From Our World to Yours
    Artist: Risa Kumazawa · Category: Instrumentalist
  2. The Solutionary Manifesto
    Artist: Paul Adkins · Category: Composer
  3. Back 2 The Ruth
    Artist: Delores Galore · Category: Female Vocalist
  4. Backwards from Winter
    Artist: Michael Whalen · Category: Instrumentalist
  5. Autumn Monsoon
    Artist: Althea Wiles · Category: Instrumentalist
  6. Az Sharm Dar Hejabam
    Artist: Marjan Farsad · Category: Female Vocalist
  7. Landscape
    Artist: Michael Whalen · Category: Instrumentalist
  8. Breathing In… Breathing Out
    Artist: Paul Adams · Category: Instrumentalist
  9. Caressing the Moments
    Artist: Paul Adams · Category: Instrumentalist
  10. Hidden China
    Artist: The Shanghai Restoration Project · Category: World Music
  11. Parallax
    Artist: Robert J. Bradshaw · Category: Instrumentalist
  12. My Hero
    Artist: Ana Krstajic · Category: Composer
  13. Andalucia
    Artist: Paul Erickson · Category: Instrumentalist
  14. The Libra Sessions
    Artist: John McDonald · Category: Composer
  15. IGNiTE
    Artist: Steve Gray · Category: Instrumentalist
  16. Elan Noelle
    Artist: Elan Noelle · Category: Female Vocalist
  17. Salsa Picante
    Artist: Orchestra Fuego · Category: World Music
  18. Reborn
    Artist: Rasa Music · Category: Composer
  19. Common Ground
    Artist: Dan Chadburn · Category: Composer
  20. Ode to Grace
    Artist: George Skaroulis · Category: Instrumentalist

🏅 Honorable Mention

Official recognition for unique artistic concepts or experimental works.

2020 Winners · Global Music & Film Awards