Much appreciation to the extraordinary legacy of the In Memoriam inductees and congratulations to the individuals and organizations in the Artist and Professional Excellence categories. Special thanks to all the judges involved and the people who sent us proposals.
ARTISTS
The Artists category honors solo and ensemble living artists who have achieved lifelong artistic and technical quality or historical significance in the field of world music.
Mari Boine

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Elena Ledda

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Wu Man

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Gao Hong

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Hariprasad Chaurasia

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PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
Professional Excellence celebrates influential music industry, cultural management and media individuals and organizations who have provided increased visibility and recognition to world music and its multiple subgenres.
The Association for Cultural Equity / Alan Lomax Archive

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Amitava Bhattacharya / Banglanatak dot com

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globalFEST

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IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam includes posthumous inductions that honor historically inventive and influential artists or industry professionals who passed away in previous years or decades.
TWMC Hall of Fame 2025 Judges
The 3 TWMC administrators, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero Ruiz and Araceli Tzigane have participated as judges in all of the categories. There have been other judges in each of the categories.
- Artist Judges: Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Ciro De Rosa, Tatiana Naryshkina, Toni Pennacchia, Mu Qian
- Professional Excellence Judges: Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ken Day, Hee-sun Kim, Justin Rudge, Gerardo Castmu
- In Memoriam Judges: Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero, Jordi García, Chris Heim, Kutay Kugay, Daryana Antipova
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Pictures’ credits:
- Mari Boine: Boine’s profile portrait on Facebook. Photo by Astrid Waller
- Elena Ledda: Ledda’s profile portrait on Facebook.
- Wu Man: By Elekes Andor – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44592361
- Gao Hong: Hong’s profile portrait on Facebook.
- Hariprasad Chaurasia: By Suyash Dwivedi – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152498283
- Flaco Jiménez: Por H. Michael Karshis from San Antonio, USA – Flaco always Rocko!, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34646905
- Aurelio Martínez: Por MH778866 – Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40718798
- Zulya Kamalova: Photo by Sergey Fomichov from Moscow concert on Sept 4, 2018 with Zulya and The Children of the Underground on Facebook
- Eddie Palmieri: Por Jens Vajen – Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58056608
- Benjamín Escoriza: discogs
- The Association for Cultural Equity / Alan Lomax Archive: https://www.culturalequity.org/
- Amitava Bhattacharya / Banglanatak dot com: facebook profile logo
- globalFEST: profile on X
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