Hans Stieber Prize
The Hans Stieber Prize is a sponsorship prize for composers of serious music , which is awarded by the non-incorporated Hans Stieber Foundation of the State Association of Saxony-Anhalt German Composers eV (LVDK) based in Halle (Saale) . Name giver and dedicatee is Hans Stieber (1886–1969), composer and founding director of the State University for Theater and Music Halle .
After Stieber's death, it was donated by his widow Gertl Stieber from his inheritance in 1977 and given annually until 1989, primarily to young composers from the GDR . After the political change , the heirs of Stieber asserted a claim to the surrender of the foundation's assets, which meant that the awarding of the prize had to be suspended for the time being.
A judgment by the Higher Regional Court in Naumburg and a financial increase by the Saalesparkasse in Halle made it possible to revive the price in 2000 by the LVDK under the direction of Thomas Buchholz . He announced the prize every two to four years as part of a competition for young composers as well as for musicologists who publish in the field of new music . Since then, it has been awarded as part of the contemporary music festival Hallische Musiktage .
Competition regulations
The competition conditions were adjusted over the course of the 2000s. Applicants up to the age of 23 or 25 who are resident in the Federal Republic of Germany can take part. In order to deepen Germany's relationship with Eastern Europe and the CIS countries , the residence criterion was dropped for these participants.
An independent jury selects the winners from anonymous scores . It consists of the board of trustees of the Hans Stieber Foundation (chairman: Willi Vogl , later Bernhard Schneyer ), other appointed jurors and the advisory jury member Thomas Buchholz. The members are usually composers (including Günter Neubert ) and conductors.
The divisible prize money amounts to 1,000 euros (previously 2,000 D-Mark). In addition, non-cash prizes will be awarded, including participation in a summer course for the Saxony-Anhalt composer class . The award ceremony will take place during the Hallische Musiktage . To this end, a gala concert will be held in the Handel House in Halle.
The scores of the award-winning works will be included in the archive of the library of the Handel House Foundation in Halle.
Award winners
1977-1989
| year | Award winners | origin |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Manfred Weiss | Dresden |
| 1978 | Gerd Domhardt | Halle (Saale) |
| 1979 | Wilfried Krätzschmar | Dresden |
| 1980 | Reinhard Pfundt | Leipzig |
| 1981 | Johannes Wallmann | Berlin |
| 1982 | Thomas Hertel | Dresden |
| 1983 | Ralf Hoyer | Berlin |
| 1984 | Frank Petzold | Magdeburg |
| 1985 | Juro Mětšk | Bautzen |
| 1986 | Thomas Reuter | Halle (Saale) |
| 1987 | Bernd Franke | Leipzig |
| 1988 | Ulrike Liedtke | Berlin |
| 1989 | Helmut Zapf | Gera |
Since 2000
| year | Award winners | origin | Winning piece (s) | Interpreter of the world premiere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 |
Arno Lücker / Johannes Kreidler |
Langenhagen Dornhan / Leinstetten |
“Variations on a Theme by Sergei Prokofiev (from Op. 39)” for oboe, viola and bassoon / “Tree and Landscape”. Music for viola and guitar |
Ensemble Sortisatio , Leipzig |
| 2002 | Jakob Neubauer | Berlin | “Stallungen” for flute, violin, violoncello and piano | Ralf Mielke (flute), Hendrik Hochschild (violin), Hinnes Goudschaal (violoncello) and Dirk Fischbeck (piano) |
| 2005 a | Tobias Klich | Weimar | “Gallows song book” for voice, viola and piano | Members of the Sinfonietta Dresden |
| 2009 b | Johann Friedrich Röpke | Magdeburg | ensemble courage , Dresden |
literature
- Axel Schiederjürgen (Red.): Kürschner's manual for musicians. Soloists, conductors, composers, university lecturers . 5th edition, Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 631.
- Manfred Weiss : Halle music history: memories of Hans Stieber. Speech on the occasion of the awarding of the Hans Stieber Prize 2000 given on November 26th, 2000 in the Handel House by Prof. Manfred Weiss . In: Handel House Communications 3/2000, pp. 31–33.
Web links
- Hans Stieber Prize at the Saxony-Anhalt State Association of German Composers eV ( Memento from June 20, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- Hans Stieber Prize at the German Music Information Center
Individual evidence
- ^ Gilbert Stöck: New music in the districts of Halle and Magdeburg at the time of the GDR. Compositions, politics, institutions . Schröder, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-926196-50-7 , p. 179.
- ↑ a b c Andreas Hillger: Hallische Musiktage. Search for the soul of modernity. Composers' Association revives the Hans Stieber Prize . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 28, 2000.
- ↑ a b c Hans Stieber Prize , website of the German Music Information Center , accessed: June 21, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Two Dresden students among the winners . In: Dresdner Latest News , November 26, 2009, p. 10.
- ^ Andreas Hillger: Thomas Buchholz. Relentless lawyer in the service of modernity. Composer fights for the future of the Halle Music Festival . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 7, 2000.
- ↑ Halle Music Days. Love for romance, courage for tradition. Tomorrow the Hans Stieber Prize will be awarded . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 9, 2002.
- ^ Claudia Crodel: Hallische Musiktage. Ten concerts of new music. 50 works by 43 composers will be heard . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 4, 2000.
- ↑ a b Hans Stieber Composition Prize . In: Handel House Communications 3/2000, p. 33.
- ↑ Manfred Weiss , komponistenlexikon.de, accessed: June 21, 2020.
- ↑ Ulrike Liedtke : Domhardt, Gerd. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, supplement for both parts. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1139-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- ↑ Stieber Prize awarded for the third time . In: Freiheit , April 26, 1979, p. 5.
- ↑ Hans Stieber honored . In: Freiheit , October 24, 1980, p. 12.
- ↑ Hans Stieber Prize was awarded . In: Neues Deutschland , March 12, 1983, vol. 38, issue 60, p. 4.
- ^ Awarded the Hans Stieber Prize . In: Neues Deutschland , March 3, 1984, vol. 39, issue 54, p. 7.
- ^ A young Bautzen composer received the Hans Stieber Prize . In: Freiheit , March 2, 1985, p. 2.
- ↑ Bernd Franke , website of the Saxon Academy of the Arts, accessed: June 21, 2020.
- ↑ Katharina Schmauder , komponistenlexikon.de, accessed: June 21, 2020.