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"A unique national music competition designed to celebrate nature and inspire
hope has announced its winners for 2025.
The Tune into Nature Music Prize, founded by Prof. Miles Richardson from the
University of Derby, is designed to highlight the need for a new, “stronger”
relationship with nature while supporting young creative talent.
The project welcomed entries from unsigned musicians and singer-songwriters
aged 18-30, whose original work demonstrates a “true collaboration” with
nature, including sounds of the natural world.
Two entrants, of very different styles, impressed the judges so much that they
awarded the prize jointly. The first winning track,
Dawn, by Josephine
Illingworth (pictured below) was made up of sounds she collected over several
weeks of sleeping alone in mountain huts across the Dolomites. Its lyrics are
taken from entries left in the guestbooks of these huts by past visitors, with
Illingworth describing it as “a tapestry of the memories and experiences taking
place across the mountains, and a call for us to see life and movement in
things we may think are silent”.
The second winning track,
Nightingale, by Wildforms – aka Dan Cippico
(pictured, below) – turned the mesmeric song of a nightingale into a drum n
bass track. “I’m excited that the interplay of nature and music is being
celebrated by a prize such as this,” said Cippico.
Nine other artists were shortlisted, including from hip-hop, rock and pop to
jazz, folk and classical."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
