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IVO PAPASOV WINS * THE BBC WORLD MUSIC AWARD!
Ivo Papasov won the Audience Award at the BBC Awards for World Music. On
the ceremony at the The Sage, Gateshead on March 5 the Award was presented
to him by Joe Boyd.The Audience Award represents the public’s own choice from the nominated artists. Listeners to BBC Radio 3, visitors to the Radio 3 website, plus the World Service in English and 12 other language services invited votes on air and through their own websites; it is the one award for which the winner is made known only on the night of the Pool Winners’ Concert. Ivo not only won the award with a big majority; he has also reached the highest number of votes in the history of the award for the past years. The award is not only important because it is a recognition of music lovers from all over the world but also because he won competing with such world famous musicians like Khaled, Youssou N'Dour and Bjork. On the internet there is a very long list of friends and fans who wrote their opinions about Ivo’s music. Here you can read these wonderful comments: BBC LINK Ivo Papasov has received congratulations from all over the world. They were from fans, friends and colleagues. Especially important is the letter of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Ivo’s reply: „The award belongs to all Bulgarians! This is your award!“ We want to express our sincere thanks to all the people who voted for Ivo.
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