Awards & Winners

Dennis Russell Davies

Date of Birth 16-April-1944
Place of Birth Toledo
(Ohio, Lucas County, United States of America, Area codes 419 and 567, Area code 419, Area code 567)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Davies, Dennis Russell
Profession Conductor, Pianist
Dennis Russell Davies is an American conductor and pianist. He studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School, where he received his doctorate. He is a noted champion of living composers and modern music including Hans Werner Henze, William Bolcom, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, Philip Glass, Giya Kancheli, Arvo Pärt, Virgil Thomson, and Aaron Copland. Davies has commissioned, premiered and recorded numerous pieces by living composers, along with the standard classical works. His recordings of note include Copland's Appalachian Spring with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1979, for which he won a Grammy Award; Arvo Pärt Fratres and Miserere; and many of Philip Glass's operas and symphonies, including the 5th symphony, which is dedicated to Davies. Davies premiered Glass's newest symphony at the 2012 New Year's concert in Anton Bruckner Concert Hall in Linz to a standing ovation. Lou Harrison's 3rd Symphony is also dedicated to Davies. Davies served as Music Director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra from 1972 to 1980. Together with the composer Francis Thorne he founded the American Composers Orchestra in New York in 1977 and conducted that orchestra until 2002. Davies served as music director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic from 1991 to 1996.

Awards by Dennis Russell Davies

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dennis Russell Davies.

1979


Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Honored for : Copland: Appalachian Spring
(Artist)

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance Copland: Appalachian Spring