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From article Wolfgang Rihm: "Most recently, he is the recipient of the 2015 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition sponsored by the University of Louisville for his orchestral work In-Schrift 2." The Official site (http://grawemeyer.org/music-composition/#toggle-id-3) says: "2015 – No Award Given". What's correct? Grimes2 (talk) 16:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
An investigation of archived copies on the Wayback Machine shows that up until 14 June 2015 the official site continued to list Rihm's In-Schrift 2 as the prize-winner for 2015. By 15 July, the entry had been replaced by "No Award Given". There is a more than ample number of sources online documenting the announcement of the award, but I can find nothing about the prize being refused by Rihm or withdrawn by the Grawemeyer committee. The official Grawemeyer website has been offline for the past two days, with a message saying it is being "updated". No doubt more information will emerge in the near future. In the meantime, I notice that this change has only been made on the English Wikipedia, and the ample documentation of the original announcement has been removed without comment. Given the current lack of information, perhaps this remains the best course of action to pursue but, once the truth of the matter has emerged, surely those references need to be restored, together with a full explanation.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 16:02, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
