Luisa Imorde

World-renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say received the International Beethoven Prize, one of the world's most prestigious awards given by the Bonn-based Beethoven Academy, on Dec. 17. 

The Beethoven Prize 2016, one of the world's most prestigious awards given by the Bonn-based Beethoven Academy, is to be presented to Turkey's internationally acclaimed pianist Fazıl Say next month. 

Say will receive the prize at a ceremony on Dec. 17 at the Kreuzkirche in Bonn, and will perform Aşık Veysel's "Kara Toprak" at the award ceremony.