The Ivors Composer Awards sees the presentation of Ivor Novello Awards to recognise creative excellence in classical, jazz, and sound arts.
The Ivors Composer Awards sees the presentation of Ivor Novello Awards to recognise creative excellence in classical, jazz, and sound arts.
The Ivors Composer Awards celebrates the best new works by UK composers writing for classical, jazz and sound art.
Recognised as a pinnacle of achievement since they were first presented in 1956, an Ivor Novello Award represents peer recognition with categories judged by those within the UK music creator community.
The Ivors Composer Awards 2020 celebrates works that are composed by a UK born or ordinarily resident composer and received a UK premiere performance, either live or broadcast, between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020.
Following a public call for entries earlier in 2020 the Academy received a 25% increase (from 2019) in works submitted for consideration.
Nominations were announced on Tuesday 3 November. The winners were revealed on Tuesday 1 December as part of a two-hour ceremony broadcast exclusively on BBC Radio 3.
In addition to the eleven categories, three Gift of the Academy Awards were presented as part of the BBC Radio 3 broadcast on 1 December. These included an Academy Fellowship, the highest honour bestowed by The Ivors Academy, the Innovation Award and the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Works Collection.