Beethoven Prize Explained
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| Awarded For: | "the best orchestral work of a young composer" |
| Location: | Bonn |
| Country: | Germany |
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| Reward: | 25,000DM |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Year2: | 1992 |
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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. 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.
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 Hildalgo for Hacia (string quartet), 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
Notes and References
- 1960 . Die Weihe des Hauses. Die Einweihung der Beethovenhalle zu Bonn am 8. September 1959, Schriftenreihe der Stadt Bonn . Bonn . Presseamt der Stadt Bonn . de . 5 October 2017.
- Web site: Haslinger . Sarah . December 2013 . Heimo Erbse . Arbeitsschwerpunkt Salzburger Musikgeschichte, Universität Mozarteum . Salzburg . de . 5 October 2017.
- News: 30 October 1967 . Sehr gehässig . . Hamburg . de . 5 October 2017.
- Web site: 2017 . Klaus Huber Profile . Schott music . Mainz . 5 October 2017.
- Schürmann . Hans G. . 1977 . Beethovenpreis 1977 für Xenakis . . 25 . 546–547 . de .
- News: Hartmann . Bernhard . 30 September 2008 . Ein Experiment zu viel beim Beethovenfest-Finale mit Bamberger Symphonikern . General-Anzeiger . Bonn . de . 5 October 2017.
- Nonnenmann . Rainer . May 2012 . Inmitten der Allgegenwart von Musik. Der Komponist Reinhard Febel . MusikTexte . 133 . 22–37 . de . 6 October 2017.
