Instrumentalists.

Léonie Sonning Prize 2001 The German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 400,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 22 February 2001 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. In connection with the prize, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation made a television portrait of Mutter, including interviews and excerpts from the prize concert, which…

Léonie Sonning prize 2000 The Danish recorder player Michala Petri received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 400,000 Danish kroner at a concert on Saturday 17 June 2000 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. On 3 June, in the build-up to the prize…

Léonie Sonning Prize 1997 The Hungarian pianist András Schiff received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 300,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 30 May 1997 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 pianist Amalie Malling,…

léonie sonning music prize 1994 The Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 250,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 27 May 1994 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The prize was presented by Amalie Malling, a member of the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation’s board. In her prize speech she highlighted both…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….