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]

  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.