Mozart Medal (Mozarteum) Explained

The Mozart Medal (German: '''Mozart-Medaille'''|links=no) is an award administered by the Mozarteum International Foundation. It derives its name from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The medal is available in three metal types: gold, silver, bronze.

Recipients

Golden

• Lilli Lehmann, 1914^[1]
• Max Ott, 1918
• Hermann Abert, 1927
• Friedrich Gehmacher, 1933
• Hermann Zilcher, 1941
• Ludwig Schiedermair, 1942
• Alfred Einstein, 1949
• Georges de Saint-Foix, 1949
• Bernhard Paumgartner, 1951
• Vienna Philharmonic, 1956
• Bruno Walter, 1956
• Karl Böhm, 1956
• Christian Bösmüller, 1957
• Friedrich Gehmacher, 1968
• Richard Spängler, 1985
• Sándor Végh, 1991
• Takahide Sakurai, 1995
• Norio Ohga, 1995
• David Woodley Packard, 2002
• Heinz Wiesmüller, 2003
• Wolfgang Rehm, 2006
• Friedrich Gehmacher jr., 2006
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 2011^[2]
• András Schiff, 2012
• Miloš Forman, 2013
• Alfred Brendel, 2014^[3]
• Mitsuko Uchida, 2015^[4]
• Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, 2015
• Marc Minkowski, 2016^[5]

Silver

• Cecil Bernard Oldman, 1950
• Maria Stader, 1956
• Erich Valentin, 1956
• Hans Sittner, 1971
• Edith Mathis, 1976^[6]
• Kurt Neumüller, 1981
• Helmut Eder, 1986
• Peter Schreier, 1975
• Gerhard Wimberger, 1994
• Riccardo Muti, 1998
• Ulrich Konrad, 1999
• Hans Landesmann, 2002
• Peter Ruzicka, 2006

Unknown

• Julius Ebenstein, 1957^[7]
• Albert Richard Mohr, 1981
• Leopold Nowak, 1985

See also

• Mozart Medal (disambiguation)

External links

• Mozarteum International Foundation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hinterberger . Julia . December 2012 . Lilli Lehmann – Arbeitsschwerpunkt Salzburger Musikgeschichte . Universität Mozarteum . Salzburg . 26 August 2018.
2. Web site: 2011 . Verleihung der Goldenen Mozart-Medaille an Nikolaus Harnoncourt . harnoncourt.info . 18 July 2018.
3. News: Kainberger . Hedwig . 28 January 2014 . Alfred Brendel: "Verneige mich vor dem Wunder Mozart" . . 18 July 2018.
4. News: Kriechbaum . Reinhard . 27 January 2016 . Der denkbar quirligste Lebens-Geist . . 17 July 2018.
5. Web site: 2 February 2017 . Dirigent Marc Minkowski mit Goldener Mozart-Medaille ausgezeichnet . klassik.com . Freiburg . eMusici GmbH . 18 July 2018.
6. Web site: Edith Mathis . bach-cantatas.com.
7. Web site: 4 March 1957: Mozart-Medaille für Prof. Julius Ebenstein. 15 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093237/http://www.wien.gv.at/rk/historisch/1957/maerz.html. 18 May 2015. dead.