Stoeger Prize

The Elise L. Stoeger Prize is an international music prize for chamber music repertoire. It is awarded to composers every two years by the New York Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and is endowed with 25,000 US dollars.

history

The Elise L. Stoeger Prize was donated by the psychoanalyst Milan Stoeger in memory of his wife (1922–1983) and out of gratitude for the music that was a passion of their life together. It was first awarded in 1987.

Award winners

• 1987: Gunther Schuller
• 1990: Oliver Knussen
• 1992: Lee Hyla and Olly Wilson
• 1993: Aaron Jay Kernis and Nicholas Maw
• 1994: Oleg Felzer and Richard Wilson
• 1995: David Liptak and Steven Mackey
• 1996: Martin Bresnick and Osvaldo Golijov
• 1997: Stephen Hartke and Judith Weir
• 1998: Thomas Adès and Yehudi Wyner
• 1999: James Primosch and Scott Wheeler
• 2000: Michael Daugherty and Kaija Saariaho
• 2002: Chen Yi
• 2004: David Rakowski
• 2006: Pierre Jalbert
• 2008: Jörg Widmann
• 2010: Brett Dean
• 2012: Zhou Long
• 2014: Thomas Larcher
• 2016: Huw Watkins
• 2018: Marc-André Dalbavie

Web links

• The Stoeger Prize on the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center website