RAC1 today announced the winners of the DRAC 2024 awards, which recognize people, initiatives, organizations and projects that have promoted changes and improvements in society and that have become a benchmark during the last year. Antonio Díaz, the Pop Magician, has won the Tots som 1 award, chosen by popular vote of RAC1 listeners, for consolidating him as one of the best illusionists in the world, debuting and succeeding on Broadway.
The Voice of the Year award goes to Girona’s coach, Míchel Sánchez, the architect of the club’s success that has gone from moving up to First Division to dreaming of playing in the Champions League in just three seasons. The Newcomer of the Year award goes to Mushkaa, who at only 20 years old has become the revelation of the urban music scene, with 270,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
The Cultural Project award goes to the Sónar Festival, which has turned 30 years old and has become a European benchmark not only for concerts but also for conferences and artistic exhibitions. The lifetime achievement award goes, posthumously, to Àngel Velasco Pérez, who rescued a bankrupt company, Torrons Vicens, and, in just over 20 years, consolidated it as a leader in the nougat sector. The award for excellence goes to Club Patinatge Artístic Olot, 14-time world champion of women’s figure skating in large show mode.
The Sant Joan de Déu Hospital receives the Contribution to well-being award, the year of the 50th anniversary of its current location in Esplugues de Llobregat and becoming an international reference center in Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neonatology, Oncology and Cardiosurgery. The Stories with Soul award goes to Nada Al-Ahdal, who at the age of 11 had to flee Yemen and her family because they wanted to forcibly marry her to a man older than her; She now lives as a refugee in London.
Finally, the Sustainable Innovation award goes to RCR Arquitectes, which combines creativity, design, utility and sustainability in all its works, such as the Enigma and Les Cols restaurants, the Faculty of Legal Sciences of Girona or the Peralada Winery. The award ceremony will be held on April 9, at the Palau de Congressos de Barcelona, ??in Montjuïc.
