The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (short: Siemens Music Prize, ) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the (Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation), established in 1972. The foundation was established by Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990) and promotes contemporary music. The prize honors a composer, performer, or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music. In addition to the main prize, other prizes are also given. The total prize money given is currently €3.5 million, with the winner of the main prize receiving €250,000. The prize is sometimes known as "the Nobel Prize of music".
Smaller awards are called "Förderpreis" (encouragement award). "Komponisten-Förderpreise" ("Composer Prizes") are given to young composers for one of their works. "Förderprojekte" ("Grant-in-Aid Projects") support music festivals, concerts, musical institutions, and young musicians.
Main prize winners Winners of the main prize were:
1974 – Benjamin Britten 1975 – Olivier Messiaen 1976 – Mstislav Rostropovich 1977 – Herbert von Karajan 1978 – Rudolf Serkin 1979 – Pierre Boulez 1980 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1981 – Elliott Carter 1982 – Gidon Kremer 1983 – Witold Lutosławski 1984 – Yehudi Menuhin 1985 – Andrés Segovia 1986 – Karlheinz Stockhausen 1987 – Leonard Bernstein 1988 – Peter Schreier 1989 – Luciano Berio 1990 – Hans Werner Henze 1991 – Heinz Holliger 1992 – H. C. Robbins Landon 1993 – György Ligeti 1994 – Claudio Abbado 1995 – Sir Harrison Birtwistle 1996 – Maurizio Pollini 1997 – Helmut Lachenmann 1998 – György Kurtág 1999 – Arditti Quartet 2000 – Mauricio Kagel 2001 – Reinhold Brinkmann 2002 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt 2003 – Wolfgang Rihm 2004 – Alfred Brendel 2005 – Henri Dutilleux 2006 – Daniel Barenboim 2007 – Brian Ferneyhough 2008 – Anne-Sophie Mutter 2009 – Klaus Huber 2010 – Michael Gielen 2011 – Aribert Reimann 2012 – Friedrich Cerha 2013 – Mariss Jansons 2014 – Peter Gülke 2015 – Christoph Eschenbach 2016 – Per Nørgård 2017 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard 2018 – Beat Furrer 2019 – Rebecca Saunders 2020 – Tabea Zimmermann 2021 – Georges Aperghis 2022 – Olga Neuwirth 2023 – Sir George Benjamin 2024 – Unsuk Chin 2025 – Sir Simon Rattle 2026 – Jordi Savall
Composer Prize winners Förderpreis winners were:
1990 – Michael Jarrell and George Lopez 1991 – Herbert Willi 1992 – Beat Furrer and Benedict Mason 1993 – Sylvia Fomina and Param Vir 1994 – Hans-Jürgen von Bose, Marc-André Dalbavie and Luca Francesconi 1995 – Gerd Kühr and Philippe Hurel 1996 – Volker Nickel and Rebecca Saunders 1997 – Moritz Eggert and Mauricio Sotelo 1998 – Antoine Bonnet and Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf 1999 – Thomas Adès and Olga Neuwirth 2000 – Hanspeter Kyburz, Augusta Read Thomas and Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini 2001 – Isabel Mundry, André Werner and José María Sánchez-Verdú 2002 – Mark Andre, Jan Müller-Wieland and Charlotte Seither 2003 – Chaya Czernowin, Christian Jost and Jörg Widmann 2004 – Fabien Lévy, Johannes Maria Staud and Enno Poppe 2005 – Sebastian Claren, Philipp Maintz and Michel van der Aa 2006 – Jens Joneleit, Alexander Muno and Athanasia Tzanou 2007 – Vykintas Baltakas and Markus Hechtle 2008 – Dieter Ammann, Márton Illés and Wolfram Schurig 2009 – Francesco Filidei, Miroslav Srnka and Lin Yang 2010 – Pierluigi Billone, Arnulf Herrmann, Oliver Schneller 2011 – Steven Daverson, Hèctor Parra, Hans Thomalla 2012 – Luke Bedford, Zeynep Gedizlioğlu, Ulrich Alexander Kreppein 2013 – David Philip Hefti, Samy Moussa, Marko Nikodijevic 2014 – Simone Movio, Brigitta Muntendorf, Luis Codera Puzo 2015 – Birke J. Bertelsmeier, Mark Barden, Christian Mason 2016 – Milica Djordjevic, David Hudry, Gordon Kampe 2017 – , Simon Steen-Andersen, Lisa Streich 2018 – , Timothy McCormack, Oriol Saladrigues 2019 – Annesley Black, Ann Cleare, Mithatcan Öcal 2020 – Catherine Lamb, Francesca Verunelli, Samir Amarouch 2021 – , Mirela Ivičević, Yair Klartag 2022 – Benjamin Attahir, Naomi Pinnock, Mikel Urquiza 2023 – Sara Glojnarić, Alex Paxton, Eric Wubbels 2024 – Yiqing Zhu, Daniele Ghisi, Bára Gísladóttir 2025 – Ashkan Behzadi, Bastien David, 2026 – Bethan Morgan-Williams, Hovik Sardaryan and Kitty Xiao
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