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By Park Ji-won
Korean composer Chin Un-suk became the first Asian to receive Denmark s prestigious Leonie Sonning Music Prize.
The organizer of the prize, which has recognized international composers and musicians since 1959, announced the award ceremony was held at the DR Concert Hall in Denmark, June 5. The award has been given out since 1959 to honor internationally recognized musicians, including composers and conductors. Past winners include iconic composers Igor Stravinsky (1959), Leonard Bernstein (1965) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1973). I am deeply humbled and grateful to win the Leonie Sonning Music Prize 2021. It is an honor as well as a great challenge, all the more given my great admiration for the previous awardees, most of whom have served as personal heroes and role models during my musical life. I am enormously touched by the jury s accolade and feel a great affinity for the high artistic values represented by the Leonie Sonning Foundation. I look greatly forward t
The Bozeman Symphony s Music Director to Participate in Danish National Symphony Orchestra s 2021 Malko Competition
Huynh is one of 24 participants chosen from around the world, representing 14 different countries, to compete in this prestigious competition.by Chloe Rabinowitz
The Bozeman Symphony has announced that Music Director Norman Huynh was selected from a record-breaking 612 applicants to participate in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra s 2021 Malko Competition for young conductors. Huynh is one of 24 participants chosen from around the world, representing 14 different countries, to compete in this prestigious competition that takes place every three years in Copenhagen, Denmark, since 1965.
Huynh is honored to represent Bozeman, Montana, and the greater United States as he competes against the world s elite conductors on the DR Koncerthuset podium. Only one young conductor will win first prize, a check for 20,000 Euros and conducting contracts with several European