The Mauricio Kagel Music Prize provided by the German arts foundation Kunststiftung NRW was established in 2011. The prize money is €50,000 (2026: €80,000). Of the prize money, €30,000 goes to the prizewinner and €20,000 has to be used for an art project in North Rhine-Westphalia. The biennially prize recognizes interdisciplinary work in the spirit of German-Argentinean composer Mauricio Kagel and artistic experiments where music, image and performance meet.
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2011 Georges Aperghis 2013 Michel van der Aa 2015 Rebecca Saunders 2017 Simon Steen-Andersen 2024 Manos Tsangaris 2026 Liza Lim
Jury The jury in 2026: Ewa Bogusz-Moore Michael Jarrell
Sarah Nemtsov
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