Eric Ericson

Eric Ericson

The prize concert The Swedish conductor Eric Ericson received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 12 June 1991 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. The concert was broadcast live by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The prize was presented by the Royal Theatre’s Head of…

György Ligeti

György Ligeti

léonie sonning music prize 1990 The Hungarian composer György Ligeti received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 Danish kroner during a concert at the Aarhus Music House on 29 April 1990. The event was also constituted the closing concert of the NUMUS Festival for New Music. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish…

Gidon Kremer

Gidon Kremer

léonie sonning music prize 1989 The Lavtian violinist Gidon Kremer received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 28 April 1989 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. Kremer chose to play Alfred Schnittke’s Violin Concerto No 4, written for him in 1984. The concert was broadcast live on…

Peter Schreier

Peter Schreier

léonie sonning music prize 1987 The German tenor Peter Schreier received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 Danish kroner at a performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Royal Theatre’s Old Stage, during which Schreier sang the role of Don Ottavio. The performance was attended by Queen Margrethe II. The prize was presented on…

Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger

léonie sonning music prize 1987 The Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 20 May 1987 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel, and the first part, including the prize ceremony, was also…

Svjatoslav Richter

Svjatoslav Richter

léonie sonning music prize 1986 The Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 15 June 1986 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. The concert was broadcast live by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The prize concert should have taken place on…

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

léonie sonning music prize 1985 The French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 31 May 1985 at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcast Corporation’s P2 radio channel, and the first part was broadcast…

Miles Davis
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Miles Davis

léonie sonning music prize 1984 The American trumpeter Miles Davis received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert at the Falconer Centre on 14 December 1984. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel, and parts of it were shown during a television portrait of…

Rafael Kubelík

Rafael Kubelík

léonie sonning music prize 1983 The Czech-Swiss conductor Rafael Kubelik received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 17 June 1983 at the Radio House Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The second half of he concert, including the prize…

Isaac Stern

Isaac Stern

léonie sonning music prize 1982 The American violinist Isaac Stern received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 3 June 1982 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. The second half of the concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel and on television. The…