Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

The international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (German: Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music), established in 1972. The foundation was established by Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990). The prize honors a composer, performer, or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music. In addition to the main prize, other prizes are also given. The total prize money given is currently 3 million euros, with the winner of the main prize receiving €250,000. The prize is sometimes known as "the Nobel Prize of music".^[1]

Smaller awards are called "Förderpreis" (encouragement award). "Komponisten-Förderpreise" ("Composers' Prizes") are given to young composers for one of their works. "Förderprojekte" ("Grant-in-Aid Projects") support music festivals, concerts, musical institutions, and young musicians.

List of winners of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

1974 – Benjamin Britten 1975 – Olivier Messiaen 1976 – Mstislav Rostropovich 1977 – Herbert von Karajan 1978 – Rudolf Serkin 1979 – Pierre Boulez 1980 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1981 – Elliott Carter 1982 – Gidon Kremer 1983 – Witold Lutosławski 1984 – Yehudi Menuhin 1985 – Andrés Segovia 1986 – Karlheinz Stockhausen 1987 – Leonard Bernstein 1988 – Peter Schreier 1989 – Luciano Berio 1990 – Hans Werner Henze 1991 – Heinz Holliger 1992 – H. C. Robbins Landon

1993 – György Ligeti 1994 – Claudio Abbado 1995 – Sir Harrison Birtwistle 1996 – Maurizio Pollini 1997 – Helmut Lachenmann 1998 – György Kurtág 1999 – Arditti Quartet 2000 – Mauricio Kagel 2001 – Reinhold Brinkmann 2002 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt 2003 – Wolfgang Rihm 2004 – Alfred Brendel 2005 – Henri Dutilleux 2006 – Daniel Barenboim 2007 – Brian Ferneyhough 2008 – Anne-Sophie Mutter 2009 – Klaus Huber 2010 – Michael Gielen 2011 – Aribert Reimann[2]

2012 – Friedrich Cerha 2013 – Mariss Jansons 2014 - Peter Gülke 2015 - Christoph Eschenbach [3] Friedrich Cerha (2006)

List of winners of a Composers' Prize

• 1990 – Michael Jarrell and George Lopez
• 1991 – Herbert Willi
• 1992 – Beat Furrer and Benedict Mason
• 1993 – Sylvia Fomina and Param Vir
• 1994 – Hans-Jürgen von Bose, Marc-André Dalbavie and Luca Francesconi
• 1995 – Gerd Kühr and Philippe Hurel
• 1996 – Volker Nickel and Rebecca Saunders
• 1997 – Moritz Eggert and Mauricio Sotelo
• 1998 – Antoine Bonnet and Dr. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
• 1999 – Thomas Adès and Olga Neuwirth
• 2000 – Hanspeter Kyburz, Augusta Read Thomas and Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
• 2001 – Isabel Mundry, André Werner and José María Sánchez-Verdú
• 2002 – Mark Andre, Jan Müller-Wieland and Charlotte Seither
• 2003 – Chaya Czernowin, Christian Jost and Jörg Widmann
• 2004 – Fabien Lévy, Johannes Maria Staud and Enno Poppe
• 2005 – Sebastian Claren, Philipp Maintz and Michel van der Aa
• 2006 – Jens Joneleit, Alexander Muno and Athanasia Tzanou
• 2007 – Vykintas Baltakas and Markus Hechtle
• 2008 – Dieter Ammann, Márton Illés and Wolfram Schurig
• 2009 – Francesco Filidei, Miroslav Srnka and Lin Yang
• 2010 – Pierluigi Billone, Arnulf Herrmann, Oliver Schneller
• 2011 – Steven Daverson, Hèctor Parra, Hans Thomalla
• 2012 – Luke Bedford, Zeynep Gedizlioglu, Ulrich Alexander Kreppein
• 2013 – David Philip Hefti, Samy Moussa, Marko Nikodijevic
• 2014 – Simone Movio, Brigitta Muntendorf, Luis Codera Puzo
• 2015 – Birke Bertelsmeier, Mark Barden, Christian Mason

References

External links

• Ernst von Siemens Foundation