Hans Abrahamsen
Danish composer and music educator · Denmark · On the map · Musicians · Born 1952 · age 73
Hans Abrahamsen is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His Let me tell you (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at The Guardian as the finest work of the 21st-century.
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2019Léonie Sonning Music PrizeAward2016Grawemeyer Award for Music CompositionAwardNordic Council Music PrizeAward2000Knight of the Order of the DannebrogAward1952Born23 December 1952
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His opera The Snow Queen was commissioned and premiered by the Royal Danish Theatre in 2019.
Country
Denmark
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
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Dates
Born 1952 · age 73
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Pekka KuusistoBoth received Nordic Council Music Prize
Eric EricsonBoth received Nordic Council Music Prize
Unsuk ChinBoth received Léonie Sonning Music Prize
Karl-Birger BlomdahlBoth received Nordic Council Music Prize
Palle MikkelborgBoth received Nordic Council Music Prize