2022 inductees into the Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame

Much appreciation to the extraordinary legacy of the In Memoriam inductees and congratulations to the individuals and organizations in the Artist and Industry and Media 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.

Salif Keita

Debashish Bhattacharya

Danyèl Waro

Oumou Sangaré

Milton Nascimento

INDUSTRY AND MEDIA EXCELLENCE

Industry and Media Excellence celebrates influential music industry and media individuals and organizations who have provided increased visibility and recognition to world music and its multiple subgenres.

ANIM Afghan National Institut of Music (& director Dr. Ahmad Sarmast)

Ian Anderson

Ben Mandelson

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.

Paco de Lucía

Djivan Gasparyan

Mariem Hassan

Fela Kuti

Miriam Makeba

TWMC Hall of Fame 2022 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 4 judges in each of the categories.

  • Artist Judges: Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Ciro De Rosa, Toni Pennacchia, Chris Heim, Zekeriya S. Şen
  • Industry and Media Excellence Judges: Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Matt Osborne, Bob Haddad, Jun Lin Yeoh, Yusuf Mahmoud
  • In Memoriam Judges: Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez,  Ángel Romero, Seth Jordan, Daryana Antipova, Yatrika Shah-Rais, Gil Medovoy

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