The Art Music Awards 2025 will celebrate Australian art music excellence with three prominent hosts in Sydney.
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the 2025 Art Music Awards will take place at the newly revitalised City Recital Hall in Sydney. The annual celebration brings together Australia’s art music community to recognise outstanding achievements across 15 categories spanning contemporary classical music, jazz, improvised music, experimental music and sound art.
The Art Music Awards 2025 will be hosted by Vanessa Hughes, the beloved broadcaster known as the presenter of Classic Drive on ABC Classic. She will be joined by two guest presenters: award-winning tar player and composer Hamed Sadeghi, and Yuwaalaraay storyteller and musician Nardi Simpson. Music curation will be handled by Sia Ahmad, who returns as Music Director bringing her DIY punk aesthetic and vast perspective of the Australian art music scene to programming.
Art Music Awards 2025
- Where: City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, Sydney
- When: 5.30pm Thursday, 21 August
- Hosts: Vanessa Hughes with guest presenters Hamed Sadeghi and Nardi Simpson
- Music curation: Sia Ahmad
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The awards recognise excellence across 13 national categories including works, performance, music education, experimental practice and regional activity. Luminary Awards will be conferred to individuals and organisations who have made sustained contributions to their local music communities.
The APRA and AMC Boards of Directors will jointly present the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music, reserved for individuals or groups who have made sustained and impactful contributions to Australian art music. Recent recipients include Lynn Williams AM, Maureen Cooney, Nigel Butterley, Penny Lomax and William Barton.
Finalists for the 2025 Art Music Awards will be announced on Thursday, 17 July, ahead of the ceremony. The awards mark a significant year for the Australian Music Centre, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025.
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