Rebecca Sauders - Music Prize
26/01/19 09:54 Filed in: prize
British composer Rebecca Saunders has been awarded the 2019 International Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. Awarded annually since 1974 by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Art to a composer, performer or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music, Rebecca will receive €250,000 (US $285,000) to help further her work.
“Saunder’s work was a visible and meaningful mark on contemporary music history through its astonishingly nuanced attention to timbre, and her distinctive and intensely striking sonic language … ” the International Ernst von Siemen Prize Board of Supervisors have said.
“Saunder’s work was a visible and meaningful mark on contemporary music history through its astonishingly nuanced attention to timbre, and her distinctive and intensely striking sonic language … ” the International Ernst von Siemen Prize Board of Supervisors have said.
