Folke Gräsbeck
CONCERT PIANIST, DOCTOR OF MUSIC
A W A R D S
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1967 The Pro Musica Medal
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1972 1st Prize of the internal Finnish piano competition as part of the Nordic Piano Competition
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1973 1st Prize in the Maj Lind Piano Competition in Helsinki.
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1985 The Siikajoki Cross of Merit with Diploma, awarded by the Finnish Army.
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1996 The Sibelius Medal, awarded by the Birth Place of Sibelius in Hämeenlinna.
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1999 Artist of the Year 1999, votation by the UK Sibelius Society.
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2002–
2006 Five Years’ State Salary Scholarship granted by the Central Committee of Arts in Finland. -
2009 Cross of Merit of Finland’s Lion’s Order awarded by the Finnish President Tarja Halonen.
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2010 Cultural Prize for ‘The Work of a Life Time’, awarded to Suvi and Folke Gräsbeck by the Foundation of Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth.
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2013 ‘Pianist in Residence’, title awarded by the Academic Symphony Orchestra of Åbo Akademi (Turku)
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2014 The Sibelius Medal, awarded by The Sibelius Society of Finland.
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2015 The Sibelius Medal in Silver, awarded by the Birth Place of Sibelius in Hämeenlinna.