The American composer and pianist earned Best Production and two Best of Pangea honors at the InterContinental Music Awards, and her music has also reached the Olympic Games

At this year’s InterContinental Music Awards, , the spotlight fell on craftsmanship. The awards recognized an artist whose music has traveled from the concert hall to the Olympic stage.

American pianist, composer, and producer Jennifer Thomas received honors in multiple categories. She won Best Production for Oceans. She also won Best of Pangea in Classical Crossover for Oceans and Best of Pangea in Classical Crossover for You Carried Me Home.

These awards reflect both technical precision and emotional depth.

Jennifer Thomas creates lush, orchestral music with strong narrative clarity. World class skaters value her work for its dynamic arc and structural strength. On the ice, her compositions drive movement. Beyond competition, they bridge classical tradition with modern cinematic production.

Craft Behind the Sound

During the InterContinental Music Awards online ceremony, Jennifer Thomas reflected on the work behind the recognition.

The Production category carries particular weight for a pianist, an instrument with an immense tonal range that must anchor an orchestral landscape without overpowering it.

Working closely with co producer Glenn Gabriel, Jennifer Thomas shaped Oceans into a fully realized sonic world, balancing piano intimacy with sweeping orchestral textures. The album’s final polish came through the work of Brian Viberts, whose mixing in both stereo and Dolby Atmos expanded the music’s spatial depth and clarity.

The result is a production that translates seamlessly across listening environments, from personal headphones to large scale performance venues, while preserving emotional nuance and technical precision.

From Studio to Olympic Ice

One of Jennifer Thomas’s compositions, Rise of the Phoenix, was performed by Team Japan’s ice dance duo Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita at the Olympic Games, helping secure a silver medal.

Jennifer Thomas originally composed the piece in 2018 with the hope that it would one day be skated to. Years later, that vision came to life on one of the world’s most visible athletic stages.

Having a composition performed at the Olympic Games represents a significant artistic milestone. Music at that level becomes part of a global broadcast, a national moment, and a performance watched by millions. It requires clarity, emotional depth, and structural strength to withstand that scale.

Rise of the Phoenix demonstrates that balance. The composition supports choreography with emotional immediacy and sustained momentum while meeting the exacting precision required in elite competition.

A Global Stage for Independent Excellence

Jennifer Thomas’s recognition reflects a defining principle of the InterContinental Music Awards. Excellence is not limited by geography, label affiliation, or genre boundaries. Each year, the awards bring together artists from more than 70 countries, honoring work that shapes culture through originality, craftsmanship, and emotional impact.

In recognizing her work, the InterContinental Music Awards highlight more than individual projects. They reflect a broader artistic philosophy, one in which independent musicians, through careful production and creative clarity, can reach the world’s most visible stages.

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