Nouvelles
On February 12, St. Olaf College, in Northfield, Minnesota, will award an honorary degree to American composer David Maslanka.
The Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikpreis for 2016 has been awarded to the Danish composer Per Nørgård.
The 2016 "Berliner Kunstpreis" (Berlin Art Prize for the section music will be awarded to Stefan Prins.
The experimental chamber opera “Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance” has been the reason for Creative Capital to award Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds with a $95,000 prize.
The British Composer Awards for 2015 have been announced. There are ten winners in twelve categories, with both Michael Finnissy and Julian Anderson winning two categories.
The most important Dutch music prize — the Matthijs Vermeulen Prize — is awarded to Peter Adriaansz.
The Carl Nielsen Prize, with a value of 600000 Danish Kronen (€80000), was won by British composer Juliana Hodkinson.
The 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, which is accompanied by a prize of $100,000, will go to Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen.
The Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award, named after renowned Indian composer Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, was given to A.R. Rahman on 26 October.
On 26 October the Royal Academy of Music has presented John Adams a Honorary Doctorate of the University of London.
The 15th World Soundtrack Awards of the World Soundtrack Academy has elected Michael Giacchino as best film composer.
For the first time in its history, the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute is for a composer. In 2016 the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award will go to John Williams.
On 8 October 2015 British composer Thomas Adès will receive the Léonie Sonning Music Prize.
On 10 September 2015 composer Meredith Monk has received the National Medal of Arts from US president Barack Obama during a ceremony in the White House.
Over a century ago, in 1908, Igor Stravinsky composed a piece in memory of the then recently deceased Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who had been his teacher.
The 2015 Johannes Vermeer Prize, the Dutch State Prize for the arts, will be awarded to composer Michel van der Aa.