Leonard Bernstein Award Explained

The Leonard Bernstein Award is endowed with 10,000 euros. Since 2002, the award has been sponsored by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. The prize is awarded to talented classical musicians to give them support for an international career.^[1] The jury includes children of Leonard Bernstein, Zarin Mehta (2015), the conductor Christoph Eschenbach^[2] and the Intendant of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Christian Kuhnt.

Recipients

Source:^[3]

• 2002 Lang Lang
• 2003 Lisa Batiashvili
• 2004 Erik Schumann
• 2005 Jonathan Biss
• 2006 Alisa Weilerstein
• 2007 Martin Grubinger
• 2008 Anna Vinnitskaya
• 2009 Leonard Elschenbroich
• 2010 Kit Armstrong
• 2011 David Aaron Carpenter
• 2012 Cameron Carpenter
• 2013 Jan Lisiecki
• 2014
• 2015 Krzysztof Urbański^[4]
• 2016 Felix Klieser
• 2017 Kian Soltani^[5]
• 2018 Charles Yang^[6]
• 2019 Emily D'Angelo^{[7] [8]}
• 2020 Stathis Karapanos^[9]
• 2021 Isata Kanneh-Mason^[10]
• 2022 Sean Shibe^[11]
• 2023 Vivi Vassileva^[12]
• 2024 Anastasia Kobekina^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sean Shibe erhält den Leonard Bernstein Award 2022 . HfK Bremen . 31 January 2022 . 19 September 2024.
2. Web site: Preisträgerkonzert Leonard Bernstein Award . . de . 19 September 2024 . 28 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240528234533/https://www.shmf.de/de/preistraegerkonzert-lba . live .
3. Web site: Leonard Bernstein Award . Sparkassen- und Giroverband für Schleswig-Holstein . de . 19 September 2024.
4. Web site: Bernstein Award für Krzysztof Urbański . NDR.de . 10 February 2015 . de . 19 September 2024 . 30 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330081839/https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/elbphilharmonieorchester/orchester/Bernstein-Award-fuer-Krzysztof-Urbanski,leonardbernsteinaward100.html . live .
5. Web site: Homfray . Tim . Kettle . David . Cellist Kian Soltani wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2017 . The Strad . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301233306/https://www.thestrad.com/cellist-kian-soltani-wins-leonard-bernstein-award-2017/1415.article . live .
6. Web site: VC Artist Charles Yang Awarded Germany's €10,000 Bernstein Prize . The Violin Channel . 19 January 2018 . 19 September 2024 . 15 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415181636/https://theviolinchannel.com/charles-yang-leonard-bernstein-award-2018-violin-vocal/ . live .
7. Web site: Sängerin Emily D'Angelo erhält Leonard Bernstein Award . nmz – neue musikzeitung . 19 August 2019 . de . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102535/https://www.nmz.de/menschen/personalia/saengerin-emily-dangelo-erhaelt-leonard-bernstein-award . live .
8. Web site: Sängerin Emily D'Angelo erhielt Leonard Bernstein Award . news.ORF.at . 16 August 2019 . de . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102519/https://orf.at/stories/3133968/ . live .
9. Web site: Leonard Bernstein Award 2020 an Stathis Karapanos vergeben . miz.org . 14 August 2020 . de . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102519/https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/leonard-bernstein-award-2020-an-stathis-karapanos-vergeben-n19250 . live .
10. Web site: Verleihung des Leonard Bernstein Award an Isata Kanneh-Mason . miz.org . 20 August 2021 . de . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102520/https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/verleihung-des-leonard-bernstein-award-an-isata-kanneh-mason-n21198 . live .
11. Web site: Gitarrist Sean Shibe erhält Leonard Bernstein Award 2022 . . 28 January 2022 . de . 19 September 2024 . 28 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128115832/https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gitarrist-sean-shibe-erhaelt-leonard-bernstein-award-100.html . live .
12. Web site: Przybyla . Hildegard . SHMF – Leonard Bernstein Award 2023: Multi-Percussionistin Vivi Vassileva übertrifft den Meister . Unser Lübeck . 30 August 2023 . de . 19 September 2024 . 26 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226005348/https://www.unser-luebeck.de/magazin/musik/rueckblicke/7301-shmf-leonhard-bernstein-award-2023-multi-percussionistin-vivi-vassileva-uebertrifft-den-meister . live .
13. Web site: Leonard Bernstein Award: Venezia in Lübeck . NDR.de . 11 August 2024 . de . 19 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102622/https://www.ndr.de/kultur/sendungen/das_konzert/Leonard-Bernstein-Award-Venezia-in-Luebeck,sendung1466560.html . live .