Dutch composer Michel van der Aa has won the 2013 GrawemeyerAward for Music Composition for his multimedia work Up-close,which offers a unique blend of cello concerto with film. TheGrawemeyer Award, granted annually by the University of Louisville,is the world’s most prestigious composition prize, worth $100,000(£63,000; EUR78,000). Van der Aa’s Up-close, premiered in 2011,was selected from a wide international field of entries, and theGrawemeyer’s ..