World Soundtrack Awards 2020 goes Online – Gabriel Yared & Alexandre Desplat
The 20th anniversary edition of the World Soundtrack Awards, will be celebrated in a special way on Saturday 24th of October 2020 @ 20:00h CET. Adapted to current circumstances, this year’s WSA will be an online edition, livestreamed from Kinepolis Ghent, where the ceremony itself will take place.
This will give the festival’s international audience the chance to enjoy the award ceremony and concert from everywhere around the world in a safe and corona-proof manner. The WSAwards will be the closing event of Film Fest Ghent.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Gabriel Yared, guest of honor is Alexandre Desplat, and Discovery of the Year 2019 winner Michael Abels will present a selection of his music.
Their music will be performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and Vlaams Radiokoor, conducted by maestro Dirk Brossé, and will be prerecorded in the Brussels Philharmonic’s hometown Brussels (Flagey), being part of the live event and the livestream.
To be able to follow the livestream, you can already register via the link below. Once registration is complete, following the livestream will be free.
Tickets that were already purchased for #WSA2020 can be exchanged for #WSA2021 or #WSA2022.
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SoundTrackFest brought you a summary article about the 19th edition, which you can read below:
http://soundtrackfest.com/en/articles/world-soundtrack-awards-2019-pictures-and-festival-review/
More information about World Soundtrack Awards:
http://soundtrackfest.com/en/tag/world-soundtrack-awards_en/
Official website:
https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en