European Culture Prize Pro Europe

The European Culture Prize Pro Europa refers to cultural prizes that are awarded by the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa from 1993 to 2015 under the name European Culture Prize and since 2018 under the name Yœurope Award .

The aim of the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa is to foster cultural dialogue and cultural exchange between European states and regions. The foundation honors initiatives, politicians, artists and institutions for their outstanding services and achievements in and for Europe. Young artists receive sponsorship awards endowed with prize money. The European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa is a non-profit foundation under Swiss law. The foundation is based in Basel and has had a branch in Berlin since 2018.

President, later Honorary President of the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa was its initiator Ernst Seidel since it was founded in 1993 ; in 2012 Tilo Braune took over the chairmanship.

European culture prizes were given to over 110 winners in the fields of culture in general , garden culture , music , art , communication , international community , human rights and politics / economy . The presidents of the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament were the patrons of the awards ceremony , and leading figures from politics, business and culture were lauders for the awards .

The European Culture Awards have been operating under the name yœurope-award (Your Europe = Yœurope) since 2018 . Prizes are awarded in the categories of music , performing arts , literature , social engagement and research .

Yœurope Award

MIAGI youth orchestra of the non-profit South African educational institution Music is a great Investment (2018) Laudation: Ulrich Deppendorf
Sam Keller , laudation: Andy Spillmann and Hansjörg Wyss , laudation: Rolf Soiron (2019)

European culture awards in the general culture category (selection)

European culture award

Culture Prize of the European Regions

City partnership Donaueschingen - Saverne
City partnership Friedrichshafen - Sarajevo
City partnership Cologne - Istanbul
City partnership Strasbourg - Dresden

European regional award / cultural award

Chorale Vogesia 1850
Frank Dietsche
Hortense from Gelmini
Hans Haas
Peter Mogg and Bärbel Mogg
Hans Richter
Wolfram Schlabach
André Weckmann

European regional culture initiative award

Trinational Environmental Center (2012) Laudation: Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff

European cultural project award

American Academie
Robert Arnanel, director for the film Treasures Without Borders
Ernst Beyeler, Basel, and Tomas Krens, New York, for founding museums in Riehen and Bilbao
Francke Foundations in Halle
Luc Hoffmann , "Preservation of Creation", bird protection reserves in the Rhône Delta and on the Guadalquivir (2004)
Leonard and Rosalin Ingrams and Garsington Opera
Initiative by Sénateur Louis Jung for the European Organ Center in Marmoutier
Knud W. Jensen and the Louisiana Museum
Deutsche Bank's Culture Foundation for the rescue of the Donaueschingen Music Days
Imants Lancmanis and Rundāle Palace (Latvian: Rundāles pils )
Ronald Lauder , "Neue Galerie", New York (2004)
Krzysztof Michalski and the Institute for Human Sciences
Jean Odermatt and the "La Claustra" project
Gary Smith (1999)
Prince Charles' urban development initiative “Poundbury” in Cornwall
Festival European Weeks Passau (2007)
Ruf aus Dresden - initiated by the citizens' initiative for the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche represented by Ludwig Güttler (2015)

European culture awards in the garden culture category (selection)

European garden culture creation award

Queen Auguste Victoria Park in Umkirch near Freiburg
Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau (2002)
Werner Semmler (2002) Laudation: Johannes Rau

European Culture Prize in the Music Category (selection)

Jurors of the European Music Awards Pro Europa

Max Sommerhalder , Fany Solter , Klaus Trumpf , Rainer Kussmaul , Kurt Widmer , Peter Sadlo , Pierre Boulez , Peter Bromig from the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe , Emmanuel Pahud , Tabea Zimmermann , Christoph Poppen , rectors of the European music academies, the directors of the Lucerne Festival and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden , the Academy of Bavarian Radio and the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation

European culture award for early music

La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel (2009)

European Conductor Award

Claudio Abbado
Sylvain Cambreling
Michael Gielen
Theodor Guschelbauer
Manfred Honeck (1993)
Sir Roger Norrington (1999) laudation: Roman Herzog
Valery Abissalowitsch Gergijew (2001) Laudation: Franz Xaver Ohnesorg
Mikhail Pletnev (2005)
Christoph Poppen
Mariss Jansons (2007)

European Prize for Composition

European orchestra award

Basel Sinfonietta (1997)
Béla Bartók Chamber Orchestra
Internazionale d'Italia
Strasbourg Philharmonic
Camerata Academica Salzburg (1999) Laudation: Roman Herzog
Berlin Philharmonic (2002)
Russian National Orchestra (2005)
Vienna Philharmonic (2005)
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden (2007)
MDR Symphony Orchestra (2013)

European Prize for Ballet and Choreography

John Neumeier (1999)
The Royal Danish Ballet (2000)
Royal Corps de Ballet
Silja Schandorff (2000)
Heinz Spoerli
Stuttgart Ballet (2013) Laudation: Winfried Kretschmann

European Choir Prize

Camerata Vocale , Freiburg
Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir (2000)
Choeur de Saint Guillaume
Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2012)
Dresden Kreuzchor (2005)
Freiburg Cathedral Boys' Choir
Kodály Zoltán Kórusiskola
Royal Chapel Choir
State and Cathedral Choir Berlin
SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart (2011)
Thomanerchor Leipzig (2001)
Turkish children's choir TRT
Vienna Boys' Choir
Deutsche Oper Berlin (2012) Laudation: André Schmitz
MDR Radio Choir (2013)

European Soloist Prize

Elina Garanča mezzo-soprano (2006)
Hélène Grimaud Piano (2006)
Michala Petri recorder
Thomas Quasthoff bass-baritone (2006)
Peter Sadlo percussion
Jan Vogler violoncello (2006)
Andreas Scholl , countertenor (2009)
Heinz Holliger (2009)
Angela Gheorghiu , soprano (2015)
Jonas Kaufmann , tenor (2015)

European Werner Semmler Soloist Prize

Cenk Buyik , tenor
Konstantin Rittel-Kobylianski , baritone
Christine Zoller , soprano

European Youth Orchestra Prize

Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic conducted by Kristjan Järvi (2015)

European regional jazz prize

Tilo Braune and the Eldenaer Jazz Evenings (2010)

European sponsorship award for young artists

Banda Ádám
Bianca Adamek violin
Florian Arbenz
Nicoleta Ardelean soprano
Goecksel Baktagir Kanum
Saxophone Quartet Balanced Action
Robert Belinic guitar
Berliner Cellharmoniker
Michal Bialk piano
Isabelle Briener violin
Cenk Buyik tenor
Feres Dora
Rupprecht Drees Trumpet
Johanna Dömötör flute
Severin von Eckardstein piano
Gabor Farkas piano
Julia Fischer violin
Sol Gabetta cello
Farkas Gábor
Isabel Gehweiler cello
Antonia-Alexa Georgiev
Tobias von Glenck double bass
Milen Harambalov
Rachel Harnisch soprano
Annette von Hehn violin
Michael Hsu violin
Hugo Wolf Quartet
Várdai István
Andrei Yusov
Koh Gabriel Kameda violin
Sevki Karayel piano
Vesselina Kasarova soprano
Doo-Min Kim cello
Marta Klimasara percussion
Gábor Komlóssy trumpet
Irini Kyriakidou soprano
Nikoloz Lagvilava baritone
Miaomiao Li piano
Eva Lind
Frédéric Loboda
Marie-Elisabeth Lott
Jura Margulis
Clarissa Margulis violin
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Ildiko Nemes violin
Jana Nováková violin
Ersen Olgac oboe
Let Opriel violin
Roman Patkoló
Jean Claude Pennetier piano
Katharina Phyrr acting
Alina Pogostkin violin
Violetta Radomirska mezzo-soprano
Konstantin Rittel-Kobylianski baritone
Emma Schied oboe
Heike Schuch cello
Susanne Serfling soprano
Julian Sommerhalder trumpet
Friederike Starkloff violin
Jana Sykorova Alt
Duo Tedesco guitar
Olesja Tertychnaja flute
Tanja Tezlaff cello
Jakub Thylman cello
Sono Tokuda violin
Rodion Tolachyov bass
Alexandra Troussova piano and Kirill Troussov violin
Michaela Ursulaesa piano
Ewa Wolak Alt
Joanna Wronko violin
Tabea Zimmermann viola
Christine Zoller soprano

European sponsorship award for young conductors

Prize winner in the art category

European Architecture Prize

European Prize for Fine Arts

Eduardo Chillida
Enzo Cucchi
Andrew Vilari
Diane von Orléans , Duchess of Württemberg

European Prize for Literature

Péter Esterházy

European culture award for acting

Klaus Maria Brandauer (2006)
Katrin Sass (2015)

European culture award for the artistic life's work

Rosalie (2008)
Manfred Krug (2015)

European culture awards in the communication category

European media award / award for cultural communication

badish newspaper
Basler newspaper
Hubert Burda
Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace
August Everding
Peter Galliner
Pavel Kohout
Hans Maier , Minister of Education Bavaria a. D.
Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2004)
Reinhold Robbe (2012)
Pavel Tigrid , Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic
George Weidenfeld (2001)
Werner Weidenfeld
Frank Wössner
Walter Kasper (2011) Laudation: Klaus Maria Brandauer
Reinhold Robbe (2012) Laudation: Manfred Stolpe

Prize winners in the International Community category (selection)

German-French culture award

André Bord Minister ret. D.
Jean-Dominique Giuliani Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation (2004)
Rudolf von Thadden

European cultural awards in the International Human Rights category

European Prize for Human Rights

1991 The peaceful demonstrators in Dresden in 1989
1992 Csilla von Boeselager , co-founder of Malteser - Caritas -Dienstes Hungary
1998 Václav Malý , auxiliary bishop of Prague
Tadeusz Mazowiecki , former Prime Minister of Poland
2003 Mary Robinson , former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
2004 Levent Korkut, President of Amnesty International Turkey
2005 Bernard Kouchner , President of the aid organization Doctors Without Borders
2006 Wolfgang Petritsch , former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999 to 2002)
2007 The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee
2010: Jakob Kellenberger and the International Committee of the Red Cross Laudation: Frank-Walter Steinmeier

European “Pro-Humanitate” award

HE Metropolitan Daniel of Moldova and Bukovina
Ihsan Dogramaci
SB Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana and Gemz Albania
Árpád Göncz former Hungarian President
Louis Jung (1996)
HRH the Duke of Kent (2006)
Daniel Barenboim (2003)
Franz King
Claude Pompidou
Mstislav Rostropovich
The Alliance for Arab-Israli Peace
Simon Wiesenthal
bread for the World
Iris Berben (2013)

European culture prizes in the political and economic categories

European Culture Prize for Politics

Bülent Arinc President of Gr. National Assembly of the Turk. republic
Arnulf Baring
Petersburg Dialog , represented by Michail Gorbatschow and Lothar de Maizière (2006)
Great National Assembly of Turkey
Felipe González (2015)
Manfred Stolpe (2012) Laudation: Helmut Schmidt

European honorary award for local politics

Rolf Böhme Lord Mayor of the City of Freiburg a. D.

European science and culture award

Hüseyin Bagci, Deputy Director ODTÜ, Ankara
Peter Beyer
Peter Demetz
Murat Erdogan
Jackson Janes, Exec. Director, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
Ludger Kühnhardt , Director of the ZEI University of Bonn
Wolfgang Leonhard
Ingo Potrykus (2002)
Gottfried Schatz (2009)
Joachim Knebel, Chief Science Officer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

European business award

Franz Blankart , State Secretary, Bern

Hans Tietmeyer , President of the Bundesbank, Frankfurt (2000)

Ferdinand Piëch (2015)

European culture prizes in other categories

European culture award for social commitment

Bavarian radio for “Sternstunden” We help children .
The Princes (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa. German Music Council , April 25, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2018 .
↑ New President of the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa: Tilo Braune. European Movement Germany , November 7, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2018 .
↑ European Culture Awards of the Pro Europa Foundation. In: Kulturpreise.de. ARCult Media, accessed September 25, 2018 .
↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

[1] European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa. German Music Council , April 25, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2018 .

[2] New President of the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa: Tilo Braune. European Movement Germany , November 7, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2018 .

[3] European Culture Awards of the Pro Europa Foundation. In: Kulturpreise.de. ARCult Media, accessed September 25, 2018 .

[4] Archive link ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )