In Copenhagen it was announced that Kaija Saariaho is the 11th composer who is awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize.

The prize of DKK 600,000 (appr. $110,000) will be awarded to Saariaho in Copenhagen at a concert on 5 May 2011, at the DR Concert Hall with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds. Another Saariaho concert will be held on 4 May 2010, with Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen conducted by Pierre André Valade.

[source: www.sonningmusik.dk]