Maya Lin, Renee Fleming, Idris Elba couple to get Crystal awards at WEF

Artist Maya Lin acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming and actors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba will be the recipients of the Annual Crystal Award for 2023 the World Economic Forum announced on MondayThe awards would be given during the opening session of the WEF Annual Meeting 2023 beginning on January 16 in the Swiss ski resort town of DavosThese awards celebrate the achievements of leading artists who are bridgebuilders and role models for all leaders of society the WEF said in a statementThe award is presented at Davos each year by Hilde Schwab Chairwoman and CoFounder of the WEFs World Arts ForumLin will get the award for her extraordinary creative talent in combining science art and architecture and her exemplary leadership in the promotion of nature and environmentFleming will receive the award for her leadership in championing the power of music and its relation to health community and culture said WEF the Genevabased international organisation for publicprivate cooperationShe is one of the most acclaimed sopranos and a leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts health and neuroscienceShe launched the first ongoing collaboration between the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the US National Institutes of Health NIH with the participation of the National Endowment for the Arts NEAThe Sound Health initiative explores and brings attention to research and practice at the intersection of music health and neuroscienceFleming has presented her programme Music and the Mind around the worldAlso Read WHO seeks deeper cooperation from China on origins of Covid19Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba will receive the award for their leadership in addressing food security climate change and environmental conservation the WEF saidActor filmmaker and humanitarian Idris Elba and his wife the model actress and humanitarian Sabrina Dhowre Elba were appointed UN Goodwill Ambassadors for IFAD in April 2020As IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors they focus on issues related to food security climate change and environmental conservationThe couple recently visited an IFADsupported project in Sierra Leone where they met farmers who received support for rice production and assistance with rural finance after the Ebola crisisThey are also board members of Conservation InternationalThe fiveday annual meeting of the WEF will bring together governments international organisations business civil society cultural leaders media experts and young leaders from all over the worldThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever