and in 2011 the Philharmonic created the
first-ever kravis prize for new music to
honor composers for their extraordinary
artistic achievements the first
distinguished participants of the kravis
prize were on Rida to you followed by
pair Norgard and tonight we're very
pleased to announce the third recipient
of the kravis prize for new music this
prize is made possible through the very
visionary philanthropy of Henry and
reaches a crevasse and their generosity
has also led to philarmonic Commission's
numbering 17 different conditions and
also supporting the positions of the
Kravitz composer-in-residence currently
held by epica Salonen and the kravis
emerging composer held by Anna Torvalds
daughter we had a great selection
committee for the kravis prize for new
music our current music director Alan
Gilbert yapan Sweden our next music
director s abeka salonen sir nicholas
kenyan from the Barbican Centre in
London our guzelim Ian the provost and
dean of the Juilliard School and our own
Daniel druckmann associate principal
percussionist of the New York
Philharmonic so I'm now proud to let you
know who will be the third recipient
other crab a surprise for new music and
that is the Dutch composer Louis
andriessen
mr. Andreessen is an incredibly dynamic
composer who has really explored both
personal and global topics through his
musical voice that I think we would
describe as both idiosyncratic and very
exciting he's really a musical renegade
and he's become a major influence on
many composers active today several of
whom have been involved in the
philharmonic's commissioning initiatives
it's our hope that the kravis prize for
new music leads to mr. and reasons work
being ever more present in the city of
New York and also around the world we're
also pleased to announce as part of this
announcement tonight that the
Philharmonic will give the world
premiere of a new orchestral work by mr.
andriessen in the 2018-19 season the
first season that will be led by up and
Sweden as our new music director ladies
and gentlemen please welcome to the
stage mr. Louie Andreessen
have you ever seen a thing like this I
have never seen especially the color
where there's quite spectacular I would
like to the first thing I want to say
and then two little things and then we
go because I should never keep you up
from the music that's where we are here
for first of all my best friends are the
musicians so I'm very happy to be here
and I will promise to write a very
beautiful place for you but you never
know of course because most of the
composer's we all prefer all the time
our composers who nobody really liked
when they were still alive but there's a
big problem and I cannot solve certain
Psaltis very much but thank you very
much for the prize the the price itself
and my two earlier prize winners which I
I know both composers and did here in
the first place also and so I have a
very beautiful company I'll be almost
too beautiful for me but I will do my
best and thank you very much thank you
graduate thank you so much
you