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A 29-year-old Colombian musician wins the world's biggest award for young composers: Gil Soundtrack Award

Bernardo Rojas will receive on December 3rd the Gil Soundtrack Award 2020 from hands from the Oscar winner to the best BSO for "Joker"

Musicians of 49 different nationalities have competed for the Gil Soundtrack Award 2020, endowed with 50,000 euro by Gil Family Estates, to promote the training of young talent

Despite the difficulty of the call, in the middle of global confinement, this Spanish contest has achieved a record participation of 250 young musicians from 49 countries:

Spain, Colombia, USA, Canada, Colombia, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Iran, China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Finland, Malaysia, Thailand, Peru, Cuba, Belgium, Australia, Portugal, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Greece, Hungary, Ecuador, Argentina, Guatemala, Poland...

The winning soundtrack will give personality to the short film "Somos Tierra, by Argentinean filmmaker Agustina Macri, an emotional reflection on the value of loving and caring for the earth. And the commitment to the roots. Watch the short film and winning soundtrack here:

https://youtu.be/WxcVa8P5fNA

Why "Heart of Earth" is the winning composition.

"My work Heart of Earth aims to connect all people with their roots, nature and essence," says Bernardo Rojas. He is a young Colombian musician of 29 years old, resident in Spain, student of the Conservatori Liceu of Barcelona and specialist in composition for audiovisuals.

His work "Corazón de Tierra" has been designated by the jury as worthy of the Gil Soundtrack Award 2020 for the taste and skill in the modulations and tonality changes used.

According to the decision of the jury, chaired by Hildur Guðnadóttir, the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Original Soundtrack, for "Joker": "The score is at the service of narrative, it helps to tell the story. And its structure is full of little nuances, which make it fit the film like a glove".

Rebellion in the face of adversity has led to a record participation

Gil Soundtrack Award is a biannual international award created by Viñas Familia Gil to promote young talent. This year it celebrates its third edition. And despite being the most complex year in its history, its spirit of rebellion and commitment to culture in the face of adversity has managed to connect with young people and break participation records: 250 works presented by musicians between 18 and 35 years old, in the midst of global confinement.

"It is curious to see how the award was born to give life and trajectory to the effort of young musicians and composers and... this year, it was the young people who gave life to this edition during the confinement" - declares Juan Gil Vera, representative of the Gil Family in the jury and one of the main architects of the award. "With the award, we want to thank them and raise awareness of the importance of culture, education, perseverance and work well done. Of nonconformity in the face of adversity, in these difficult and strange days we are living here in Spain and around the world," he concludes.

50,000 euro for the winner, destined to complete his musical career.

The Gil Soundtrack Award is an international Spanish award, unique in its category and the largest in the world. Its mission is to promote and value the work of thousands of young composers, who are responsible for giving universal emotional identity to films, video games, documentaries and audiovisual projects of all kinds.

www.gilsoundtrack.com The finalists:

“Heaven on Earth” by David Heymann (USA). “The Labour of Love” by Joseph Reda (Canada). “Generation Earth” by Joaquim Badia Arumí (Spain). “The Light Catchers” by Lucie Treacher (United Kingdom). “El último viaje” by Alicia Fernández Morote (Spain). “Our Land” by Ana Krstajic (Serbia). “Memories of the Countryside” by Gian Marco Verdone (Italy). “Fuente de Vida” by Zuzana Michlerová (Czech Republic). “Tierras de España” by Ander Martin Carricas (Spain). “Our Land” by Pedro Osuna Ardoy (Spain). “El Viaje de Nuestras Vidas” by Rubén Gallardo Acedo (Spain).

Next stop: Gil Soundtrack Award 2020.

The last stop for this award will be next Thursday, December 3rd, with the gala award ceremony to be held on the stage of the Príncipe Pío Station in Madrid, with maximum security measures and with the aim of making visible a cultural event that, more than ever, needs the support of artists, professionals and companies committed to the sector.

The Gil Soundtrack Awar 2020 jury: sum of talents

Symbolizing the support to the beginnings of the talents, Hildur Guðnadóttir (first woman Academy Award winner, for Joker), has been elected president of the jury of the present edition. And as members called to review all the works presented, selection of finalists and final deliberation, the 2020 jury has been completed with the talent of Constantino Martínez-Orts (director of the Film Symphony Orchestra), the sensitivity of Lucio Godoy (composer), the intelligence of Roque Baños (composer) and the energy of Juan Gil Vera (Gil Soundtrack Award winner).

Constantino Martínez-Orts Juan Gil Vera Lucio Godoy

Hildur Guðnadóttir Roque Baños A jury that surprises, in each edition, by its level and international connection.

Each edition, the Gil Sountrack Award has surprised for its level of quality and international diversity. The jury included figures such as Patrick Doyle from Scotland, author of the OST for Sense and Sensibility, Bridget Jones' diary, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire... Or the American Bruce Broughton, composer of the bands of The Rescuers in Kangarooland, MoonWolker, The Young Sherlock Holmes. The Argentine composer winner of a Goya for Best Song, Lucio Godoy. And other talents as recognized as the director of the Film Symphony Orchestra, Constantino Martínez-Orts and Roque Baños, author of the music of films such as The Thirteen Roses or the Oxford Crimes. Both of them are present again in this year's edition.

Patrick Doyle in 2018 Gil Soundtrack Edition Bruce Broughton and Roque Baños in 2016 Edition

More than a hundred years of commitment to the land.

Gil Family Estates is a centennial winemaking group (1916-2016) with its own vineyards and wineries in 10 Spanish Designations of Origin and a presence in over 50 countries.

Its international prestige is guaranteed by the quality of its wines, the respect for the richness of the land where they are produced and the sustainability of its facilities.

Gil Soundtrack Award unites music with the land, underlining the value of commitment and effort to bring out the best in us, every day. To be there, when it is most needed. With the land and with culture. As Gil Family Estates does with each and every one of its family vineyards, rescuing unique varieties and grapes, to create wines that reflect their commitment and love for the land.