Bavarian State Prize for Music

The Bavarian State Prize for Music , or Bavarian Music Prize for short , has been awarded by the Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture, Science and Art since 2013 to individuals and ensembles who have been in Bavaria for at least two years and who have had outstanding musical achievements. People who have made a special contribution to music, singing and making music in Bavaria through innovative concepts can also receive the award. The Bavarian Music Prize covers all branches of music including amateur music . The honor is undoped.

In principle, up to five music prizes are awarded each year, two of them in the amateur music category , two in the professional music category and one special prize.

The associations represented in the Bavarian Music Council are entitled to make proposals . The State Minister's decision is prepared by a committee of experts appointed by the State Ministry.

Award winners

So far, the Bavarian State Prize for Music has been awarded in two years.

2013

Category amateur musicians

• Harald Rüschenbaum
• Andreas Donauer

Professional music making

• Singer pure
• Michael Wollny

Special Price

• Waltraud Meier

2015

Category amateur musicians

• Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn brass band
• Puchheim Youth Chamber Orchestra

Professional music making

• Bavarian Radio Choir
• Tied & Tickled Trio

Special Price

• Max Frey

2017

Category amateur musicians

• Wind academy "advanced" of the Upper and Lower Bavarian Music Association
• Bavarian State Youth Choir

Professional music making

• Christian Gerhaher
• Carolin Widmann

Special Price

• Konstantin Wecker

Web links

• Bavarian Music Prize from the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Awarding of the Bavarian Music Prize. (= Announcement of the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Art of February 27, 2012 Az .: B 6-K 1605/2/15) In: KWMBl. 2012 p. 144. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. ↑ Bavarian Music Prize. ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: km.bayern.de. Retrieved January 28, 2017.