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….