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Alaskan John Luther Adams wins Heinz Award

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 17:45
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On of the 10 winners of the 2011 Heinz Awards — which this year recognized those whose work benefited the environment — is the Alaskan composer John Luther Adams.

Adams received the award, worth $100,000, for work that reflects environmental and spiritual elements of the Alaskan wilderness. The Foundation noted Adams’ work assigning musical notes to seismic activity from five Alaska monitoring stations to create a sound and light exhibit.

Nine other people, in the fields of science and arts, were also given the same award this year.

[source: www.washingtonpost.com]

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