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Biography
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music.
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Awards & recognition
- Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg · 2015
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award · 2012
- Robert Schumann Prize — Poetry and Music · 2012
- Edison Music Awards · 2010
- Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy · 2009
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- Glenn Gould Prize · 2002
- Grawemeyer Award — Music Composition · 2001
- Grawemeyer Awards · 2001
- Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Conductor) · 2001
- Wolf Prize in Arts · 2000
- Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition) · 1999
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal · 1997
- Berliner Kunstpreis · 1996
- Polar Music Prize · 1996
- honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music · 1995
- Theodor W. Adorno Award · 1992
- Praemium Imperiale · 1989
- honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel · 1988
- Goethe Medal · 1987
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize · 1985
- Austrian Decoration — Science and Art · 1983
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1979
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize · 1979
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Decoration of Honour in Gold — Services to the State of Vienna
- Grammy Awards
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Medal — Merit to Culture
- Pour le Mérite
- Pour le Mérite — Sciences and Arts order
- Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards
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