Belmont Prize
The Belmont Prize is a music award named after the place of destiny in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.[1] The Munich-based Forberg Schneider Foundation, founded in 1997, promotes outstanding achievements in the field of contemporary music.[2] The biennially-awarded prize is endowed with €20,000 and is one of Europe’s highest endowed awards for artistic creation.[3]
Recipients
[edit]- 1999 Jörg Widmann
- 2001 Florent Boffard
- 2004 Carolin Widmann
- 2005 Quatuor Ébène
- 2007 Bruno Mantovani
- 2009 Marino Formenti[3]
- 2012 Alex Ross[4]
- 2013 Sabrina Hölzer
- 2015 Milica Djordjevic[5]
- 2018 Eamonn Quinn
- 2020 Florian Weber[2][1]
- 2022 Sarah Aristidou[6]
- 2024 Mirela Ivičević
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Belmont-Preis für Komponisten und Jazzpianisten Florian Weber". swr.de. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Jazzpianist Florian Weber erhält Belmont-Preis 2020 für zeitgenössische Musik". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Formenti bekommt Belmont-Preis 2009 für zeitgenössische Musik". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Koeritz, Tim (1 February 2012). "'New Yorker' music critic wins Belmont prize". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Belmont Preis für Zeitgenössische Musik". kulturpreise.de. 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Sopranistin Sarah Aristidou erhält Belmont-Preis 2022 für zeitgenössische Musik – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in German and English)
