Anaya Kunst
Background information
Birth nameTania Mara Botelho
Also known asAnaya Music
OriginSão Paulo, Brazil
GenresNew Age
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • musician
  • recording artist
  • filmmaker
  • author
  • music producer
Instrument(s)
  • Piano
  • guitar
  • flute
  • saxophone
Websiteanayamusic.com

Anaya Kunst is a Brazilian composer, musician, recording artist, filmmaker, author, and music producer.[1] Her genre has been described as New Age, Instrumental, and Electronic and she has won numerous awards including Global Music Awards, Clouzine International Music Awards, and was nominated for an Independent Music Award and Hollywood Music in Media Award, among others.[2][3] As a music video and short film producer and director, she won Best Original Music, Best Director, and Best Women Filmmaker for Dragons Gate at the Critics Choice International Film Festival[4] as well as receiving awards by Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (Paris, France),[5] the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival,[6] the Swedish International Film Festival,[7] and others.

Early life and education

Anaya Kunst was born Tania Mara Botelho in São Paulo, Brazil and learned to play the piano at 9 years old and guitar at 15 years old as well as studying ballet and gymnastics.[8][9] She is a trained opera singer and studied at Conservatorio with Carlos Gomez.[10] She holds a master's degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a doctorate degree from Loughborough University of Technology in England, and a post doctorate degree from Syracuse University School of Information Studies.[11]

Career

Anaya Kunst composes, performs, produces, and directs under the name Anaya Kunst and Anaya Music.[9] She plays the piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone and has won numerous music awards as well as international film awards for film shorts and music videos.[12][13]

Kunst has won numerous awards for her work in music and film including the Critics Choice International Film Festival Awards where she won Best Original Music, Best Director, and Best Women Filmmaker for Dragons Gate [4] and won Best Female New Age Artist at the Indie Music Channel Awards.[14] In 2020, she was nominated for a Peace Song Award for her spoken word song, Let Peace Be (co-written with Cindy Paulos).[15]

She has released 11 full-length studio albums which have received favorable reviews.[16][17] Her music combines elements of instruments, technology, and electronic music[18] and is recorded at 432 HZ, a frequency that some believe aligns with the heart chakra to bring quiet and calm.[19][10] Anaya music is featured on the Sounds From The Circle VI compilation album by Suzanne Doucet.[20]

In 2018, Kunst's album, AONKI - Gateway of Love, was recorded and performed virtually in Prague with musicians from the Czech Philharmonic.[21] She has worked with Gonzaguinha and Ivan Lins, whom she has performed with at several events.[9]

Discography

  • 2011 - Cosmic Light[17]
  • 2013 - Skywalker in the Universe[22]
  • 2013 - Aligned in the Universe[9]
  • 2014 - Devotion[23]
  • 2015 - Fifth Essence[24]
  • 2016 - Eternity[10]
  • 2018 - Aonki - Gateway of Love[10]
  • 2019 - Isalc"Li: A Love Odyssey[10]
  • 2020 - Beyond Earth[10]
  • 2021 - Rising Sun[10][25]
  • 2022 - Self Music[10][25]
  • 2022 - Ascension[26]

Music Awards

  • 2017 - Global Music Award - Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement New Age - Love's River[27]
  • 2017 - Global Music Award - Best Composer Award - Dharma[28]
  • 2018 - Independent Music Awards (IMAs) - Nominated Best Album - Eternity[29]
  • 2018 - Clouzine International Music Awards - Best New Age Album - Aonki: A Gateway of Lover[30]
  • 2019 - Clouzine International Music Award - Best New Age Album - Aligned in the Universe[31]
  • 2019 - Clouzine International Electronic Music Award - Best Album - 4D Eternity[32]
  • 2019 - Indie Music Channel Award - Best Female New Age Artist[14]
  • 2020 - Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominated Best New Age/Ambient - Breath [33]
  • 2020 - Global Song Peace Awards - Best Spoken Word - Let Peace Be (written by Anaya Music and Cindy Paulos)

Film Shorts and Music Video Awards

  • 2022 - Critics Choice International Film Festival - Best Original Music, Best Director, and Best Women Filmmaker for Dragons Gate[4]
  • 2020 - New Wave Film Festival (Munich, Germany) - Best Song - Dreams[34]
  • 2020 - Royal Wolf Film Awards - Best Original Music Score - Immortal[35]
  • 2021 - New Wave Film Festival (Munich, Germany) - Best Song Award - Dreams[36]
  • 2021 - Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (Paris, France) - Best Original Music - Love[5]
  • 2021 - Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival - Best Music Video and Best Music Track - Ascension To Love'[6]
  • 2021 - Swedish International Film Festival - Best Original Music - Timing[7]
  • 2021 - Red Movie Awards - Best Production Design - Immortal
  • 2021 - Accolade Global Film Competition Award (USA)- Best Original Song - Breath[37]

References

  1. ↑ "Anaya Music - Anaya Kunst". Film Freeway. June 8, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Independent Music Award Nominees - Anaya Music - New Age". Independent Music Awards. 13 February 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hollywood Media in Music Nominees 2020 - Anaya Music - New Age". Hollywood Music in Media. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "2022 Critics Choice Film Winners". Critics Choice Films. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Best Original Music". Beyond the Curve International Film Festival. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "LOS ANGELES MOTION PICTURE FESTIVAL 2021 first quarter". Malibu International. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "SIFF Winners". The SIFF. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Anaya Kunst talks about her music @ .40". Cindy Paulos Show. June 20, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "The Interview with Anaya Music". Red Movie Award. March 3, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Self Music". Mainly Piano. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Lideranca Uma Nova Visão June 1995 - Tanya Botelho - page 249" (PDF). Brasilia. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Award-winning Anaya Music Drops "Rising Sun", A New Album Full Of Light And Hop". Top-40 Charts. July 4, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  13. ↑ "MULTI-AWARD-WINNING ARTIST ANAYA MUSIC OFFERS HOPE FOR A NEW HUMANITY OVER THE RISING SUN, AN ALBUM OF HEALING INSTRUMENTS". SA Music Awards. June 8, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Indie Music Channel Award Winners". Indie Music Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  15. ↑ "The Peace Song Awards Announces Finalists in its 4th Annual Search for Music, Spoken Word, and Videos Promoting Peace". News Deli. August 9, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Anaya's desire to learn the universal language of music emerged when she was 4 years old reared by a rich culture driven by music and the arts by Jacqueline Jax". American Pride Magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Shimmering brilliance Anaya Music – Cosmic Light". Contemporary Fusion Reviews. October 13, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Technology Meets Classical-New Age". Zone Music Reporter. January 9, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Healing Benefits of Music tuned to 432 Hz". Meditative Mind. 8 August 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Sounds From The Circle VI by BT Fasmer". New Age Music Guide. May 2, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  21. ↑ "New Age Instrumental Review: Anaya Music-AONKI – Gateway of Love (Cosmic New Age Music)". SA Music Awards. February 2, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Skywalker in the Universe - Anaya Music". Reverb Nation. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Devotion - Anaya Music". Amazon. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Fifth Essence Anaya Music". Music and Media Focus. December 20, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  25. 1 2 "iHeart - Anaya Music". iHeart. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Album Review: Ascension Anaya Music by Kathy Parsons". Mainly Piano. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  27. ↑ "Global Music Award Winner 2017". Global Music Awards. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  28. ↑ "Global Music Award Winners". Global Music Awards. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  29. ↑ "Indedpendent Music Awards Finalists". Independent Music Awards. 13 February 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  30. ↑ "Clouzine International Music Award Winners". Clouzine International Music Award. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  31. ↑ "Clouzine International Music Award Winners". Clouzine International Music Award. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  32. ↑ "Clouzine International Electronic Music Winner". Clouzine Magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  33. ↑ "Hollywood Music in Media 2020 nominees". Indie Music Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  34. ↑ "New Wave Film Festival Winners". New Wave Film Festival. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  35. ↑ "Royal Wolf Film Award Winners 2020". Royal Wolf Awards. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  36. ↑ "Best Song 2021". New Wave Film Festival. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  37. ↑ "Awards of Merit". Accolade Global Film Competition. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
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