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The Ivors Composer Awards Judges 2021
At the heart of an Ivor Novello Award is peer recognition. All the juries for The Ivors Composer Awards are populated by composers and practitioners from across the contemporary classical, jazz and sound art community. The Ivors Academy would like to thank all who sat on the 2021 award panels.
The Ivors with Apple Music returns on Thursday 19th May 2022
The Awards return to their long-established May date, having moved to September due to the Covid pandemic.
We reveal the best new works in classical, jazz and sound art as nominations for The Ivors Composer Awards 2021 are announced
The nominations for The Ivors Composer Awards 2021 have been announced, which celebrate the best new works by composers writing for classical, jazz and sound art.
Nominations announced for The Ivors with Apple Music 2021
The Ivors Academy has announced the nominations for The Ivors with Apple Music 2021, across eight categories for songs, albums, screen and video game scores - as well as Songwriter of the Year and PRS for Music Most Performed Work.
Nominees announced for 2021 Rising Star Award with Apple Music
The Ivors Academy has today announced the five nominees for its Rising Star Award with Apple Music, which returns for the second year.
For the first time Academy members will vote to choose Songwriter of The Year at The Ivors with Apple Music
On 11th August Academy-tier members of The Ivors Academy will be able to vote and decide from a shortlist of five nominees who picks up the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year at this year’s The Ivors with Apple Music.
Entries open for The Ivors Composer Awards to celebrate contemporary classical, jazz and sound arts
New for 2021 – in response to the pandemic, entries for the Awards can have been premiered in the UK through live streamed concerts and commercial recordings as well as concerts and broadcast performances.
Chart requirement removed from song and album categories for The Ivors with Apple Music
The Ivors Academy has announced that commercial releases eligible for Best Album, Best Song Musically and Lyrically and Best Contemporary Song at The Ivors with Apple Music no longer have to appeared on The Official UK Top 100 chart to be considered.
Entries open for the Rising Star with Apple Music to recongise under-25 songwriters and composers
Entries have opened for Rising Star Award with Apple Music, which honours young British and Irish songwriters with exceptional potential and ambition.
