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
- 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
- 2012: Birke Jasmin Bertelsmeier[1]
- 2014: Carolin Widmann (Violinist)[2]
References
- ↑ Birke J. Bertelsmeier wins 2012 Schneider-Schott Music Prize, Press Release, City of Mainz, March 30, 2012
- ↑ Pressemitteilung des Schott-Verlags vom 25. Juni 2014