Schneider-Schott Music Prize

The Schneider-Schott Music Prize is a cash award bestowed to an outstanding composer, performing artist, or music ensemble in classical music — with emphasis, but not mandatory, on contemporary music. From 1986 to 2006, the prize was awarded annually, and thereafter, biennially. The award is funded by an endowment established by Heinz Schneider-Schott (1906–1988) and his wife. In 1952, Schneider-Schott, a son-in-law of Ludwig Strecker, Jr. (1883–1978), became a director of the London-based music publishing firm, Schott and Co., which in 1980, reunited with Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, in Mainz, which in 2006 was renamed Schott Music Limited. Candidates should meet criteria of financial need. The winner is selected by an independent jury of music experts.

Winners

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1986: Detlev Müller-Siemens and Wolfgang von Schweinitz

1987: Ensemble Modern

1988: Hans-Jürgen von Bose

1989: Herbert Henck and Walter Zimmermann

1990: Adriana Hölszky

1991: Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler

1992: Ulrich Stranz

1993: Steffen Schleiermacher and Ensemble Avantgarde

1994: Jörg Birkenkötter and Hanspeter Kyburz

1995: ensemble recherche

1996: Isabel Mundry and Moritz Eggert

1997: Nomos-Quartett

1998: Helmut Oehring

1999: Ensemble 13

2000: Michael Riessler and Mike Svoboda

2001: Babette Koblenz

2002: Jörg Widmann

2003: Salome Kammer and Thomas E. Bauer

2004: The Neue Vocalsolisten

2005: Enno Poppe

2006: Peter Schöne

2008: Márton Illés

2010: Anna Prohaska^[1]

2012: Birke Jasmin Bertelsmeier^[2]

References