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Multi-media composition wins Grawmeyer Award

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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- A Dutch composer whose musical composition uses multi-media elements, has won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawmeyer Award for Music Composition.

Michel van der Aa's "Up-close" is a 30-minute piece comprised of a cello concerto that plays along with a film.  The work premiered in Stockholm in 2011, and has been widely praised by both critics and audiences.

The work is performed as a film plays on a large video screen on the stage.

To view an excerpt of the composition, click here.

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