Beethoven Prize
Award
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The Beethoven Prize of the city of Bonn was an international composition competition. In 1959 Bonn's Lord Mayor Wilhelm Daniels announced the establishment of a Beethoven prize for "the best orchestral work of a young composer".[1] No restrictions were made to genre, style and instrumentation of the composition.[1] The prize was given every 3 years, the prize money was 25,000DM (1961: biennially, 5,000DM). The prize was last awarded in 1992. Other Beethoven Prizes existed in Vienna and Berlin.
Awarded for"the best orchestral work of a young composer"
LocationBonn
CountryGermany
Reward25,000DM
| Beethoven Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "the best orchestral work of a young composer" |
| Location | Bonn |
| Country | Germany |
| Reward | 25,000DM |
| First award | 1961 |
| Final award | 1992 |
Recipients
- 1961 Heimo Erbse for Pavimento, op. 19, for large orchestra[2]
- 1963 Milko Kelemen for Transfiguration for piano and orchestra
- 1967 György Ligeti for Requiem[3]
- 1970 Klaus Huber for Tenebrae[4]
- 1974 Bruno Maderna for Aura for orchestra (posthum), Peter Michael Hamel for Dharana, Chris Hinze for Live Music Now
- 1977 Iannis Xenakis for Erikhthon for orchestra,[5] Pauline Oliveros for Bonn Fire, Pierre Mariétan for Opus Wassermusik, Luftklang, Straßenmusik
- 1980 Wolfgang Rihm for Jacob Lenz,[6] Aleksander Lasón for Symphonie concertante for piano and orchestra, Reinhard Febel for Charivari for ensemble[7]
- 1983 Manuel Hidalgo for Hacia (string quartet),[8] Manfred Stahnke for Penthesilea (3rd string quartet), Joachim Krebs for Quartettomanie (2nd string quartet)
- 1986 Jörg Birkenkötter for Sechs Stücke für Kammerensemble, Michael Jarell for Trei II for soprano and five instruments, Konstantinos Varotsis for "Schillern" ("Iridescences")
- 1989 Bernd Jestl for Der König stirbt (opera), Hermann Spree for Aufregungszustand am Nachmittag (chamber opera)
- 1992 Paul Roberts for Align II for Saxophon-Trio and Piano