Grand Prix du President de la Republique

Professor Jonathan Harvey, graduate and Honorary Fellow of St John's, has been awarded the 'Grand Prix du President de la Republique' for a life's work in Composition.

Harvey is the first British composer to have ever won the award; previous winners include Olivier Messiaen, Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, Gyorgy Ligeti, Yannis Xenakis and Henri Dutilleux.