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Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Next edition
- Edition
- 2028
- Dates
- Nominations for the 2028 award open 2 December 2026
Source: awards.louisville.edu
Overview
One of the world's best-known composition awards, given annually by the University of Louisville for a large-scale work in any genre (choral, orchestral, chamber, electronic, opera and others) premiered in the previous five years. Works are nominated rather than entered by composers.
- Organiser
- University of Louisville Grawemeyer Awards
- Instruments
- Composition (large-scale work)
- Category
- Chamber & solo composition
- Age limits
- Living composers; work premiered within the five years before the deadline
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
By nomination; 2028 nomination period opens 2 December 2026.
Rounds & time limits
Not published on the official pages we could check.Repertoire
Any large musical genre, premiered within five years before the award deadline.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
Not published on the official pages we could check.Past editions
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source