Global Music Awards: January 2022 Honorees
Gold Medal Winner - Best of Show
George David Kieffer
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The Ambassador's Wife and Other Stories
Classical - United States - Czech Republic
Gold Medal Winner
Spectro 7
流光傳奇
Album - Production - Fusion - Taiwan
Gold Medal Winner
Cecile Nordegg
Bellaria
Album - Austria
Gold Medal Winner
Sergei Inkov
All About Cinderella
Album - Conductor - Russia
Gold Medal Winner
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Composer - Group - United States
Gold Medal Winner
Devan Ekambaram
A Walk Through Brindavan
Composition - India
Gold Medal Winner
Haifa Kamal & Obaider
A Córdoba
World Music - Female Vocalist - Qatar
Gold Medal Winner
Håkon Skogstad
Visions of Tango
Composer - Instrumentalist - Norway
Gold Medal - Best in Show
Silver Medal Winners - Outstanding Achievement
Abbie Thomas, Fireflies, music video
Adam Levin, 21st Century Spanish Guitar, Volume 4 (Disc 2), instrumentalist
Adam Moses (Australia), Yellowjack, original score
Ahmad Mirmasoumi (Iran), World Cup 2022 (Ethunk), composition and sound mixing
Alvaro Camara Lopez (Spain), Estepona, Jardín del Mediterráneo, composer LINK
Amanda Abizaid, Back To Love, female vocalist
Amandus (Germany), Groove Infection EP, smooth jazz and instrumentalist
Angela Massey, Liebermann Soliloquy, classical
Antonio Fraioli, Flying alone, instrumental
Banjii & Mayuri, Copper Lines, lyrics/songwriting and concept
Bartosz Stróżyński, The Shaman (original: Szaman), creativity/originality
Berl Olswanger, St. Louis Blues, arrangement, and What Makes a Good Love Go Bad, composer
Blooming Duo (Spain), Complicitats, creativity/originality
Brian Field, Vocal Works, composer and new release
Brillante Piano Duo, Liszt/Paganini Etude #3, duo and creativity/originality
Carl Vollrath, Aliana de la Guardia, Emalie Savoy, Yoko Hagino, Nathan Brandwein, Timothy Phillips, and Philipp Stäudlin, Old & New Poetry, classical
Carlos de la Fuente Lucas-Torres (Spain), Kandra - Abyssal Falls, game music LINK
Chamber Chu, Away from the Rain, game music and composition/composer
Charu Suri, Book of Ragas vol. 2, instrumentalist and emerging artist
China Music House (China), Tiao Xi, world music and beats
Christos Tambouratzis, I Can 'T Know That, song and soul/jazz
Clarence Spady, If Only We Could, blues
Cristina Huang, Sunset, new age, composer, and instrumentalist
Dalibor Grubačević, The Match, film soundtrack and album LINK
David N. Stamos (Canada), A Night at the Organ, composition LINK
David Peoples, Itty-Bitty Bluesopera, album
David Rivas Domínguez (Spain), Miradas, album
Debra Kaye, The Beauty Way, composition/composer
Deon Lee, Only Child, original score, and The Daughters of Eve, original score
Devan Ekambaram, No Plastic Swear Now, listener impact: content/message delivery
Donna Weng Friedman, Heritage and Harmony: Silver Linings, instrumentalist and concept
Dr. Jeez, Qorba, song
Earl Louis Stewart, Symphony #2 in E Minor (Identity 54), composition
Ekaterina Babchenko (Russia), The Scariest Thing, music video
Eleazar Mora, Nessum Dorma, male vocalist
Elizabeth Usher (Australia), F-M Cossey (New Zealand), & Christine Parker (USA), Not Alone Anymore, lyrics/songwriting LINK
Esmaeil Allahdadian, Ze Man Negaram, acapella
Eugene Magalif, Ave Maria, sacred music, and Reflections, composition/composer
Fiona Ross (United Kingdom), Red Flags and High Heels, jazz
Frank Wallace, Wallace Plays Wallace: A Guitar Legacy, classical
Frederic Glesser, Kim Diehnelt, Michael Slayton, L Peter Deutsch, Robert Fleisher, David Klock, Joanna Estelle, and Trio Casals: Alexandr Kislitsyn, Ovidiu Marinescu, and Anna Kislitsyna, Moto Finale, classical
Garik Sukachov (Russia), Remember, music video
George Kontogiorgos (Greece), Odes and Cantos, composition/composer and album
George Voukanos, Areton Anotera - The High of Virtues, composer
GimEnez Bros. (Spain), El Color Del Temps... I Al Fons La Mar, composition LINK
Hayden Billingy (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Shout It Out, music video
Hazarava Ensemble (Canada), The Mystery of Nightingale's Warbling, female vocalist and trio
Ichi-go Miura and the Travelers (Japan), The Dance of Wilderness, visual image by sound
Ignacio Salvatierra P., Gaita De La Aurora, Gaita Zuliana and group, and Es La Verdad, music video, protest music, and creativity/originality
Implement Productions, Alright, music video and creativity/originality
Iwona Glinka & Athanasios Zervas (Greece), MEM, contemporary classical
Jake Hill, Release, smooth jazz
Jamal Awar (Lebanon), El Rass - Bilal, music video
James Carter, Bojangles: A New Musical, concept
Javier Márquez (Spain), The Shelter Point, album and new age LINK
Jeff Broadbent, Battle Teams 2 - Main Theme, video game music, composition/composer, and original score LINK
Jeremy & Christine Stork (Australia), In The Nick Of Time, pop rock
Jeremy Wilson, For the Beauty of the Earth, instrumentalist and album art, and Perspectives, classical
Jesse Xavier, Hard Ride, country rock
Jon Irabagon, Legacy Jon Irabagon, A Solo Tenor Odyssey, instrumental performance solo
Josef Patchen, Celtic Hills Variations, soundtrack film/television
Juan Francisco Tortosa Esteve (Spain), Arhus Danmark (movements I & II), composer
Judy Chin-tai Wu (Taiwan), Nature's Whispering, world
June Bisantz, 7 Shades Of Snow, female vocalist LINK
Karen Bentley Pollick, Ole Saxe Orchestral Works, classical contemporary and composer LINK
Katherine Farnham, Nature Boy (feat. Darrell Leonard), female vocalist
Katie Hardyman (Australia), Molly's Rainbow, adult contemporary and composition/composer
Kobi Arad, Vortex, creative jazz
Kong-Yu Wong, Santiago Kodela, Amintas Silva, John A. Carollo, Adnan Marafi, Edmund Cionek, Sarah Wallin Huff, Joseph T. Spaniola, Gabriela Diaz, Yoko Hagino, Benda Quartet, Lucie Kaucká, Sarah Brady, and Rane Moore, Pinnacle, Vol. 2: Contemporary Chamber Works, classical
Konstantyn Napolov (Netherlands), Droplets II | Live from the Royal Concertgebouw, instrumental performance solo
Larry Wimmer, Sunrise in New Orleans, Americana
Lia Scallon, Temple of the Maya, new age and listener impact
Lightspeed and Quantum Studios, Champions Are Made, game music and band, and Anger Power, rock, male vocalist, and game music
Luis Martelo (United Kingdom), Woodbox Live Session, instrumentalist and band LINK
Lyia Meta (Malaysia), 15013, album and female vocalist
Mathew Adam Metheney, Crown Royal Night, country pop
Matthew Tyler, Beneath, music video
McCain Duo, Renew, duo
Mehmet Gur (Turkey), The Path, easy listening and composition/composer LINK
MeiXuan Bi, A True story in China, instrumentalist
Michele Josia (Italy), The Cleansing, original score
Mikael Manley, Talk To My Friend, funk
Milana Zilnik (Canada), Distant Memories, composition/composer and original score
Mohammad Amini, Red Like Fire, original score
Nan Avant, Rememoramini - Tango for Bandoneon, Piano and Strings, composition and original score
Nanni Singh (India), Synthesis - The Indian Muse, fusion LINK
Natalie Jean, I'm Done - Natalie Jean & Kitt Wakeley, pop
Nazim Cinar, Anka (song), original score
Odelet, Everlasting Tape, original score LINK
Omani Nagi, NATIVE!, instrumental and new age
Or Taicher, Michal Shahaf, & Ben Yaffet (Canada), One Day, listener impact: motivational/inspirational
Parsifal Piano Trio (Italy), Trio for Tango, album
Paul Baraka (Canada), Sedna, Empress of the Sea, original score
Paul de Métairy (France), Corrette, organ music
Paul Messina, Blue Fire, jazz and album
Peter Sterling, Beauty Abounds, new age LINK
Petr Kofroň, Marek Piaček, Miloš Štědroň, Pavel Zemek Novák, Miroslav Tóth, Daniel Forró, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, and Pavel Šnajdr, My Country, classical
Quinn da Matta, Into Temptation, original score/soundtrack
Rachel Walker Mason (United Kingdom), Drown Without Water, listener impact
Robert Fritz, 3 Piano Sonatas, modern classical music
Rodrigo Landa-Romero (Mexico), Tales of the Imagination, classical
Roman Miroshnichenko (Russian Federation), Plays Daniel Figueiredo, instrumental and album
Ruth and Emilia, I Had a Dream: Songs of an Immigrant, listener impact
Sergiy Klymchuk (New Zealand), Christmas Waltz, composition/composer LINK
Shora Karimi, Ze Man Negaram, composer
Shumile Exotic Dimensions, A Maiden Made Not of Clay, creativity/originality and crossover
Sid De La Cruz, Song Of Little Saigon Soundtrack, original score/soundtrack
S.J. Jananiy (India), Gaao Tere - Dedication Song to Mother, female vocalist
Soichi Terada (Japan), How To Make Synthetic Nature 2 / Omodaka, music video
Spina - Benignetti Piano Duo (France), Visions, duo and instrumentalist
Stanley Grill and Brett Deubner, Stanley Grill : Transfiguration & Other Works, classical
Steve Condon, This Time, adult easy listening
Susan Lim (Singapore), New World Order (Orchestral), original score/soundtrack
Sylvie & Mandy, Broken Year, alternative folk
Tapani Puranen & Jukka Hänninen (Spain), The Coast Is Clear, jazz and composer
Tation Band (China), Blind IV, music video
Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Rose-Colored Glasses, Vol. 1, female vocalist and contemporary blues
The Love Light Orchestra, Leave The Light On, blues
Threestyle (Croatia), Our Christmas, holiday music
Tigran Shiganyan, Journey to France, classical
Tim Janssens, The Curse Of Lughus, original score/soundtrack
Tokunbo Akinro, Golden Days, lyrics/songwriter, and White Noise, music video
Toni Basanta, Havana Fairfax Connection, television hosting musical programming
Vanessa Hopkins, 1st Language, music video
Vivian Fang Liu, Shape of Crowns, lyrics/songwriting and creativity/originality
Walkiria Izaguirre (Austria), Walkiria Izaguirre: The Elevation of Mastery, album
Weihao Xiao, Toy Box, game music and composition/composer
Will Chase, Trunk Show, original score
Yahddy (Taiwan), Zamar, instrumental
Yeule, Don't Be So Hard On Your Own Beauty, music video
Yulia Petrova, The Love of God, composition and listener impact: motivational/inspirational
Bronze Medal Winners - Finalists
Alessandro Zilli (Italy), Cenere, film soundtrack
Alexander Tchobanov (United Arab Emirates), Russian Selections, classical
Amir Hossein Nouri (Iran), White Dream, listener impact: motivational/inspirational
Andrew Huang (Taiwan), 大師致敬詩歌, creativity/originality LINK
Anna Maria Mendieta with Cristian Pablo Ardito, Oblivion, music video LINK LINK
Anthony Hampton, Songs of Meditation, composer, and Winds of Change, producer and meditation music
Atsushi Kumagai, Passing By, composer and jazz
Barry Lane (United Kingdom), Leaving Home, folk rock and lyrics/songwriter LINK
Bill Freas, Yellowstone Lake, new age LINK
Bill McBirnie & Bruce Jones (Canada), Forever, instrumentalist
Bill Shadler, Like a Motel 6, country pop
Carla Rose Kelly (Canada), Loved & Blessed Lullaby, lullaby
Cathleen Ireland, Elevator, music video
Charity Mapletoft, Da tempeste il legno infranto, emerging artist, and ‘But for this...’, female vocalist
Charles Edward Payne, The Cure, music video LINK
Christina Petrowska Quilico, Lowell Liebermann, David Del Tredici, Frederic Rzewsk, David Jaeger, Mario Davidovsky, and Paul Huebner, Vintage Americana, classical
Clement Reid, Realizations for Horn and Piano, contemporary classical
Daniel Llorente Rey (Spain), Taurus, instrumentalist
Debra Kaye, String Quartet No. 2 - Howland Quartet, contemporary classical
Diane Kaufman, Don't Give Up, listener impact: motivational/inspirational
DOC Native & Spencer Battiest, Dream, hip-hop
Donna Herula, Bang at the Door, acoustic blues and album
Dr. Hiran Das Mahar, Prayer Selections, indian classic and prayer
Edward Gore, Red Morn on Rolling Hills, symphony
Edward Rist, Green Machine, lyrics/songwriting
Electric Religious (Canada), Tragic Lover, album
Elizabeth Licht, House of Lies, lyrics/songwriting and listener impact: content/message delivery
Elizabeth Troxler, The Mountain (Ode to Lady Fear), original score/soundtrack and lyrics/songwriting LINK
Elizabeth Usher (Australia), I Could Uke All Week With You, lyrics/songwriting LINK
Emmanuel Bonn (France), Française, music video
Farid Hamedi, Roshanak Nooshi, Mysterious Dust, composition and experimental
Francesca Francone Maitreya (Italy), Her Kiss, music video
George L'Orange, Serenade Ultra, music video
Giuseppe Volpicelli (Italy), New World, electronica LINK
Gregory Ayriyan, Etude #15, instrumental LINK
Hafez Niknafs (Iran), Epic No.1, composition LINK
Hamed Hafezi (Canada), Zarbisegah, Iranian music and composition/composer
Ignacio Salvatierra P., Abandonaste Mi Corazon, Latin music and male vocalist
Jeffrey Daijiro Taylor, Moments Fleeting, original score/soundtrack
Jesica Yap, Shine Your Light, pop and new release
Jim Francis, Christmas In Hawaii, humor LINK
Johnny Summers (Canada), Disney Sessions Volume 1, jazz
Josefien Stoppelenburg, Jean Hatmaker, Alexis Bacon, Willem Stoppelenburg, Ronald Tremain, Bernd Johannes Wolf, Willem Stoppelenburg, Paul Ayres, Antonio Bibalo, Stacy Garrop, Katherine Dudney, and Adrián A. Cuello Piraquibis, Modern Muses By Monika Gurak, classical
Joslin Dsouza, A Time for Us - Theme from Romeo and Juliet, music video
Joy Lee, The Prayer of Achilles, experimental electronic LINK
Juan Manuel Hidalgo Segura (Spain), Para Amelia, composition LINK
Juan Ruiz, Venezuelan Songbook, traditional Venezualan music
Justin Man (United Kingdom), Classical Piano, Vol. 1, student classical album, and Pop Piano Arrangements Vol. 2, student album
Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts, Fully Charged, blues
Kayla Solomon, The Stars of November, duo and emerging artist
Ken Noland, Undying Love, native american style flute
Key Loch (Australia), Where Is The Love, song and lyrics/songwriter LINK
Kurt St. Thomas & Delta Haints, Cars Hiss By My Window, music video
Kya Garner-Minnick, Major Tom, listener impact: entertainment value
Kyle Spicer, Back to You, male vocalist LINK
Lisa Cullum (United Kingdom), Leaving, neoclassical
Lorelei & Brian Edwards, ameliarose - Amber, music video
Louis Colaiannia, Desert Winds (Re-Imagined), instrumental
Luckie ft. Becky Hobbs, Shout Me Into Heaven, country gospel
Lydia Jane Pugh, George Holloway, Ben Yee-Paulson, Jonathan Chenette, Elizabeth Start, Thomas Mesa, and Yoon Lee, Division Of Memory, classical
Maharajah Flamenco Trio, Felices Días, nuevo flamenco LINK
Manuela Cutolo, Free - Beyond the Borders, music video
Mari Makkonen (Finland), Bohemian, music video
Marty Miller, My Prayer Closet, gospel and new release, and In My Feelings, creativity/originality
Meg Pfeiffer & Luca Stricagnoli (Germany), All Night Long, pop
Melahn Atkinson and Talia Keys, Guns Out, music video and song LINK
Mia Kami, Rooted, listener impact: motivational/inspirational
Michael Anderson, World's A Pen', music video
Michael Kollwitz, Calm Waters' (CD album), contemporary instrumental
Mikey Harmon, Josh Lumsden in 'Love Me Back', music video
Minna Koskenlahti (Finland), Toinen/Other, instrumental
Misty Lemmond, The Sound of Feelings, contemporary classical and composition/composer LINK
Monika Gurak, Chelsea Melamed, and Jo Greenaway, I Love You Like Spain: Art Songs, classical
Natalie Jean, The Little Things, Americana
Nazim Cinar, Anka (album), album and composer
Nick Maclean (Canada), Can You Hear Me?, instrumentalist and composition/composer
Nicodemus Albanese (Canada), Ballad in C# minor “Ode to Lisanne”, classical contemporary and composition LINK
Nicolette Aubourg, You'll Rise up Again (For South Africa), folk LINK
Oleg Blinov, Someone who doesn't know you, music video
Ori Dagan (Canada), Click Right Here, lyrics/songwriter and male vocalist
Othoniel Joseph, Amor de Oro, music video
Pallavi Gadepalli, Sticky Icky Goo, pop
Pam Johnson Davis, Call Home, lyrics/songwriter and emerging artist
Patrice Bonneyrat, 6:39 - A Game of Chess, music video
Paul Dice, The Beast Awakens, instrumental and The Buxton Birdwalk, instrumental
Paul Messina, Jade, jazz, and Reaching Out, jazz
Pejman Bolourchi, Nature Dance, music video and instrumentalist
Peter Veteska, So Far So Good, blues
Priya Litt (Canada), Om Mani Padme Hum, new age and emerging artist, and Green Tara Mantra, female vocalist and song LINK
Proclaim, River, music video and listener impact: motivational/inspirational
Rebekkah Hilgraves, Do No Harm, female vocalist and song
Rhonda Head (Canada), Fallings Not Goodbye, pop
Ricardo Alvarado & John Virag, Don't Come For Mine, song
Robert Fritz, Doan, world music
Ruth Manning (Canada), Angel Wings, female vocalist
Sal Salgado (Germany), Young Lust, rock guitar instrumental LINK
Sarah Wallin Huff, Crystallization (EP), classical crossover
Sayef Zaman, Neo-Classical Bangla, creativity/originality
Silvia Schiaffino, Toccata e Fuga, classical
Simon Strongheart (United Kingdom), Wind Spirits, instrumentalist
Simone Pignanelli (Italy), Universe, music video LINK
S. J. Jananiy (India), Sneham Ezhuga - World Peace, world music and music video
Soheil Mosharraf, Isolation, music video
Sophia Beltran, Catch Her, lyrics/songwriting
Steve Harris, In the Bulrushes, song
Steven K, Turn It Up, country pop
Thomas Crane, Monsters Walk Among Us, music video
Tom Morris, Holding Together (Without You), country
Tony Holiday, Porch Sessions Vol. 2, blues and concept
Tony Marino, Swing Your Thing, big band
Tony Olson, When a Memory Starts to Burn written by Tony Olson, Don McKim and Johnny Garcia, song, and This Year For Christmas written by Tony Olson and Art Michel, song
Tree Kim, Song of the Same Night, original score/soundtrack
Ursula Torres Calado (Spain), The Gates of Paradise, composition
Valentina Grisafi (Italy), Notturno Soledad, contemporary classical
Vicente Avella, Ultraviolet, new age and composer
William Hawkins, Love is my Favorite Color, listener impact
Wolfgang Hildebrandt (Germany), I can't wait to see you again, country
Xi Cai (China), Listen to the Piano Speaking in Chinese, instrumentalist
Yang Zhang, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of Flame, composition/composer
Yared Gebrekidan (Canada), Lovely, music video
Yonas Maynas, Hamida, humorist
Yulia Petrova, Storm, composition LINK
Zinovy Shersher, Merry Christmas, I wrote this song for you, pop
Zoe Vandermeer, Soprano Works, classical and female vocalist LINK
Honorable Mentions