{"id":22318,"date":"2022-12-05T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=176974"},"modified":"2022-12-05T17:40:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:40:27","slug":"julian-anderson-wins-2023-grawemeyer-composition-prize","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/julian-anderson-wins-2023-grawemeyer-composition-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Anderson wins 2023 Grawemeyer composition prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 05 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Julian Anderson<\/strong><\/a>, composer in residence at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, has received the 2023 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his work Litanies<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Influenced by the death of a colleague and the fire of Paris\u2019 Notre Dame cathedral<\/strong><\/a>, Litanies<\/em> received its premiere with cellist Alban Gerhardt and the National Orchestra of France in 2020. The work was a co-commission from Radio France, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Det Norske Kammerokester, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2018I am overjoyed and deeply honoured to be the recipient of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition,\u2019 says Anderson. \u2018<em>Litanies<\/em> was inspired by the special qualities of cellist Alban Gerhardt, to whom it is dedicated. Two unrelated tragedies occurred whilst I was composing: the death of my dear colleague Oliver Knussen and the burning down of Notre Dame in Paris. The \u2018Litanies\u2019 of the title sing out both the loss of a dear friend and the destruction of a world monument.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/choral-song\/julian-anderson-choral-music\/"\"><strong>Review: Julian Anderson: Choral Music<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2018I am deeply grateful to the panel of the Grawemeyer Award for their recognition of a work which is both an act of commemoration and a celebration of musical beauty.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Marc Satterwhite, director of the Grawemeyer Music Award, says: \u2018<em>Litanies<\/em> explores virtually every sound a cello and orchestra can make together. It spans a vast emotional range and is constantly inventive. It is always towards an expressive end, and never for the sake of novelty.\u2019<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""AlbanTalk\" i=\"\" alban=\"\" gerhardt=\"\" interviews=\"\" composer=\"\" julian=\"\" anderson=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tYkaIyCe-2Y?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Anderson has been professor of composition and composer-in-residence at the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.gsmd.ac.uk\/"\"><strong>Guildhall School of Music & Drama<\/strong><\/a> since 2007. 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