Frankfurt Music Prize
The Frankfurt Music Prize has been awarded since 1982 by the joint foundation of Musikmesse Frankfurt and the Federal Association of German Musical Instrument Manufacturers. This international music prize is intended to highlight “musical personalities for special achievements in interpretation and composition, in musicology and teaching” (according to self-portrayal). The award is given annually to personalities from the world of music in the fields of popular music and classical music . It is endowed with 15,000 euros. The award ceremony takes place on the evening before the Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt am Main.
Award winner + reason
- 1982: Gidon Kremer
- 1983: Edgar Krapp
- 1984: Alfred Brendel
- 1985: Brigitte Fassbaender
- 1986: Albert Mangelsdorff
- 1987: Carl Dahlhaus
- 1988: Heinz Holliger
- 1989: Ludwig Güttler
- 1990: Chick Corea
- 1991: Aribert Reimann
- 1992: Georg Solti
- 1993: Harry Kupfer
- 1994: Brian Eno
- 1995: Tabea Zimmermann
- 1996: Wolfgang Niedecken
- 1997: Hans Zender
- 1998: Peter Herbolzheimer
- 1999: Michael Gielen
- 2000: Klaus Doldinger
- 2001: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- 2002: no award
- 2003: Walter Levin
- After his emigration during the Nazi era, he became known as the first violinist of the LaSalle Quartet
- Also highly praised for his extensive teaching work
- 2004: Udo Lindenberg
- one of the most important protagonists of the peace movement of the eighties
- I have brought about the German reunification with his songs
- 2005: György Ligeti
- have shaped contemporary music for more than four decades
- 2006: Peter Gabriel
- I laid an important foundation stone for rock and pop music with his creative work and the promotion of young talent
- 2007: Péter Eötvös
- an artist who has dedicated himself to the perception of new music and the introduction of the next generation of artists to it
- 2008: Paquito D'Rivera
- As a musician and book author, he has a tremendous need to tell stories, while playing intelligently and humorously with quotations
- 2009: José Antonio Abreu
- musical support for children and young people in Venezuela
- Co-founder of the Sistema de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela
- 2010: Keith Emerson
- as an innovative artist, he broke through the boundaries of genres with his music and decisively influenced the technology of electronic keyboard instruments with his keyboard playing
- 2011: Anne Sofie von Otter
- her extraordinary voice, her varied, genre-breaking repertoire and her daring interpretation
- 2012: John McLaughlin
- for his work, which has always distinguished itself through respect and openness towards many other directions, forms of expression and cultures, and not through genre boundaries and dogmatism
- 2013: Marie-Luise Neunecker
- praised for her extraordinary virtuosity on the instrument
- 2014: Ernie Watts
- for his distinctively melodic saxophone style and his original tonal language
- 2015: Peter Sadlo
- one of the most important solo drummers
- musical all-rounder, who has become an ambassador of cultural diversity through his artistic work and international reputation
- 2016: Al Jarreau
- The artist's life's work as a style-defining vocalist
- outstanding interpretive and improvisational skills
- 2017: David Garrett
- through his crossover projects he introduced countless people to classical music
- at the same time aroused curiosity for classical music with its chamber music evenings and orchestral concerts
- 2018: Federal Jazz Orchestra
- valuable link between musical education and profession and important promoter for successful jazz music
- 2019: French string quartet Quatuor Ébène
- combines styles, electrifying and faithfulness to the work
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankfurt Music Prize goes to Walter Levin. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Frankfurt Music Prize for Udo Lindenberg . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 7, 2019]).
- ↑ MusikWoche | News | György Ligeti receives the Frankfurt Music Prize. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 30, 2018 ; accessed on February 7, 2019 . 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.
- ↑ RP ONLINE: Photos: Peter Gabriel receives the Frankfurt Music Prize. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Peter Eötvös receives Frankfurt Music Prize 2007 - Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH - press release. Retrieved on February 7, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Guido Schütte: Music Prize for Paquito D'Rivera: Jazz, Classics . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 7, 2019]).
- ↑ Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu receives the Frankfurt Music Prize 2009 | nmz - new music newspaper. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Anne Sofie von Otter receives the Frankfurt Music Prize 2011 | nmz - new music newspaper. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ^ WORLD: John McLaughlin receives the Frankfurt Music Prize . January 23, 2012 ( welt.de [accessed February 7, 2019]).
- ↑ The 2013 Frankfurt Music Prize goes to Marie-Luise Neunecker. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ WORLD: Jazz great: Ernie Watts awarded the Frankfurt Music Prize . March 16, 2014 ( welt.de [accessed February 7, 2019]).
- ↑ Frankfurt Music Prize goes to Peter Sadlo. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ The Frankfurt Music Prize 2016 goes to Al Jarreau - Jazz-Initiative Frankfurt am Main eV Accessed on February 7, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Frankfurt Music Prize 2017 goes to David Garrett. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Kompaed: Federal Jazz Orchestra receives the Frankfurt Music Prize. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
