Schneider-Schott Music Prize

Schneider-Schott Music Prize
Awarded for	"An outstanding composer, performing artist, or music ensemble in classical music — with emphasis, but not mandatory, on contemporary music"
Sponsored by	Heinz Schneider-Schott Foundation
Location	Mainz
Country	Germany
Reward(s)	€15,000
First awarded	1986
Website	www.mainz.de/kultur-und-wissenschaft/kulturelle-preise-stipendien/schneider-schott-musikpreis.php

The Schneider-Schott Music Prize is a cash award bestowed to an outstanding composer, performing artist, or music ensemble in classical music—with emphasis, but not mandatory, on contemporary music. From 1986 to 2006, the prize was awarded annually, and thereafter, biennially. The prize is alternately given to a composer and an interpreter.^[1] The award ceremony is traditionally associated with a concert by the award winner.^[2]

Winners

• 1986: Detlev Müller-Siemens and Wolfgang von Schweinitz
• 1987: Ensemble Modern
• 1988: Hans-Jürgen von Bose
• 1989: Herbert Henck [de] and Walter Zimmermann
• 1990: Adriana Hölszky
• 1991: Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler
• 1992: Ulrich Stranz
• 1993: Steffen Schleiermacher and Ensemble Avantgarde [de]
• 1994: Jörg Birkenkötter [de] and Hanspeter Kyburz
• 1995: ensemble recherche
• 1996: Isabel Mundry and Moritz Eggert
• 1997: Nomos-Quartett [de]
• 1998: Helmut Oehring
• 1999: Ensemble 13 [de]
• 2000: Michael Riessler [de] and Mike Svoboda
• 2001: Babette Koblenz
• 2002: Jörg Widmann^[3]
• 2003: Salome Kammer and Thomas E. Bauer [de]
• 2004: Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart [de]^[4]
• 2005: Enno Poppe
• 2006: Peter Schöne [de]
• 2008: Márton Illés
• 2010: Anna Prohaska
• 2012: Birke J. Bertelsmeier
• 2014: Carolin Widmann
• 2016: Gordon Kampe^[5]
• 2018: Dominik Susteck [de]^[6][7]
• 2020: Benjamin Scheuer^[8]

Candidate criteria and selection

Candidates should meet criteria of financial need. The winner is selected by an independent five-person jury of music experts.^[8]

Jury 2016 and 2018

Source:^[2][8]

• Wolfgang Rathert (Head of Jury, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
• Achim Heidenreich (ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
• Wolfgang Rihm (Composer, Karlsruhe)
• Yvonne Stern-Campo (Schott Music Mainz)
• Lars Vogt (Pianist, Berlin)

Prize founder and benefactor

The €15,000^[9] award is funded by an endowment established by Heinz Schneider-Schott (1906–1988)^[8] and his wife. In 1952, Schneider-Schott, a son-in-law of Ludwig Strecker, became a director of the London-based music publishing firm, Schott and Co., which in 1980, reunited with Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, in Mainz, which in 2006 was renamed Schott Music Limited.

References

1. "Anna Prohaska erhält den Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis Mainz 2010". nmz online (in German). neue musikzeitung. 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
2. "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis". Landeshauptstadt Mainz (in German). 12 October 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
3. Bruhn, Siglind (2013). Die Musik von Jörg Widmann (in German). Waldkirch: Edition Gorz. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-938095-16-4.
4. "Aktuelles". Neue Vocalsolisten (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
5. "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2016 für Gordon Kampe". nmz online (in German). neue musikzeitung. 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
6. "Dominik Susteck erhält Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis Mainz 2018". Focus (in German). München. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
7. Wenda, Manuel (18 September 2018). "Organist Dominik Susteck erhält Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2018". Wiesbadener Kurier (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
8. "Komponist Benjamin Scheuer erhält den Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2020". Rhein-Main.Eurokunst (in German). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
9. "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis Mainz". Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise (in German). 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

External links

• Official website