Awards & Winners

Kurt Weill

Date of Birth 02-March-1900
Place of Birth Dessau
(Germany, Saxony-Anhalt)
Nationality Germany, United States of America
Also know as Kurt Julian Weill
Profession Composer
Kurt Julian Weill was a German composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose. He also wrote a number of works for the concert hall, as well as several Judaism-themed pieces.

Awards by Kurt Weill

Check all the awards nominated and won by Kurt Weill.

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival The Threepenny Opera

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Happy End

1970


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

1947


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Street Scene

Nominations 1947 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Street Scene

1944


Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Knickerbocker Holiday