Sonning Music Prize 2011 for Kaija Saariaho

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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Release Date: September 13, 2005
Running Time: 139 minutes
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— posted 9 February 2010 —

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]

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