Composers.

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…

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…

léonie sonning music prize 1968 The British composer Benjamin Britten received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 55,000 Danish kroner at a performance of his opera The Turn of the Screw on 25 May 1968 at the Royal Theatre. The programme Benjamin Britten The opera The Turn of the ScrewThe Royal Danish OrchestraConductor: Arne Hammelboe…

léonie sonning music prize 1967 The Polish composer Witold Lutosławski received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 50,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 14 August at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. In the days leading up to the prize concert, P2 also…

Léonie Sonning music Prize 1959 The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 50,000 Danish kroner at a concert during the Danish Music and Ballet Festival on 25 May 1959 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. The concert was attended by King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. The programme Carl…