Jakob Prandtauer Prize for Science and Art
The Jakob Prandtauer Prize for Science and Art of the City of St. Pölten is an honorary award given by the City of St. Pölten . The prize, named after the baroque master builder Jakob Prandtauer who worked in the city , has been awarded 43 times since 1968; the statute on which the award is based was adopted on January 30, 1967.
The prize is awarded at irregular intervals; the award is preceded by a resolution in the city senate. At the ceremony, the mayor will hand over a certificate as well as the medal .
Award winners
The following table lists all award winners since 1968. In addition to the year of the award and the name of the awardee, the merits for which the awardee was awarded are listed. The last column shows the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death.
| Award | Surname | Merits | Year of birth / death |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Josef Böck | Professional activity and scientific work in the field of ophthalmology | * 1901, † 1985 |
| 1969 | Richard Eybner | Chamber actor | * 1896, † 1986 |
| 1970 | Jörg Demus | pianist | * 1928, † 2019 |
| 1976 | Peter Minich | Chamber singer | * 1927, † 2013 |
| 1976 | Camillo Öhlberger | Musician, writer | * 1921, † 2013 |
| 1979 | Bernhard Wicki | actor | * 1919, † 2000 |
| 1979 | Karl Austrians | conductor | * 1923, † 1995 |
| 1988 | Kurt Komarek | Rector of the University of Vienna , Inorganic Chemistry. Komarek's parents came from St. Pölten. | * 1926, † 2016 |
| 1989 | Heinrich Fasching | Director of the building department of the Diocese of St. Pölten , Ordinary Chancellor | * 1929, † 2014 |
| 1989 | Hugo Portisch | Editor-in-chief of ORF , author | * 1927 |
| 1989 | Franz Kaindl | President of the Lower Austrian art associations, painters | * 1932 |
| 1990 | Maria Sturm | visual artist, book author | * 1913, † 1996 |
| 1990 | Franz Rupp | Painter, chairman of the artist group Penta | * 1938 |
| 1991 | Herwig Sulzenauer-Lenau | actor | * 1926, † 2010 |
| 1991 | Helmut Scherner | Musician, composer | * 1941 |
| 1991 | Robert Klement | Teacher, editor, books for young people | * 1949 |
| 1994 | Ernst Pfabigan | * 1927 | |
| 1994 | Karl Gutkas | Head of historical exhibitions, non-fiction author | * 1926, † 1997 |
| 1995 | Paul Twaroch | Director of the ORF Lower Austria | * 1932 |
| 1999 | Anton Pistotnig | Kapellmeister of the Lower Austrian military music | * 1949 |
| 2001 | Ioan Holender | Director of the Vienna State Opera | * 1935 |
| 2001 | Alexander Bisenz | Cabaret artist, painter | * 1962 |
| 2001 | Renato Zanella | Ballet director Vienna State Opera | * 1961 |
| 2002 | Gerhard Klingenberg | Burgtheater director a. D. | * 1929 |
| 2002 | Friedrich Seitz | President of the St. Pölten Artists Association | * 1925 |
| 2003 | Hans Bankl | pathologist | * 1940, † 2004 |
| 2003 | Franz Chmel | Harmonica world champion | * 1944, † 2016 |
| 2004 | Mimi Wunderer | Director and founder of the stage in the courtyard | * 1951, † 2018 |
| 2004 | Robert Herfert | Visual artist | * 1926, † 2011 |
| 2005 | Ernst Krötlinger | Visual artist | * 1938 |
| 2005 | Walter Graf | Domkapellmeister, founder of Festival Musica Sacra | * 1931 |
| 2006 | Siegfried Nasko | Historian, Germanist, City Councilor for Culture, exhibition designer | * 1943 |
| 2006 | Michael Mantler | Trumpeter, composer | * 1943 |
| 2007 | Walter Breitner | Conductor, composer | * 1936 |
| 2007 | Hannes Thanheiser | Actor, musician, all-round talent | * 1925, † 2014 |
| 2010 | Gebhard Koenig | Director of the Lower Austrian State Library | * 1950 |
| 2010 | Erich Steininger | Former head of the Lower Austrian Documentation Center | * 1939 |
| 2011 | Viktor Mayerhofer | Head of the St. Pölten Music School, musician | * 1948 |
| 2015 | Josef Friedrich Sochurek | Artist | * 1945 |
| 2016 | Zdenka Becker | Writer | * 1951 |
| 2016 | Otto Kargl | Cathedral - Kapellmeister | * 1957 |
| 2018 | Norbert Steiner | architect | * 1942 |
| 2019 | Ernest Kienzl | Visual artist, chairman of the St. Pölten Artists Association | * 1951 |
literature
- Magistrate of the City of St. Pölten, February 2012: Jakob Prandtauer Prize of the City of St. Pölten for Art and Science, complete list of the winners
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Böck, Josef in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- ↑ Glanzstoff lives on in art. In: stp-konkret.at. May 3, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Prandtauer Prize for Becker and Kargl , NÖN , online edition, March 9, 2016
- ^ Artistic director at cappellanova.at
- ^ News - State capital St. Pölten, Lower Austria. In: st-poelten.gv.at. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
- ^ Resolutions in the city senate and municipal council. In: st-poelten.at. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ CV. In: kienzl.net. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .