Sonning Music Prize

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The Sonning Music Prize is a prestigious Danish classical music award given to internationally renowned musicians for outstanding contributions to the art of music.

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Sonning Music Prize canonical 3

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instanceOf music award
alsoKnownAs Léonie Sonning Music Prize
awardFor outstanding contributions to the art of music
awardFrequency annual
country Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Denmark
currencyOfCashPrize Danish krone
eligibility internationally renowned musicians
field classical music
music
firstAwarded 1959
genre classical music
hasComponent cash prize
diploma
laudatory speech
hasWebsite https://www.sonningmusik.dk/
inception 1959
languageOfName Danish
location Copenhagen
namedAfter Carl Johan Sonning
notableRecipient Alfred Brendel
András Schiff
Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Arthur Rubinstein
Benjamin Britten
Daniel Barenboim
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Gidon Kremer
György Ligeti
Hilary Hahn
Igor Stravinsky
Krzysztof Penderecki
Leonard Bernstein
Mitsuko Uchida
Mstislav Rostropovich
Per Nørgård
Pierre Boulez
Simon Rattle
Thomas Quasthoff
Yo-Yo Ma
presentedBy The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation
scope international
selectionProcess decided by the board of the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation
significance one of the most prestigious European classical music awards
sponsor Léonie Sonning Music Foundation
typicalVenue major concert hall in Denmark

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Yuri Bashmet awardReceived Sonning Music Prize
Sofia Gubaidulina awardReceived Sonning Music Prize
Witold Lutosławski awardReceived Sonning Music Prize