Category: Award Categories

Video interview with Brett Dean, winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition

Interview with Brett Dean, winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Video Interview with Michael Johnston, winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order

Interview with Michael Johnston, winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

U.S. must own up to misdeeds, says Grawemeyer religion winner

The United States must own up to past sins such as slavery and taking land away from Native Americans before it can be a truly great nation, says the winner of the 2009 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Theory of how brain builds images earns Grawemeyer prize

A scientist who helped explain how our brains build meaningful images from the bits of information we see has won the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology.

Brett Dean

Homage to letter-writing earns Grawemeyer music prize

“The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” a four-movement concerto for violin and orchestra by Australian composer Brett Dean, has earned the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Context is key to fixing corruption, says Grawemeyer world order winner

The best way to end corruption is to first examine its underlying causes, says the winner of the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

Albert Bandura

“The Lost Art of Letter Writing,” a four-movement concerto for violin and orchestra by Australian composer Brett Dean, has earned the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

2008 – Peter Lieberson

“Neruda Songs,” a song cycle written by composer Peter Lieberson that became a parting gift to his dying wife, has earned the 2008 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. The work, a group of songs based on five love poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was chosen for the prize among 140 entries […]

2008 – Margaret Farley

2008 – Margaret Farley “Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics” 2008 – Margaret Farley Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual EthicsA Yale scholar who says justice is an essential part of sexual ethics has won the 2008 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion. Margaret Farley, a professor emerita of Christian ethics at Yale […]