Fabio Vacchi - Prizes and Acknowledgements

Prizes and Acknowledgements

• Koussevitsky Prize in Composition (Tanglewood, 1974)
• First Prize at the Gaudeamus Competition for the entry Les soupirs de Geneviève (The Netherlands, 1976)
• David di Donatello for Best Score of the year, for Ermanno Olmi’s The Profession of Arms (Rome, 2002)
• Annual Lully Award for the best new work of the year performed in the United States, for the Third String Quartet, commissioned by the Tokyo String Quartet (2002)
• The Abbiati Prize from the Associazione Nazionale Critici Musicali for the best new work of the year for the opera Il letto della storia (2003)
• RDC Award for the best soundtrack, for Patrice Chéreau’s Gabrielle (2005)
• Active Member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
• Honorary Member of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna