Danish Composer Awarded 2016 $100,000 Grawemeyer Composition Prize

52 year old Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen has been announced as the 2016 recipient of the prestigious USD $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition - for his song-cycle ‘Let Me Tell You’ for Soprano and Orchestra.

The winning work, based on the libretto of Paul Griffiths, was premiered by soprano Barbara Hannifin - with conductor Andris Nelsons and the Berlin Philharmonic in 2013.

HANS ABRAHAMSEN | “LET ME TELL YOU” FOR SOPRANO & ORCHESTRA | ANDRIS NELSONS | BERLIN PHILHARMONIC | 2013

Awarded annually by the University of Louisville, previous recipients include: Witold Lutosławski, György Ligeti, John Corigliano, Krzysztof Penderecki, John Adams, Thomas Adès, Pierre Boulez, Brett Dean and Esa-Pekka Salonen.