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The 2012 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition goes to...

Posted at 10:56 AM on November 28, 2011 by Daniel Gilliam

Esa-Pekka Salonen. Yes, the conductor, but also composer. The award was announced Sunday evening.

There is no commercial recording available, yet, but you can watch Leila Josefowicz, the
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, directed by Salonen himself here:

Movements 1-3:

Movement 4:

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