Mstislav Rostropovitj

Mstislav Rostropovitj

léonie sonning music prize 1981 The Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 9 June 1981 at the Funen Forsamlingshus in Odense. This was the first time the prize concert took place outside Copenhagen [NB INCORRECT? RUBINSTEIN 1971]. Queen Ingrid presided over the event….

Marie-Claire Alain

Marie-Claire Alain

léonie sonning music prize 1980 The French organist Marie-Claire Alain received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert at Trinity Church in Copenhagen. As a pre-cursor to the prize concert, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation made a television portrait of Alain. Excerpts of the prize concert were broadcast on television the…

Dame Janet Baker

Dame Janet Baker

léonie sonning music prize 1979 The British mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 24 April 1979 at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen. The first half of the concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 radio channel. citation The prize…

Jean-Pierre Rampal

Jean-Pierre Rampal

léonie sonning music prize 1978 The French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 24 April 1978 at the Falconer Centre. The concert was broadcast live by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 radio channel.The prize was presented by Professor Poul Birkelund, a member of the…

Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

Léonie Sonning Music Prize 1977 The French composer Olivier Messiaen received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 100,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 26 May 1977 at the Radio House Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 radio channel. In connection with the prize concert, the corporation made…

Mogens Wöldike

Mogens Wöldike

léonie sonning music prize 1976 The Danish conductor Mogens Wöldike received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 65,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 13 May 1976 at the Saint Anne Room of the Saint Anne Gymnasium. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 channel, and the second half of the…

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

léonie sonning music prize 1975 The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 65,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 6 May 1975 at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen. The concert was broadcast later the same evening on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P1 radio channel.   citation The prize was…

Andrés Segovia

Andrés Segovia

léonie sonning music prize 1974 The Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 65,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 30 May 1975 at the Falconer Centre. The second half of the concert was broadcast on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. citation The prize was presented by Børge Friis,…

Dmitrij Sjostakovitj

Dmitrij Sjostakovitj

léonoe sonning music prize 1973 The American violinist Yehudi Menuhin received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 60,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 12 May 1972 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The first half of the concert and the prize ceremony was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The prize…

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Léonie Sonning Music prize 1972 The American violinist Yehudi Menuhin received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 60,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 12 May 1972 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The first half of the concert and the prize ceremony was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel.   Citation…