With a grateful heart I share with you all that Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra won a Pangea Award in Classical from the InterContinental Music Awards. All details in the press release below.
// by Nan Avant
// by Nan Avant
I am excited to share that Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra has been nominated for “Best Orchestral Composition” in the World Entertainment Awards 2025! There are so many recognized composers in this competition and in my category and I am honored to be on the list! Check out the details Here
All things Nani Lahaina, the winds and fires of 2023, background to the music, my life in Lahaina, Awards and Nominations on this link: Nani Lahaina
Nani Lahaina recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Davide Alogna violin and Miran Vaupotic conducting appears on the Global Music Awards Gold Medal Winning album, Symphonic Stradivarius a PARMA, Navona Records label available on all digital platforms. Nani Lahain, Winner of a Silver Medal Award in the Global Music Awards March 2025, a Finalist in the Intercontinental Music Awards 2025 and a Nominee in the Hollywood Independent Music Awards 2025.
// by Nan Avant
I am excited to share that Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra has been selected as a Finalist in the Intercontinental Music Awards, Classical category~ There are so many recognized composers in this competition and in my category and I am honored to be on the list! Check out the details Here
Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Davide Alogna violin and Miran Vaupotic conducting appears on the Global Music Awards Gold Medal Winning album, Symphonic Stradivarius a PARMA, Navona Records label available on all digital platforms.
// by Nan Avant
Hollywood Independent Music Awards: HIMA: Nani Lahaina nomination!
I am so excited to share that Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra is nominated in the 2025 Hollywood Independent Music Awards in the Contemporary Classical Category! It’s an honor to be on this list of distinguished composers. Here is the Nominee list
Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra performed by the brilliant violinist, Davide Alogne with the outstanding London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Miran Vaupotic, appears on the album: Symphonic Stradivarius. This album has already been awarded with the Global Music Awards Gold Medal Award for Classical in Spring 2025. Symphonic Stradivarius is on the Navona Records Label, a PARMA Recording
// by Nan Avant
Global Music Awards Honors Nani Lahaina with Silver Medal!
Thank you Global Music Awards for this Silver Medal in Composition, New Release for Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra!This music is so beautifully performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miran Vaupotić conductor with the most exquisite performance on the Stradivarius Violin with Davide Alogna.Silver Medal awards show in a list form, please search for my first name.
Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra appears on the PARMA recording, Symphonic Stradivarius, release on Jan. 10, 2025
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Gold Medal Winner
London Symphony Orchestra, Miran Vaupotić, Davide Alogna
Symphonic Stradivarius Classical
I am so honored to be among the composers of this spectacular album and grateful the Global Music Awards for this outstanding Gold Medal. Symphonic Stradivarius is beautifully performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miran Vaupotić conductor with the most exquisite performance on the Stradivarius Violin by Davide Alogna.
Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra appears on the PARMA recording, Symphonic Stradivarius, release on Jan. 10, 2025
// by Nan Avant
Clouzine Award for Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
I am so honored and grateful to Clouzine International Music Awards for this new recognition of my latest orchestral work, Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra. This music is so beautifully performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miran Vaupotić conductor with the most exquisite performance on the Stradivarius Violin with Davide Alogna.
More details will be soon. Clouzine has an online presence and a radio program on MixCloud.
Nani Lahaina~Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra appears on the PARMA recording, Symphonic Stradivarius, release on Jan. 10, 2025
// by Nan Avant
Avant’s music was selected from applications reviewed recently from all across the United States. The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its thirteenth year, The American
Composer’s Biographical Sketch:
Avant’s music awards and nominations include two Global Music Awards~Silver Medal 2022, a Finalist in The American Prize and a four-time nominee in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Avant’s ’Tributum’ has aired on Ireland’s Public Radio in the UK and throughout the U.S. Avant has scored numerous indie films and her concert music has been performed in the U.S. and internationally. Avant holds a B.F.A. degree in Piano Performance from California Institute of the Arts and has studied film scoring at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring institute. www.
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CONTACT: David Katz, chief judge of The American Prize
EMAIL: theamericanprize@gmail.
// by Nan Avant
// by Nan Avant
I am honored to share with you that Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Lorne MacDougall on Scottish Pipes and Ryan Murphy on Irish Pipes has received another accolade! This time from the International Music Competition, Clouzine based in London, UK. Many thanks to Clouzine for the recognition and award to Tributum! I was also interviewed for their online publication, Clouzine Magazine which showcases an eclectic array of music composers and musicians. The link will take you to an ” interactive magazine” where you can read the entire magazine. Tributum also aired on the Clouzine Radio M-XCLOUD online
Click on the Clouzine Magazine image below and read the ” interactive magazine”
Scroll to Page 6 to read Nan’s interview.
CLOUZINE RADIO– Tributum @30:59 listen to the March of Tributum performed by Lorne MacDougall on Great Highland Bagpipes.