Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition

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composition prize international award music award

The Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition is a prestigious international prize recognizing outstanding contemporary musical works, administered by the University of Louisville.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition canonical	17
Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition	5
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 2003	1
Grawemeyer Awards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1250789 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Context triple: [Pierre Boulez, awardReceived, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition]

A. Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is a prestigious Library of Congress honor recognizing lifetime achievement and profound impact in popular music songwriting.
B. Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is a prestigious international award often likened to the "Nobel Prize of music," honoring outstanding contributions to contemporary classical music by composers, performers, and musicologists.
C. Léonie Sonning Music Prize
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize is a prestigious Danish international music award given annually to outstanding classical musicians, conductors, and composers.
D. Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding overall classical recordings, recognizing artistic excellence across complete albums rather than individual performances or engineering.
E. Glenn Gould Prize
The Glenn Gould Prize is an international award that honors individuals for their exceptional contributions to music and communication through the arts, reflecting the innovative and transformative spirit of pianist Glenn Gould.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Target entity description: The Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition is a prestigious international prize recognizing outstanding contemporary musical works, administered by the University of Louisville.

A. Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is a prestigious Library of Congress honor recognizing lifetime achievement and profound impact in popular music songwriting.
B. Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is a prestigious international award often likened to the "Nobel Prize of music," honoring outstanding contributions to contemporary classical music by composers, performers, and musicologists.
C. Léonie Sonning Music Prize
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize is a prestigious Danish international music award given annually to outstanding classical musicians, conductors, and composers.
D. Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding overall classical recordings, recognizing artistic excellence across complete albums rather than individual performances or engineering.
E. Glenn Gould Prize
The Glenn Gould Prize is an international award that honors individuals for their exceptional contributions to music and communication through the arts, reflecting the innovative and transformative spirit of pianist Glenn Gould.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composition prize ⓘ international award ⓘ music award ⓘ
administeredBy	University of Louisville ⓘ
awardCategory	Music Composition ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding contemporary musical works ⓘ
basedIn	University of Louisville ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
discipline	arts ⓘ music ⓘ
eligibility	composers of contemporary concert music worldwide ⓘ
evaluationMethod	peer review by music professionals ⓘ
field	contemporary classical music ⓘ music composition ⓘ
firstAwarded	1985 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genreFocus	chamber music ⓘ concert music ⓘ opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ vocal and choral music ⓘ
hasAssociatedEvent	award ceremony at the University of Louisville ⓘ
hasPart	monetary prize ⓘ public lecture by the winner ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://grawemeyer.org ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
namedAfter	H. Charles Grawemeyer ⓘ
notableLaureate	György Ligeti ⓘ John Adams ⓘ Kaija Saariaho ⓘ Krzysztof Penderecki ⓘ Pierre Boulez ⓘ Thomas Adès ⓘ Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
organizer	University of Louisville ⓘ
partOf	Grawemeyer Awards ⓘ linked to: Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
presentedBy	University of Louisville School of Music ⓘ linked to: University of Louisville
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
selectionCriteria	artistic merit of a single musical work ⓘ
significance	one of the most prestigious awards in contemporary classical music ⓘ
sponsor	H. Charles Grawemeyer ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Boulez → awardReceived → Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ⓘ

Tan Dun → awardReceived → Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ⓘ

Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order → relatedAward → Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition ⓘ