The World Soundtrack Awards , launched in 2001, are the annual awards for best film music , presented during the Film Fest Gent . The World Soundtrack Academy supports the art of film music through cultural, educational and professional activities. The event takes place yearly in Ghent , Belgium with the ceremony usually at the Capitole Concert Hall.
6-596: The award winners are announced during the annual World Soundtrack Awards Concert & Ceremony. At the concert, Brussels Philharmonic , conducted by Maestro Dirk Brossé , music director of Film Fest Gent, performs a selection of music by the guests of honour and the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. The official institution behind the WSAwards is the World Soundtrack Academy. The WSAcademy
12-462: A French horn player, and Roger Bausier, then a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels . Bausier acted as principal conductor of the orchestra until his death in 2012. In January 2014, David Navarro Turres became the orchestra's principal conductor and artistic adviser. The orchestra is intended as a training entity to allow young musicians opportunities to perform regularly as part of
18-710: A large ensemble in preparation for their professional careers and includes musicians from more than twenty countries as of 2012. The BPhO holds three concerts each year at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and previously performed at the Théâtre Saint-Michel in Etterbeek . In Brussels, in addition to the Royal Conservatory, the BPhO performs in such venues as the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels , and Wolubilis . The BPhO has made
24-430: Is an international community of screen composers and industry professionals that supports the art of film music through cultural, promotional, educational and professional activities. The WSAcademy promotes film music worldwide through the annual presentation of the WSAwards, as well as through the development of other promotional activities. The WSAcademy supports both emerging and established composers for screen. Through
30-460: The organisation of film music seminars, masterclasses, workshops and other activities at Film Fest Gent, the WSAcademy actively contributes to the education and study of this art form. The WSAcademy engages itself in the preservation of the history of film music through recordings, publications and the development of an archive. The festival is praised as one of the first cultural organizations to turn
36-484: The spotlight on film music, which gave it the status of a pioneer. It has built up a strong reputation by organizing concerts, such as the very first concert of music by Hans Zimmer . Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra The Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra ( BPhO ) is a Belgian orchestra based in Brussels that was established in 2002 by Antonio Vilardi, then artistic director of the Théâtre Saint-Michel, Clare Roberts,
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