Hindemith Prize

Paul Hindemith Prize
Awarded for"outstanding contemporary composers"
Sponsored byHindemith Foundation in Blonay (Switzerland), the Walter and Käthe Busche Foundation, the Rudolf and Erika Koch Foundation, the Gerhard Trede Foundation, the Franz Wirth Memorial Trust and the Cultural Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
LocationSchleswig-Holstein
CountryGermany
Presented bySchleswig-Holstein Music Festival
Reward(s)€20,000, Certificate, Emblem, Work release
First awarded1990
Websitewww.hindemith.info/en/foundation
Not to be confused with Hindemith Prize of the City of Hanau.

The international Paul Hindemith Prize promotes outstanding contemporary composers within the framework of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF).[1] The award commemorates the musical pedagogy of Paul Hindemith, who wrote the composition Plöner Musiktag in 1932 on behalf of the Staatliche Bildungsanstalt Plön. The music prize is endowed with €20,000 and goes together with a composition commission. The prize is presented annually by the Hindemith Foundation, the Walter and Käthe Busche Foundation, the Rudolf and Erika Koch Foundation, the Gerhard Trede Foundation, the Franz Wirth Memorial Trust and the Cultural Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg since 1990.[2] From 2010 to 2013, the winner was found by a composition competition.[2][3] The work of the prize winner is to be premiered within the frame of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

  1. ^ "Paul Hindemith Prizes and Awards". Hindemith Foundation. 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Paul-Hindemith-Preis". Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise (in German). 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ Strehk, Christian (18 July 2013). "Hindemith-Preis für eine Orgel-Komposition". Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Kiel. Retrieved 23 August 2020.