Apulia Soundtrack Awards – 2nd edition

Today starts the 2nd edition of the Apulia Soundtrack Awards, an International Soundtrack Festival that takes place on July 6-8, 2023 in Carovigno-Puglia (BR), Italy.

 

The festival will have a 3-day program with masterclasses, concerts, and awards ceremony, presenting the Apulia Soundtrack Award to a career to Sally Stevens & Howard Shore.

Apulia Soundtrack Awards - 2nd edition

 

Among the guests, we can find the following names: Simon Franglen, Cyril Morin, Myriam Cutler, Marco Guazzone, Laurent Levesque, Gabriel Marini / David Imbault, Roberto Fia, Denis Furne, George Christopoulos, Ray Costa.

 

This year the Apulia Soundtrack Award for the Emerging Composer, has 16 nominees: Ruiqi Zhao / John Skoog / Ross Gilman / Ruslan Perezhilo / Odysseas Papathanasiou Terzis / Alexei Aigui / Jui-Fan Lin / Jack Bochow / Alessandro Speciale / Daniel Gare / Neville Z. Barusha / Antonio Medellin Fajardo / Crystal D’Esprit / Daan Hofman / Lorenzo Barcella / Stefano Rean.

Apulia Soundtrack Awards - 2nd edition - Emerging Composers

 

Below you can read the complete program of the festival:

Thursday, July 6, 2023

10:30h: Castle of Carovigno

Masterclass with the emerging composers & professionals (90 minutes)

“International relationship between Directors and Producers”

George Christopoulos / Myriam Cutler

 

16:00h: Castle of Carovigno

Masterclass with the emerging composers & professionals (120mn)

“Film Music Industry Insights to Evolve Your Career”

George Christopoulos / Myriam Cutler/ Cyril Morin

 

20:30h: Castle of Carovigno

Concert: Coro Lirico di Lecce

Lifetime achievement awards: Sally Stevens

 

Friday, July 7, 2023

10:30h: Castle of Carovigno

Masterclass with the emerging composers & professionals (90 minutes)

“Laurent Levesque Masterclass – Agnes Varda”

Laurent Levesque/ Denis Furne/ Cyril Morin

 

16:00h: Castle of Carovigno

Masterclass with the emerging composers & professionals (120 minutes)

“Songs in movies”

David Imbault/ Gabriel Marini/ Marco Guazzone/ Roberto Fia/ Denis Furne

 

20:30h: Castle of Carovigno

International composer of the year

Best contribution for the art of Film Music award

Concert: David Imbault & Gabriel Marini (film composers)

Concert: Laurent Levesque (composer Agnes Varda) with Aurelienne Brauner.

 

Saturday July 8 2023

10:30h: Castle of Carovigno

Masterclass with the emerging composers & professionals (90 Minutes)

“Simon Franglen masterclass”

Simon Franglen (Composer of Avatar: The Way of Water)/ Ray Costa (Composer publicist) / Cyril Morin

 

20:30h: Castle of Carovigno

Emerging composer awards

Composer of the year

Outstanding Original score

Lifetime achievement award: Howard Shore

Composer of the year (Italia)

Concert: Marco Guazzone (songwriter, composer) 

 

https://apuliasoundtrack.com/program-2023/

 

We have to highlight that Oticons Faculty will celebrate this year its 10th anniversary at the Apulia Soundtrack Awards, co-founded by one of the Oticons Faculty jury member – Cyril Morin. It is essentially a Film Music Competition for emerging film & media composers, that culminates into a festival, with roundtables, lectures, and an Awards Ceremony, taking place in the Castle of Carovigno at the beautiful town of Carovigno in south Italy. Read more about this celebration here:

https://www.facebook.com/oticonsfaculty/posts/pfbid0SYqLF7fFrbY…

 

Official description:

The Apulia Soundtrack Awards (ASA) aims to promote an international community of film composers, film industry professionals and local cultural associations supporting the art of film music.

 

ASA wants to promote emerging Italian and international film composers and actively contribute to the study of this art form through the organization of film music seminars, master classes and workshops.

 

ASA also develops initiatives for education through master classes and the presentation of films for young people.

 

Promotional video – Apulia Soundtrack Awards 2023 – Presentation:

 

You can read more about this new festival here:

https://apuliasoundtrack.com/