The 2025 Art Music Awards finalists have been announced with several artists receiving dual nominations.
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have revealed the finalists for the 2025 Art Music Awards, showcasing the best of contemporary Australian art music across 11 categories. The ceremony will celebrate excellence in composition, performance, music education, experimental practice and regional activity.
Several standout artists have earned dual finalist status, demonstrating the breadth of their creative contributions. The Australian String Quartet appears twice in Performance of the Year: Notated Composition for their work on Jack Symonds’ Gilgamesh and Dr Lou Bennett AM and Paul Stanhope’s nyilamum song cycles. Dr Bennett AM also receives recognition for her performance alongside a nomination with Paul Stanhope for Work of the Year: Chamber Music.
2025 Art Music Awards
- When: Thursday 21 August, 5.30pm
- Where: City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, Sydney
- Hosted by: Vanessa Hughes with guest presenters Hamed Sadeghi and Nardi Simpson
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Experimental artist Aviva Endean has achieved dual finalist status with The Breath Becomes the Wind, nominated for both Work of the Year: Electroacoustic/Sound Art and Excellence in Experimental Practice. Meanwhile, double bassist Helen Svoboda features in two categories through her composition Headwater for Work of the Year: Chamber Music and as one of seven performers on Chloe Kim’s Music for Six Double Bassists in Performance of the Year: Jazz/Improvised Music.
Rising star Olivia Davies continues her impressive trajectory with her third consecutive year of nominations. Her orchestral work Hyphae, commissioned for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, contends for Work of the Year: Large Ensemble, while her interdisciplinary collaboration with Kate Milligan and flautist Jonty Coy competes for Work of the Year: Electroacoustic/Sound Art.
The finalists demonstrate deep interdisciplinary creative engagement and broad critical engagement with the contemporary world. Winners of the four remaining awards, including the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music and three Luminary Awards, will be announced in August.
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