| Beethoven Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "the best orchestral work of a young composer" |
| Location | Bonn |
| Country | Germany |
| Reward(s) | 25,000DM |
| First awarded | 1961 |
| Last awarded | 1992 |
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". 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
- 1963 Milko Kelemen for Transfiguration for piano and orchestra
- 1967 György Ligeti for Requiem
- 1970 Klaus Huber for Tenebrae
- 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, Pauline Oliveros for Bonn Fire, Pierre Mariétan for Opus Wassermusik, Luftklang, Straßenmusik
- 1980 Wolfgang Rihm for Jacob Lenz, Aleksander Lasón for Symphonie concertante for piano and orchestra, Reinhard Febel for Charivari for ensemble
- 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
References
- ^ "Die Weihe des Hauses. Die Einweihung der Beethovenhalle zu Bonn am 8. September 1959, Schriftenreihe der Stadt Bonn" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Bonn: Presseamt der Stadt Bonn. 1960. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- Haslinger, Sarah (December 2013). "Heimo Erbse" (PDF). Arbeitsschwerpunkt Salzburger Musikgeschichte, Universität Mozarteum (in German). Salzburg. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Sehr gehässig". Der Spiegel (in German). Hamburg. 30 October 1967. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Klaus Huber Profile". Schott music. Mainz. 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- Schürmann, Hans G. (1977). "Beethovenpreis 1977 für Xenakis". Das Orchester (in German). 25: 546–547.
- Hartmann, Bernhard (30 September 2008). "Ein Experiment zu viel beim Beethovenfest-Finale mit Bamberger Symphonikern". General-Anzeiger (in German). Bonn. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- Nonnenmann, Rainer (May 2012). "Inmitten der Allgegenwart von Musik. Der Komponist Reinhard Febel". MusikTexte (in German). 133: 22–37. Retrieved 6 October 2017.