The finalists for the Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA) have been revealed. Across 22 categories, the awards acknowledge the achievements of female and gender-diverse artists and arts workers both on and off the stage – musicians, producers, arts leaders, photographers, journalists and more.

The AWMAs will be presented on 27 May, 2027 at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall.

Sophie Rowell, Jessica Gethin and Jessica Wells. Photos supplied

This year’s finalists for the Excellence in Classical Music Award are conductor Jessica Gethin, violinist and Artistic Director Sophie Rowell and composer, orchestrator and arranger Jessica Wells.

The Opera Impact Award finalists are mezzo-sopranos Katrina Waters and Jessica O’Donoghue and director and producer Laura Hansford.

Katrina Waters, Jessica O’Donoghue and Laura Hansford. Photos supplied

Up for this year’s Diversity in Music Award are violinist and educator Karen Kyriakou, Emma Memma and guzheng virtuoso and composer Mindy Meng Wang.

Meng Wang has also been nominated for the Sony Music Australia Artistic Excellence Award alongside Jessica Wells and clarinettist, composer and improviser Aviva Endean.

Composer, pianist and music educator Margaret Brandman is one of the three nominees for this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as is...