Brett Dean Wins 2009 Grawemeyer Award

Brett Dean (GEMA) has won the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his violin concerto, The Lost Art of Letter Writing. The Grawemeyer Award, granted annually by the University of Louisville. The Lost Art of Letter Writing was commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonie and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann. Brett Dean conducted the world premiere in 2007 at the Philharmonie in Cologne. Brett Dean's music is exclusively published by Boosey & Hawkes.