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Speaking on stage at last night's award ceremony, the evening's big winners hit back at the event's critics (RT @classicfm: .@NickyBenedetti and @RealHansZimmer share their opinions on the #ClassicBRITs: http://t.co/xocZCFl5XV...
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Film composer Hans Zimmer also hit back at those who dismissed his genre of music as less 'classical' than more traditional compositions, pointing out how essential movie music is for the classical industry as a whole.
"Film is the last place on earth that virtually on an hourly basis commissions orchestral music," he said.
"If we lose the orchestra, it's a much bigger gap than just losing the musicians. It's a gap in our culture, a gap in our timeline, a gap in everything that makes us human."