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Award
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize Awarded for "personalities whose compositions, interpretations, writings, or teaching served music and promoted the love of music"
[1] Sponsored by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Zug, Switzerland Location Munich Country Germany Presented by
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste and Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Reward(s) €250,000 (main prize) First awarded 1974 Website
https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en
English composer
Benjamin Britten was the first winner of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1974.
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (short: Siemens Music Prize , German: Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis ) is an annual music prize given by the
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung [
de ] (Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation), established in 1972. The foundation was established by
Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990) and promotes
contemporary music . The prize honors a composer, performer, or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music. In addition to the main prize, other prizes are also given. The total prize money given is currently €3.5 million, with the winner of the main prize receiving €250,000.
[2] The prize is sometimes known as "the Nobel Prize of music".
[3]
Smaller awards are called "Förderpreis" (encouragement award). "Komponisten-Förderpreise" ("Composer Prizes") are given to young composers for one of their works. "Förderprojekte" ("Grant-in-Aid Projects") support music festivals, concerts, musical institutions, and young musicians.
Main prize winners
Winners of the main prize were:
[4]
Composer Prize winners
Winners of the Composer Prize (Förderpreis ) were:
[24]
1990 –
Michael Jarrell and
George Lopez
1991 –
Herbert Willi
1992 –
Beat Furrer and
Benedict Mason
1993 –
Sylvia Fomina and
Param Vir
1994 –
Hans-Jürgen von Bose ,
Marc-André Dalbavie and
Luca Francesconi
1995 –
Gerd Kühr and
Philippe Hurel
1996 –
Volker Nickel and
Rebecca Saunders
1997 –
Moritz Eggert and
Mauricio Sotelo
1998 –
Antoine Bonnet and
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
1999 –
Thomas Adès and
Olga Neuwirth
2000 –
Hanspeter Kyburz ,
Augusta Read Thomas and
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
2001 –
Isabel Mundry ,
André Werner and
José María Sánchez-Verdú
2002 –
Mark Andre ,
Jan Müller-Wieland and
Charlotte Seither
2003 –
Chaya Czernowin ,
Christian Jost and
Jörg Widmann
2004 –
Fabien Lévy ,
Johannes Maria Staud and
Enno Poppe
2005 –
Sebastian Claren ,
Philipp Maintz and
Michel van der Aa
2006 –
Jens Joneleit ,
Alexander Muno and
Athanasia Tzanou
2007 –
Vykintas Baltakas and
Markus Hechtle
2008 –
Dieter Ammann ,
Márton Illés and
Wolfram Schurig
2009 –
Francesco Filidei ,
Miroslav Srnka and
Lin Yang
2010 –
Pierluigi Billone ,
Arnulf Herrmann ,
Oliver Schneller
2011 –
Steven Daverson ,
Hèctor Parra ,
Hans Thomalla
2012 –
Luke Bedford ,
Zeynep Gedizlioğlu ,
Ulrich Alexander Kreppein
2013 –
David Philip Hefti ,
Samy Moussa ,
Marko Nikodijevic
2014 –
Simone Movio ,
Brigitta Muntendorf ,
Luis Codera Puzo
2015 –
Birke J. Bertelsmeier ,
Mark Barden ,
Christian Mason
2016 –
Milica Djordjevic ,
David Hudry ,
Gordon Kampe
2017 –
Michael Pelzel [
ja ] ,
Simon Steen-Andersen ,
Lisa Streich
2018 –
Clara Iannotta [
fr ] ,
Timothy McCormack ,
Oriol Saladrigues
[17]
2019 –
Annesley Black ,
Ann Cleare ,
Mithatcan Öcal
[25]
2020 –
Catherine Lamb ,
Francesca Verunelli ,
Samir Amarouch
[26]
2021 –
Malte Giesen [
de ] ,
Mirela Ivičević ,
Yair Klartag
[20]
2022 –
Benjamin Attahir ,
Naomi Pinnock ,
Mikel Urquiza
[21]
2023 –
Sara Glojnarić ,
Alex Paxton ,
Eric Wubbels
[22]
2024 –
Yiqing Zhu ,
Daniele Ghisi ,
Bára Gísladóttir
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