Prize of the European Festivals Association (1994) Kossuth Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1996) Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1997) Composers Award "Promotion of the European economy" (1998) Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1998) Honorary Prize for Art and Science of the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin (1999) Pour le Mérite for Science and Art (1999) Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award (2000) Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2001) John Cage Award (2003) Sonning Award (2003; Denmark) Grand Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2006) University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (2006; U.S.) Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale for lifetime achievement (53rd International Festival of Contemporary Music; 2009) Zürich Festival Prize (2010) Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (2013) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Contemporary Music (2014) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015) Rolf Schock Prize (2020) References Citations Sources Further reading Halász, Péter. 1998. György Kurtág. Magyar zeneszerzok 3. Budapest: Mágus Kiadó. . György Kurtág: Great Hungarian Jewish Composer, No Monk article by Benjamin Ivry in "The Forward", including a picture of Márta and György Kurtág at the piano, 6 February 2009 Varga, Bálint András. 2009. György Kurtág: Three Interviews and Ligeti Homages. Eastman studies in Music. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. . Willson, Rachel Beckles. 1998a. "The Fruitful Tension between Inspiration and Design in Kurtág's The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza op.7". Mitteilungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung 11:36–41. Willson, Rachel Beckles. 1998b. "Kurtág's Instrumental Music, 1988–98". Tempo, new series, no. 207:15–21. Willson. Rachel Beckles. 2004. György Kurtág, The Sayings of Peter Bornemisza, op. 7: A "Concerto" for Soprano and Piano. Landmarks in Music Since 1950. Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate. External links Profile for György Kurtág on the Boosey & Hawkes website Profile for György Kurtág on the Universal Edition website 1926 births Living people People from Lugoj 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Hungarian classical composers Hungarian male classical composers Hungarian Jews Romanian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Jewish classical composers Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Hungarian classical pianists Male classical pianists