Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Scholarship

The Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Scholarship is awarded annually by the City of Cologne to young composers up to 35 years of age in the field of new music .

Until 2009 it was restricted to people who live and work in Cologne. Composers from all over North Rhine-Westphalia have been able to apply for the award since 2010. The scholarship holders are expected to have their center of life in Cologne during the funding period. The prize is endowed with € 12,000. Its namesake is the Cologne composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann . The winners often introduce themselves at a winners concert.

Scholarship holders

The scholarship of the city of Cologne received in recent years:

Zaneta Rydzewska (2019) Jonah Haven (2018) Elnaz Seyedi (2017) Francisco C. Goldschmidt (2016) Matthias Krüger (2015) Lisa Streich (2014) Simon Rummel (2013) Niklas Seidl (2012) Yasutaki Inamori (2011) Steffen Krebber (2010) Brigitta Muntendorf (2009) Timo Ruttkamp (2008) Mark Steinhäuser (2007) Oxana Omelchuk (2006)

Vassos Nicolaou (2005) Sascha Dragićević (2004) Steingrimur Rohloff (2003) Olga Raewa (2002) Marcus Schmickler (2001) Jay Schwartz (2000) Chao-Ming Tung (1999) Hans W. Koch (1998) Harald Muenz (1997) Dorothée Hahne (1996) Bernhard Koenig (1995) Siegfried Koepf (1994) Song-On Cho (1993) Maria de Alvear (1992)

Manos Tsangaris (1991) Johannes Kalitzke (1990) Volker Staub (1989) Caspar Johannes Walter (1988) Volker Blumenthaler (1987) Carola Bauckholt (1986) Denys Bouliane (1985) Chris Newman (1984) Christoph Delz (1983) Robert HP Place (1982) Clarence Barlow (1981) Walter Zimmermann (1980) York Höller (1979) Johannes Fritsch (1978)

Web links

• Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Scholarship at Kulturpreise.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.miz.org/details_9752_24.html Information on the scholarship on the website of the German Music Information Center
2. ^ City of Cologne - Press and Information Office , accessed on December 29, 2012