Barbara Hannigan
Due to the Danish government’s efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in 2020, the DR Concert Hall has to cancel the prize concert
Hans Abrahamsen
Hans Abrahamsen received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2019 Composer Hans Abrahamsen received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2019 of EUR 100,000 at a concert held on 26 April 2019 at the Concert House, DR Byen. Programme Hans Abrahamsen let me tell you for soprano and orchestra. Lyrics by Paul Griffiths (2013) Debussy Children’s Corner orchestrated by Hans Abrahamsen…
Mariss Jansons
Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2018 The Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of €100,000 during a concert at the Copenhagen Opera House on Friday 9 March, 2018. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. Programme Mahler Symphony No 2, Resurrection Participants Genia Kühmeier, soprano Bernarda…
Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2016 The Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of €100,000 during a concert at the DR Concert Hall on Thursday 7 April. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel, live streamed via its website and later broadcast…
Simon Rattle
léonie sonning music prize 2013 The British conductor Sir Simon Rattle received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 600,000 Danish kroner with a concert on 2 February at the DR Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel and its DRK television channel. Citation The prize was presented…
Daniel Barenboim
Léonie Sonning Prize 2009 The conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 600,000 Danish Kroner at a concert at the DR Concert Hall on Sunday 19 April 2009. The prize was presented by Michael Schønwandt, a member of the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation’s board. Included in his speech was the…
Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Léonie Sonning Prize 2007 Lars Ulrik Mortensen received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 600,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 2 June 2007 at the Royal Danish Theatre’s Old Stage. The concert, attended by Prince Henrik, was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The prize was given by Amalie Malling,…
John Eliot Gardiner
léonie sonning music prize 2005 The British conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 500,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 13 October 2005 at the Radio House Concert Hall in Copenhagen. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel. The prize was presented by…
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
léonie sonning music prize 1993 The Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 Danish kroner at a concert on 8 June 1993 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The prize was presented by the Royal Theatre’s Kapelmeister Poul Jørgensen, the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation’s chairman. citation From the time Nikolaus Harnoncourt…
Sir Georg Solti
léonie sonning music prize 1992 The Hungarian-British conductor Sir Georg Solti received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 200,000 kroner with a concert on 24 September 1992 at the Tivoli Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 channel. The corporation also broadcast a TV portrait of Solti on 18…