Léonie Sonning Music Prize

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The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, or Sonning Award, which is recognized as Denmark's highest musical honor, is given annually to an international musician. It was first awarded in 1959 to composer Igor Stravinsky. Laureates are now selected by the directors of The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation, which was founded in 1965.

The diploma is in Danish, and the prize includes DKK300,000 (EUR40,000.00; US$55,000) and a monotype by the Danish painter Maja Lisa Engelhardt. Honorees are treated to a concert, typically held in Copenhagen, and are often invited to teach a master class of Danish musicians.

The award is not directly related to the Sonning Prize, which is the Danish award presented by a foundation in memory of Sonning's late husband, Carl Johann Sonning.

Léonie Sonning Music Prize laureates

1959 Igor Stravinsky 1965 Leonard Bernstein 1966 Birgit Nilsson 1967 Witold Lutoslawski 1968 Benjamin Britten 1969 Boris Christoff 1970 Sergiu Celibidache 1971 Arthur Rubinstein 1972 Yehudi Menuhin 1973 Dmitri Shostakovitch 1974 Andrés Segovia 1975 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1976 Mogens Wöldike 1977 Olivier Messiaen 1978 Jean-Pierre Rampal 1979 Janet Baker 1980 Marie-Claire Alain 1981 Mstislav Rostropovich 1982 Isaac Stern 1983 Rafael Kubelik 1984 Miles Davis 1985 Pierre Boulez 1986 Sviatoslav Richter

1987 Heinz Holliger 1988 Peter Schreier 1989 Gidon Kremer 1990 György Ligeti 1991 Eric Ericson 1992 Georg Solti 1993 Nikolaus Harnoncourt 1994 Krystian Zimerman 1995 Yuri Bashmet 1996 Per Nørgård 1997 Andras Schiff 1998 Hildegard Behrens 1999 Sofia Gubaidulina 2000 Michala Petri 2001 Anne-Sophie Mutter 2002 Alfred Brendel 2003 György Kurtág 2004 Keith Jarrett 2005 John Eliot Gardiner 2006 Yo-Yo Ma 2007 Lars Ulrik Mortensen 2008 Arvo Pärt

References

• Léonie Sonning Music Foundation official website

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