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

• 1999 Jörg Widmann
• 2001 Florent Boffard
• 2004 Carolin Widmann
• 2005 Quatuor Ébène
• 2007 Bruno Mantovani
• 2009 Marino Formenti [de]^[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

1. "Belmont-Preis für Komponisten und Jazzpianisten Florian Weber". swr.de. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
2. "Jazzpianist Florian Weber erhält Belmont-Preis 2020 für zeitgenössische Musik". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. "Formenti bekommt Belmont-Preis 2009 für zeitgenössische Musik". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
4. Koeritz, Tim (1 February 2012). "'New Yorker' music critic wins Belmont prize". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
5. "Belmont Preis für Zeitgenössische Musik". kulturpreise.de. 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
6. "Sopranistin Sarah Aristidou erhält Belmont-Preis 2022 für zeitgenössische Musik – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2022.

External links

• Official website (in German and English)