The Hungarian composer György Kurtág, BBVA Contemporary Music Prize for his "unique expressive intensity"
MADRID, 2015, 10 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) - The Hungarian composer György Kurtág has been awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Contemporary Music, the "expressive intensity only in his works", as highlighted by the jury. So, have highlighted that give this distinction prize of 400,000 euros, as "one of the main protagonists of contemporary music scene that continues to contribute at present" and noted that "the innovative dimension of his music is not linked to the material used, but its soul to the authenticity of their language, their way of crossing the borders between spontaneity and reflection, between formalization and expression.