Beethoven Prize

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.[1] 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 also in Vienna and Berlin.

Beethoven Prize
Awarded for"the best orchestral work of a young composer"
LocationBonn
CountryGermany
Reward(s)25,000DM
First awarded1961
Last awarded1992

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 Composition for Saxophon-Trio
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References
  1. "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.
  2. Haslinger, Sarah (December 2013). "Heimo Erbse" (PDF). Arbeitsschwerpunkt Salzburger Musikgeschichte, Universität Mozarteum (in German). Salzburg. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "Sehr gehässig". Der Spiegel (in German). Hamburg. 30 October 1967. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. "Klaus Huber Profile". Schott music. Mainz. 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. Schürmann, Hans G. (1977). "Beethovenpreis 1977 für Xenakis". Das Orchester (in German). 25: 546–547.
  6. Hartmann, Bernhard (30 September 2008). "Ein Experiment zu viel beim Beethovenfest-Finale mit Bamberger Symphonikern". General-Anzeiger (in German). Bonn. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. Nonnenmann, Rainer (May 2012). "Inmitten der Allgegenwart von Musik. Der Komponist Reinhard Febel". MusikTexte (in German). 133: 22–37. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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