Category: Music Composition
Interviews with the 2015 Grawemeyer Award Winners
Watch interviews with the Grawemeyer Award Winners
2014 Grawemeyer Award talks announced
All five events are free and open to the public. Click the links for details on each.
Zivkovic wins Grawemeyer music prize
“On the Guarding of the Heart,” a piece for chamber orchestra by Serbian-born composer Djuro Zivkovic has won the 2014 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
Grawemeyer Award winners to give public talks
Recipients of the 2013 Grawemeyer Awards will discuss their winning works and ideas at the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in April.
‘Up-close’ wins music prize for van der Aa
The 30-minute work is a highly innovative fusion of musical and visual art, said award director Marc Satterwhite.
Salonen’s ‘Violin Concerto’ wins Grawemeyer music award
“Violin Concerto,” a piece by Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, has won the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
2011 Grawemeyer Talks
Louis Andriessen, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Thursday, March 31, 3 p.m., Comstock Hall, School of Music. Kevin Bales, Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, Monday, April 11, 2 p.m., Floyd Theater, Swain Student Activities Center. Luke Timothy Johnson, Grawemeyer Award in Religion, Tuesday, April 12, 7 p.m. Caldwell Chapel, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. […]
Dante-inspired opera wins Grawemeyer Award
“La Commedia,” a multimedia opera by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, has won the 2011 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
Nature, love inspires Grawemeyer Award-winning piece
“Spheres,” a six-movement work for orchestra by German composer York Hoeller, has earned the 2010 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. Nature, love inspires Grawemeyer Award-winning piece.