International Mendelssohn Prize in Leipzig
The International Mendelssohn Prize in Leipzig (until 2009: Leipzig Mendelssohn Prize) has been awarded by the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig since 2007 . It can be awarded in three categories: music , visual arts and social engagement . This classification is intended to remind of the creative diversity of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , of his distinctive different talents and his tireless work also for social progress. The undoped honorary award is given to people who particularly care about the work and spirit of Mendelssohn.
Bronze figure
The bronze figure for the Mendelssohn Prize is modeled on the Mendelssohn memorial by Jo Jastram, which was erected in front of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1993 and has been in the Mendelssohn foyer since 2003, and is cast in the Marc Krepp workshop in Berlin. The weight of one figure is 3400 g.
Award winners
- 2007
- Maestro Kurt Masur was the first award winner in 2007 in the music category. The occasion was the 80th birthday of the conductor, who had made a name for himself in the music and work of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from a very early age and had recorded many of Mendelssohn's compositions for the first time on record.
- 2008
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (music), Peter Sloterdijk (social engagement)
- 2009
- Riccardo Chailly (music), Armin Mueller-Stahl (visual arts), Helmut Schmidt (social engagement)
- 2010
- Lang Lang (music), Iris Berben (social engagement)
- 2011
- Peter Schreier (honorary award in the music category), Marcel Reich-Ranicki (social commitment)
- 2012
- The Leipziger Thomanerchor (music), Harald Schmidt (social engagement)
- 2013
- Richard von Weizsäcker (social engagement), Thomas Hampson (music), Markus Lüpertz (visual arts)
- 2014
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher (social engagement), Gewandhaus-Quartet (music: Frank-Michael Erben , violin - Conrad Suske, violin - Olaf Hallmann, viola - Jürnjakob Timm , cello)
- 2016
- Tomoko Masur (social engagement)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leipzig Mendelssohn Prize . Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. 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. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ↑ Press release of the City of Leipzig from September 24, 2012 ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ International Mendelssohn Prize in Leipzig 2014
- ^ Jürgen Kleindienst: Played in the sky: Touching memorial concert for Kurt Masur in Leipzig. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . April 18, 2016, accessed April 21, 2016 .
