Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (also known as Siemens Music Prize for short ) is an international music prize awarded annually to composers , performers and musicologists for outstanding achievements . The main prize is endowed with 250,000 euros. It is sometimes referred to as the " Nobel Prize in Music". In addition to the main prize, three sponsorship prizes have been awarded since 1990.
The music prize is awarded by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. The name is reminiscent of the founder, industrialist and art patron Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990). The prize was founded in December 1972 and was first awarded in 1974.
Award winners
Grand 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 HC 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
- 2012 Friedrich Cerha
- 2013 Mariss Jansons
- 2014 Peter Gülke
- 2015 Christoph Eschenbach
- 2016 Per Nørgård
- 2017 Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- 2018 Beat Furrer
- 2019 Rebecca Saunders
- 2020 Tabea Zimmermann
Sponsorship award
- 1990 Michael Jarrell , George Lopez
- 1991 Herbert Willi , Ensemble Avantgarde
- 1992 Beat Furrer , Benedict Mason
- 1993 Silvia Fómina , Param Vir
- 1994 Hans-Jürgen von Bose , Marc-André Dalbavie , Luca Francesconi
- 1995 Gerd Kühr , Philippe Hurel
- 1996 Volker Nickel , Rebecca Saunders , Renner Ensemble Regensburg
- 1997 Moritz Eggert , Mauricio Sotelo
- 1998 Antoine Bonnet , Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
- 1999 Thomas Adès , Olga Neuwirth
- 2000 Hanspeter Kyburz , Augusta Read Thomas , Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
- 2001 Isabel Mundry , André Werner , José María Sánchez Verdú
- 2002 Mark Andre , Jan Müller-Wieland , Charlotte Seither
- 2003 Chaya Czernowin , Christian Jost , Jörg Widmann
- 2004 Fabien Lévy , Johannes Maria Staud , Enno Poppe
- 2005 Sebastian Claren , Philipp Maintz , Michel van der Aa
- 2006 Jens Joneleit , Alexander Muno , Athanasia Tzanou
- 2007 Vykintas Baltakas , Markus Hechtle
- 2008 Dieter Ammann , Márton Illés , Wolfram Schurig
- 2009 Francesco Filidei , Miroslav Srnka , Lin Yang
- 2010 Pierluigi Billone , Arnulf Herrmann , Oliver Schneller
- 2011 Steven Daverson , Hèctor Parra , Hans Thomalla
- 2012 Luke Bedford , Zeynep Gedizlioğlu , Ulrich Alexander Kreppein
- 2013 David Philip Hefti , Samy Moussa , Marko Nikodijević
- 2014 Simone Movio , Brigitta Muntendorf , Luis Codera Puzo
- 2015 Birke Bertelsmeier , Mark Barden , Christian Mason
- 2016 Milica Djordjević , David Hudry , Gordon Kampe
- 2017 Michael Pelzel , Simon Steen-Andersen , Lisa Streich
- 2018 Clara Iannotta , Timothy McCormack , Oriol Saladrigues
- 2019 Annesley Black , Ann Cleare , Mithatcan Öcal
- 2020 Catherine Lamb , Francesca Verunelli , Samir Amarouch
See also
- Polar Music Prize , sometimes referred to in the media as the “Nobel Prize in Music”
Web links
- Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation on award and award winners
- Bernd Künzig: What has to be said: no Nobel Prize! , in: MusikTexte 158, August 2018, 3–4.
Individual evidence
- ^ N for Nobel Prize for Music musik-heute.de, March 29, 2011.