OUR 2025 WINNERS
SOFIA KIRWAN-BAEZ
Sofia Kirwan-Baez is an opera singer by day and a songwriter by night. An Anglo-Venezuelan who grew up in France, she has lived a life shaped by travel, using songwriting to process the world around her and capture moments that need more than words. A singer, composer, and pianist with a career spanning pop, jazz, and classical music, Sofia has performed everywhere from intimate piano bars to the Royal Albert Hall.
OUR 2024 WINNERS
CRISPIN BURTON
Crispin Burton has a choral background and roots in a musical family, and carves out pop songs from his experiences in life, from heartbreak to love and loss, conveying his emotional state.
DILETTANTE
Dilettante released her debut album ‘Tantrum’ in 2022 and has supported the likes of Self Esteem, Philip Selway (Radiohead) and Graham Coxon (Blur). She has now started scoring for films.
OUR 2023 WINNERS
STEFAN MAHENDRA
Stefan Mahendra is a South East London-bred musician who has established himself as an anomaly amongst modern-day R&B artists. His love of Soul, R&B, and Motown set the tone for his career today. With a polished and refined craft that he has made his own, he continues to push the boundaries of his original music.
MAY PAYNE
May Payne's radical honesty guides her as she shares her innermost thoughts through her sensitive, emotion-driven music. Drawing from an eclectic mix of influences, including R&B, Emo, and Folk, May uses her music as a form of self-therapy, writing songs in the hopes of better understanding her intense and confusing emotions..