Handel Music Prize
| Handel Music Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "Exceptional artistic, academic or politico-cultural services as far as these are connected with the city of Halle's Handel commemoration" |
| Sponsored by | The city of Halle |
| Location | Halle |
| Country |
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| Reward(s) | Diploma, a gold and enamel badge, and 10,000 euros |
The Handel Music Prize, in German Händel-Preis, is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded, "for exceptional artistic, academic or politico-cultural services as far as these are connected with the city of Halle's Handel commemoration". The prize consists of a diploma, a gold and enamel badge, and 10,000 euros in prize money and is presented during the annual Handel Festival, Halle.
List of prizewinners
- Terence Best
- Wolfgang Rumpf
- 1956: POROS ensemble, comprising Philine Fischer, Margarete Herzberg, Werner Enders, Helmuth Kaphahn, Kurt Hübenthal, Günther Leib, Franz Stumpf
- 1959: Philine Fischer
- 1960: Willi Neubert
- 1961: Ernst Hermann Meyer
- 1962: Gerhard Wohlgemuth, Alan Bush
- 1963: Gerhard Lichtenfeld
- 1964: Collegium Instrumentale Halle
- 1968: Ensemble des Arbeitertheaters am Klubhaus der Gewerkschaften
- 1969: Hannes H. Wagner
- 1970: Waldtraut Lewin
- 1971: Gerhard Lichtenfeld
- 1973: Erik Neutsch, Olaf Koch
- 1975: Hans Jürgen Wenzel
- 1977: Gerd Domhardt
- 1979: Hans-Jürgen Steinmann
- 1983: Bernd Leistner
- 1985: Wolfgang Unger
- 1988: Thomas Müller, Uwe Pfeifer
- 1989: Ludwig Güttler
- 1993: Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
- 1994: Axel Köhler (countertenor)
- 1995: Winton Dean (musicologist)
- 1996: Howard Arman (conductor)
- 1997: Emma Kirkby (soprano)
- 1998: Helmut Gleim (organist)
- 1999: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichordist, conductor)
- 2000: Donald Burrows (musicologist)
- 2001: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- 2002: Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)
- 2003: Marc Minkowski (conductor)
- 2004: Wolfgang Katschner (lute, conductor)
- 2005: Stanley Sadie (musicologist)
- 2006: Klaus Froboese (director of the Halle Opera House)
- 2007: Paul Goodwin (oboe, conductor)
- 2008: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
- 2009: Jordi Savall (viol player)
- 2010: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
- 2011: Wolfgang Ruf (President of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft Halle, 1995–2009)[1]
- 2012: Ragna Schirmer (pianist)
- 2013/2014: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
- 2015: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
- 2016: Romelia Lichtenstein (soprano)
- 2017: Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)[2]
- 2018: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)[3]
References
- ↑ Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum news item, 17 January 2011. (in German)
- ↑ Lange, Joachim (6 June 2017). "Virtuoser Wohlklang: Vivica Genaux bekommt Händel-Preis der Stadt Halle". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Halle. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ↑ Knothe, Felix (15 November 2017). "Händel-Preis für US-Sängerin Joyce DiDonato". Städtische Zeitung (in German). Halle. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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