The Performance & Music Award

Championing the future of live, digital expression, this award exists because performance has changed—and we’re here for it.

Artists are no longer confined to stages or sound to instruments. Performance today is coded, generative, immersive. It’s AI-driven choreography, algorithmic soundscapes, participatory storytelling. It’s work that merges the physical and virtual, engages the senses, and redefines what it means to experience something live.

At the bleeding edge of art and technology, this category celebrates the creatives who are rebuilding performance from the ground up. They’re not following rules—they’re rewriting them. Their work dissolves the lines between music, movement, design and interaction. It challenges assumptions, upends tradition, and invites audiences to step into something entirely new.

We created the Performance & Music Award to honour this boldness. To recognise the visionaries using digital innovation not as an accessory, but as a core component of their practice. This is for the artists who see performance as a living, evolving medium—and who are shaping what it becomes next.

We’re proud to spearhead this space. This is the future—and it’s already happening.

Meet the International Selectors Committee for the
Performance & Music Award

Judging this year’s entries is a visionary group of leaders whose expertise spans immersive performance, sonic innovation, cultural economics, transmedia strategy, and digital curatorial practice.

Our ISC includes executives and creators who have shaped some of the most forward-thinking platforms at the intersection of music, movement, and technology. From leading international festivals and digital art institutions to advising on groundbreaking ventures in gaming, VR, and decentralised media, these individuals are defining the future of how performance and music are created, experienced, and distributed.

Together, they are uniquely positioned to recognise the artists reimagining what performance and music can be in the digital era.

Please note: This list includes ISC members who have chosen to publicly share their involvement, while others remain anonymous or are still being confirmed.

  • Phaidon

  • Digital Arts Blog

  • ARTXCODE

  • Digital Art Advisor

  • Black Etc

Are you an artist working at the intersection of art and technology?

The Lumen Prize celebrates the very best art created with technology through a global competition. Now in its 14th year, The Lumen Prize has distributed more than $125,000 in prize money and created opportunities worldwide for the artists selected as finalists and winners.

Click the button below to submit your artwork – entries close May 23rd.