Trailblazer RAYE will obtain Finest Feminine, whereas rock renegades Nova Twins will take residence the Innovation Award. Jazz singer songwriter sensation Gregory Porter will win Finest Male and award-winning American singer songwriter Adam Lambert will decide up the Worldwide Award. UK music legends N-Dubz might be honoured with the Finest Group Award.
The successful artists will be part of the beforehand introduced award recipients together with worldwide celebrity Stormzy, who will win the flagship O2 Silver Clef award, Moist Leg – New Music Award, Biffy Clyro – Finest Dwell Act, Ayanna Witter-Johnson – Classical Award. Pop legend Neneh Cherry is given Excellent Achievement and none aside from Mark King of Degree 42 will obtain the esteemed Icon Award.
The artists will obtain their awards in individual at a glittering music business lunch and ceremony held on the Grosvenor Home Lodge on London’s Park Lane. The unique occasion – now in its forty sixth 12 months – will elevate very important funds for Nordoff and Robbins to assist a variety of kids and adults. The charity’s skilled music therapists assist individuals to attach and talk by way of music who in any other case are unable to, resembling these with autism, dementia, studying difficulties, mind accidents, life-limiting sicknesses, psychological well being challenges, grief and trauma.
The O2 Silver Clef Awards are held to pay tribute to the expertise of the successful artists. Since 1976, the awards have raised £12 million for Nordoff and Robbins’ very important music remedy companies and honoured a few of the most legendary names in music. At a time when the necessity for music remedy is bigger than it’s ever been within the UK, final 12 months’s occasion raised over £750,000 for the charity, serving to to rework the lives of hundreds extra individuals throughout the nation.
Nordoff and Robbins works with kids and adults at over 350 faculties, hospitals, hospices and care properties, in addition to offering periods from its centres nationwide. Formed by greater than 60 years of follow, Nordoff and Robbins’ skilled music therapists rework lives by serving to individuals to specific themselves and discover connection in society.
The O2 Silver Clef Awards are the most important fundraising occasion of the 12 months for Nordoff and Robbins, due to desk gross sales, sponsorship and particular auctions on the day. The annual lunch is among the highlights of the music business calendar, bringing collectively artists, movie star supporters and influencers to boost crucial funds for the charity.
On the glamorous 2023 ceremony, Edith Bowman will host for the fifth-year working, with Peter Andre returning to take his common internet hosting spot on the blue carpet.
· London-born trailblazer RAYE will obtain the Dwell Nation Finest Feminine Award, celebrating her charming model, which mixes every part from pop and hip-hop to bop and gospel. RAYE’s need to ‘converse fearlessly and to problem norms and be daring’ has resonated with audiences and critics alike, along with her profession so far racking up 27m month-to-month listeners on Spotify, a UK No.1 single with ‘Escapism,’, and a critically acclaimed No.2 debut album ‘My twenty first Century Blues’.
· Rock renegades Nova Twins will take residence the Amazon Music Innovation Award. The band smashed into the UK’s music scene with a conflict of concepts from the worlds of punk, rap, pop, rock and past. Lauded by critics, their most up-to-date album Supernova breaks style boundaries and showcases the numerous aspects of the duo, whereas on stage they’ve turn into one of many scene’s fiercest reside acts.
· The AEG Presents Finest Male Award will go to singer and songwriter sensation Gregory Porter following his phenomenal success in bringing up to date jazz to the plenty. The a number of Grammy Award winner has acquired enormous crucial acclaim. Gregory is among the most streamed jazz artists of all time, with over 1.3 billion streams so far. Attaining worldwide recognition, Gregory continues to carry out to offered out venues around the globe.
· Identified for his dynamic vocals, award-winning American singer, songwriter and actor Adam Lambert will decide up the Raymond Weil Worldwide Award. After blowing everybody away on American Idol in 2018, Adam has launched two albums which have been runaway successes, along with his second album Trespassing turning into the primary album to achieve the primary spot within the US and Canada by an brazenly homosexual artist. He might be touring North America with Queen in Autumn 2023.
· ASM World Finest Group Award winners UK music legends N-Dubz are nonetheless taking the nation’s music scene by storm greater than a decade after first rising to fame. In 2022, the band launched into an enormous sold-out area tour taking part in 4 offered out nights at London’s O2 Enviornment and solidifying their place as one of many UK’s largest music acts. Just lately signed to EMI Data, the band will launch their new album this Summer time.
RAYE stated: “I’m excited to obtain this unbelievable award for Finest Feminine! I hope it encourages different artists to be fearless and persevere of their craft. I cannot wait to attend the O2 Silver Clef Awards with my fellow artists and rejoice the incredible work that Nordoff and Robbins does – utilizing music to empower individuals throughout the nation.”
Nova Twins stated: “We’re honoured to be receiving this innovation award! Now we have all the time embraced the elements of ourselves that had been totally different, placing this into our music and we’re simply so completely happy that it speaks to individuals, hopefully encouraging a brand new era to chase their very own distinctive sound. This award is for everybody who’s tearing down boundaries and setting their very own path. Large like to Nordoff and Robbins for breaking boundaries with their work, connecting individuals by way of the ability of music.”
Gregory Porter stated: “I’m so happy to obtain the award for Finest Male and honoured to be recognised amongst such a various group of gifted artists. These awards not solely pay tribute to some unbelievable musicians that span a complete vary of musical genres, but in addition affirm the ability of music to the touch hearts and encourage change. I look ahead to utilizing my voice to assist Nordoff and Robbins to rework individuals’s lives by way of music remedy.”
Adam Lambert stated: “I am full of gratitude to have been chosen for the exceptional O2 Silver Clef Worldwide award. It’s a testomony to the unwavering ardour of my followers who’ve been by my facet all through my inventive journey – and a reminder of the transformative energy of music to heal and uplift individuals. I am so excited to be supporting Nordoff and Robbins, a charity that, by way of the common language of music, creates such a constructive influence on individuals’s lives.”
N-Dubz stated: “We’re honoured to obtain this wonderful Finest Group award. It’s a particular second for us as we’ve all the time believed in utilizing our music to make a distinction. Nordoff and Robbins’ work makes use of music to assist individuals who really want it and unfold a constructive vibe. We’re wanting ahead to an awesome awards ceremony for an unbelievable trigger.”
Gareth Griffiths, Director of Partnerships and Sponsorship at Virgin Media O2, stated: “We’re proud to proceed supporting Nordoff and Robbins by way of our wonderful 22-year partnership and we are able to’t wait to recognise such gifted artists at this 12 months’s O2 Silver Clef Awards. Particular congratulations to Stormzy, an artist we’ve got admired for a few years.
Will probably be fantastic to assist elevate cash for a lot wanted music remedy, that helps a few of the UK’s most remoted and susceptible individuals to interrupt by way of boundaries with the ability of music. See you on thirtieth June!”
Discover out extra about Nordoff and Robbins and how one can assist at nordoff-robbins.org.uk.
